English Lyric Poetry: Read by Kathleen Danson Read

English Lyric Poetry is a collection of 13 poems written over a period spanning approximately 100 years from the early 19th century (“Rosabelle” by Sir Walter Scott and “Meg Merrilies” and “A Thing of Beauty” by John Keats) to early 20th century (“The Highwayman” and “A Song of Sherwood” by Alfred Noyes). Mid-19th-century lyric poems include “The Mermaid” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “The Pied Piper of Hamlin” by Robert Browning, and Matthew Arnold’s “The Forsaken Mermaid.” The poems are read by English actress Kathleen Danson Read. The texts of the poems are included in the liner notes.
Track Listing
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The Highwayman | Kathleen Danson Read | 7:50 | |
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The Mermaid | Kathleen Danson Read | 3:09 | |
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Meg Merrilies | Kathleen Danson Read | 1:34 | |
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The Singing of the Magnificat | Kathleen Danson Read | 6:02 | |
105
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Sherwood | Kathleen Danson Read | 3:28 | |
106
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A Thing of Beauty | Kathleen Danson Read | 2:20 | |
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The Crowning of Dreaming John | Kathleen Danson Read | 5:00 | |
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Martha | Kathleen Danson Read | 1:23 | |
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The Forsaken Merman | Kathleen Danson Read | 8:56 | |
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How Far Is It to Bethlehem? | Kathleen Danson Read | 1:18 | |
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin | Kathleen Danson Read | 10:19 | |
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The Old Woman of the Road | Kathleen Danson Read | 1:27 | |
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Rosabelle | Kathleen Danson Read | 3:16 |