English Lyric Poems and Ballads

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

101	Alfred Noyes: The Highwayman	Kathleen Danson Read	07:50
102	Alfred Lord Tennyson: The Mermaid	Kathleen Danson Read	03:09
103	John Keats: Meg Merrilies	Kathleen Danson Read	01:34
104	E. Nesbit: The Singing of the Magnificat	Kathleen Danson Read	06:02
105	Alfred Noyes: Sherwood	Kathleen Danson Read	03:28
106	John Keats: A Thing of Beauty	Kathleen Danson Read	02:20
107	John Drinkwater: The Crowning of Dreaming John	Kathleen Danson Read	05:00
201	Walter de la Mere: Martha	Kathleen Danson Read	01:23
202	Matthew Arnold: The Forsaken Merman	Kathleen Danson Read	08:56
203	Frances Chesterton: How Far Is It to Bethlehem?	Kathleen Danson Read	01:18
204	Robert Browning: The Pied Piper of Hamelin	Kathleen Danson Read	10:19
205	Padraic Colum: The Old Woman of the Road	Kathleen Danson Read	01:27
206	Sir Walter Scott: Rosabelle	Kathleen Danson Read	03:16