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Poems by W.B. Yeats & Poems for Several Voices

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Poems by W.B. Yeats & Poems for Several Voices

Directed by narrator V. C. Clinton-Baddeley, who worked with W. B. Yeats for the original BBC broadcast of his poetry in 1937, side one of this 1958 recording contains the Yeats’ classics “Sailing to Byzantium” and “An Irish Airman Foresees His Death.” Side two features three poems by Thomas Hardy—at the time known more for his novels than for poetry—along with writing from Robert Graves, Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis (who also reads on the album), Walter de la Mare, and Gerard Manley Hopkins.

Track Listing

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An Irish Airman Foresees His Death V.C. Clinton-Baddeley 01:06
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I Am of Ireland Marjorie Westbury and V.C. Clinton-Baddeley 01:55
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The Rose Tree V.C. Clinton-Baddeley 01:00
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Imitated from the Japanese Marjorie Westbury and V.C. Clinton-Baddeley 00:32
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Sailing to Byzantium V.C. Clinton-Baddeley 02:28
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106
Sweet Dancer Jill Balcon 00:51
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The Curse of Cromwell V.C. Clinton-Baddeley and Jill Balcon 02:39
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108
O, But I Saw a Solemn Sight Marjorie Westbury and V.C. Clinton-Baddeley 01:34
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Mad As the Mist and Snow V.C. Clinton-Baddeley 01:05
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Thomas Hardy: Voices from Things Growing in a Churchyard Caroline Southam, John Glen, V.C. Clinton-Baddeley, Jill Balcon, Marjorie Westbury, Carleton Hobbs, and Christopher Hassall 03:38
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202
Thomas Hardy: At Lulworth Cove a Century Ago C. Day Lewis and V.C. Clinton-Baddeley 01:30
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203
Robert Graves: A Frosty Night Pauline Letts and Jill Balcon 01:13
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204
C. Day Lewis: Is It Far to Go? V.C. Clinton-Baddeley and Pauline Letts 00:50
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Thomas Hardy: Inscriptions for a Peal of Eight Bells: After a Restoration Carleton Hobbs, Dimitri Vetter, V.C. Clinton-Baddeley, John Glen, Harry Hutchinson, Edgar A. Vetter, Christopher Hassall, T.W. Southam 01:34
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Walter de la Mare: The Ghost V.C. Clinton-Baddeley, Pauline Letts, and C. Day Lewis 01:29
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Gerard Manley Hopkins: The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo Pauline Letts and Jill Balcon 04:42