The London Library of Recorded English, Book V: 16th and 17th Century Poetry

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The fifth volume of the London Library of Recorded English draws from writings of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, including works from Edmund Spencer, Christopher Marlowe, Sir Walter Raleigh, John Milton, Richard Lovelace, and more. The texts are brought to life through the voices of Carleton Hobbs, Pauline Letts, Peter O’Shaughnessy, and others.

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101	Sir Edward Dyer: The Lowest Trees Have Tops	V.C. Clinton-Baddeley	1:05
102	Sir Philip Sidney: My True Love Hath My Heart	Pauline Letts	1:01
103	Sir Philip Sidney: With How Sad Steps	Peter O'Shaughnessy	1:08
104	George Peele: His Golden Locks	Carleton Hobbs	1:32
105	Edmund Spenser: Sleep After Toil	John Glen	0:52
106	Christopher Marlowe: The Passionate Shepherd to His Love	Hugh Dickson	1:20
107	Sir Walter Raleigh: A Lover's Complaint	John Glen and V.C. Clinton-Baddeley	2:01
108	Thomas Nash: Adieu, Farewell Earth's Bliss	V.C. Clinton-Baddeley	2:27
109	William Shakespeare: Sonnet 29	Hugh Dickson	1:07
110	William Shakespeare: Sonnet 116	John Glen	0:57
111	William Shakespeare: Sonnet 98	Hugh Dickson	0:59
112	Thomas Campion: When Thou Must Home	V.C. Clinton-Baddeley	1:00
113	Ben Jonson: The Triumph of Charis	Hugh Dickson	1:50
114	John Donne: Busy Old Foole	Peter O'Shaughnessy	1:58
115	John Donne: The Bait	Hugh Dickson	1:44
116	John Donne: Death Be Not Proud	V.C. Clinton-Baddeley	1:16
117	George Herbert: The Collar	V.C. Clinton-Baddeley	1:59
118	George Herbert: The Pulley	Peter O'Shaughnessy	1:19
119	George Herbert: Love	Hugh Dickson	1:29
120	Robert Herrick: To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time	Carleton Hobbs	0:53
121	Robert Herrick: To Daffodils	Hugh Dickson	0:57
122	John Milton: From 'Paradise Lost'	Pauline Letts and John Glen	3:23
123	Richard Lovelace: To Lucasta	Hugh Dickson	0:41
124	Richard Lovelace: To Althea	John Glen	1:38
125	Andrew Marvell: To His Coy Mistress	Peter O'Shaughnessy	2:34
126	Andrew Marvell: Where the remote Bermudas ride	Hugh Dickson	2:15
127	Henry Vaughn: The Retreat	John Glen	1:59
128	John Bunyan: Shepherd Boy's Song	Pauline Letts	0:55
129	William Walsh: Rivals	Carleton Hobbs	0:50
130	Matthew Prior: Song	Peter O'Shaughnessy	0:57
131	Matthew Prior: A Better Answer	V.C. Clinton-Baddeley	1:56

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