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The London Library of Recorded English, Book I: Lyric Poetry

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The London Library of Recorded English, Book I: Lyric Poetry The first volume of the London Library of Recorded English is a collection of lyric poetry, which refers to a short poem, originally meant for musical accompaniment, in which the poet, the poet’s persona, or another speaker expresses personal feelings. The album includes readings of William Blake, William Wordsworth, John Keats, Thomas Hardy, and others by Dylan Thomas, James Stephens, Pauline Letts, and more.

Track Listing

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James Shirley: Death the Leveller Cecil Trouncer 01:29
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William Blake: Jerusalem V.C. Clinton-Baddeley 01:15
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William Blake: The Tiger V.C. Clinton-Baddeley 01:50
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William Wordsworth: The Reverie of Poor Susan V.C. Clinton-Baddeley 01:25
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William Wordsworth: The Solitary Reaper C. Day Lewis 01:57
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William Wordsworth: She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways Robert Harris 00:43
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Kubla Khan Robert Harris 03:40
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Thomas Love Peacock: The War Song of Dinas Vawr Dylan Thomas 02:21
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John Keats: La Belle Dame sans Merci Robert Harris 02:53
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John Keats: Meg Merrilies John Laurie 01:27
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The Splendor Falls on Castle Walls V.C. Clinton-Baddeley 01:53
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Thomas Love Peacock: The Three Wise Men of Gotham Dylan Thomas, James Stephens, E.A.J. Vetter, V.C. Clinton-Baddeley 01:28
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William Morris: Inscription for a Bed at Kelmscott Manor V.C. Clinton-Baddeley 01:26
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Thomas Hardy: Weathers Cecil Trouncer 00:58
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Gerard Manley Hopkins: Pied Beauty V.C. Clinton-Baddeley 00:58
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Alice Meynell: The Shepherdess Pauline Letts 01:06
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A.E. Housman: Loveliest of Trees the Cherry Now C. Day Lewis 00:44
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Ralph Hodgson: Gypsy Girl V.C. Clinton-Baddeley 01:11
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W.H. Davies: The Kingfisher Cecil Trouncer 01:12
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W.H. Davies: Early Morn Pauline Letts 01:12
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Walter de la Mare: All That's Past C. Day Lewis 01:09
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Walter de la Mare: Song of Enchantment Pauline Letts 01:08
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Edward Thomas: If I Should Ever By Chance Grow Rich V.C. Clinton-Baddeley 00:52
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James Stephens: The County Mayo James Stephens 01:33
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James Stephens: The Fifteen Acres James Stephens 01:44
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W.J. Turner: Romance V.C. Clinton-Baddeley 01:38
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Edmund Blunden: Forefathers Cecil Trouncer 01:58