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The Mighty Dead
The Passionate Shepherd to his Love
Read by Ian McKellen
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To My Dear and Living Husband
Read by Helen Mirren
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To His Coy Mistress
Read by Patrick Stewart
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W. H. Davies
B. 1871 D. 1940
And I could see that child's one eye which seemed to laugh, and say with glee: 'what caused my death you'll never know, perhaps my mother murdered me.' - W.H. Davies - 'The Inquest'
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Roald Dahl
B. 1916 D. 1990
A little nonsense, now and then, is relished by the wisest men. - 'Charlie & the Chocolate Factory', Roald Dahl
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The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd
Read by Andrew Motion
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On being brought from Africa to America
Read by Mary Jo Salter
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The Mighty Dead
from The Dunciad Variorum, Book ii
Read by John Fuller