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The Mighty Dead
The Passionate Shepherd to his Love
Read by Ian McKellen
The Mighty Dead
To My Dear and Living Husband
Read by Helen Mirren
The Mighty Dead
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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Hannah More
B. 1745 D. 1833
That self-same stuff which erst proud empires swayed, of which the conquerers of the world were made. - Hannah More 'Slavery: A Poem'
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Olive Senior
B. 1941
Poetry matters because it is a tool for helping us to discover who we are. As individuals, as Caribbean peoples, as citizens of the world. Olive Senior