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The shadow well - Richard Berengarten
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The death of children - Richard Berengarten
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Clean out the house - Richard Berengarten
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On First Looking Into Chapman’s Homer
Read by Simon Russell Beale
by John Keats
On First Looking Into Chapman’s Homer - John Keats - Read by Simon Russell Beale
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How do I Love Thee (Sonnet 43)
Read by Judi Dench
How do I Love Thee (Sonnet 43) - Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Read by Judi Dench
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If Thou Must Love Me (Sonnet 14)
Read by Rosamund Pike
If Thou Must Love Me (Sonnet 14) - Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Read by Rosamund Pike
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The First Day
Read by Judi Dench
The First Day - Christina Rossetti - Read by Judi Dench
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Remember
Read by Rosamund Pike
Remember - Christina Rossetti - Read by Rosamund Pike
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Emily Dickinson
B. 1830 D. 1886
To see the Summer Sky / Is Poetry, though never in a Book it lie? / True Poems flee?
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Thom Gunn
B. 1929 D. 2004
It is not so difficult to kindle the poetic fire in the first place as to keep it going, hot and bright, through a whole lifetime. - Thom Gunn