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Spring

“From you have I been absent in the spring, When proud-pied April, dressed in all his trim, Hath put a spirit of youth in everything, That heavy Saturn laughed and leaped with him.” Sonnet 98, William Shakespeare. Spring has longed…

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Listen to the land

These fine poems, written at different times and from a variety of perspectives, all look hard at the landscapes they enshrine. In doing so, they achieve (at least) two things at the same time. They honour the facts they preserve;…

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T. S. Eliot

B. 1888 D. 1965

5 poems available

T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) as a poet and critic came to define the modernist movement and still dominates the literary landscape of the last century. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri to a prominent local family. He attended Harvard…

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Frog Spring

by Valerie Gillies

Frog Spring - Valerie Gillies
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Poem

May-Time

by Stephen Romer

May-Time - Stephen Romer
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Poem

Collects for Lent

by Stephen Romer

Collects for Lent - Stephen Romer
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The Classics

A Shropshire Lad II: Loveliest of trees, the cherry now

Read by Alan Brownjohn

by A E Housman

A Shropshire Lad II: Loveliest of trees, the cherry now - A E Housman - Read by Alan Brownjohn
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The Classics

Sonnet Written at the Close of Spring

Read by Denise Riley

by Charlotte Smith

Sonnet Written at the Close of Spring - Charlotte Smith - Read by Denise Riley
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The Waste Land Part I – The Burial of the Dead

by T. S. Eliot

The Waste Land Part I – The Burial of the Dead - T. S. Eliot
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