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Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day (Sonnet 18)
Read by Ian McKellen
Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day (Sonnet 18) - William Shakespeare - Read by Ian McKellen
Poet
William Blake
B. 1757 D. 1827
The imagination is not a State: it is the Human existence itself. William Blake
Poet
Elaine Feinstein
B. 1930 D. 2019
People do seem to need poetry; it makes our ordinary life feel richer. - Elaine Feinstein
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Man
Read by John Fuller
Man - Henry Vaughan - Read by John Fuller
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Verses Upon the Burning of Our House
Read by Denise Riley
Verses Upon the Burning of Our House - Anne Bradstreet - Read by Denise Riley
Poem
Blueberries - James Lasdun
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How do I love thee?
Read by Lavinia Greenlaw
How do I love thee? - Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Read by Lavinia Greenlaw
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No Coward Soul Is Mine
Read by Fleur Adcock
by Emily Bronte