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As well as new recordings by contemporary poets the Poetry Archive also contains selections of classic poems recorded by contemporary voices.
238 poems
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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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God’s Grandeur
Read by Simon Russell Beale
God’s Grandeur - Gerard Manley Hopkins - Read by Simon Russell Beale
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Is it thy will thy image should keep open (Sonnet 61)
Read by Simon Callow
Is it thy will thy image should keep open (Sonnet 61) - William Shakespeare - Read by Simon Callow
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Oh Mistress Mine
Read by Jude Law
Oh Mistress Mine - William Shakespeare - Read by Jude Law
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Dover Beach
Read by Romola Garai
Dover Beach - Matthew Arnold - Read by Romola Garai
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To A Stranger
Read by Kenneth Branagh
by Walt Whitman