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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.
230 poems
The Classics
So We’ll Go No More a Roving
Read by Andrew Greig
by Lord Byron
So We’ll Go No More a Roving - Lord Byron - Read by Andrew Greig
The Classics
The Darkling Thrush
Read by Lawrence Sail
by Thomas Hardy
The Darkling Thrush - Thomas Hardy - Read by Lawrence Sail
The Classics
God’s Grandeur
Read by Fred Sedgwick
God’s Grandeur - Gerard Manley Hopkins - Read by Fred Sedgwick
The Classics
To His Coy Mistress
Read by Mervyn Morris
To His Coy Mistress - Andrew Marvell - Read by Mervyn Morris
The Classics
The Mower to the Glow-worms
Read by Andrew Motion
The Mower to the Glow-worms - Andrew Marvell - Read by Andrew Motion
The Classics
Bermudas
Read by Jo Shapcott
Bermudas - Andrew Marvell - Read by Jo Shapcott
The Classics
The Resolve
Read by Denise Riley
The Resolve - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - Read by Denise Riley
The Classics
Sonnets from the Portuguese XXXVI
Read by Lavinia Greenlaw
Sonnets from the Portuguese XXXVI - Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Read by Lavinia Greenlaw
The Classics
If thou must love me (Sonnet 14)
Read by Rosamund Pike
The Classics
Dover Beach
Read by Alan Brownjohn
Dover Beach - Matthew Arnold - Read by Alan Brownjohn
The Classics
Sohrab and Rustum, ll. 857–end
Read by Alan Brownjohn
Sohrab and Rustum, ll. 857–end - Matthew Arnold - Read by Alan Brownjohn
The Classics
The Rights of Woman
Read by Denise Riley
The Rights of Woman - Anna Laetitia Barbauld - Read by Denise Riley
The Classics
Ozymandias
Read by Kit Wright
Ozymandias - Percy Bysshe Shelley - Read by Kit Wright
The Classics
Ode to the West Wind
Read by Kit Wright
Ode to the West Wind - Percy Bysshe Shelley - Read by Kit Wright
The Classics
Ode to a Skylark
Read by Kit Wright
Ode to a Skylark - Percy Bysshe Shelley - Read by Kit Wright
The Classics
When I am Dead, my dearest
Read by Helen Dunmore
When I am Dead, my dearest - Christina Rossetti - Read by Helen Dunmore
The Classics
Goblin Market
Read by Helen Dunmore
Goblin Market - Christina Rossetti - Read by Helen Dunmore
The Classics
Paradise Lost (extract)
Read by Helen Dunmore
by John Milton