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Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
Read by Stephen Fry
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal - Alfred Tennyson - Read by Stephen Fry
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Love’s Philosophy
Read by Keira Knightley
Love’s Philosophy - Percy Bysshe Shelley - Read by Keira Knightley
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Weary with Toil (Sonnet 27)
Read by Rosamund Pike
Weary with Toil (Sonnet 27) - William Shakespeare - Read by Rosamund Pike
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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
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Wild Nights
Read by Helen Mirren
Wild Nights - Emily Dickinson - Read by Helen Mirren
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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 Passionate Shepherd to his Love
Read by Ian McKellen
The Passionate Shepherd to his Love - Christopher Marlowe - Read by Ian McKellen
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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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A Birthday
Read by James Earl Jones
A Birthday - Christina Rossetti - Read by James Earl Jones
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She Walks in Beauty
Read by Jude Law
by Lord Byron
She Walks in Beauty - Lord Byron - Read by Jude Law
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To My Dear and Living Husband
Read by Helen Mirren
To My Dear and Living Husband - Anne Bradstreet - Read by Helen Mirren
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To His Coy Mistress
Read by Patrick Stewart
To His Coy Mistress - Andrew Marvell - Read by Patrick Stewart
Poet
Derek Walcott
B. 1930 D. 2017
Derek Walcott (1930-2017) was awarded the Nobel prize for Literature in 1992, two years after the publication of his most ambitious and celebrated work, Omeros, an epic poem which draws on the Homeric tradition and relocates it in the voices…