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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
The Classics
She Walks in Beauty
Read by Jude Law
by Lord Byron
She Walks in Beauty - Lord Byron - Read by Jude Law
The Classics
To My Dear and Living Husband
Read by Helen Mirren
To My Dear and Living Husband - Anne Bradstreet - Read by Helen Mirren
The Classics
To His Coy Mistress
Read by Patrick Stewart
To His Coy Mistress - Andrew Marvell - Read by Patrick Stewart
The Classics
Sonnet 130: My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun
Read by Daniel Radcliffe
Sonnet 130: My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun - William Shakespeare - Read by Daniel Radcliffe
The Classics
The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd
Read by Andrew Motion
The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd - Walter Raleigh - Read by Andrew Motion
The Classics
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
Read by Andrew Motion
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love - Christopher Marlowe - Read by Andrew Motion
The Classics
A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
Read by Andrew Motion
by John Donne
A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning - John Donne - Read by Andrew Motion
The Classics
Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, On Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour. July 13, 1798 - William Wordsworth - Read by Andrew Motion
The Classics
We Wear the Mask
Read by David Yezzi
We Wear the Mask - Paul Laurence Dunbar - Read by David Yezzi
The Classics
The Raven
Read by David Yezzi
The Raven - Edgar Allan Poe - Read by David Yezzi
The Classics
On being brought from Africa to America
Read by Mary Jo Salter
On being brought from Africa to America - Phyllis Wheatley - Read by Mary Jo Salter
The Classics
Book 1, Canto 1 of The Faerie Queen
Read by Andrew Motion
Book 1, Canto 1 of The Faerie Queen - Edmund Spenser - Read by Andrew Motion
The Classics
Sonnet 75
Read by Andrew Motion
Sonnet 75 - Edmund Spenser - Read by Andrew Motion
The Classics
The Lamb
Read by Andrew Motion
The Lamb - William Blake - Read by Andrew Motion
The Classics
To A Mouse, On Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough, November, 1785
Read by Jim Carruth
by Robert Burns
To A Mouse, On Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough, November, 1785 - Robert Burns - Read by Jim Carruth
The Classics
A Red, Red Rose
Read by Jim Carruth
by Robert Burns
A Red, Red Rose - Robert Burns - Read by Jim Carruth
The Classics
Annabel Lee
Read by David Yezzi
Annabel Lee - Edgar Allan Poe - Read by David Yezzi
The Classics
Song of Myself
Read by David Yezzi
by Walt Whitman