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Ulysses
Read by Simon Russell Beale
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Weary with Toil (Sonnet 27)
Read by Rosamund Pike
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Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day (Sonnet 18)
Read by Ian McKellen
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Wild Nights
Read by Helen Mirren
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How do I Love Thee (Sonnet 43)
Read by Judi Dench
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Remember
Read by Rosamund Pike
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To My Dear and Living Husband
Read by Helen Mirren
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To His Coy Mistress
Read by Patrick Stewart
Poet
Derek Walcott
B. 1930 D. 2017
“What's poetry, if it's worth its salt, / but a phrase men can pass from hand to mouth?”