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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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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
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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
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Explanation For Those Who Don’t Know Love - Holly Hopkins
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Kae Tempest
B. 1985
Born in south-east London where he still lives, Kae Tempest made his live debut as a spoken-word artist at sixteen. Having initially conceived of himself as a rapper, Tempest found his work was also extremely popular at poetry slams; he…
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Edgar Allan Poe
B. 1809 D. 1849
Edgar Allan Poe was born in 1809, the son of poverty-stricken actors. His father died from consumption; soon afterwards, his English mother, who in her time had played Juliet, Ophelia and a range of Shakespearian leading roles, died and left…
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John Glenday
B. 1952
John Glenday had published four collections of poetry at the time of his recording for the Poetry Archive: The Apple Ghost (Peterloo Poets, 1989), which received a Scottish Arts Council Book Prize; Undark (Peterloo Poets, 1995), which was a Poetry…