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The Mighty Dead
The Visit
Read by Jo Shapcott
by Mary Leapor
The Visit - Mary Leapor - Read by Jo Shapcott
Poem
Cider Story - Peter Didsbury
The Mighty Dead
A Song of a Young Lady to her Ancient Lover
Read by Alan Brownjohn
A Song of a Young Lady to her Ancient Lover - John Wilmot Earl of Rochester - Read by Alan Brownjohn
The Mighty Dead
A Shropshire Lad II: Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
Read by Alan Brownjohn
by A E Housman
A Shropshire Lad II: Loveliest of trees, the cherry now - A E Housman - Read by Alan Brownjohn
Poem
Approaching Fifty - Arvind Krishna Mehrotra
Poem
Snapshot - Nigel McLoughlin
The Mighty Dead
They flee from me that sometime did me seek
Read by Helen Dunmore
by Thomas Wyatt