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The Way Through The Woods
Read by Simon Armitage
The Way Through The Woods - Rudyard Kipling - Read by Simon Armitage
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London Snow
Read by Jacob Sam-La Rose
London Snow - Robert Bridges - Read by Jacob Sam-La Rose
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Philosophy
Read by Patience Agbabi
by Amy Levy
Philosophy - Amy Levy - Read by Patience Agbabi
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Lucifer In Starlight
Read by Glyn Maxwell
Lucifer In Starlight - George Meredith - Read by Glyn Maxwell
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A Frog’s Fate
Read by Alice Oswald
A Frog’s Fate - Christina Rossetti - Read by Alice Oswald
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Inversnaid
Read by Alice Oswald
Inversnaid - Gerard Manley Hopkins - Read by Alice Oswald
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A Forsaken Garden
Read by Patience Agbabi
A Forsaken Garden - Algernon Swinburne - Read by Patience Agbabi
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Invictus
Read by Daljit Nagra
by W. E. Henley
Invictus - W. E. Henley - Read by Daljit Nagra
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Dirge For Two Veterans
Read by Jacob Sam-La Rose
by Walt Whitman
Dirge For Two Veterans - Walt Whitman - Read by Jacob Sam-La Rose
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Snake
Read by Jo Shapcott
Snake - Emily Dickinson - Read by Jo Shapcott
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Envy
Read by Jacob Sam-La Rose
Envy - Adelaide Anne Procter - Read by Jacob Sam-La Rose
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An Upper Chamber In A Darkened House
Read by Andrew Motion
An Upper Chamber In A Darkened House - Frederick Tuckerman - Read by Andrew Motion
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My orcha’d In Linden Lea
Read by Andrew Motion
My orcha’d In Linden Lea - William Barnes - Read by Andrew Motion
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There Is No God
Read by Jacob Sam-La Rose
There Is No God - Arthur Hugh Clough - Read by Jacob Sam-La Rose
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Sonnets From The Portuguese XXIV
Read by Jo Shapcott
Sonnets From The Portuguese XXIV - Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Read by Jo Shapcott
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The War Song of Dinas Vawr
Read by Glyn Maxwell
The War Song of Dinas Vawr - Thomas Love Peacock - Read by Glyn Maxwell
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Casabianca
Read by Alice Oswald
Casabianca - Felicia Hemans - Read by Alice Oswald
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Proud Maisie
Read by Don Paterson
by Walter Scott