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The Classics
In summer’s heat and midtime of the day
Read by Simon Armitage
In summer’s heat and midtime of the day - Christopher Marlowe - Read by Simon Armitage
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Tichborne’s Elegy
Read by Jean Sprackland
Tichborne’s Elegy - Chidiock Tichborne - Read by Jean Sprackland
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Walsingham
Read by Alice Oswald
Walsingham - Walter Raleigh - Read by Alice Oswald
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O
Read by Jean Sprackland
O - Mary Sidney Herbert - Read by Jean Sprackland
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The Burning Babe
Read by Jacob Sam-La Rose
The Burning Babe - Robert Southwell - Read by Jacob Sam-La Rose
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Amoretti LV: so oft as I her beauty do behold
Read by Daljit Nagra
Amoretti LV: so oft as I her beauty do behold - Edmund Spenser - Read by Daljit Nagra
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When that I was and a little tiny boy
Read by Glyn Maxwell
When that I was and a little tiny boy - William Shakespeare - Read by Glyn Maxwell
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Song To Celia
Read by Jean Sprackland
by Ben Jonson