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As well as new recordings by contemporary poets the Poetry Archive also contains selections of classic poems recorded by contemporary voices.
238 poems
The Classics
Epitaph on a Hare
Read by Andrew Motion
Epitaph on a Hare - William Cowper - Read by Andrew Motion
The Classics
Slavery, A Poem
Read by Patience Agbabi
by Hannah More
Slavery, A Poem - Hannah More - Read by Patience Agbabi
The Classics
Song: ae fond kiss, and then we sever
Read by Don Paterson
by Robert Burns
Song: ae fond kiss, and then we sever - Robert Burns - Read by Don Paterson
The Classics
After Blenheim
Read by Daljit Nagra
After Blenheim - Robert Southey - Read by Daljit Nagra
The Classics
Female Fashions For 1799
Read by Jo Shapcott
Female Fashions For 1799 - Mary Robinson - Read by Jo Shapcott
The Classics
Lord Randall
Read by Don Paterson
by Anonymous
Lord Randall - Anonymous - Read by Don Paterson
The Classics
The Destruction of Sennacherib
Read by Daljit Nagra
by Lord Byron
The Destruction of Sennacherib - Lord Byron - Read by Daljit Nagra
The Classics
Song From Arcadia
Read by Jacob Sam-La Rose
Song From Arcadia - Philip Sidney - Read by Jacob Sam-La Rose
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
The Classics
Tichborne’s Elegy
Read by Jean Sprackland
Tichborne’s Elegy - Chidiock Tichborne - Read by Jean Sprackland
The Classics
Walsingham
Read by Alice Oswald
Walsingham - Walter Raleigh - Read by Alice Oswald
The Classics
O
Read by Jean Sprackland
O - Mary Sidney Herbert - Read by Jean Sprackland
The Classics
The Burning Babe
Read by Jacob Sam-La Rose
The Burning Babe - Robert Southwell - Read by Jacob Sam-La Rose
The Classics
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
The Classics
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
The Classics
Song To Celia
Read by Jean Sprackland
by Ben Jonson