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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
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
The Classics
A Shropshire Lad XXXI: On Wenlock Edge
Read by Alan Brownjohn
by A E Housman
A Shropshire Lad XXXI: On Wenlock Edge - A E Housman - Read by Alan Brownjohn
The Classics
Louse Hunting
Read by Andrew Motion
Louse Hunting - Isaac Rosenberg - Read by Andrew Motion
The Classics
Stars
Read by Dorothea Smartt
by Emily Bronte
Stars - Emily Bronte - Read by Dorothea Smartt
The Classics
Sonnet 20: A woman’s face
Read by James Fenton
Sonnet 20: A woman’s face - William Shakespeare - Read by James Fenton
The Classics
The Song of Wandering Aengus
Read by Maurice Riordan
The Song of Wandering Aengus - William Butler Yeats - Read by Maurice Riordan
The Classics
Whoso list to hunt
Read by Alice Oswald
by Thomas Wyatt
Whoso list to hunt - Thomas Wyatt - Read by Alice Oswald
The Classics
I abide and abide and better abide
Read by Alice Oswald
by Thomas Wyatt
I abide and abide and better abide - Thomas Wyatt - Read by Alice Oswald
The Classics
They flee from me that sometime did me seek
Read by Helen Dunmore
by Thomas Wyatt