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Anthology of English Verse, Vol. 2: Read by Lally Bowers, Pauline Letts, V.C. Clinton-Baddeley, Carleton Hobbs, etc.

Various Artists
Anthology of English Verse, Vol. 2: Read by Lally Bowers, Pauline Letts, V.C. Clinton-Baddeley, Carleton Hobbs, etc. Tales of adventure, humor, and moral lessons fill the second volume of the Anthology of English Verse, a lively album featuring the work of noted poets such as W.H. Auden, William Wordsworth, Lewis Carroll, and Percy Bysshe Shelley. Poems on this album include Lewis Carroll’s “You Are Old, Father William,” which describes a son questioning his father’s vivacity in his old age, and Alfred Lord Tennyson’s “The Lady of Shalott,” which narrates the life of a woman Sir Lancelot discovers in Camelot. Rhythmically stimulating and with fascinating plots, each poem on the album is a story in itself. Liner notes include poem texts and a list of the readers’ names.

Track Listing

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W.H. Auden: Night Mail John Laurie 02:21
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Lewis Carroll: You Are Old, Father William V.C. Clinton-Baddeley 01:53
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Robert Herrick: To Daffodils Pauline Letts 00:56
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William Wordsworth: The Solitary Reaper Michael Hordern 01:50
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Sir Walter Scott: Jock of Haseldean John Laurie 01:22
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Walter de la Mare: Sam V.C. Clinton-Baddeley 02:09
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Lord Tennyson: The Splendour Falls on Castle Walls Michael Hordern 01:43
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Percy Bysshe Shelley: Ozymandias V.C. Clinton-Baddeley 01:10
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Robert Browning: How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix C. Day Lewis 03:43
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Hilaire Belloc: Matilda, Who Told Lies and Was Burned to Death Lally Bowers 02:22
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Edmund Blunden: Forefathers Carleton Hobbs 02:00
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Robert Graves: The General Elliott V.C. Clinton-Baddeley 01:44
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John Fletcher: Orpheus with His Lute Pauline Letts 00:48
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Anonymous: All's Well That Ends Well John Laurie 01:39
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Lord Tennyson: The Lady of Shalott Michael Hordern 08:25