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The Mighty Dead
Verses Upon the Burning of Our House
Read by Denise Riley
Verses Upon the Burning of Our House - Anne Bradstreet - Read by Denise Riley
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Trickster - Kwame Dawes
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When I Consider How My Light Is Spent (On His Blindness)
Read by Helen Dunmore
by John Milton
When I Consider How My Light Is Spent (On His Blindness) - John Milton - Read by Helen Dunmore
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Paradise Lost (extract)
Read by Helen Dunmore
by John Milton
Paradise Lost (extract) - John Milton - Read by Helen Dunmore
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Frost at Midnight
Read by Kit Wright
Frost at Midnight - Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Read by Kit Wright
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (extracts)
Read by Kit Wright
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (extracts) - Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Read by Kit Wright
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Pied Beauty
Read by Mimi Khalvati
Pied Beauty - Gerard Manley Hopkins - Read by Mimi Khalvati
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Jordan
Read by Lavinia Greenlaw
Jordan - George Herbert - Read by Lavinia Greenlaw
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Affliction
Read by Lavinia Greenlaw
Affliction - George Herbert - Read by Lavinia Greenlaw
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The Collar
Read by Lavinia Greenlaw
The Collar - George Herbert - Read by Lavinia Greenlaw
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No Coward Soul Is Mine
Read by Fleur Adcock
by Emily Bronte