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I love to rise in a summer morn When the birds sing on every tree; The distant huntsman winds his horn, And…
The sun does arise, And make happy the skies. The merry bells ring To welcome the Spring. The sky-lark and thrush, The…
Merry, merry sparrow! Under leaves so green A happy blossom Sees you, swift as arrow, Seek your cradle narrow, Near my bosom….
When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy, And the dimpling stream runs laughing by; When the air does laugh…
The sun descending in the west, The evening star does shine; The birds are silent in their nest, And I must seek…
Can I see another’s woe, And not be in sorrow too? Can I see another’s grief, And not seek for kind relief?…
Read by Brian Cox
Skirting the river road, (my forenoon walk, my rest,) Skyward in air a sudden muffled sound, the dalliance of the eagles, The…
Is it thy will that I should wax and wane, Barter my cloth of gold for hodden grey, And at thy pleasure…
The wild bee reels from bough to bough With his furry coat and his gauzy wing. Now in a lily-cup, and now…
Read by Charles Dance, Mark Strong, Damian Lewis + 1 other
You became In many acts and quiet observances A body and soul, entire. I cannot tell What time your life became mine:…
Read by Fiona Shaw, Bob Geldof, Sinéad Cusack + 2 others
A sudden blow: the great wings beating still Above the staggering girl, her thighs caressed By the dark webs, her nape caught…
Read by Harriet Walter, Poppy Miller, Elizabeth McGovern + 4 others
Morning and evening Maids heard the goblins cry: “Come buy our orchard fruits, Come buy, come buy: Apples and quinces, Lemons and…
