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  The Utter Nonsense of Edward Lear

  Edward Lear

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  A fine selection of hand-picked classics from the master of nonsense, enthusiastically narrated by Colin Jones. 
  
  This collection contains some of Mr Lear's finest works:
  
  How Pleasant to Know Mr. Lear
  The Jumblies
  The Owl and the Pussy-Cat
  The Pobble Who Has No Toes
  The Broom, the Shovel, the Poker and the Tongs
  Mr. and Mrs. Discobbolos
  The Dong With a Luminous Nose
  The Duck and the Kangaroo
  The Daddy Long-legs and the Fly
  The New Vestments
  The Quanglewangle's Hat
  The Two Old Bachelors
  Incidents in the Life of my Uncle Arly
  The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò
  And more!
  An Author's Republic audio production.

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  The Poetry of England Volume 2

  John Keats, Robert Browning,...

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  English Poetry, Volume 2 – An Introduction.  The English language has grown into the Worlds pre-dominant spoken language.  It’s estimated there are over one million words with which to do this.  It’s sources are rich and diverse, absorbing from other cultures and times without hesitation.   It surely follows that when we add the talents of Shakespeare, Keats, Shelley, Kipling and Blake to a myriad of others that its beauty and reach entrance us with their thoughts and visions.  In two volumes these remarkable poems present a wonderful companion through the long heritage of the English Language and its poets.  The poems in volume 2 are; English Poetry - An Introduction; Bright Star - John Keats; La Belle Dame Sans Merci - John Keats; I Remember I Remember - Thomas Hood; Ballad - Thomas Hood; No! - Thomas Hood; If Thou Must Love Me - Elizabeth Barrett Browning; How Do I Love Thee - Elizabeth Barrett Browning; Ulysses - Alfred Lord Tennyson; Lady Clare – Alfred Lord Tennyson; from Pied Piper Of Hamblin - Robert Browning; Home Thoughts From Abroad - Robert Browning; The Jumblies - Edward Lear; Dover Beach - Matthew Arnold; Remember - Christina Rossetti; In The Willow Shade - Christina Rossetti; The Oxen - Thomas Hardy; Ah Are You Digging My Grave - Thomas Hardy; The Darkling Thrush - Thomas Hardy; Spring - Gerald Manley Hopkins; Epithalamion - Gerald Manley Hopkins; Loveliest Of Trees, The Cherry Now - AE Houseman; If - Rudyard Kipling; Tommy - Rudyard Kipling; The Way That Lovers Use - Rupert Brooke; Love - Rupert Brooke; The Old Vicarage Of Grantchester; Rupert Brooke

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  A Prairie Sunset

  Walt Whitman

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  LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of A Prairie Sunset by Walt Whitman. This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 28, 2011.Walt Whitman has been claimed as America's first "poet of democracy", a title meant to reflect his ability to write in a singularly American character. A British friend of Walt Whitman, Mary Smith Whitall Costelloe, wrote: "You cannot really understand America without Walt Whitman, without Leaves of Grass... He has expressed that civilization, 'up to date,' as he would say, and no student of the philosophy of history can do without him." (summary from Wikipedia)

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  Mrs Mulligatawny

  Arthur Macy

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  Arthur Macy was a Nantucket boy of Quaker extraction. His name alone is evidence of this, for it is safe to say that a Macy, wherever found in the United States, is descended from that sturdy old Quaker who was one of those who bought Nantucket from the Indians, paid them fairly for it, treated them with justice, and lived on friendly terms with them. In many ways Arthur Macy showed that he was a Nantucketer and, at least by descent, a Quaker. He often used phrases peculiar to our island in the sea, and was given, in conversation at least, to similes which smacked of salt water. Almost the last time I saw him he said, "I'm coming round soon for a good long gam." (Summary from the Introduction to Poems by Arthur Macy)This was the fortnightly poem for March 13, 2015.

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  The Two Gentlemen of Verona

  William Shakespeare, Edith Nesbit

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  Valentine is preparing to leave Verona for Milan so as to broaden his horizons. He begs his best friend, Proteus, to come with him, but Proteus is in love with Julia, and refuses to leave. The play deals with the themes of friendship and infidelity, the conflict between friendship and love, and the foolish behaviour of people in love. This edition of The Two Gentlemen of Verona is an adaptation of Shakespeare's eponymous drama, narrated in plain modern English, capturing the very essence and key elements of the original Shakespeare's work. Read in English, unabdridged.

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  Arlington (NHB Modern Plays)

  Enda Walsh

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  A strange, tender love story from the author of Disco Pigs and The Walworth Farce.
  In a waiting room, inside a tower, Isla waits for her number to be called. A young woman finally understands her fate. And a young man faces a stark decision.
  In the midst of a bleak and terrifying world, Arlington is a compelling ode to the human spirit and its power to endure. It premiered at Galway International Arts Festival in 2016 in a production by the festival and Landmark Productions, directed by the playwright.
  Arlington is published in this edition alongside three short theatre installations – Kitchen, A Girl's Bedroom and Room 303 – performed at Galway International Arts Festival under the collective title Rooms.

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