Rhyme A Dozen A - Roses - 12 Poets 12 Poems 1 Topic

Robert Burns, Hafiz, Alfred Austin, Alice Dunbar Nelson, Damon Runyon, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Emily Dickinson, John Cournos, Thomas More, WB Yeats, William Henry Davies, William Shakespeare

Narrator Alan Cumming, Eve Karpf, Richard Mitchley

Summary

‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears. 
 
1 - A Rhyme a Dozen - 12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic.  Roses - An Introduction 
2 - A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns 
3 - The Rose Has Flushed Red by Hafiz 
4 - A Wild Rose by Alfred Austin 
5 - Laughing Rose by William Henry Davies 
6 - Amid the Roses by Alice Dunbar Nelson 
7 - The Secret Rose by W B Yeats 
8 - Sonnet 54 - O! How Much More Doth Beauty Beauteous Seem by William Shakespeare 
9 - The Rose by John Cournos 
10 - Roses of a Dream by Damon Runyon 
11 - No Rose That in a Garden Ever Grew by Edna St Vincent Millay 
12 - Where Roses Would Not Dare to Go by Emily Dickinson 
13 - Tis the Last Rose of Summer by Thomas Moore

Duration: 16 minutes (00:15:45)
Publishing date: 2023-01-01; Unabridged; Copyright Year: — Copyright Statment: —

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