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Christmas, they say, comes but once a year. In these days it seems to also last for much of that year.For the religious amongst us this annual celebration of the Birth of Christ must seem bitter sweet; it's acknowledgment by billions of people countered by the pervasive spread of material possessions translating the event to little more than a sales pitch for their own wares. Most religions celebrate their founders but Christianity seems somehow to have lost possession of one of its key rituals in an ever more secular West. The spread of globalisation seems to have hindered rather than helped the true meaning of the festival. Children today are much more interested in what presents they might receive than any spiritual message. As parents too, most of us buy into this and we seem to indulge our offspring rather than the themes and aims of the festival's meaning common to us all. In this collection we rely on the words and wisdom of such fine poets as John Milton, Emily Dickinson, Sir Walter Scott, Daniel Sheehan, Wordsworth, Longfellow and a whole host of others to absorb us in a Christmas time of hope and togetherness set amongst a landscape of winter wonderment and Nature's palest palette. The experiences and memories they share with us speak of a time, of a world that did have a common purpose and an ambition to share good fortune with everyone.
Christinas Rossetti, Robert Herrick, Rudyard Kipling (Author), Ghizela Rowe, Richard Mitchley, Tim Graham (Narrator)
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15 Minutes Of Love Poems - Volume 7
Love. What is love?The question is asked by each of us but the answer remains elusive. Dictionaries summon up many words but none fulfill. Love itself is often ethereal, felt but only seen in a glance, a look, a fleeting touch. Part of Love’s beauty is perhaps in the fact that the question never can be adequately answered; its ephemeral, a chimera of the heart and only felt. Our own experiences are unique and personal to ourselves and of little help defining it for another.Love is perhaps best expressed through poetry. As Plato said 2500 years ago “At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet”. Writing a love poem for ones’ partner is seen as the most romantic of gestures. It opens our hearts to another's. Lovers love.Here, in this volume history’s greatest poets convey thoughts, feelings and sentiments of love to you in quick (or bite-size) conversations of verse that can slip into your day and your partner's heart.
John Keats, Robert Herrick, William Shakespeare (Author), Richard Mitchley (Narrator)
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The Poetry of the 17th Century - Volume 2
The Elizabethan age had almost departed and the world had seen the rise of great European empires that continued to hunt with mischief between themselves as they traversed the globe in search of more spoils and territories. In England the Civil War had brought about the Will of Parliament and the replacement of the Crown as the governing body. But with these Puritan times, and the subsequent Restoration, Poetry had entered a golden age. John Milton, John Dryden, Ben Jonson are but a few of the luminaries whose great verse followed in the wake of the immortal William Shakespeare.
Ben Jonson, John Milton, Robert Herrick (Author), Ghizela Rowe, Gideon Wagner, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)
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Poetry is often cited as our greatest use of words. The English language has well over a million of them and poets down the ages seem, at times, to make use of every single one. But often they use them in simple ways to describe anything and everything from landscapes to all aspects of the human condition. Poems can evoke within us an individual response that takes us by surprise; that opens our ears and eyes to very personal feelings.Forget the idea of classic poetry being somehow dull and boring and best kept to children’s textbooks. It still has life, vibrancy and relevance to our lives today. Where to start? How to do that? Poetry can be difficult. We’ve put together some very eclectic Poetry Hours, with a broad range of poets and themes, to entice you and seduce you with all manner of temptations. In this hour we introduce poets of the quality and breadth of Robert Herrick and Herman Melville as well as themes on Westminster Memorials, December and more.All of them are from Portable Poetry, a dedicated poetry publisher. We believe that poetry should be a part of our everyday lives, uplifting the soul & reaching the parts that other arts can’t. Our range of audiobooks and ebooks cover volumes on some of our greatest poets to anthologies of seasons, months, places and a wide range of themes. Portable Poetry can found at iTunes, Audible, the digital music section on Amazon and most other digital stores. This audio book is also duplicated in print as an ebook. Same title. Same words. Perhaps a different experience. But with Amazon’s whispersync you can pick up and put down on any device – start on audio, continue in print and any which way after that. Portable poetry – Let us join you for the journey.The Poetry Hour – Volume 19Robert Herrick. An IntroductionAn Hymn to the Muses by Robert HerrickHis Farewell to Sack by Robert HerrickHis Return To London by Robert HerrickTo Electra by Robert HerrickTo Find God by Robert HerrickThe Lake Poets. An IntroductionFrost At Midnight by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Inchcape Rock by Robert SoutheyI Travell’d Amongst Unknown Men by William WordsworthIt Was An April Morning Fresh And Clear by William WordsworthDecemberCome, Come Thou Bleak December Wind (Fragment 3) by Samuel Taylor ColeridgeWinter Stores by Charlotte BronteThe Death of the Old Year by Alfred Lord TennysonDecember 27th 1879 by George MacDonaldHerman Melville. An IntroductionJohn Marr & Other Sailors by Herman MelvilleFather Mapples Hymn (from Moby Dick) by Herman MelvilleGettysburg by Herman MelvilleThe Berg, A Dream by Herman MelvilleDupont’s Round Fight, November 1851 by Herman MelvilleAurora Borealis by Herman MelvilleShelley’s Vision by Herman MelvilleThe March into Virginia by Herman MelvilleWestminster Memorials – An IntroductionFirst Love by John ClareTo an Infant by Samuel Taylor ColeridgeThe Village by Oliver GoldsmithHis Meditation Upon Death by Robert HerrickVirtue by George HerbertWhen I Have Fears by John KeatsWilliam Shakespeare – A Tribute in VerseOn Shakespeare by John MiltonShakespeare by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowThe Spirit of Shakespeare by George MeredithShakespeare by Matthew Arnold
Herman Melville, John Milton, Robert Herrick (Author), Ghizela Rowe, Gideon Wagner, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)
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The Clergyman and poet, Robert Herrick was born in Cheapside, in London in 1591. An exact date is not known though he was baptized on August 24th, the seventh child of Nicholas Herrick, a wealthy goldsmith. Some controversy surrounds several chapters in his early years. The first are allusions that his father, in November 1592, two days after making a will, killed himself by jumping from the fourth-floor window of his house. However, the Queen's Almoner did not confiscate the Herrick estate for the crown as was the usual procedure with suicides, so an alternate narrative emerged that he fell accidentally which seems to have more credence.There is no record of Herrick attending school. Some claim a poem alludes to Westminster School, others merely that he meant Westminster, the area. Another school of thought claims he was educated at Merchant Taylor's School. What is known is that in 1607 he was apprenticed to his uncle Sir William Herrick as a goldsmith. Herrick certainly seems to have been a keen and avid poet. The earliest work known to be written by him dates from 1610; 'A Country Life', and deals with the move from London to farm life in Leicestershire. After six years as an apprentice, when Herrick was 22 he matriculated at St John's College, Cambridge before moving to Trinity College and graduating with his Bachelor of Arts in 1617, Master of Arts in 1620, and in 1623 he was ordained priest. By 1625 he was well known as a poet, mixing in literary circles in London such as that around Ben Jonson. An avowed admirer of Jonson he was also one of a group whom became known as 'The Sons of Ben' writing both in his style and about him.In 1629 he was presented by Charles I to the parishioners of Dean Prior, a remote parish of Devonshire. The best of his work was written in the peace and seclusion of country life; 'To Blossoms' and 'To Daffodils' are classical depictions of a devoted appreciation of nature. However, after he refused to subscribe to The Solemn League and Covenant, he was ejected from Devonshire in 1647 and moved to London where he published his religious poems Noble Numbers (1647), and Hesperides (1648).Herrick was distinguished as a lyric poet, and some of his love songs, for example, 'To Anthea' and 'Gather Ye Rose-buds' are considered exceptional. By 1660 he was reinstated at Dean Prior where he lived for the remainder of his life. He wrote no more poems after 1648 but over his life it is thought he wrote in the region of 2,500 poems in total, only a small portion of which were ever published.He died in October 1674, at the age of 83 in circumstances unknown. He was buried on October 15th, 1674 in an unmarked grave in the churchyard at Dean Prior. This volume comes to you from Portable Poetry, a specialized imprint from Deadtree Publishing. Our range is large and growing and covers single poets, themes, and many compilations.
Robert Herrick (Author), Ghizela Rowe, Gideon Wagner, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)
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Westminster Memorials - Volume 2
Westminster Memorials - Volume 2 - An introduction. Westminster Abbey has seen much during its long, rich history; the coronations of Kings and Queens, the burials of Prime ministers. However it is also a church that remembers the men and women of the arts. Dedicated writers and poets who spoke so eloquently that the Nation wished to remember them with plaques upon its walls so that all who travelled here could remember too. Their works are worth remembering and here, in these volumes, their wise words speak too and for us all. In Volume 2 we collect together John Clare to DH Lawrence.
John Clare, Robert Herrick, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Author), Glyn Huston, Jan Francis, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)
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