{"product_id":"born-in-england-exploring-english-poetry-the-north-west-audiobook","title":"Born in England – Exploring English Poetry - The North-West  (Audiobook)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA celebration of English poems\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead by Richard Mitchley, Nigel Planer, Ghizela Rowe (Unabridged: 1hr 12mins)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeaturing poems by William Wordsworth, Lewis Carroll, Richard Le Gallienne, John Oxenham \u0026amp; many more\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ePoetry. A form of words that seems so elegantly simple in one verse and so cleverly complex in another.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eEach poet has a particular style, an individual and unique way with words and yet each of us seems to recognise the path and destination of where the verses lead, even if sometimes the full comprehension may be a little beyond us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThrough the centuries every culture has produced verse to symbolize and to describe everything from everyday life, natural wonders, the human condition and even in its more hubristic moments, the crushing triumph of an enemy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn the volumes of this series, we take a look at poetry through the prism of individual regions of England, or sometimes more quaintly known as ‘Albion’, or ‘Blighty’, through the centuries of its gloried history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eEngland, despite its perception of reserve and under-statement has, in reality, strode the global stage at various time in many things, both good and bad, from Empire to long distance running. Here our focus in on its literature.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eFamed for its fiction and dramas, it is equally admired for its plethora of gifted poets and the dazzling verse which has added so much to its artistic legacy.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThese classic poets are wonders of their age and of their art.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eGenius is written in their names.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn this volume we have collected verse from poets born in the East of England.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThese flat lowlands face out towards Europe yet within their counties are centuries of poetical history that indelibly mark out their talents as among our very best.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn this compilation - \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e1 - Born in England - Exploring English Poetry - The North-West - An Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e2 - It Was an April Morning Fresh and Clear by William Wordsworth\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e3 - Ode Composed on a May Morning by William Wordsworth\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e4 - It Is a Beauteous Evening by William Wordsworth\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e5 - The Longest Day by William Wordsworth\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e6 - The Walrus and the Carpenter by Lewis Carroll\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e7 - Lays of Sorrow by Lewis Carroll\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e8 - Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e9 - Satan - 1920 by Richard Le Gallienne\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e10 - The Long Purposes of God by Richard Le Gallienne\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e11 - Her Eyes Are Bluebells Now by Richard Le Gallienne\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e12 - England's Poet by Laurence Binyon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e13 - For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e14 - Whitechapel High Road by Laurence Binyon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e15 - In a London Square by Arthur Hugh Clough\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e16 - Le Diner by Arthur Hugh Clough\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e17 - Floating Island by Dorothy Wordsworth\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e18 - Loving and Liking by Dorothy Wordsworth\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e19 - The Hound of Heaven by Francis Thompson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e20 - Ex Ore Infantium by Francis Thompson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e21 - A Petition to April, Written During Sickness by Susanna Blamire\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e22 - Come Mortals, Enliven the Hour by Susanna Blamire\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e23 - The Slave by Robert Anderson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e24 - Hymn Written Sunday February 11th, 1798 by Robert Anderson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e25 - For the Men at the Front by John Oxenham\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e26 - Liberty, Equality, Fraternity by John Oxenham\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e27 - Chaplain to the Forces by Winifred M Letts\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e28 - To a Soldier in Hospital by Winifred M Letts\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e29 - To Her Brother G W by Isabella Whitney\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e30 - Holy, Holy, Holy! 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