Read by Ghizela Rowe & Richard Mitchley (Unabridged: 24mins)

Featuring poems by Louisa May Alcott, John Keats, Hafiz, Victor Hugo & others.

‘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.

In this compilation - 

1 - A Rhyme a Dozen - 12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic.  Sleep - An Introduction

2 - The End of the Day by Katharine Tynan

3 - ‘Ere Sleep Comes Down to Soothe the Weary Eyes by Paul Laurence Dunbar

4 - To Sleep by John Keats

5 - Rest by Richard Le Gallienne

6 - Sleep by James Weldon Johnson

7 - Sleep on Thine Eyes by Hafiz

8 - The Day is Done by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

9 - The Sleeper by Edgar Allan Poe

10 - Nupital Sleep by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

11 - Song VIII - While Ye Deemed Him A Sleeping by William Morris

12 - Boaz Asleep by Victor Hugo

13 - Lullaby by Louisa May Alcott