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Thank you to Ruth for her excellent poems over the last weeks.Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea, was an English poet, the third child of Sir William Kingsmill of Sydmonton Court and his wife, Anne Haslewood. She was well-educated as her family believed in good education for girls as well as for boys.
In her works Finch drew upon her own observations and experiences, demonstrating an insightful awareness of the social mores and political climate of her era. But she also artfully recorded her private thoughts, which could be joyful or despairing, playful or despondent. The poems also revealed her highly developed spiritual side. (Summary from Wikipedia)
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Channels: 1 (Mono)
Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44100 kHz
The poem can be found here: http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/finch01.html#1
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Begin your reading with the abbreviated LibriVox disclaimer:
No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
Then read the poem:The Apology by Anne Finch, read for LibriVox.org by [your name].
[Add, if you wish, date, your location, and/or your personal url.]
'TIS true I write and tell me by what Rule
I am alone forbid to play the fool,
To follow through the Groves a wand'ring Muse
And fain'd Ideas's for my pleasures chuse.
Why shou'd it in my Pen be held a fault
Whilst Mira paints her face, to paint a thought?
Whilst Lamia to the manly Bumper flys
And borrow'd Spiritts sparkle in her Eyes,
Why shou'd itt be in me a thing so vain
To heat with Poetry my colder Brain?
But I write ill and there-fore shou'd forbear.
Does Flavia cease now at her fortieth year
In ev'ry Place to lett that face be seen
Which all the Town rejected at fifteen?
Each Woman has her weaknesse; mine indeed
Is still to write tho' hopelesse to succeed.
Nor to the Men is this so easy found;
Ev'n in most Works with which the Witts abound
(So weak are all since our first breach with Heav'n)
Ther's less to be Applauded then forgiven.
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File name - all in lowercase: apology_finch_your initials in lowercase_128kb.mp3
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Artist Name: Anne Finch
Track Title: The Apology - Read by YOUR INITIALS (e.g. The Apology - Read by KLH)
Album Title: LibriVox Weekly Poetry
Comments: (optional) Recorded by [your name]
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