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Thoughts in a Library by Anne Lynch Botta (1815 - 1891)

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Anne Charlotte Lynch Botta was an American poet, writer, teacher and socialite whose home was the central gathering place of the literary elite of her era. (Summary by Wikipedia)
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Speak low— tread softly through these halls ;
Here genius lives enshrined,—
Here reign, in silent majesty,
The monarchs of the mind.

A mighty spirit-host they come,
From every age and clime ;
Above the buried wrecks of years,
They breast the tide of Time.

And in their presence-chamber here,
They hold their regal state,
And round them throng a noble train,
The gifted and the great

Oh, child of Earth! when round thy path
The storms of life arise.
And when thy brothers pass thee by,
With stern, unloving eyes, —

Here shall the Poets chant for thee
Their sweetest, loftiest lays ;
And Prophets wait to guide thy steps
In wisdom's pleasant ways.

Come, with these God-anointed kings,
Be thou companion here ;
And in the mighty realm of mind,
Thou shalt go forth a peer!
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Post by ezwa »

Hello David,

Doing the honours this week: https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/library_botta_ezwa_128kb.mp3 (1:26).
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Post by KevinS »

I wonder if the line 'With stem, unloving eyes, —' is actually 'With stern, unloving eyes, —.'
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Thank you Kevin. :thumbs:

Yes, stern is shown in another copy of this poem, good catch. :D
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Thank you Lee Ann. :thumbs:
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David - Here's my try for this week -

https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/library_botta_ps_128kb.mp3
Track length: 1:20
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Could someone please PL my reading...
https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/library_botta_dl_128kb.mp3
1:23
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aradlaw wrote: March 28th, 2021, 5:37 pm Could someone please PL my reading...
https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/library_botta_dl_128kb.mp3
1:23
Done, and it is PL OK.

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Thank you M and Graham. :thumbs:

*thanks for the PL M. :)
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You missed mine, David.
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Post by LKnight »

Here is my submission for this week. This was pretty nice to read. :)

https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/library_botta_lk_128kb.mp3

Duration: 1:24.

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