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Each week a poem is chosen to be recorded by as many LibriVox volunteers as possible!Sir Henry John Newbolt, was an English poet, novelist and historian.[1] He also had a role as a government adviser with regard to the study of English in England. He is perhaps best remembered for his poems "Vitaï Lampada" and "Drake's Drum". (Summary by Wikipedia)
This week's poem can be found here.
Project Code: K0EtYXFa
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Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
Then read the poem:Outward Bound by Sir Henry Newbolt, read for librivox.org by [your name].
[Add, if you wish, date, and/or your location.]
At the end of your reading, leave a space and then say:Dear Earth, near Earth, the clay that made us men,
The land we sowed,
The hearth that glowed—-
O Mother, must we bid farewell to thee?
Fast dawns the last dawn, and what shall comfort then
The lonely hearts that roam the outer sea?
Gray wakes the daybreak, the shivering sails are set,
To misty deeps
The channel sweeps—-
O Mother, think on us who think on thee!
Earth-home, birth-home, with love remember yet
The sons in exile on the eternal sea.
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.End of poem. This recording is in the public domain.
Filename: outwardbound_newbolt_your initials in lowercase_128kb.mp3 (e.g. outwardbound_newbolt_klh_128kb.mp3)
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