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Each week a poem is chosen to be recorded by as many LibriVox volunteers as possible!LibriVox volunteers bring you __ recordings of On The High Price Of Fish, by William Cowper.<br>
This was the Weekly Poetry project for June 6, 2021. <br> ------<br>
Here we have a silly poem this week by William Cowper, an English poet, and hymnodist. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th-century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and scenes of the English countryside. (Summary by Wikipedia)
This week's poem can be found here.
Project Code: dzrqWEKM
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Begin your reading with the abbreviated LibriVox disclaimer:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
Then read the poem:On The High Price Of Fish by William Cowper, 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:Cocoa-nut naught,
Fish too dear,
None must be bought
For us that are here:
No lobster on earth,
That ever I saw,
To me would be worth
Sixpence a claw.
So, dear madam, wait
Till fish can be got
At a reas'nable rate,
Whether lobster or not;
Till the French and the Dutch
Have quitted the seas,
And then send as much
And as oft as you please.
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.End of poem. This recording is in the public domain.
Filename: highprice_cowper_your initials in lowercase_128kb.mp3 (e.g. highprice_cowper_klh_128kb.mp3)
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