COMPLETE [WEEKLY POEM] Lucifer in Starlight by George Meredith - tg

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Lucifer in Starlight, by George Meredith (1828 - 1909)

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George Meredith OM was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. At first his focus was poetry, influenced by John Keats among others, but he gradually established a reputation as a novelist. His style, in both poetry and prose, was noted for its syntactic complexity; Oscar Wilde likened it to "chaos illumined by brilliant flashes of lightning". (Wikipedia)
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Lucifer in Starlight by George Meredith, read for librivox.org by [your name].
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On a starred night Prince Lucifer uprose.
Tired of his dark dominion swung the fiend
Above the rolling ball in cloud part screened,
Where sinners hugged their spectre of repose.
Poor prey to his hot fit of pride were those.
And now upon his western wing he leaned,
Now his huge bulk o’er Afric’s sands careened,
Now the black planet shadowed Arctic snows.
Soaring through wider zones that pricked his scars
With memory of the old revolt from Awe,
He reached a middle height, and at the stars,
Which are the brain of heaven, he looked, and sank.
Around the ancient track marched, rank on rank,
The army of unalterable law.
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Thank you Graham. :thumbs:
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Post by Newgatenovelist »

Hi Tricia,

Another good choice. There isn't a lot of Meredith in the catalogue!
https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/luciferinstarlight_meredith_el0_128kb.mp3 1.22
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Thank you Erin. :thumbs:
Tricia has passed the baton back to me, since I am back home later this week. :D
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My first reading after the 1 minute test! Happy to receive constructive feedback.

https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/luciferinstarlight_meredith_mdo_128kb.mp3
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wizardDr wrote: July 5th, 2021, 1:19 pm My first reading after the 1 minute test! Happy to receive constructive feedback.

https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/luciferinstarlight_meredith_mdo_128kb.mp3
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Thank you Lee Ann. :thumbs:
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aradlaw wrote: July 5th, 2021, 3:34 pm
wizardDr wrote: July 5th, 2021, 1:19 pm My first reading after the 1 minute test! Happy to receive constructive feedback.

https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/luciferinstarlight_meredith_mdo_128kb.mp3
Welcome to LibriVox wizardDr, :D good first reading. :thumbs:
* PLease include the file duration with your upoad link. :wink:
**Please let me know under what name you would like to appear in the LV catalog and if you have one, we can put your personal URL link on your catalog page too.
You can view your brand new LV Catalog page by clicking your forum name in the Magic Window.
Thanks for the quick turnaround. Missed the bit about file duration; will include in the future. I guess my catalog name can be my name: Michael Olgren. I don't have a functional web site, so you can leave that blank.
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VU inbound and VO outbound
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Thank you Ethan. :thumbs:
wizardDr wrote: July 5th, 2021, 4:20 pm Thanks for the quick turnaround. Missed the bit about file duration; will include in the future. I guess my catalog name can be my name: Michael Olgren. I don't have a functional web site, so you can leave that blank.
Michael, your catalog page has been updated. :)
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