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INTRODUCTION to The Garden Of Bright Waters, by Anonymous, translated by Edward Powys Mathers (1892 - 1939)

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Edward Powys Mathers was an English translator and poet,
and also a pioneer of compiling advanced cryptic crosswords. Some of his translations were set to music by Aaron Copland. (Summary by Wikipedia )
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INTRODUCTION to The Garden Of Bright Waters, One Hundred And Twenty Asiatic Love Poems, translated by Edward Powys Mathers, read for librivox.org by [your name].
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Head in hand, I look at the paper leaf;
It is still white.

I look at the ink
Dry on the end of my brush.

My soul sleeps.
Will it ever wake?

I walk a little in the pouring of the sun
And pass my hands over the higher flowers.

There is the soft green forest,
There are the sweet lines of the mountains
Carved with snow, red in the sunlight.

I see the slow march of the clouds,
I hear the crows jeering, and I come back

To sit and look at the paper leaf,
Which is still white
Under my brush.

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Let's give Peace a chance. :wink:
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Thank you Mayah. :thumbs:
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aradlaw wrote: July 18th, 2021, 2:47 pm Here is my reading ready for PL...
https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/introduction_anonymous_dl_128kb.mp3
1:19
You're PL OK, David! :thumbs:
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Post by Newgatenovelist »

Such an elegant way of describing a universal and less than elegant feeling!
https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/introduction_anonymous_el0_128kb.mp3 1.33
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Thank you Erin. :thumbs:

and Thanks for the PL Lee Ann, :D
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David -

My try for this week -

https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/introduction_anonymous_ps_128kb.mp3
Track length: 1:10
Last edited by pschempf on July 20th, 2021, 8:11 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Please call me Fred. I am a literary enthusiast from Germany (UTC+2/CEST).
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Thank you Phil. :thumbs:
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fredtheredcat wrote: July 20th, 2021, 1:15 am Here is my recording: https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/introduction_anonymous_fb_128kb.mp3

Duration: 1:11

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Post by Frank249942 »

Back after a health related hiatus here is my reading of The Garden of Bright Waters coming in at 1:10.17

https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/introduction_anonymous_flt_128kb.mp3

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Here is mine at 1 min. 12 seconds:

https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/introduction_anonymous_nd_128kb.mp3

This poem gave me the wistful, desperate feeling of writer's block. I like it.
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