COMPLETE [Weekly Poem] The Ghosts of Growth by George Parsons Lathrop - dl

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The Ghosts of Growth by George Parsons Lathrop (1851 - 1898).

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The poet describes the beauties of nature after a snow fall, and the result of the mid-day sun. (D Lawrence)
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The Ghosts of Growth by George Parsons Lathrop, read for LibriVox.org by [your name].
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Last night it snowed; and Nature fell asleep.
Forest and field lie tranced in gracious dreams
Of growth, for ghosts of leaves long dead, me-seems,
Hover about the boughs; and wild winds sweep
O'er whitened fields full many a hoary heap
From the storm-harvest mown by ice-bound streams!
With beauty of crushed clouds the cold earth teems,
And winter a tranquil-seeming truce would keep.

But such ethereal slumber may not bide
The ascending sun's bright scorn—not long, I fear;
And all its visions on the golden tide
Of mid-noon gliding off, must disappear.
Fair dreams, farewell! So in life's stir and pride
You fade, and leave the treasure of a tear!

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Post by tovarisch »

It did snow last night in New England!... :) Taking advantage of "nature's slumber" (relative quiet this morning), here is my attempt:

https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/ghostsofgrowth_lathrop_vb_128kb.mp3 1:23

Thank you!
tovarisch
  • reality prompts me to scale down my reading, sorry to say
    to PLers: do correct my pronunciation please
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Thank you tovarsch. :thumbs:
Woke up this morning to -4 of your Fahrenheit degrees. :shock: (-20 C)
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Post by Algy Pug »

Here is my reading:

https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/ghostsofgrowth_lathrop_alp_128kb.mp3
1:16

No snow here - yesterday's top temperature was 99 degrees.

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Thank you Graham and Algy. :thumbs:
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Post by Newgatenovelist »

Perfect timing! The snow here is playing havoc with all the buses and trains, and I don't think it's anything like what you're used to!
https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/ghostsofgrowth_lathrop_el_128kb.mp3 1.38
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Thank you Josh and Erin. :thumbs:

Erin, they've cancelled school buses here for the second time this week, Monday for the cold, today for the snow.
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Foon - Real life is getting in the way of LV, will be slow until all is back on track, please bear with me!


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Post by McScotty »

Here's mine:

https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/ghostsofgrowth_lathrop_sm_128kb.mp3 1:12

Please note that there's an error in the upload instructions. Old hands won't be confused, buy a newbie might trip over this:

- You'll need to select the MC, which for this project is: yy - yyyyy

Should be

- You'll need to select the MC, which for this project is: aradlaw - aradlaw


thanks!
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Post by Phjodor »

Hi there!
This is my first recorded reading and first upload and first anything on this site or anywhere.
So please, if any of you seasoned audiouploaders have any feedback I'd be happy to hear it.

Here's my take:
https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/ghostofgrowth_lathrop_pr_128kb.mp3
1:19
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Post by McScotty »

Phjodor wrote: January 24th, 2019, 2:28 pm Hi there!
This is my first recorded reading and first upload and first anything on this site or anywhere.
So please, if any of you seasoned audiouploaders have any feedback I'd be happy to hear it.

Here's my take:
https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/ghostofgrowth_lathrop_pr_128kb.mp3
1:19
Recordings are supposed to have 5 seconds silence at the end, you have none. Apart from that, you've nailed the tech specs, and your reading is clear and free of hiss, hum, or other background noise.

Very good first effort. I expect you'll need to fix the ending silence before this will be accepted into the collection.
--Scott
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