[Complete] The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children - lt

[Lynnet]

Can I claim 80. Columbus and 51. Shakespeare's fairies please?

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Lynne

Edit: I have assigned 80, Columbus to you. Shakespeare's Fairies is #56, and has already been assigned. Look for sections with a blue background, that say "open" in the right-hand column.

[damla2001tr]

Could I please claim 34, 46, 48, 67, and 70.

Thanks,

Damla

[Lynnet]

Could I please claim 34, 46, 48, 67, and 70.

Thanks,

Damla

Sure!

[LenXZ1]

Here is Tennyson's famous lullaby, Section 52, "Sweet and Low." I sang the first stanza; the music was written by Sir Joseph Barnby (1838-1896), is definitely in the public domain and is very well known.

https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cambridgepoetry_52_grahame_128kb.mp3
Duration: 1:54

Len

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PL NOTES:

Sections - 52

Thanks so much for your help on this project Len! There is only one technical issue with this recording.

The volume is a little high at 93.2dB and should be between 86-92dB. Thanks!
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OK, I think I have corrected it adequately now. Sorry.

Len

[Lynnet]

OK, I think I have corrected it adequately now. Sorry.

Len

Thank you

[LenXZ1]

Here is Section 53, "Cradle Song," By Sir Walter Scott.

https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cambridgepoetry_53_grahame_128kb.mp3
Duration: 1:21

Len

[LenXZ1]

Here is Section 54, "Mother and I," by Eugene Field:

https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cambridgepoetry_54_grahame_128kb.mp3
Duration: 1:56

Len

[LenXZ1]

Here is Section 63, "Three Things to Remember," by William Blake.

https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cambridgepoetry_63_grahame_128kb.mp3
Duration: 0:44

Len

[LenXZ1]

Here is Section 64, "The Knight of Bethlehem," by H.N. Maugham:

https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cambridgepoetry_64_grahame_128kb.mp3
Duration: 0:50

Len

[RecordingPerson]

May I have: 26, 33, 36, 47, please?

[Lynnet]

Here is Section 64, "The Knight of Bethlehem," by H.N. Maugham:

https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cambridgepoetry_64_grahame_128kb.mp3
Duration: 0:50

Len

Thank you for all, Len.

[LenXZ1]

Here is one of William Blake's most famous poems, "The Lamb," from Songs of Innocence, the companion poem to "The Tiger," from Songs of Experience.

https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cambridgepoetry_65_grahame_128kb.mp3
Duration: 1:26

Back in my teaching days, I once was working with a student teacher who was teaching this poem. The students didn't think much of it, and to my dismay, the young would-be teacher agreed with them. I didn't interrupt the class to correct the impression, although I was sorely tempted, but I definitely had a discussion with the young lady afterward. For one thing, I never disparaged a work of literature that I was teaching, because I discovered that there were always some students who liked and appreciated it. But the main reason that I was so disappointed in this instance is that "The Lamb" is a little masterpiece, absolutely capturing the whole concept of innocence in the way it so beautifully merges the lamb with the child and with Christ: "I a child and thou a lamb, / We are called by His name." I don't know whether I convinced the student teacher, but I hope that she knew better how to approach the poem the next time she might be called upon to teach it.

Len

[LenXZ1]

Here is another of Blake's Songs of Innocence, Section 77, "The Happy Piper."

https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cambridgepoetry_77_grahame_128kb.mp3
Duration: 119

Len

[afutterer]

PL NOTES:

SECTIONS 52, 53, 54, 63, 64

PL OK

[Jude1972]

Please can I have 38 and 40......... thanks!!