COMPLETE Short Poetry Collection 187 - rap

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Post by Mmemari »

Hello,

Please note, the file has been uploaded twice. In the first file upload for this poem
I forgot to put the word "old"in the file name

So, please disregard the first upload.

The file below is the correct file uploaded:

https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc187_songoftheoldmother.mp3

Title: The Song of the Old Mother by William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)

Duration: 01:05

Text link: http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/yeats01.html#a1

Thanks!

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I was wondering if there are any thoughts on reading "important" or "classic" poems for these collections vs. ditties, doggerel, bits of humor, and other throwaway pieces often used as filler in the various old magazines I like to dig through. Some of these really speak to me but it's more for humor or cleverness (or god forbid even puns) or something else than the fine quality of the verse.

For example, I came across a poem today in an 1830s issue of the "Southern Literary Messenger" by "E.A.S." called "Lines Written on being accused of coldness of character and manners by some friends—1830" and OMG y'all, it reads like an emo teen's poem from Tumblr, just in flowery 19th century language. I'm really tempted to read it for one of the poetry collections!

I also have in my "stash" a horror poem from Astounding or Amazing Stories (one of the confirmed PD editions) and a poem addressed to "the spider in adverse possession of a corner of my office" -- the latter is in a "light reading" magazine for lawyers and concludes with the narrator deciding that if flies can be considered "clients" of the spider, and the spider's goal is to bleed them dry, then perhaps the lawyer and the spider make good office mates after all.....

Too bad it's decades til Ogden Nash comes into public domain, I would be all over that stuff!

Colleen, bringing the lowbrow to the poem party...
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Well, I, for one, enjoy the variety :mrgreen:
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Hello, Mari and Craig! I've finally got to enjoy your recordings! :9: Thank you so much for your contributions! MW is updated.

I've changed the text source for "Reducers and Oxidisers" to https://archive.org/details/chemicaljinglesf00worm/page/10 for easier access. For this particular book, Hathitrust gave me limited access (search only) due to copyright restrictions, probably because I'm outside the US. That is why I changed the source link. I hope that's OK.
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You can change the link.

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Well, later than usual this month, but these are among my first recording from our new place.

There is a pair of poems from the Russian legend of Baboushka, or Babushka, each with one of the variant spellings, and one on a sadder Christmas note.

The Legend of Baboushka By Julia C. R. Dorr (1825 – 1913)
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54912
5:19
https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc187_baboushka_lcw_128kb.mp3


Babushka (A Russian Legend) By Edith M. Thomas (1854 – 1925)
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40598
2:53
https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc187_babushka_lcw_128kb.mp3


The First Christmas Apart by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844 – 1911)
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33486
1:50
https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc187_firstchristmasapart_lcw_128kb.mp3
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Post by Newgatenovelist »

Sorry for being so late this month! I hope this can still fit in around the holidays.

'A serious man am I, whose every word' by Leopold Schefer (1784-1862)
Text: https://archive.org/details/poemsfromgerman00garniala/page/n7 [p. 111]
Duration: 1.23
MP3: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc187_seriousmani_el_128kb.mp3

'Every point of Love is fair' by Leopold Schefer (1784-1862)
Text: https://archive.org/details/poemsfromgerman00garniala/page/n7 [p. 112]
Duration: 0.59
MP3: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc187_everypointlovefair_el_128kb.mp3

'What boots it that the violet shy' by Leopold Schefer (1784-1862)
Text: https://archive.org/details/poemsfromgerman00garniala/page/n7 [p. 113]
Duration: 1.00
MP3: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc187_whatbootsvioletshy_el_128kb.mp3


The author has his own wiki page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_Schefer
Leopold Schefer was a German poet, novelist, short story author and composer.
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"Sorrow of the Winds" by Clark Ashton Smith (1893-1961)

Text URL: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/53333/53333-h/53333-h.htm#Page_65
Duration: 1:02 min.
MP3 URL: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc187_sorrowofthewinds_cm_128kb.mp3

"Lines Written on being accused of coldness of character and manners by some friends—1830" by "E.A.S." (??-??)

Text URL: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/58497/58497-h/58497-h.htm#sect19
Duration: 2:16 min.
MP3 URL: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc187_lineswritten_cm_128kb.mp3

"At a Dance" by Augusta de Gruchy (1842-1893)

Text URL: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/36886/36886-h/36886-h.htm#AT_A_DANCE
Duration: 0:56 min.
MP3 URL: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc187_atadance_cm_128kb.mp3
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Rapunzelina,

My last three for 2018:

At a Window by Carl Sandburg (1878-1967)
Text: https://www.bartleby.com/165/89.html
Duration: 1:05
MP3: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc187_atawindow_wt_128kb.mp3

Little Tree by e. e. cummings (1894-1962)
Text: http://www.poetry-archive.com/c/little_tree.html
Duration: 1:38
MP3: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc187_littletree_wt_128kb.mp3

I Am Not Yours by Sara Teasdale (1884-1933)
Text: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/442
Duration: 0:56
MP3: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc187_iamnotyours_wt_128kb.mp3

Happy New Year!

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Post by Rapunzelina »

You guys are great! 12 poems added in the MW! Thank you so much for your contributions everybody!
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Hi Rapunzelina -

Here are my three for December. It was a very long month. :(

The Bracelet: To Julia by Robert Herrick (1591-1674)
Text URL: https://www.bartleby.com/101/260.html
Duration: 0:49
MP3 URL: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc187_bracelet_ps_128kb.mp3


To the Evening Star by William Blake (1757-1827)
Text URL: http://www.poetry-archive.com/b/to_the_evening_star.html
Duration: 1:08
MP3 URL: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc187_eveningstar_ps_128kb.mp3


L'Envoi by Willa Cather (1873-1947)
Text URL: https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/lenvoi
Duration: 1:11
MP3 URL: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc187_lenvoi_ps_128kb.mp3
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Post by Rapunzelina »

Thank you, Fritz! These are PL OK! And with these, we're closing this collection!!

The new collection will be opened next year :mrgreen:
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