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Each week a poem is chosen to be recorded by as many LibriVox volunteers as possible!Although his poems were initially not as well received as his novels had been, Thomas Hardy is now recognized as one of the great poets of the 20th century, and his verse had a profound influence on later writers, including Robert Frost, W. H. Auden, Dylan Thomas and Philip Larkin. (Summary by Wikipedia)
This week's poem can be found here.
Project Code: kVJrxECM
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Begin your reading with the abbreviated LibriVox disclaimer:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
Then read the poem:The House of Hospitalities by Thomas Hardy, read for librivox.org by [your name].
[Add, if you wish, date, and/or your location.]
At the end of your reading, leave a space and then say:Here we broached the Christmas barrel,
Pushed up the charred log-ends;
Here we sang the Christmas carol,
And called in friends.
Time has tired me since we met here
When the folk now dead were young,
Since the viands were outset here
And quaint songs sung.
And the worm has bored the viol
That used to lead the tune,
Rust eaten out the dial
That struck night’s noon.
Now no Christmas brings in neighbours,
And the New Year comes unlit;
Where we sang the mole now labours,
And spiders knit.
Yet at midnight if here walking,
When the moon sheets wall and tree,
I see forms of old time talking,
Who smile on me.
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.End of poem. This recording is in the public domain.
Filename: houseofhospitalities_hardy_your initials in lowercase_128kb.mp3 (e.g. houseofhospitalities_hardy_klh_128kb.mp3)
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