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Each week a poem is chosen to be recorded by as many LibriVox volunteers as possible!To mark the 200th anniversary of the death of Lord Byron, Librivox volunteers bring you 22 recordings of his poem So, we'll go no more a-roving.
George Gordon, Lord Byron died on April 19th 1824 at Missolongi in Greece, aged just 36. In his lifetime he was renowned for both his poetry and his hedonistic lifestyle and was called "the second most famous man in Europe after Napoleon". His creation of the Byronic Hero influenced European literature through the 19th century and his work inspired music by Berlioz, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Verdi and Strauss.
(Summary by Alan Mapstone)
This week's poem can be found here.
Project Code: fqrs0BEc
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Leave ½ to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
Then read the poem:So, we'll go no more a-roving by George Gordon, Lord Byron, read for librivox.org by [your name].
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At the end of your reading, leave a space and then say:So we'll go no more a-roving
So late into the night,
Though the heart be still as loving,
And the moon be still as bright.
For the sword outwears its sheath,
And the soul wears out the breast,
And the heart must pause to breathe,
And love itself have rest.
Though the night was made for loving,
And the day returns too soon,
Yet we'll go no more a-roving
By the light of the moon.
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.End of poem. This recording is in the public domain.
Filename: roving_byron_your initials in lowercase_128kb.mp3 (e.g. roving_byron_klh_128kb.mp3)
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