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https://librivox.org/among-the-rocks-by-robert-browning/
Each week a poem is chosen to be recorded by as many LibriVox volunteers as possible!LibriVox volunteers bring you __ recordings of Among The Rocks by Robert Browning.<br>
This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 12, 2024. <br> ------<br>
By his death in 1889 he was seen as a sage and philosopher-poet who had fed into Victorian social and political discourse. Societies for studying his work survived in Britain and the US into the 20th century.
(Summary by Wikipedia)
This week's poem can be found here.
Project Code: bWMoOS4z
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Begin your reading with the abbreviated LibriVox disclaimer:
Leave ½ to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
Then read the poem:Among The Rocks by Robert Browning, 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:Oh, good gigantic smile o' the brown old earth,
This autumn morning! How he sets his bones
To bask i' the sun, and thrusts out knees and feet
For the ripple to run over in its mirth;
Listening the while, where on the heap of stones
The white breast of the sea-lark twitters sweet.
That is the doctrine, simple, ancient, true;
Such is life's trial, as old earth smiles and knows.
If you loved only what were worth your love,
Love were clear gain, and wholly well for you:
Make the low nature better by your throes!
Give earth yourself, go up for gain above!
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.End of poem. This recording is in the public domain.
Filename: amongtherocks_browning_your initials in lowercase_128kb.mp3 (e.g. amongtherocks_browning_klh_128kb.mp3)
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MC to select: aradlaw
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