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Each week a poem is chosen to be recorded by as many LibriVox volunteers as possible!LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of In a London Square by Arthur Hugh Clough.
This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 26, 2024.
Hugh Clough (KLUF) was an English poet, an educationalist, and the devoted assistant to Florence Nightingale. (Summary by Wikipedia)
This week's poem can be found here.
Project Code: gLs0ExHM
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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:In a London Square by Arthur Hugh Clough, 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:Put forth thy leaf, thou lofty plane,
East wind and frost are safely gone;
With zephyr mild and balmy rain
The summer comes serenely on;
Earth, air, and sun and skies combine
To promise all that’s kind and fair:—
But thou, O human heart of mine,
Be still, contain thyself, and bear.
December days were brief and chill,
The winds of March were wild and drear,
And, nearing and receding still,
Spring never would, we thought, be here.
The leaves that burst, the suns that shine,
Had, not the less, their certain date:—
And thou, O human heart of mine,
Be still, refrain thyself, and wait.
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.End of poem. This recording is in the public domain.
Filename: inalondonsquare_clough_your initials in lowercase_128kb.mp3 (e.g. inalondonsquare_clough_klh_128kb.mp3)
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MC to select: aradlaw
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