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Source text (please read only from this text!): https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044019317510&view=1up&seq=92George Herbert was one of the so-called Metaphysical Poets, along with John Donne and Andrew Marvel, and The Temple: Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations, published in 1633, contains all his surviving English poems. All of Herbert's poems are on religious themes and are characterised by directness of expression which, in the Metaphysical manner, is functional rather than visual.
Herbert was for a time Public Orator at the University of Cambridge but later became a rural Parish Minister. Though he was always esteemed for his oratory, the poetic skill with which he expressed his thoughts had to wait many years to be fully appreciated.
(Summary by Alan Mapstone and Wikipedia)
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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs
Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
For the first section say:
End of recording:"Dedication for The Temple. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "The Temple, by George Herbert. Dedication."
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For subsequent sections say:"End of Dedication." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
End of recording:"Title of poem by George Herbert. Read for Librivox.org by your name."
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If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of poem. This recording is in the public domain."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of The Temple, by George Herbert."
Filename: thetemple_###_herbert_128kb.mp3 where ### is the section number. (e.g. thetemple_001_herbert_128kb.mp3)
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MC to select: Kazbek
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The MW is up. Let me know if you'd like this to go into Short Works or Books.
