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Each week a poem is chosen to be recorded by as many LibriVox volunteers as possible!This selection is taken from A Christmas posy of carols, songs, and other pieces by Lindsay, Lady (Caroline Blanche Elizabeth). (Summary by David Lawrence)
This week's poem can be found here.
Project Code: G415CLSk
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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:December Song by Caroline Blanche Elizabeth Lindsay, 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:Who would thy laureate be
And tune for thee,
O cruel Winter, churlish king?,
Grim lord of dearth, and ice, and snow,
That com'st with footstep hard and slow
Across the brown and withered leaves
To store thy diamonds in our eaves ?
Who would thy triumph sing ?
No heralds thine, as they.
In bright array.
That weave for Spring her rainbow dress ;
Brave maids, they greet her waking hour —
Primrose, Lent lily, and Wind-fiower.
What though thy frosty mandate's writ
On twinkling lattice-panes — can it
Command our tenderness ?
Yet given to thee is grace
Of noblest place
'Mong seasons of our changing earth.
For He Who rules each yearly round
Was lowly born on wintry ground.
Yea, Winter brings the Christmas time ;
White Winter, ringing Christmas chime,
Rings in the White Christ's birth.
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.End of poem. This recording is in the public domain.
Filename: decembersong_lindsay_your initials in lowercase_128kb.mp3 (e.g. decembersong_lindsay_klh_128kb.mp3)
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MC to select: aradlaw
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