Audiobooks by Ivor Gurney

Born in England – Exploring English Poetry - The South-West

"Poetry. A form of words that seems so elegantly simple in one verse and so cleverly complex in another. Each poet has a particular style, an individual and unique way with words and yet each of us seems to recognise the path and destination of where the verses lead, even if sometimes the full comprehension may be a little beyond us.Through the centuries every culture has produced verse to symbolize and to describe everything from everyday life, natural wonders, the human condition and even in its more hubristic moments, the crushing triumph of an enemy.In the volumes of this series, we take a look at poetry through the prism of individual regions of England, or sometimes more quaintly known as ‘Albion’, or ‘Blighty’, through the centuries of its gloried history.England, despite its perception of reserve and under-statement has, in reality, strode the global stage at various time in many things, both good and bad, from Empire to long distance running. Here our focus in on its literature. Famed for its fiction and dramas, it is equally admired for its plethora of gifted poets and the dazzling verse which has added so much to its artistic legacy. These classic poets are wonders of their age and of their art. Genius is written in their names.This long limb of England pushes into the Atlantic yet from its ancient past until today its creative contribution is woven in gloried threads into the culture of the whole Nation."

Charles Kingsley, Henry Alford, Isaac Rosenberg, Ivor Gurney, John Keble, Joseph Addison, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Robert Southey, Samuel Daniel, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Sir Walter Raleigh, Thomas Chatterton, Thomas Hardy, Thomas Lovell Beddoes (Author), Ghizela Rowe, Jo Wyatt, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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A Rhyme A Dozen - 12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic ? Ballads

"'A dime a dozen' as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English 'cheap as chips' but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit 'A Rhyme a Dozen' as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears. 1 - A Rhyme A Dozen - 12 Poems, 12 Poets, 1 Topic - Ballads - An Introduction 2 - The Ballad of Agincourt by Michael Drayton 3 - Ballad of the Three Spectres by Ivor Gurney 4 - The Ballad of Persse O'Reilly by James Joyce 5 - The Ballad Which Anne Askew Made and Sang When She Was in Newgate by Anne Askew 6 - The Water Ballad by Samuel Taylor Coleridge 7 - The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear 8 - Ballade of An Omnibus by Amy Levy 9 - La Belle Dame Sans Merci by John Keats 10 - John Barleycorn, A Ballad by Robert Burns 11 - Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe 12 - A Ballad of Hell by John Davidson 13 - A Ballad of Death by Algernon Charles Swinburne"

Algernon Charles Swinburne, Amy Levy, Anne Askew, Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Lear, Ivor Gurney, James Joyce, John Davidson, John Keats, Michael Drayton, Robert Burns, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Author), Marco D'amico, Nigel Planer, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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A Rhyme A Dozen - 12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic ? Pain

"'A dime a dozen' as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English 'cheap as chips' but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit 'A Rhyme a Dozen' as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears. 1 - A Rhyme A Dozen - 12 Poems, 12 Poets, 1 Topic - Pain - An Introduction 2 - Peaceful Death and Painful Life by Patrick Branwell Bronte 3 - If I Have Suffered Pain by Charles Sorley 4 - On Pain by Khalil Gibran 5 - Pain and Time Strive Not by William Morris 6 - Sorrow by Edna St Vincent Millay 7 - Pain by Ivor Gurney 8 - May 1917 by John Jay Thompson 9 - Non Dolet by Edith Wharton 10 - Sonnet 132 - Thine Eyes I Love, and They, As Pitying Me by William Shakespeare 11 - Love Arm'd by Aphra Behn 12 - Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe 13 - Ode To A Nightingale by John Keats"

Aphra Behn, Charles Sorley, Edgar Allan Poe, Edith Wharton, Edna St Vincent Millay, Ivor Gurney, John Jay Thompson, John Keats, Khalil Gibran, Patrick Branwell Bronte, William Morris, William Shakespeare (Author), Marcus D'amico, Tania Rodrigues (Narrator)

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A Rhyme A Dozen - British Countryside

"‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.01 - A Rhyme A Dozen - 12 Poems, 12 Poets, 1 Topic - British Countryside - An Introduction02 - On a Lane in Spring by John Clare03 - The Lambs of Grassmere by Christina Georgina Rossetti04 - Daffodils by William Wordsworth05 - Binsey Poplars by Gerard Manley Hopkins06 - In Sutton Woods by Alfred Austin07 - The Malvern Hills by Radclyffe Hall08 - The Downs by Robert Seymour Bridges09 - Adlestrop by Edward Thomas10 - The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy11 - Autumn Dawn by Charles Sorley12 - By Severn by Ivor Gurney13 - In Springtime by Rudyard Kipling"

Ivor Gurney, John Clare (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Ghizela Rowe (Narrator)

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The Phantom Coach

"Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards was born on 7th June 1831 in Islington, London. She was educated at home by her mother and showed early promise as a writer, publishing her first poem at the age of 7 and her first story at 12. Thereafter several popular periodicals published her poetry, stories and articles.In addition she also illustrated some of her own writings and painted scenes from books she had read. This talent was not supported by her parents, who saw an artist's life as scandalous. Undeterred Amelia took up composing and performing music until a bout of typhus caused throat damage. Other interests soon followed until, early in the 1850s, Amelia focused exclusively on writing. Her early novels were well received, and with 'Barbara's History' in 1864, a work revolving around bigamy, her reputation was established. Amelia's pen was also the purveyor of ghost stories for magazines and are still anthologized as classic tales to this day.In January 1851, Amelia became engaged, apparently to please her parents, but she quickly broke it off. In reality her emotional attachments were almost exclusively with women. From the early 1860s she lived with Ellen Drew Braysher, a widow 27 years her senior, until both women died in early 1892. During this relationship other women also entered and left her life. Her frequent travelling companion, Lucy Renshaw, accompanied her to Egypt in the winter of 1873 and there she found a life-changing interest in Egyptology. Aware of increasing threats from tourism and modern development she became an advocate for their research and preservation. To advance the work Amelia largely abandoned much of her writing in favour of Egyptology and even took on strenuous lecture tours to raise funds.After catching influenza, Amelia Edwards, 'the Godmother of Egyptology' died on 15th April 1892 at Weston-super-Mare. She was 60. In this supernatural tale Edwards constructs superb characters that, as the tension rises, leads to an ending laced with revelation and fear."

Amelia B. Edwards, Ivor Gurney (Author), David Shaw-Parker (Narrator)

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A Rhyme A Dozen - The Rain

"'A dime a dozen' as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English 'cheap as chips' but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit 'A Rhyme a Dozen' as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.1 - A Rhyme a Dozen - 12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic. The Rain - An Introduction2 - A Rainy Day in April by Francis Ledwidge3 - April Rain by Mathilde Blind4 - The Summer Rain by Henry David Thoreau5 - Rain Music by Joseph Semon Cotter6 - The Rainy Season by Mirabai7 - The Rainy Day by Tagore8 - Rainy Midnight by Ivor Gurney9 - All Day It Has Rained by Alun Lewis10 - Spring Rain by Sara Teasdale11 - Rain by Edward Thomas12 - Bells in the Rain by Elinor Wylie13 - Rain on a Grave by Thomas Hardy"

Frances Ledwidge, Ivor Gurney (Author), Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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The Poetry of World War I - The Top 100

"War may be rationalized as Ôdiplomacy by other meansÕ but the reality is that when tribes, Nations and peoples bring themselves into armed conflict with one another mayhem, terror and slaughter are the result.In the First World War, The Great War, The War to End all Wars any idealistic aims that it was a Ôjust causeÕ and would be all over in a few months were shattered against the vast scale of millions dead or wounded all, for the often temporary gains of a few miles of shell-pocked mud. Human bodies were of little more value than the bullets and shells which mowed them down.In this poetry volume we have distilled an enormous number of poets and poems into a selection that moves from the witness to searing horror and terror of battle to almost forgotten moments of recuperation and reflection both at the front and at home.Out of the carnage has flowered works of fractured beauty, symbols of those we have lost and reminders of what we have lost.These words to bear witness for what they have experienced. Each has an individual point of view that bears its own truth.This volume comes to you from Portable Poetry, a specialized imprint from Deadtree Publishing. Our range is large and growing and covers single poets, themes, and many compilations."

Isaac Rosenberg, Ivor Gurney, Laurence Binyon (Author), Gideon Wagner, Jake Urry, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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The Poetry of Ivor Gurney

"Ivor Bertie Gurney was born in Gloucester on 28th August 1890. A chorister at Gloucester cathedral Ivor began to compose music at 14 before winning a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in 1911. Noted for his enormous potential he was equally thought by many to be un-teachable.His studies were interrupted by World War I and his enlistment with the Gloucestershire Regiment. He was wounded in April 1917. He returned to duty but was gassed a few months later. After his release from hospital he was posted to Seaton Delaval, a mining village in Northumberland, where he wrote poems including 'Lying Awake In The Ward'.His first volume of poetry, Severn and Somme, was published in November 1917, followed by War's Embers in 1919.Unfortunately his life was blighted by bi-polar disorder which had developed from his mid-teens and culminated in his first major breakdown whilst still in uniform in 1918. The trigger was a failed relationship with Annie Drummond.After the war he seemed to thrive for a while but the bi-polar return with increasing severity in 1922 to the point where we was declared insane. Although he continued to write poems and a few pieces of music he was to spend the next fifteen years of his life until his death in various mental hospitals.Ivor Gurney died on 26th December 1937.This volume comes to you from Portable Poetry, a specialized imprint from Deadtree Publishing. Our range is large and growing and covers single poets, themes, and many compilations."

Ivor Gurney (Author), Ghizela Rowe, Jake Urry, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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