Audiobooks by Sir Thomas Wyatt

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

"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.In this volume we explore the poets of the South-East. Although only a small fragment of the island it is layer-rich in gentle natural landscapes and poetic beauty that hold in thrall all who take time to absorb the wonder of their words. Our poets include Matthew Arnold, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Robert Seymour Bridges and many others."

Anne Kingsmill Finch, Aphra Behn, Charles Dickens, Christopher Marlowe, Edmund Waller, Ford Maddox Ford, George Meredith, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Jane Austen, Matthew Arnold, Richard Lovelace, Robert Graves, Robert Seymour Bridges, Siegfried Sassoon, Sir Phillip Sidney, Sir Thomas Wyatt (Author), Ghizela Rowe, Mark Rice-Oxley, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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A Rhyme A Dozen - Unrequited Love

"'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 - Unrequited Love - An Introduction 2 - Because I Liked You by A E Housman 3 - Sonnet 87 - Farewell! Thou Art Too Dear For My Possessing by William Shakespeare 4 - No One So Much As You by Edward Thomas 5 - No Platonic Love by William Cartwright 6 - Sonnets On Miss Savage by Samuel Butler 7 - I Prithee Send Me Back My Heart by Sir John Suckling 8 - Heart We Will Forget Him by Emily Dickinson 9 - The Spring by Thomas Carew 10 - The Forsaken Lover Consoleth Himself With Rememberance of Past Happiness by Sir Thomas Wyatt 11 - The Given Heart by Abraham Cowley 12 - Longing by Matthew Arnold 13 - Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe"

A. E. Housman, Abraham Cowley, Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Thomas, Emily Dickinson, Matthew Arnold, Samuel Butler, Sir John Suckling, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Thomas Carew, William Cartwright, William Shakespeare (Author), Marcus D'amico, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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The Silver Poets

"Poetry has over the centuries grouped poets or poems into many different themes and movements.Amongst its most unusual movements are the English wordsmiths, The Silver Poets.This select band lived during the sixteenth century reign of Queen Elizabeth 1st. Amongst their storied ranks were Sir Thomas Wyatt, Sir Philip Sidney, Henry Howard, the Earl of Surrey, Sir Walter Raleigh, John Davies, Michael Drayton and Mary Sidney (Herbert), the Countess of Pembroke.The theme The Silver Poets most often took to their pens was Love. Their offerings on the subject came in many poetic forms from the beginning of the English renaissance till the end of the Elizabethan Age. In this regard it broke with previous approaches and re-identified this complex emotion in new ways.Allied to this these poets spoke on many subjects, including faith and politics, in new ways against a background of a century riven by religious conflicts as it turned from the suffocating and corrupt Catholic faith to welcome, and at times reject, the purer form of Protestantism. Across Europe new ideas brought turmoil, the threat of invasion, new expressions of art and many other elements to these shores.It was also an age when England began to confidently survey the horizon and look to a future that promised much, including a golden age of literature, and fleets venturing overseas in search of trade, dominions and ideas.1 - The Silver Poets - An Introduction2 - My Lute Awake by Sir Thomas Wyatt3 - They Flee From Me by Sir Thomas Wyatt4 - And Wilt Thou Leave Me Thus by Sir Thomas Wyatt5 - The Forsaken Lover Consoleth Himself With Rememberances of Past Happiness by Sir Thomas Wyatt6 - Farewell Love and All Thy Laws Forever by Sir Thomas Wyatt7 - A Satire Against the Citizens of London by Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey8 - London Hast Thou Accursed Me by Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey9 - The Fraility and Hurtfulness of Beauty by Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey10 - Life by Sir Walter Raleigh11 - My Last Will by Sir Walter Raleigh12 - Farewell To The Court by Sir Walter Raleigh13 - My True Love Hath My Heart and I Have His by Sir Phillip Sidney14 - Ode by Sir Philip Sidney15 - Sonnet I from Astrophil and Stella by Sir Philip Sidney16 - Leave Me O Love by Sir Philip Sidney17 - The Smokes of Melancholy by Sir Philip Sidney18 - The Doleful Lay of Clorinda by Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke19 - O by Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke20 - O Lord in Me There Lieth Naught by Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke21 - To My Most Dearly Beloved Friend by Michael Drayton22 - To His Coy Love by Michael Drayton23 - The Ballad Of Agincourt by Michael Drayton24 - Glastonbury from Poly-Olbion by Michael Drayton 25 - Woodstock. Rosamond to King Henry by Michael Drayton26 - Sonnet I by Sir John Davies27 - A Lover Out of Fashion by Sir John Davies28 - Man by Sir John Davies"

Michael Drayton, Sir Philip Sidney, Sir Thomas Wyatt (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Ghizela Rowe, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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