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Heres a virtual movie of the great Walt Whitman reading his poem "Thanks in Old Age" From Leaves of Grass Published in 1900. Walt Whitman (1819-1892 was born in Long Island, New York, the son of a Quaker carpenter. Whitman's mother was descended from Dutch farmers. In Whitman's childhood there were slaves employed on the farm. Whitman was early on filled with a love of nature. He read classics in his youth and was inspired by writers such as Goethe, Hegel, Carlyle and Emerson he is best ...

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Heres a virtual movie of the great Walt Whitman reading his poem "I have said that the body is not more than the soul" From Leaves of Grass Published in 1900. This edited segment of Section of "Leaves of Grass""Song of myself" is read by Orson Welles in a recording he originaly made for BBC Radio in 1953. Walt Whitman (1819-1892 was born in Long Island, New York, the son of a Quaker carpenter. Whitman's mother was descended from Dutch farmers. In Whitman's childhood there were slaves ...

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Heres a virtual movie of the great Walt Whitman reading his poem "Has any one supposed it lucky to be born ?" From Leaves of Grass Published in 1900. This edited segment of Section of "Leaves of Grass""Song of myself" is read by Orson Welles in a recording he originaly made for BBC Radio in 1953. Walt Whitman (1819-1892 was born in Long Island, New York, the son of a Quaker carpenter. Whitman's mother was descended from Dutch farmers. In Whitman's childhood there were slaves employed on the ...

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Here is a virtual movie of a recitation of the poem "Death of a Gardener" written by a little known, but tremendously talented British poet of the 20th century, WJ Duff (1917 - 1988). This rare, digitaly enhanced photograph is WJ Duff himself photographed in 1979.The poem is read especialy for this virtual movie by his friend and fellow poet and compiler and editor of his poems Roger- Morsley-Smith publisher of "A Part of Truth" the poems of WJ Duff 2007 . WJ Duff never knew his father, who ...

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Heres a virtual movie of the Victorian English Miner "Pit Man" poet Joseph Skipsey reading probanly his best know poem "Get Up !" first published in 1892 in "Songs and Lyrics" Born March 17, 1832, in Percy, Northumberland, Joseph Skipsey was a colliery worker at seven years of age. He made himself educated, publishing verse in local newspapers until he was gradually able to leave harsh labour behind him. He earned a living as caretaker to schools and colleges. He and his wife Sara Ann ...

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Heres a virtual movie of Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine (21 October 1790 - 28 February 1869) the French writer, poet and politician reading probanly his best known poem "Le Lac" his partly autobiographical poem, "Le Lac" ("The Lake"), which describes in retrospect the fervent love shared by a couple from the point of view of the bereaved man. Lamartine was masterly in his use of French poetic forms. He was one of very few French literary figures to combine his writing with a ...

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Heres a virtual movie of Belgian poet, art critic and writere short stories and verse Emile Verhaeren reading his poem "L Vent" (The Wind) first published in 1895. Emile Verhaeren (21 May 1855 27 November 1916) was a Belgian poet who wrote in the French language, and one of the chief founders of the school of Symbolism. He was born in a Flemish, but French-speaking, middle-class family in Sint-Amands. Nevertheless Emile Verhaeren also spoke the local dialect (Dutch was not taught at school ...

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Heres a virtual movie of a recitation of a mysterious little poem by English poet James Reeves (1909 - 1978) called "Little Fan" Its about a Mermaid. I have employed the visual services of an unknown Victorian lady as the face of my reader in this virtual movie. The real name of James Reeves was John Morris (1909 - 1978), a British writer known for his poetry and contributions to children's literature and the literature of collected traditional songs. He was born in Harrow, and educated at ...

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Heres a virtual movie of Sir Alan Patrick Herbert, CH (usually writing as AP Herbert or APH) (September 24, 1890 - November 11, 1971) who was an English humorist, novelist reading and discussing his genteel humorous advice and poem"Burglars beware!" on how to deal with Burglars according to his interpretaion of the Law in Britain at the time this piece was written . The sound recording was made around 1958/59 the visual image used in this virtual movie is of AP Herbert photographed in the ...

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Heres a virtual movie of a recital of poem called "Pain" written and recited by an unknown girl poet of approximately 12 years of age. This a relatively early example of a recording of a child poet reciting their work recorded in the early 1960's Children are not particularly well represented in archival recordings reading their poetry,other than perhaps reciting nursery rhymes. The wellbred precise diction of the reader sounds rather Victorian to me so I have used a photograph of an unknown ...

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