81 Famous Poems: An Audio Companion to The Norton Anthology of PoetryEdition: UnabridgedNarrator: Nancy Wickwire, Bramwell FletcherPublisher: The Audio Partners Publishing Corporation Duration: 2h 17mFormat: MP3Bit rate: 192kbpsISBN: 9781572707405Release date: Oct 31, 2006Listen to the sound of English as it was meant to be heard. This collection of timeless British and American poems is an experience to be treasured. The readings, by brilliant classic actors Alexander Scourby, Nancy Wickwire, and Bramwell Fletcher, are presented in the order they appear in The Norton Anthology of Poetry, Third Edition, and are selected for their ability to delight. The poetry is also among the most anthologized verse in the English language. Included are such best loved works as Shakespeare's "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?," John Donne's "Go and Catch a Falling Star," Robert Herrick's "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time," Robert Burns' "A Red, Red Rose," John Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn," Walt Whitman's "Oh Captain, My Captain," and William Butler Yeats' "The Wild Swans at Coole" - a total of 81 major poems from 39 poets. It is simply a collection of the best.Included Titles:The Cuckoo SongWhoso List of HuntThe Nymph's Reply to the ShephardThe Passionate Man's PilgrimageSonnet 1 from Strophe and StellaThe Passionate Shephard to His LoveSonnet 18Sonnet 29Sonnet 116Sonnet 129When to her Lute Corina SingsRosecheeked LauraThere is a garden in Her Face"Go and Catch a Falling Star"The Rising Sun"Death Be Not Proud"Song: To CeliaThe Argument of His BookDelight in DisorderTo the Virgins, to Make Much of TimeUpon Julia's ClothesThe CollarThe PulleyLove (III)When I Consider How My Light Is Spent"Why so Pale and Wan, Fond Lover?"Out Upon It!To Althea, From PrisonTo His Coy MistressThe Definition of LoveThe RetreatA Song for St. Cecilia's DayElegy Written in a Country ChurchyardFrom Poetical Sketches: SongFrom Songs of Innocence: IntroductionThe LamThe TygerTo a MouseA Red, Red RoseShe Dwelt Among the Untrodden WaysComposed Upon Westminster BridgeMy Heart Leaps UpThe World is Too Much With UsKubla KhanShe Walks in BeautyWhen We Two PartedOzymandiasOde to the West WindTo a SkylarkAdonaisIn First Looking into Chapman's HomerOde on a Grecian UmBright StarConcord HymnThe RhodoraSonnets from the Portagues; 1, 43To HelenThe City in the SeaAnnabel LeeBreak, Break, BreakSong from the Princes: The Splendor Falls, Tears, Idle Tears, Now Sleeps the Crimson PetalThe EagleCrossing the BarMy Last DuchessHome - Thoughts from AbroadSong of Myself: Parts 1,6, 21 & 31Oh Captian! My Captian!Dover Beach"The Soul Selects Her Own Society""A Narrow Fellow in the Grass"Up-HillThe Garden of ProserpineThe Darkling ThrushPied BeautyLoveliest of Trees, the Cherry NowWith Rue My Heart is LadenThe Lake Isle of InnisfreeThe Wild Swans of Coole