A reading of a lamenting poem about the end of an age: “Harps Hung Up in Babylon” written by Arthur Colton

#poem #poetryreading #mondaymotivation #lawrenceville #asmr #asmrreading #asmrvideo #babylon #harpshungupinbabylon #arthurcolten THE harps hung up in Babylon, Their loosened strings rang on, sang on, And cast their murmurs forth upon The roll and roar of Babylon: “Forget me, Lord, if I forget Jerusalem for Babylon, If I forget the vision set High as the head of Lebanon Is lifted over Syria yet, If I forget and bow me down To brutish gods of Babylon.” Two rivers to each other run In the […]

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A reading of a stark poem about disappointment: “County Guy” written by Sir Walter Scott

#poem #poetryreading #love #sensualworld #asmr #asmrreading #asmrvideo #countyguy #sirwalterscott AH! County Guy, the hour is nigh, The sun has left the leanoun / lee / leas an open pasture laid fallow for grazing When I was a child I grew up by the River Lea.There was something in the water, now that something’s in me.Oh I can’t go back, but the reeds are growing out of my fingertips.I can’t, The orange-flower perfumes the bowera pleasant shady place under trees or climbing […]

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A reading of a little poem about liveliness: “Sound, Sound the Clarion” written by Sir Walter Scott

#sound #sensual #sensualworld #asmr #asmrreading #asmrsounds #asmrvideo #sirwalterscott SOUND, sound the clarion, fill the fifea small shrill pipe, like a piccolo flute, used to accompany the drum in military music > Used in “Sound, Sound the Clarion,” #fife. [G] [Photo]! To all the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life Is worth an age without a name. Reading Selection: Sound, Sound the Clarion by Sir Walter Scott. (1955). In E. Markham (Ed.), Anthology of the World’s Best Poems (Memorial […]

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