A reading of an uneasy poem about newfound freedom: “Shadow” written by William Griffith

#poem #poetryreading #motivationmonday # lawrenceville #love #asmr #asmrreading #asmrvideo #shadow #williamgriffith I WAS happy Under a stone, Never once minded Being alone. Dark though it was And cramped and hushed, I never minded Being crushed. I never minded Being me, Till the stone shuddered, And set me free. Reading Selection: Shadow by William Griffith. (1955). In E. Markham (Ed.), Anthology of the World’s Best Poems (Memorial Ed., Vol. II, p. 501). New York: Wm.H. Wise & Co. Location: Lawrenceville, GA, […]

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A reading of a cryptic poem about a timeless question: “What Is Time?” written by William Marsden

 #poem #poetryreading #time #endoftime #motivationmonday #duluth #asmr #asmrreading #asmrvideo #whatistime #williammarsden I ASKED an aged man, with hoary hairs, Wrinkled and curved with worldly cares: “Time is the warp of life,” said he; “O tell The young, the fair, the gay, to weave it well!” I asked the ancient, venerable dead, Sages who wrote, and warriors who bled: From the cold grave a hollow murmur flowed, “Time sowed the seed we reap in this abode!” I asked a dying […]

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A reading of an aching poem about incompatibility: “The Forsaken Merman” written by Matthew Arnold

 Watch this video on Youtube: https://youtu.be/1CpZ2g691Kg #poem #poetryreading #merman #pagan #bible #forsaken #lawrenceville #asmr #asmrreading #asmrvideo #theforsakenmerman #matthewarnold COME, dear children, let us away; Down and away below! Now my brothers call from the bay, Now the great winds shoreward blow, Now the salt tides seaward flow; Now the wild white horses play, Champ and chafe and toss in the spray. Children dear, let us away! This way, this way! Call her once before you go,— Call once yet! […]

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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 lea, The orange-flower perfumes the bower, The breeze is on the sea. The lark, his lay who trilled all day, Sits hushed his partner nigh; Breeze, bird and flower, confess the hour, But where is County Guy? The village maid steals through the shade, Her shephard’s suit to hear; To beauty shy, by lattice high, Sings high-born Cavalier. The […]

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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 fife! 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 Ed., Vol. III, p. 1400). New York: Wm.H. Wise & Co.   Pin this for Later:  

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