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296. Scorn not the Sonnet by William Wordsworth

FromClassic Poetry Aloud


Currently unavailable

296. Scorn not the Sonnet by William Wordsworth

FromClassic Poetry Aloud

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Released:
Jul 21, 2008
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W Wordsworth read by Classic Poetry Aloud:
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Giving voice to the poetry of the past.

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Scorn not the Sonnet
by William Wordsworth (1770 – 1850)

Scorn not the Sonnet; Critic, you have frowned,
Mindless of its just honours; with this key
Shakespeare unlocked his heart; the melody
Of this small lute gave ease to Petrarch's wound;
A thousand times this pipe did Tasso sound;
With it Camöens soothed an exile's grief;
The Sonnet glittered a gay myrtle leaf
Amid the cypress with which Dante crowned
His visionary brow: a glow-worm lamp,
It cheered mild Spenser, called from Faery-land
To struggle through dark ways; and, when a damp
Fell round the path of Milton, in his hand
The Thing became a trumpet; whence he blew
Soul-animating strains--alas, too few!


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Reading © Classic Poetry Aloud 2008
Released:
Jul 21, 2008
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