A Rhyme A Dozen - Evenings: 12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic

Written by William Wordsworth, George Eliot, Charlotte Smith and 8 more

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe and John Michael MacDonald

‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.

01 - A Rhyme A Dozen - 12 Poems, 12 Poets, 1 Topic - Evenings- An Introduction

02 - Evening Star by Edgar Allan Poe

03 - It Is A Beauteous Evening by William Wordsworth

04 - Evening by Paul Laurence Dunbar

05 - Sweet Evenings Come and Go Love by George Eliot

06 - Evening Song by Willa Cather

07 - How The Old Mountains Drip with Sunset by Emily Dickinson

08 - Summer Evening by John Clare

09 - Bright Star by John Keats

10 - Evening in England by Francis Ledwidge

11 - Written Near a Port on a Dark Evening by Charlotte Smith

12 - Evening Song of the Thoughtful Child by Katherine Mansfield

13 - An Hymn to the Evening by Phyllis Wheatley

• Language: English
• Publisher: The Copyright Group
• Release date: Jan 1, 2023
• ISBN: 9781803549118

William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth was born on 7 April 1770 at Cockermouth, in the English Lake District, the son of a lawyer. He was one of five children and developed a close bond with his only sister, Dorothy, whom he lived with for most of his life. At the age of seventeen, shortly after the deaths of his parents, Wordsworth went to St John’s College, Cambridge, and after graduating visited Revolutionary France. Upon returning to England he published his first poem and devoted himself wholly to writing. He became great friends with other Romantic poets and collaborated with Samuel Taylor Coleridge on Lyrical Ballads. In 1843, he succeeded Robert Southey as Poet Laureate and died in the year ‘Prelude’ was finally published, 1850.