Online Anthology of Lyrical Audio Poetry in Modern English, recorded by Walter Rufus Eagles ad majorem Dei gloriam

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MORNING POEM in TIME of WAR

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Blue = Newly recorded in Part II 
May 1, 2004  to April 30, 2006

Red = Replay from Part I
May 1, 2002 to April 30, 2004

Sunday, July 3, 2005

Alan Seeger
[1888-1916] American Poet

Sonnet I - Sidney, in whom the heyday of romance. . .
[0:51]

For war poetry of the First World War (and information about its poets), plus poetry about, Iraq, Falklands, Sierra Leone and Vietnam go to: www.warpoetry.co.uk

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NOTES: This page presents a war poem in Modern English recorded by Walter Rufus Eagles, and updated daily during the school year as early as possible after sundown the night before (Mountain Time, USA, or 0400 GMT)  but no later than 1400 GMT the following morning, for optimal convenience of students and teachers in continental USA and in Hawaii.   All poems can be heard free in their entirety.  

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