EAGLESWEB.COM AUDIO ANTHOLOGY of LYRICAL POETRY in MODERN ENGLISH recorded by WALTER RUFUS EAGLES

 

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Online Anthology of Lyrical Audio Poetry in Modern English
recorded by Walter Rufus EagleS unless orwise stated.

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Poetry for The Ear in The Tradition of Blind Homer

   A free international educational resource of lyrical audio poetry in Modern English, founded in 1998.  A
s of November 27, 2009, 1,205 Poems in  Real Audio format by 185 poets have been recorded and have been heard in 1,854,938 hits in the past year in 91 countries on all continents.  Currently there have been an average of 550 unique visitors daily: (STATS

Walter Rufus Eagles, Poet, Reader, Editor & Webmaster. Editor's Statement.  Dedication.   Site last updated Tuesday, February 01, 2011 11:00  Pacific Time.

    During the Renaissance generally, and in Elizabethan England in particular, Poetry and Music walked hand in hand and flourished in a special symbiosis.  Music is thus given special regard on this website. The organ work heard on this front page [press ESC for silence if you choose] is a third mode melody (Psalm 2 - "Why fum'th in fight") from Archbishop Parker's Psaltery, composed by the English Renaissance choral and organ composer, Thomas Tallis.  This melody inspired British modern composer Ralph Vaughan Williams to compose the latter's Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis for Strings.  Tallis was the  teacher of William Byrd,  the greatest Elizabethan composer.  Byrd's complete solo music for harpsichord (or virginals) is performed on Eaglesweb.com by the celebrated Canadian keyboardist, John Sankey, and can be heard by clicking HERE.

 

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From Li Wendong of China:  "i really appreciate your effort in preparing such a good host of poems in their audio presentation.  i love these immortal lines very deeply and it has been long since I have found such a website dedicated to the classic poem recordings.  thank you very much!"    

  ANTHOLOGY of LYRICAL AUDIO POETRY in MODERN ENGLISH 
 
POEMA ad LIBITUM
 
CUMULATIVE MOST POPULAR READINGS
 
POET SLIDESHOW  115 poets on this site (a guessing game)
 
PERMISSION to COPY Walter's readings for non-commercial use
On your right, your reader, Walter,
with Mahra ( reader's Siamese assistant)
in 2003: double portrait by Marilu Eagles, Walter's wife of 48 years

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NOTE ESPECIALLY THE FOLLOWING PAGES (EDITOR'S CHOICE):
 

MATTHEW ARNOLD (10 Poems)

W. H. AUDEN (8 Poems)

R. P. BLACKMUR (12 Poems)

WILLIAM BLAKE (29 Poems)

RUPERT BROOKE (11 Poems)

EMILY DICKINSON (9 Poems)

JOHN DONNE (13 Poems)

WALTER RUFUS EAGLES (24 Poems)

T. S. ELIOT (8 Poems)

 ROBERT FROST (8 Poems)

 GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS (33 Poems)

 JOHN KEATS (19 Poems)

 AMY LOWELL (19 Poems)

 EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY (19 Poems)

 OGDEN NASH (21 Poems)

 WILFRID OWEN (20 Poems)

 EZRA POUND (12 Poems)

 EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON (11 Poems)

 CHRISTINA ROSSETTI (11 Poems)

 CARL SANDBURG (11 Poems)

 SIEGFRIED SASSOON (22 Poems)

 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (100 Poems)

 DYLAN THOMAS (15 Poems)

 EDWARD THOMAS (12 Poems)

ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON (12 Poems)

 OSCAR WILDE (14 Poems)

 WILLIAM WORDSWORTH (13 Poems)

 WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS (25 Poems)

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