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    A Rhyme A Dozen ― Christmas: 12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic
    A Rhyme A Dozen ― Christmas: 12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic
    A Rhyme A Dozen ― Christmas: 12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic
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    A Rhyme A Dozen ― Christmas: 12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic

    Written by Lord Alfred Tennyson, Robert Louis Stevenson and Ann Griffiths

    Narrated by Tim Graham

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    ‘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.

    1 - A Rhyme a Dozen - 12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic. Christmas. An Introduction

    2 - Ring Out Wild Bells. Christmas Poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson

    3 - Wondrous Sight For Men and Angels by Ann Griffiths

    4 - A Visit from St Nicholas ('Twas the Night Before Christmas) by Clement Moore

    5 - Upon Christ His Birth by Sir John Suckling

    6 - The Three Kings by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

    7 - The Nativity by Henry Vaughan

    8 - Minstrels. A Christmas Poem by William Wordsworth

    9 - The Foolish Fir Tree by Henry Van Dyke

    10 - The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy

    11 - The White Snow by Guillaume Apollinaire

    12 - The House of Christmas by G K Chesterton

    13 - Christmas at Sea by Robert Louis Stevenson

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe Copyright Group
    Release dateNov 11, 2022
    ISBN9781803545684
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    Lord Alfred Tennyson

    Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) was a British poet. Born into a middle-class family in Somersby, England, Tennyson began writing poems with his brothers as a teenager. In 1827, he entered Trinity College, Cambridge, joining a secret society known as the Cambridge Apostles and publishing his first book of poems, a collection of juvenile verse written by Tennyson and his brother Charles. He was awarded the Chancellor’s Gold Medal in 1829 for his poem “Timbuktu” and, in 1830, published Poems Chiefly Lyrical, his debut individual collection. Following the death of his father in 1831, Tennyson withdrew from Cambridge to care for his family. His second volume of poems, The Lady of Shalott (1833), was a critical and commercial failure that put his career on hold for the next decade. That same year, Tennyson’s friend Arthur Hallam died from a stroke while on holiday in Vienna, an event that shook the young poet and formed the inspiration for his masterpiece, In Memoriam A.H.H. (1850). The poem, a long sequence of elegiac lyrics exploring themes of loss and mourning, helped secure Tennyson the position of Poet Laureate, to which he was appointed in 1850 following the death of William Wordsworth. Tennyson would hold the position until the end of his life, making his the longest tenure in British history. With most of his best work behind him, Tennyson continued to write and publish poems, many of which adhered to the requirements of his position by focusing on political and historical themes relevant to the British royal family and peerage. An important bridge between Romanticism and the Pre-Raphaelites, Tennyson remains one of Britain’s most popular and influential poets.

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