Thomas Gray
Roger McGough marks 300 years since the birth of the influential poet Thomas Gray, author of Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, with a visit to the graveyard itself, in Stoke Poges. With readers Mark Meadows and Katie Sobey. Producer Sally Heaven.
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This Week's Poems
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Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
by Thomas Gray
From Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard and Other Poems
Published by Penguin
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Song From Aella
by Thomas Chatterton
Taken from Bartleby.com
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The Poplar Field
by William Cowper
Taken from Poem Hunter.com
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A Gravestone upon the Floor in the Cloisters of Worcester Cathedral
by William Wordsworth
From A Sacrifice of Praise; an Anthology of Christian Poetry in English from Caedmon to the Mid-Twentieth Century
Published by Cumberland House Publishing
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Extract from In Memoriam
by Alfred Lord Tennyson
From Alfred Lord Tennyson 鈥� Selected Poems
Published by Penguin
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Song 鈥榃hen I am dead..鈥�
by Christina Rossetti
From Christina Rossetti 鈥� Poems and Prose
Published by Everyman
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Ah! Are You Digging on my Grave?
by Thomas Hardy
From The Oxford Authors 鈥� Thomas Hardy
Published by Oxford University Press
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Reader | Mark Meadows |
| Reader | Katie Sobey |
| Producer | Sally Heaven |
Broadcasts
- Sun 4 Sep 2016 16:30大象传媒 Radio 4 FM
- Sat 10 Sep 2016 23:30大象传媒 Radio 4