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Classic Love Poems

By: William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Narrated by: Richard Armitage
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Audie Award Finalist, Best Male Narrator, 2016

For anyone who's in love - or hopes to be - what greater celebration could there be than to hear the world's greatest love poetry read lovingly by Richard Armitage? With 13 poems by William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and more, Classic Love Poems is a listening treat for Valentine's Day - or any day.

Included in this collection are:

  • "How do I love thee?" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
  • "Sonnet 116" by William Shakespeare
  • "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe
  • "To Be One with Each Other" by George Eliot
  • "Maud" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
  • "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell
  • "Bright Star" by John Keats
  • "Love's Philosophy" by Percy Bysshe Shelley
  • 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
  • "Meeting at Night" by Robert Browning
  • "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" by Christopher Marlowe
  • "She Walks in Beauty" by Lord Byron
  • "Give All to Love" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

About the Performer

Richard Armitage is known to movie audiences around the world as "Thorin Oakenshield" in the trilogy of films based on The Hobbit. Born in Leicester, England, and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Armitage has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and created memorable roles on Robin Hood, North & South, and other British TV series.

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Classics England Heartfelt Shakespeare Classic Poetry
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Would you consider the audio edition of FREE: Classic Love Poems to be better than the print version?

yes read with such purity and warmth

What did you like best about this story?

poems i love read by a artist i love

Have you listened to any of Richard Armitage’s other performances? How does this one compare?

have listened to all and he does this absolute justice

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

wept tears of pure joy

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Richard armitage has one of the best voices ,and brings words to life reaches right into your very soul

stunning

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can't think of a better way to listen to love poems than with Richard armitage reading them!!

mmm that voice

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A relatively broad span mixture of poems about love, mostly focusing on romantic love, but with a quote from 1Corinthians 13 vs 4 to 10, which refers to 'principled love', the Greeks had different words for love and agape is used in this scripture. Agape is love based on duty a love that should transcend personal feelings or bias, the kind of love that means one can love even an enemy.
The other recitations are about the ecstasy of romantic love, or the loss of a loved one and touch on the physical effects and emotional highs and lows of romance. All in all a nicely chosen collection, they were all comfortingly familiar and well known poems, but the pleasure of hearing them was enhanced by Mr Armitage's rich voice and perfect delivery.

A Beautifully read collection of poems

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These are some of the most beautiful and moving words ever written brought to life by the wonderful voice of Richard Armitage. Makes the hair on the back of your neck tingle in places. ...for listening with your eyes shut and with full attention on the beauty of the language and the skill of the narrator.

Beautiful and moving love poetry.

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Thank you for reading so wonderfully, it evokes emotions from the listeners. highly recommended

Relaxing and soothing voice

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