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The unfaltering lamp homage to thirteen centuries of English poetry.
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Title

  • The unfaltering lamp homage to thirteen centuries of English poetry.

Names

  • Baxter, Frank C. (Frank Condie), 1896-1982. prf
  • Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund.
  • Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 1955.

Contents

  • Deor's lament / translated by Charlton M. Lewis -- The ruined city / translated by Chauncey B. Tinker -- Two medieval Latin lyrics / translated by Helen Waddel -- Pangur Bán / translated by Robin Flower -- The twa corbies -- Sir Patrick Spens -- and Adam Lay Ibowndyn -- Gascoigne's lullabie / by George Gascoigne -- Sonnet XXXI from Astrophel and Stella / by Philip Sidney -- Out of sight, out of mind / by Barnabe Googe -- Tichborne's elegy / by Chidiock Tichborne -- The hymne: Queene, and huntresse, chaste, and faire / by Ben Jonson --
  • Holy sonnet, VII: At the round earths imagin'd corners, blow / by John Donne -- The collar / by George Herbert -- To the virgins ; Upon Prue his maid / by Robert Herrick -- Song" Go, lovely rose! / by Edmund Waller -- Last stanzas of Lycidas / by John Milton -- The tiger / by William Blake -- Upon Westminster Bridge ; The world is too much with us / by William Wordsworth -- Meeting at night ; Parting at morning / by Robert Browning -- I think continually of those who were truly great / by Stephen Spender.

Headings

  • -  English poetry

Notes

  • -  Featuring Frank C. Baxter.
  • -  Recorded Mar. 28, 1955, in the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
  • -  Sponsored by the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
  • -  Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature.
  • -  Literary recordings, rev., enl. ed., p. 15.
  • -  Preservation master. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Magnetic Recording Laboratory, 1973. 1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, double track, mono. ; 10 in.
  • -  Cataloging based on container/printed material/LC paperwork.

Medium

  • 1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, double track, mono. ; 10 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • RAA 28781 (original acetate -- not for playback)
  • LWO 2342 (preservation master)

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 93842945

Online Format

  • audio

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Chicago citation style:

Baxter, Frank C. , . Prf, Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry And Literature Fund, and Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. The unfaltering lamp homage to thirteen centuries of English poetry. 1955. Audio. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/93842945/.

APA citation style:

Baxter, F. C., Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry And Literature Fund & Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. (1955) The unfaltering lamp homage to thirteen centuries of English poetry. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/93842945/.

MLA citation style:

Baxter, Frank C. , . Prf, Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry And Literature Fund, and Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. The unfaltering lamp homage to thirteen centuries of English poetry. 1955. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/93842945/>.