Consider the Lilies of the Field
Christina Rossetti
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LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Consider the Lilies of the Field by Christina Rossetti.
This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 1, 2021.
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Rossetti began writing down and dating her poems from 1842, most of which imitated her favored poets. In 1847 she began experimenting with verse forms such as sonnets, hymns and ballads while drawing narratives from the Bible, folk tales, and the lives of saints. (Summary by Wikipedia) (0 hr 20 min)