Word & Song by Anthony Esolen
Poetry Aloud
Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey
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Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey
William Wordsworth

Poetry Aloud: Our poem this week by William Wordsworth, the poem we know by its abbreviated title of “Tintern Abbey,” is one of the finest tributes to nature ever written, but not at all nature as opposed to the human world, or nature as opposed to art, but — I believe, giving the poet Wordsworth credit for a genuine piety and a searchingly religious so…

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Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

Poetry Aloud

Poetry Aloud will help you learn how to read poetry with your ears. Unlike children with bad table manners, poetry is meant to be heard and not just seen. Join Anthony Esolen every other week (or so) as he introduces and discusses a longish poem and then reads it aloud.

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