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Early Rising

by John Godfrey Saxe (1816–1887)

LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Early Rising by John Godfrey Saxe. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December 31, 2010.

The words “dutiful” and “pious” never applied to the aspiring satirist. Bored by his legal work, Saxe began publishing poems for The Knickerbocker, of which “The Rhyme of the Rail” is his most famous early work. He soon caught the attention of the prominent Boston publishing house, Ticknor and Fields. Though he received no royalties for his first volume, it ran to ten reprintings and eventually outsold works by Hawthorne and Tennyson. (summary from Wikipedia)

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Total running time: 0:43:07
In addition to the readers, this audio book was produced by:
Book Coordinator and
Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: David Lawrence

mp3 and ogg files

• Early Rising – Read by BC – 00:02:21
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  [mp3@128kbps - 2.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.3MB]
  Read by: BlackCat
• Early Rising – Read by CC – 00:02:45
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  [mp3@128kbps - 2.6MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.3MB]
  Read by: Chris Caron
• Early Rising – Read by DL – 00:03:08
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  [mp3@128kbps - 3.0MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.7MB]
  Read by: David Lawrence
• Early Rising – Read by DRB – 00:03:00
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  [mp3@128kbps - 2.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.8MB]
  Read by: David Barnes
• Early Rising – Read by GHS – 00:02:57
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  [mp3@128kbps - 2.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.6MB]
  Read by: Algy Pug
• Early Rising – Read by JC – 00:02:22
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  [mp3@128kbps - 2.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.3MB]
  Read by: Joshua Commander
• Early Rising – Read by JCM – 00:03:10
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  [mp3@128kbps - 3.0MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.6MB]
  Read by: Jason Mills
• Early Rising – Read by JM – 00:03:23
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  [mp3@128kbps - 3.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.8MB]
  Read by: Jannie Meisberger
• Early Rising – Read by JSK – 00:02:46
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  [mp3@128kbps - 2.6MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.4MB]
  Read by: J.S. Kenney
• Early Rising – Read by LAH – 00:02:53
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  [mp3@128kbps - 2.7MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.5MB]
  Read by: Lee Ann Howlett
• Early Rising – Read by LED – 00:02:45
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  [mp3@128kbps - 2.6MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.4MB]
  Read by: Levi Dettwyler
• Early Rising – Read by LLW – 00:03:14
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  [mp3@128kbps - 3.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.7MB]
  Read by: Leonard Wilson
• Early Rising – Read by ND – 00:02:56
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  [mp3@128kbps - 2.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.6MB]
  Read by: Zloot
• Early Rising – Read by TG – 00:02:53
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  [mp3@128kbps - 2.7MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.6MB]
  Read by: TriciaG
• Early Rising – Read by WT – 00:02:34
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  [mp3@128kbps - 2.4MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.4MB]
  Read by: k5hsj

Cataloged on January 16, 2011