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The Voice of the Ancient Bard, by William Blake

by William Blake (1757-1827)

Librivox volunteers bring you six different readings of The Voice of the Ancient Bard, by William Blake. This is a weekly poetry project. (Summary by Annie Coleman)

• Gutenberg e-text
• Wikipedia - William Blake
• LibriVox’s The Voice of the Ancient Bard, by William Blake Internet Archive page
• Zip file of the entire book (3.0MB)
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• Version 1 - 00:01:10
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  Read by: Hugh McGuire
• Version 2 - 00:00:53
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  Read by: Brad Bush
• Version 3 - 00:01:01
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  Read by: Jean O’Sullivan
• Version 4 - 00:01:06
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  Read by: Kara Shallenberg
• Version 5 - 00:01:08
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  Read by: mtl3p
• Version 6 - 00:00:57
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  Read by: Squiddhartha