Early Rising
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.
Genre(s): Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Language: English
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 01 | Early Rising - Read by BC | BlackCat |
00:02:21 |
| Play 02 | Early Rising - Read by CC | Chris Caron |
00:02:45 |
| Play 03 | Early Rising - Read by DL | David Lawrence |
00:03:08 |
| Play 04 | Early Rising - Read by DRB | David Barnes |
00:03:00 |
| Play 05 | Early Rising - Read by GHS | Algy Pug |
00:02:57 |
| Play 06 | Early Rising - Read by JC | Joshua Commander |
00:02:22 |
| Play 07 | Early Rising - Read by JCM | Jason Mills |
00:03:10 |
| Play 08 | Early Rising - Read by JM | Jannie Meisberger |
00:03:23 |
| Play 09 | Early Rising - Read by JSK | J.S. Kenney |
00:02:46 |
| Play 10 | Early Rising - Read by LAH | Lee Ann Howlett |
00:02:53 |
| Play 11 | Early Rising - Read by LED | Levi |
00:02:45 |
| Play 12 | Early Rising - Read by LLW | Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) |
00:03:14 |
| Play 13 | Early Rising - Read by ND | Zloot |
00:02:56 |
| Play 14 | Early Rising - Read by TG | TriciaG |
00:02:53 |
| Play 15 | Early Rising - Read by WT | Winston Tharp |
00:02:34 |