Thanatopsis
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Thanatopsis by William Cullen Bryant.
This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for April 12, 2022.
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The author was only 18 when he wrote this contemplation on death, his most famous poem. His teenage musings on nature's capacity to delight us and calm us while we live, then enfold us -- every one of us -- in its bosom for all eternity, captures a serene truth. The earth is a giant graveyard and a consummate leveler, for everybody suffers the same fate in the end. (Summary by Michele Fry)
Genre(s): Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Language: English
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 01 | Thanatopsis - read by APS | Adrian Stephens |
00:05:21 |
| Play 02 | Thanatopsis - read by BK | Bruce Kachuk |
00:05:23 |
| Play 03 | Thanatopsis - read by CD | CalmDragon |
00:05:22 |
| Play 04 | Thanatopsis - read by LKA | Kerry Adams |
00:06:31 |
| Play 05 | Thanatopsis - read by KS | KevinS |
00:04:54 |
| Play 06 | Thanatopsis - read by LCW | Larry Wilson |
00:04:50 |
| Play 07 | Thanatopsis - read by LS | LeeSalter |
00:05:17 |
| Play 08 | Thanatopsis - read by MTF | Michele Fry |
00:05:17 |
| Play 09 | Thanatopsis - read by PY | Peter Yearsley |
00:05:32 |
| Play 10 | Thanatopsis - read by RJ | Richa Jain |
00:05:12 |
| Play 11 | Thanatopsis - read by BJ | William Allan Jones |
00:05:22 |