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Three Poems of Po Chu-i

By Po Chu-i

One of China’s greatest poets reflects on silence, on speech, and on a song in the heart of a friend.

Jenny Kissed Me

By Leigh Hunt

Leigh Hunt looks back to a memorable event in a long life.

The Man Who Couldn’t Abide Greed

By Geoffrey Chaucer

On a money-spinning pilgrimage to Canterbury, a Pardoner says the quiet part out loud.

Cat and Cook

By Ivan Andreyevich Krylov Translated by John Henry Harrison

A little fable about a cat, a chicken and some wasted words.

A Hymn to God the Father

By John Donne

During a severe sickness, John Donne, Dean of St Paul’s, asked of God three boons.

Drake’s Drum

By Sir Henry Newbolt

In time of crisis, so the legend goes, Sir Francis Drake will come to our aid again, as once he did against the Spanish Armada.

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