On the Grasshopper and Cricket by John Keats [with text] - read by poet Arthur L Wood

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On the Grasshopper and Cricket
The Poetry of earth is never dead:
When all the birds are faint with the hot sun,
And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run
From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead;
That is the Grasshopper’s-he takes the lead
In summer luxury,-he has never done
With his delights; for when tired out with fun
He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed.
The poetry of earth is ceasing never:
On a lone winter evening, when the frost
Has wrought a silence, from the stove there shrills
The Cricket’s song, in warmth increasing ever,
And seems to one in drowsiness half lost,
The Grasshopper’s among some grassy hills.
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[@rosiejack9069]

A lovely gentle piece. Thanks for performing it for us.

[@CianMcCarthyMusic]

Bravo! 👏

[@laoshu8311]

Glad to see you back.

[@ArthurLWood]

It feels good to be back! The energy I needed for that Samuel Johnson recorded really knocked me out. Needed a week off after that.

[@floriandiazpesantes573]

Delightful

[@redcrowpoetry]

"The poetry of earth is ceasing never..." Keats will always have my heart of hearts. Beautiful reading!

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You're really creative.

[@АннаВасильева-л9л]

Bravo

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bravissimo!

[@ArthurLWood]

Thank you!

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