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Classic Love Poems

Written by: William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Narrated by: Richard Armitage
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About this listen

Audie Award Finalist, Best Male Narrator, 2016

For anyone who's in love - or hopes to be - what greater celebration could there be than to hear the world's greatest love poetry read lovingly by Richard Armitage? With 13 poems by William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and more, Classic Love Poems is a listening treat for Valentine's Day - or any day.

Included in this collection are:

  • "How do I love thee?" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
  • "Sonnet 116" by William Shakespeare
  • "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe
  • "To Be One with Each Other" by George Eliot
  • "Maud" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
  • "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell
  • "Bright Star" by John Keats
  • "Love's Philosophy" by Percy Bysshe Shelley
  • 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
  • "Meeting at Night" by Robert Browning
  • "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" by Christopher Marlowe
  • "She Walks in Beauty" by Lord Byron
  • "Give All to Love" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

About the Performer

Richard Armitage is known to movie audiences around the world as "Thorin Oakenshield" in the trilogy of films based on The Hobbit. Born in Leicester, England, and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Armitage has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and created memorable roles on Robin Hood, North & South, and other British TV series.

Public Domain (P)2015 Audible Inc. Classics Classic Poetry
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What an excellent rendition of lines of the purest of emotions indeed. Absolutely stunning.

the deep voice of love

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A lovely selection of poems.

The narration is excellent. The deep and expressive voice of Richard Armitage does absolute justice to these wonderful poems.

It is a joy to listen to him.

Just wonderful!

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This collection of poems is an experience for romantics. Not only that the poems chosen were perfect in their glory of love and classic elegance but the narrator gave it full justice. It was such a pleasure listening to the lovely narrator’s voice while listening to the beautiful words, it’s like a magical ride.
I absolutely loved every bit of it through start to finish. I’d give it 6/5 if I could… if you are getting this -Get ready to bask in classic romance and magical love with this one. It’s a ride!

Get ready to bask in love

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The selection was great, but more than that the narration was everything a listener could ask for.

Easy on the ears...

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Love, Poetry and Richard
the perfect combination
Every poem is beautiful
I've listened to this for over 30times, felt the same love and magic everytime♥

it's the sound of love in a honeyed voice

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