Dollie Radford's guest appearances

Dollie Radford

Classic Poetry Aloud

Charlotte Bronte

Emily Dickinson

Henry V

Thomas Moore

Walt Whitman

George Herbert

Andrew Marvell

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Thomas Campion

AE Housman

Sydney Smith

Mary Coleridge

William Blake

Robert Herrick

Wilfred Owen

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Dollie Radford read by Classic Poetry Aloudwww.classicpoetryaloud.comTwitter: @classicpoetryFacebook: www.facebook.com/poetryaloudGiving voice to the poetry of the past.---------------------------------------Decemberby Dollie Radford (1858 – 1920)No gardener need go far to find    The Christmas rose,The fairest of the flowers that mark    The sweet Year's close:Nor be in quest of places where    The hollies grow,Nor seek for sacred trees that hold    The mistletoe.All kindly tended gardens love    December days,And spread their latest riches out    In winter's praise.But every gardener's work this month    Must surely beTo choose a very beautiful    Big Christmas tree,And see it through the open door    In triumph ride,To reign a glorious reign within    At Christmas-tide.Reading © Classic Poetry Aloud 2009

Dollie Radford read by Classic Poetry Aloud <a href="http://www.classicpoetryaloud.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.classicpoetryaloud.com</a> Twitter: @classicpoetry Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/poetryaloud" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/poetryaloud</a> Giving voice to the poetry of the past. --------------------------------------- December by Dollie Radford (1858 – 1920) No gardener need go far to find The Christmas rose, The fairest of the flowers that mark The sweet Year's close: Nor be in quest of places where The hollies grow, Nor seek for sacred trees that hold The mistletoe. All kindly tended gardens love December days, And spread their latest riches out In winter's praise. But every gardener's work this month Must surely be To choose a very beautiful Big Christmas tree, And see it through the open door In triumph ride, To reign a glorious reign within At Christmas-tide. Reading © Classic Poetry Aloud 2009

618. December by Dollie Radford

D Radford read by Classic Poetry Aloud:http://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/Giving voice to the poetry of the past.---------------------------------------Decemberby Dollie Radford (1858 – 1920)No gardener need go far to find    The Christmas rose,The fairest of the flowers that mark    The sweet Year's close:Nor be in quest of places where    The hollies grow,Nor seek for sacred trees that hold    The mistletoe.All kindly tended gardens love    December days,And spread their latest riches out    In winter's praise.But every gardener's work this month    Must surely beTo choose a very beautiful    Big Christmas tree,And see it through the open door    In triumph ride,To reign a glorious reign within    At Christmas-tide.First aired: 22 December 2009For hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.    To learn a little more about the poems and poets on Classic Poetry Aloud, join the mailing list.Reading © Classic Poetry Aloud 2009

D Radford read by Classic Poetry Aloud: <a href="http://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/</a> Giving voice to the poetry of the past. --------------------------------------- December by Dollie Radford (1858 – 1920) No gardener need go far to find The Christmas rose, The fairest of the flowers that mark The sweet Year's close: Nor be in quest of places where The hollies grow, Nor seek for sacred trees that hold The mistletoe. All kindly tended gardens love December days, And spread their latest riches out In winter's praise. But every gardener's work this month Must surely be To choose a very beautiful Big Christmas tree, And see it through the open door In triumph ride, To reign a glorious reign within At Christmas-tide. First aired: 22 December 2009 For hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index. To learn a little more about the poems and poets on Classic Poetry Aloud, join the mailing list. Reading © Classic Poetry Aloud 2009

527. December by Dollie Radford