An episode from 12/25/21: Tonight, we hear five poems from four centuries: Amy Lowell on unrequited love, Thomas Hardy bringing in the twentieth century, William Cower's winter evening, John Donne trying to defuse the power of death, and Christopher Marlowe trying to get the attention of that shepherdess: ⁠“New Heavens for Old,”⁠ by Amy Lowell (1874-1925) ⁠“The Darkling Thrush,”⁠ by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)⁠ “The Winter Evening,”⁠ by William Cowper (1731-1800)⁠ “Death be not proud,”⁠ by John Donne (1572-1631)⁠ “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love,”⁠ by Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) Don’t forget to support Human Voices Wake Us on Substack, where you can also get our newsletter and other extras. You can also support the podcast by ordering any of my books: Notes from the Grid, To the House of the Sun, The Lonely Young & the Lonely Old, and Bone Antler Stone. Any comments, or suggestions for readings I should make in later episodes, can be emailed to [email protected].

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