A Rhyme A Dozen - Music: 12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic

‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.

01 - A Rhyme A Dozen - 12 Poems, 12 Poets, 1 Topic - Music - An Introduction

02 - Music's Empire by Andrew Marvell

03 - Music When Soft Voices Die by Percy Bysshe Shelley

04 - If Music Be the Food of Love by William Shakespeare

05 - Power of Music by William Wordsworth

06 - The Strange Music by G K Chesterton

07 - For Music by Lord Byron

08 - To Music by Rainer Maria Rilke

09 - On Music by Thomas Moore

10 - Music by Wilfred Owen

11 - To Music, To Becalm His Fever by Robert Herrick

12 - The Musicians by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

13 - I Hear America Singing by Walt Whitman