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LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of "You Bid Me Try" by Austin Dobson . This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 24, 2011.<br><br>Henry Austin Dobson , commonly Austin Dobson, was an English poet and essayist. His official career was uneventful, but as a poet and biographer he was distinguished. Those who study his work are struck by its maturity. It was about 1864 that he turned his attention to writing original prose and verse, and some of his earliest work was his best. It was not until 1868 that the appearance of St Paul's, a magazine edited by Anthony Trollope, gave Harry Dobson an opportunity and an audience; and during the next six years he contributed some of his favourite poems, including "Tu Quoque," "A Gentleman of the Old School," "A Dialogue from Plato," and "Une Marquise." Many of his poems in their original form were illustrated—some, indeed, were written to support illustrations. (summary from Wikipedia)

2Old Sedan Chair

By Henry Austin Dobson

LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of The Old Sedan Chair by Austin Dobson.<br> This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 29, 2022 <br> ------<br> Henry Austin Dobson commonly Austin Dobson, was an English poet and essayist, as a poet and biographer he was distinguished. Those who study his work are struck by its maturity. It was about 1864 that he turned his attention to writing original prose and verse, and some of his earliest works were his best. (Summary by Wikipedia )

3When There Is Peace

By Henry Austin Dobson

LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of When There Is Peace by Henry Austin Dobson.<br> This was the Weekly Poetry project for June 26, 2022.<br> -----<br> Henry Austin Dobson (18 January 1840 – 2 September 1921) was an English poet, essayist, and biographer. He is commonly known as Austin Dobson. Dobson first gained attention by appearing in St. Paul's magazine, published by Anthony Trollope, and he gathered enough material to publish his first book of verse in 1873, Vignettes in Rhyme. Dobson is perhaps best known for his promotion and use of European metrical forms such as the ballade, rondel, rondeau and villanelle, but all written in English. (Summary by mungojerry311)