The Soldier


Read by LibriVox Volunteers

LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of The Soldier by Rupert Brooke. This poem was written, as the concluding part of a series of sonnets, on the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. Brooke, himself, died the following year on his way to a battle at Gallipoli.

This was the Weekly Poetry project for November 8th, 2009. (0 hr 26 min)

Chapters

The Soldier – Read by ADD 1:18 Read by Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010)
The Soldier – Read by ATG 1:29 Read by Antoinette T. Griffin
The Soldier – Read by BS 1:25 Read by Bob Sherman
The Soldier – Read by CCS 1:45 Read by Christian Storms
The Soldier – Read by CJMB 1:17 Read by icyjumbo (1964-2010)
The Soldier – Read by CS 1:13 Read by Cori Samuel
The Soldier – Read by DII 1:18 Read by Diana Majlinger
The Soldier – Read by DL 1:15 Read by David Lawrence
The Soldier – Read by DRB 1:25 Read by David Barnes
The Soldier – Read by EEP 1:18 Read by Ernst Pattynama
The Soldier – Read by EST 0:58 Read by Elli
The Soldier – Read by KTH 1:10 Read by Katharine
The Soldier – Read by KTS 1:15 Read by Kim Stich
The Soldier – Read by LAH 1:21 Read by Lee Ann Howlett
The Soldier – Read by LKP 1:03 Read by Lucy Perry
The Soldier – Read by PG 1:33 Read by Phil Griffiths
The Soldier – Read by PY 1:12 Read by Peter Yearsley
The Soldier – Read by RG 1:28 Read by Ruth Golding
The Soldier – Read by RN 1:20 Read by ravenotation
The Soldier – Read by TG 1:04 Read by TriciaG