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Lewti and The Thorn
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The poems Lewti, Coleridge's 'love chant' to an enigmatic and stony-hearted woman, and The Thorn, Wordsworth's ballad about a mysterious outcast.
In today's episode we hear the poems 'Lewti' - Coleridge's 'love-chant' to an enigmatic and stony-hearted woman and 'The Thorn', Wordsworth's ballad about a mysterious outcast and the superstitions that the locals have attached to her. Recorded on location in Coleridge's Cottage in Nether Stowey, Somerset and in the Quantock Hills.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Julius D'Silva
William Wordsworth - Mark Meadows
The Captain - Peter Gruffydd
Adapted and produced by Emma Harding.
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Sun 26 Jun 2011
00:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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