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A Birthday
Christina Rossetti
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- A Birthday - Read by CS
A birthday by Christina Rossetti. Read for LibriVox.org by Corey Samuel. My heart is like a singing bird, whose nest is in a watered chute. My heart is like an apple tree, whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit. My heart is like a rainbow-shell that paddles in a halcyon sea.
My heart is gladder than all these, because my love is come to me. Raise me a dais of silk and down, hang it with a vare and papaled eyes, carve it in doves and pomegranates and peacocks with a hundred eyes. Work it in gold and silver grapes, in leaves and silver fleur-de-lis, because the birthday of my life is come, my love is come to me.
- A Birthday - Read by DJG
A Birthday by Christina Rossetti. My heart is like a singing bird, whose nest is in a watered chute. My heart is like an apple tree, whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit. My heart is like a rainbow shell that paddles in a halcyon sea. My heart is gladder than all these, because my love has come to me.
Raise me a dais of silk and down, hang it with ver and purple dyes, carve it in doves and pomegranates and peacocks with a hundred eyes, work it in gold and silver grapes and leaves and silver-flurred allies, because the birthday of my life is come, my love is come to me.
- A Birthday - Read by DREWMAC
A birthday by Christina Rosetti. Read for LibriVox.org by Drew Mac. My heart is like a singing bird, whose nest is in a watered chute. My heart is like an apple tree, whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit. My heart is like a rainbow shell that paddles in a halcyon sea.
My heart is gladder than all leaves, because my love is come to me. Raise me a desk of silken down, hang it with ver and purple dyes, carve it in doves and pomegranates and peacocks with a hundred eyes, work it in gold and silver grapes, in leaves and silver fleur-de-lis, because the birthday of my life is come. My love is come to me.
- A Birthday - Read by EEF
A birthday by Christina Rossetti. Read for LibriVox.org by Mr. Frerking. My heart is like a singing bird, Whose nest is in a watered chute. My heart is like an apple tree, Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit. My heart is like a rainbow shell, That paddles in a halcyon sea.
My heart is gladder than all these, Because my love is come to me. Raise me a dais of silk and down, Hang it with ver and purple dyes, Carve it in doves and pomegranates, And peacocks with a hundred eyes. Work it in gold and silver grapes, In leaves and silver fleur-de-lis, Because the birthday of my life is come, My love is come to me.
- A Birthday - Read by GHS
A birthday by Christina Rosetti Read for LibriVox.org by Algie Pug Perth, Western Australia My heart is like a singing bird whose nest is in a watered chute. My heart is like an apple tree whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit.
My heart is like a rainbow shell that paddles in a halcyon sea. My heart is gladder than all these because my love has come to me. Raise me a dais of silk and a down, hang it with vera and purple dyes, carve it in doves and pomegranates and peacocks with a hundred eyes, work it in gold and silver grapes, in leaves and silver fleur de lis.
Because the birthday of my life is come, my love is come to me.
- A Birthday - Read by KLH
A Birthday by Christina Rossetti Read for LibriVox.org by Kristin Hughes My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is in a watered chute. My heart is like an apple tree Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit. My heart is like a rainbow-shell That paddles in a halcyon sea.
My heart is gladder than all these Because my love is come to me. Raise me a dais of silk and down, Hang it with veron-purple dyes, Carve it in doves and pomegranates And peacocks with a hundred eyes. Work it in gold and silver grapes, In leaves and silver fleur-de-lis. Because the birthday of my life is come, My love is come to me.
End of poem. This recording is in the public domain.
- A Birthday - Read by LAH
A Birthday by Christina Rossetti. Read for LibriVox.org by Leanne Howlett. My heart is like a singing bird whose nest is in a watered chute. My heart is like an apple tree whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit. My heart is like a rainbow shell that paddles in a halcyon sea.
My heart is gladder than all these because my love is come to me. Raise me a dais of silk and down. Hang it with ver and purple dyes. Carve it in doves and pomegranates and peacocks with a hundred eyes. Work it in gold and silver grapes, in leaves and silver fleur de lis.
Because the birthday of my life is come. My love is come to me. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain.
- A Birthday - Read by LKP
A Birthday by Christina Rossetti Read for LibriVox.org by Lucy Perry My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is in a watered chute My heart is like an apple tree
Whose boughs are bent with thick set fruit My heart is like a rainbow shell That paddles in a halcyon sea My heart is gladder than all these Because my love has come to me
Raise me a dais of silk and down Hang it with ver and purple dyes Carve it in doves and pomegranates And peacocks with a hundred eyes Work it in gold and silver grapes
In leaves and silver fleur de lis Because the birthday of my life is come My love is come to me
- A Birthday - Read by LLW
A Birthday by Christina Rossetti Read for LibriVox.org by Leonard Wilson of Springfield, Ohio My heart is like a singing bird, whose nest is in a watered chute. My heart is like an apple tree, whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit. My heart is like a rainbow shell that paddles in a halcyon sea.
My heart is gladder than all these. Because my love is come to me. Raise me a dais of silk and down, hang it with ver and purple dyes, carve it in doves and pomegranates and peacocks with a hundred eyes, work it in gold and silver grapes, in leaves and silver fleur-de-lis.
Because the birthday of my life is come. My love is come to me. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain.
- A Birthday - Read by MFS
A Birthday by Christina Rossetti Read for LibriVox.org by Mark Smith of Simpsonville, South Carolina My heart is like a singing bird whose nest is in a watered chute. My heart is like an apple tree whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit. My heart is like a rainbow shell that paddles in a halcyon sea.
My heart is gladder than all these, because my love has come to me. Raise me a dais of silk and down, hang it with ver and purple dyes, carve it in doves and pomegranates and peacocks with a hundred eyes, work it in gold and silver grapes, in leaves and silver fleur-de-lis, because the birthday of my life is come, my love is come to me.
- A Birthday - Read by MLB
A Birthday by Christina Rossetti Read for LibriVox.org by Mike Buckley My heart is like a singing bird whose nest is in a watered chute. My heart is like an apple tree whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit. My heart is like a rainbow shell that paddles in a halcyon sea.
My heart is gladder than all these because my love has come to me. Raise me a dais of silken down, hang it with ver and purple dyes. Carve it in doves and pomegranates and peacocks with a hundred eyes. Work it in gold and silver grapes and leaves and silver fleur-de-lis because the birthday of my life has come.
My love has come to me.
- A Birthday - Read by RN
A Birthday by Christina Rosetti. My heart is like a singing bird whose nest is in a watered chute. My heart is like an apple tree whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit. My heart is like a rainbow-shell that paddles in a halcyon sea. My heart is gladder than all of these because my love is come to me.
Raise me a day of silk and down, hang it with a veir and purple dyes, carve it in doves and pomegranates and peacocks with a hundred eyes. Work it in gold and silver grapes, in leaves and silver fleur de lis, because the birthday of my life is come, my love is come to me. End of poem.
This recording is in the public domain.
- A Birthday - Read by RVB
A Birthday by Christina Rossetti. Read for LibriVox.org by Robin. On June 13, 2010. My heart is like a singing bird whose nest is in a watered chute. My heart is like an apple tree whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit.
My heart is like a rainbow shell that paddles in a halcyon sea. My heart is gladder than all these because my love has come to me. Raise me a dais of silk and down, hang it with ver and purple dyes, carve it in doves and pomegranates and peacocks with a hundred eyes, work it in gold and silver grapes, in leaves and silver fleur de lis,
because the birthday of my life has come. My love has come to me.
- A Birthday - Read by VG
A Birthday by Christina Rosetti read for LibriVox.org by Victoria Grace of Syracuse, New York My heart is like a singing bird, whose nest is in a watered chute. My heart is like an apple tree, whose boughs are bent
with thick-set fruit. My heart is like a rainbow shell that paddles in a halcyon sea. My heart is glatter than all these because my love is come to me. Raise me a daze of silk and down, hang it with fair and purple dyes, carve it in doves and pomegranates, and peacocks
with a hundred eyes. Work it in gold and silver grapes, and leaves and silver fleur-de-lis, because the birthday of my life is come, my love is come to me.
