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More readings are on the way! If you'd like to read a sonnet, please let me know!  I've also added a few YouTube videos below.  There are also several readings listed at archive.org . 

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Read by Annie Callan
The Soldier by Rupert Brooke
Sonnet by John Anster
Frost-Morning by William Alexander

Read by Anniina Jokinen
"My galley charged with forgetfulness" by Thomas Wyatt
"My true-love hath my heart and I have his" by Sir Philip Sidney

Read by Eve Adamson
"If thou must love me, let it be for naught" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
"How shall I love thee? Let me count the ways" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Read by Jerry Harp
On His Blindness by John Milton

Read by Edward Derby
The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus

Read by Dawn Corrigan
"I shall forget you presently, my dear" by Edna St. Vincent Millay
"Only until this cigarette is ended" by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Read by Carol G.
Remember by Christina Rossetti

Read by Rus VanWestervelt
The World Is Too Much with Us by William Wordsworth

Read by Michaela Carter
Listen to Shakespeare's Sonnets 57, 130, and 147 on Ms. Carter's webpage at mp3.com (in mp3 format)

Read by John Feather
Shakespeare's Sonnet 29 (at Wired for Books)

Read by Joe Lusher
Shakespeare's Sonnet 144 (at Wired for Books)

Read by Danielle Mann
Shakespeare's Sonnet 30 (at Wired for Books)

Read by Mark Mann
Shakespeare's Sonnet 73 (at Wired for Books)

Read by Richard Stephens (at Wired for Books)
Shakespeare's Sonnet 18
Shakespeare's Sonnet 116
John Donne's Holy Sonnet X

Read by Eric Blomquist
Ozymandius by Percy Bysshe Shelley