The Soldier

by Rupert BROOKE (1887 - 1915)

The Soldier – Read by CCS

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.

Listen next episodes of The Soldier:
The Soldier – Read by CJMB , The Soldier – Read by CS , The Soldier – Read by DII , The Soldier – Read by DL , The Soldier – Read by DRB , The Soldier – Read by EEP , The Soldier – Read by EST , The Soldier – Read by KTH , The Soldier – Read by KTS , The Soldier – Read by LAH , The Soldier – Read by LKP , The Soldier – Read by PG , The Soldier – Read by PY , The Soldier – Read by RG , The Soldier – Read by RN , The Soldier – Read by TG