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Posted by Tom Watson
February 25, 2009

This is a 1955 recording of T.S. Eliot reading ‘Ash Wednesday’ - strangely, it sounds much older, like an old phonograph cylinder recording, some bit of ancient audio cultural pre-history. That’s probably what the words and their delivery convey. I almost always read this poem on this day, so I thought I’d share:

Ash Wednesday

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Great article. Thanks for sharing.

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Good indeed. I don't want to miss this opportunity. Thanks for such information.

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Very well written article indeed, thank you so much for sharing such information with us, i hope we will see more from author in the future. Cheers.

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Really beautiful poem.

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Very well written article indeed, thank you so much for sharing such information with us, i hope we will see more from author in the future. Cheers.

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'Ash Wednesday' is indeed very nice poem. I read it very frequently. It gives me immense pleasure to read such kind of stuffs.

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We always celebrate "Ash Wednesday" every first Wednesday of February..

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Interesting post. I have made a twitter post about this. Others no doubt will like it like I did.

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Carmellita 11 months ago 1 point
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This is quite interesting sound. You are right, it sounds older. I remember listening to the work of Neville and it sounded much like this, so did some recordings by Napoleon hill. Thanks so much for sharing this poem in audio from one of the greats. By the way, really like your site, sure to visit often.

Much love,
Carmellita

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nice

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We always celebrate "Ash Wednesday" every first Wednesday of February..

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agence de communication
Great post and i agree with you entirely

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this recording those word deliver convey and it sounds much older, like an old phonograph cylinder recording, some bit of ancient audio.

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The recording does sound rather older than the year that it was made. And a creepy one at that too!

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Very refreshing poem, just what I needed to relax after a stressful day's work. Thanks for sharing the link!

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Ah yes the Ash Wednesday, we have that in my religion also, but the main benefit was that if you are a follower for at least 10 years you get a free house, it's small but free, and when I got it I moved into it and left my apartment.

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