Archibald MacLeish reads his Poetry

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The American modernist poet reads a score or so of his poems.
[taken from a vinyl LP]

Side 1:
The Old Man to the Lizard 00:00
They Came No More, Those Words, Those Finches 00:43
What Any Lover Learns 01:19
FROM Conquistador:
- Bernal Diaz, Preface to his Book 02:02
- The 6th Book, Part 1 05:39
The Renovated Temple 08:20
Calypso's Island 10:11
Not Marble nor the Gilded Monuments 12:46
The Cat in the Wood 15:13
Winter is Another Country 15:43
A Man's Work 16:29
Years of the Dog 17:08
Ezry 18:58
The Learned Men 19:53
The Silent Slain 20:42
L'An Trentiesme de mon Eage 21:41
Immortal Helix 22:50
Epistle to be Left in the Earth 23:18

Side 2:
Actfive, COMPLETE:
-The Stage All Blood 25:55
-The Masque of Mummers 34:53
-The Shape of Flesh and Bone 43:33

from the book
The Collected Poems of Archibald MacLeish. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1952.
Library of Congress number R A 55-160

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