Now playing
AudioThe Song of the Olden Time
About this film
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of The Song of the Olden Time by Thomas Moore. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 4, 2016. Read in English by Bruce Kachuk; Greg Giordano; Lee Ann Howlett; Matthew Datcher; Phil Schempf; Scotty Smith; Tomas Peter and tovarisch. From a relatively early age Moore showed an interest in music and other performing arts. He sometimes appeared in musical plays with his friends, such as The Poor Soldier by John O'Keeffe (music by William Shield), and at one point had ambitions to become an actor. Moore attended several Dublin schools including Samuel Whyte's English Grammar School in Grafton Street where he learned the English accent with which he spoke for the rest of his life. In 1795 he graduated from Trinity College, which had recently allowed entry to Catholic students, in an effort to fulfill his mother's dream of him becoming a lawyer. Moore was initially a good student, but he later put less effort into his studies. His time at Trinity came amidst the ongoing turmoil following the French Revolution, and a number of his fellow students such as Robert Emmet were supporters of the United Irishmen movement, although Moore himself…
Directors & creators
Thomas Moore
Subjects
librivox; audiobooks; literature; poetry; nature; song; time; philospohy
More from this pool