"Sleep" by Sir Philip Sidney (poetry reading)

A prease is a press - in the sense of a crowd, e.g., "alone in a press of people travelled he".

He was fatally wounded at the Battle of Zutphen. There's a story that he gave his flask of water to another wounded soldier, saying, "Thy necessity is yet greater than mine" - meaning, "This will be more use to you because I'm going to die." It's a good story and it might even be true.

The painting is "Sleeping Girl" by Domenico Feti, about 1615

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[TheVerbalart]

well all i can say is all words need to be heard other wise there is just silence....... im only new to this gig

[johnalanhale5]

i want to sleep -u-

[piquedard]

hi david,

i "can" play it now but not as well as joeclassical no1, not yet anyway...

good luck!

[AllTheHipShit]

Beautiful reading and final image.