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    Sonnet on a Wet Summer
    Sonnet on a Wet Summer
    Sonnet on a Wet Summer
    Audiobook19 minutes

    Sonnet on a Wet Summer

    Written by John Codrington Bampfield

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    About this audiobook

    LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of "Sonnet on a Wet Summer" by John Codrington Bampfield. This was the weekly poem for the week of July 1, 2012.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
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