Carleton Hobbs reads sonnets by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER compiled and introduced by PATRIC DICKINSON
Charles Tennyson Turner (1808-1879) was Alfreds elder brother. His sonnets deal with the least regarded of God's creatures. Sheep going to market, for instance ...
I listen'd. while that multitudinous sound
Peal'd from the highway through the twilight air,
A cry for light, while all was dark around.
A throng of voices like a people's prayer '