Welcome to the Sunday poem. Today it's "The Vampire" by Rudyard Kipling. This poem was inspired by the painting "The Vampire" by British aristocrat and professional painter Philip Burne-Jones, who happened to be the cousin of Rudyard Kipling.
00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:02 - The poem starts here
Find the poem here:
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Music used: "Heartbreaking" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Pictures used: "Portrait of Rudyard Kipling" from the biography Rudyard Kipling by John Palmer as found on Wikipedia, "Formal portrait of Philip Burne-Jones in mid-life" as found on Wikipedia, and "A black and white reproduction of The Vampire, Burne-Jones' most famous work" as found on Wikisource
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