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Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the 麻豆官网首页入口's poetry archive and selects The Poetry of History - The English Civil War and Marvell.

From a series that investigates the connections between historical events and the poems they inspired.

Jonathan Bate visits Westminster to work on Andrew Marvell's An Horatian Ode upon Cromwell's Return from Ireland, in which the poet wrestles with his loyalty to the recently beheaded King Charles I and his respect for the energy of Oliver Cromwell.

Producer : Tom Alban

First broadcast on 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 4 in April 2006.