Wounded Soldier in the Convent
Author: first_name: François
last_name: Coppée
Language: English
Year: 1915

LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of The Wounded Soldier in the Convent by François Coppée.<br>
This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 23, 2022, in honour of Coppée's 180th birthday on January 26. The poem was written in Paris during the Siege, November 1870 and celebrates caring nurses (specifically, nuns) who work with difficult patients.<br>
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François Coppée was a French poet and novelist. He was famed as <i>le poète des humbles</i> (the poet of the humble). His