LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Thrice Welcome from Poor Robin's Almanac. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 11, 2011.<br /><br />Poor Robin's Almanac first appeared in England in the 17th century. It ran until sometime in the 18th century.<br />It was originally a satirical publication, although over the years it became less humorous and more of a source for traditional homilies.<br />Poor Robin is a pseudonym whose original user is unknown. William Winstanley and Robert Herrick are both possible candidates. More works were published under this pseudonym in America in the 1800s.(Summary by Lucy Perry)
