1914, and Other Poems


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This is a volume of poems by Rupert Brooke, named after the famous poems "1914", written during and about World War I. Brooke himself died while taking part in a naval expedition to the Dardanelles, and was buried in Greece. The poems he wrote during the war were published posthumously and are the poems for which he is best-known today. This volume also contains poems written during a journey around the Pacific, and a number of miscellaneous poems. - Summary by Carolin (1 hr 1 min)

Chapters

1914 - I - Peace 1:07 Read by Jael Baldwin
1914 - II - Safety 1:05 Read by Jael Baldwin
1914 - III - The Dead 0:58 Read by Jael Baldwin
1914 - IV - The Dead 1:02 Read by Jael Baldwin
1914 - V - The Soldier 1:00 Read by Jael Baldwin
The Treasure 1:04 Read by Lucy Perry
Tiare Tahiti 4:15 Read by Lucy Perry
Retrospect 2:35 Read by Lucy Perry
The Great Lover 5:27 Read by Lucy Perry
Heaven 2:10 Read by Lucy Perry
Doubts 1:09 Read by Peter Yearsley
There's Wisdom in Women 0:57 Read by Peter Yearsley
He Wonders Whether to Praise or to Blame Her 1:20 Read by Peter Yearsley
A Memory 1:15 Read by Peter Yearsley
One Day 1:11 Read by Peter Yearsley
Waikiki 1:21 Read by Peter Yearsley
Hauntings 1:17 Read by Peter Yearsley
Sonnet 1:16 Read by Peter Yearsley
Clouds 1:16 Read by Peter Yearsley
Mutability 1:23 Read by Peter Yearsley
The Busy Heart 1:15 Read by Anusha Iyer
Love 1:19 Read by Anusha Iyer
Unfortunate 1:12 Read by Anusha Iyer
The Chilterns 2:04 Read by Anusha Iyer
Home 1:18 Read by Anusha Iyer
The Night Journey 2:17 Read by Anusha Iyer
Song 0:53 Read by Anusha Iyer
Beauty and Beauty 0:59 Read by Anusha Iyer
The Way that Lovers Use 0:51 Read by Anusha Iyer
Mary and Gabriel 4:37 Read by Larry Wilson
The Funeral of Youth - Threnody 3:47 Read by Larry Wilson
The Old Vicarage, Grantchester 8:00 Read by Ian King