Poems and Ballads (First Series)
Algernon Charles Swinburne
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Swinburne's first collection of poetry, published in 1866, circles around the themes of love, religion (or irreligion) and death. The poems are written in sonorous, formally inventive, and occasionally abstruse verse with many dramatic elements. The risqué subject matter and lurid imagery found in some of the poems aroused considerable controversy at the time, prompting one critic to denounce the author as an "unclean fiery imp from the pit". (Summary by Kazbek) (8 hr 43 min)
Chapters
| DEDICATORY EPISTLE | 45:36 | Read by Kazbek |
| A Ballad of Life | 5:33 | Read by Kazbek |
| A Ballad of Death | 7:43 | Read by Kazbek |
| Laus Veneris | 33:51 | Read by Kazbek |
| Phædra | 14:14 | Read by Kazbek |
| The Triumph of Time | 27:01 | Read by Kazbek |
| Les Noyades | 5:41 | Read by Kazbek |
| A Leave-Taking | 3:21 | Read by Kazbek |
| Itylus | 3:51 | Read by Kazbek |
| Anactoria | 22:58 | Read by Kazbek |
| Hymn to Proserpine | 12:50 | Read by Kazbek |
| Ilicet | 8:59 | Read by Kazbek |
| Hermaphroditus | 4:28 | Read by Kazbek |
| Fragoletta | 3:46 | Read by Kazbek |
| Rondel | 1:38 | Read by Kazbek |
| Satia te Sanguine | 4:11 | Read by Kazbek |
| A Litany | 6:39 | Read by Kazbek |
| A Lamentation | 6:35 | Read by Kazbek |
| Anima Anceps | 1:56 | Read by Kazbek |
| In the Orchard | 4:01 | Read by Kazbek |
| A Match | 2:18 | Read by Kazbek |
| Faustine | 7:44 | Read by Kazbek |
| A Cameo | 1:11 | Read by Kazbek |
| Song before Death | 1:19 | Read by Kazbek |
| Rococo | 4:06 | Read by Kazbek |
| Stage Love | 1:32 | Read by Kazbek |
| The Leper | 8:29 | Read by Kazbek |
| A Ballad of Burdens | 5:37 | Read by Kazbek |
| Rondel | 1:05 | Read by Kazbek |
| Before the Mirror | 3:43 | Read by Kazbek |
| Erotion | 3:43 | Read by Kazbek |
| In Memory of Walter Savage Landor | 2:33 | Read by Kazbek |
| A Song in Time of Order. 1852 | 3:24 | Read by Kazbek |
| A Song in Time of Revolution. 1860 | 4:53 | Read by Kazbek |
| To Victor Hugo | 11:04 | Read by Kazbek |
| Before Dawn | 4:09 | Read by Kazbek |
| Dolores | 25:10 | Read by Kazbek |
| The Garden of Proserpine | 5:08 | Read by Kazbek |
| Hesperia | 10:07 | Read by Kazbek |
| Love at Sea | 1:59 | Read by Kazbek |
| April | 3:12 | Read by Kazbek |
| Before Parting | 2:36 | Read by Kazbek |
| The Sundew | 2:55 | Read by Kazbek |
| Félise | 17:06 | Read by Kazbek |
| An Interlude | 3:16 | Read by Kazbek |
| Hendecasyllabics | 3:02 | Read by Kazbek |
| Sapphics | 5:30 | Read by Kazbek |
| At Eleusis | 15:19 | Read by Kazbek |
| August | 3:53 | Read by Kazbek |
| A Christmas Carol | 3:51 | Read by Kazbek |
| The Masque of Queen Bersabe | 25:19 | Read by Kazbek |
| St. Dorothy | 31:57 | Read by Kazbek |
| The Two Dreams | 30:30 | Read by Kazbek |
| Aholibah | 8:17 | Read by Kazbek |
| Love and Sleep | 1:19 | Read by Kazbek |
| Madonna Mia | 3:36 | Read by Kazbek |
| The King's Daughter | 3:08 | Read by Kazbek |
| After Death | 2:53 | Read by Kazbek |
| May Janet | 2:04 | Read by Kazbek |
| The Bloody Son | 5:30 | Read by Kazbek |
| The Sea-Swallows | 4:04 | Read by Kazbek |
| The Year of Love | 2:44 | Read by Kazbek |
| Dedication, 1865 | 6:32 | Read by Kazbek |