Poems of Pilgrimage


Read by Alan Mapstone

A short collection of poems by Thomas Hardy describing his feelings when visiting various places of historic interest in Italy and Switzerland.
The first poem is a tribute to Queen Victoria written in the week of her death. (Summary by Alan Mapstone) (0 hr 22 min)

Chapters

V. R. 1819-1901 A Reverie 1:43 Read by Alan Mapstone
Genoa and the Mediterranean 1:58 Read by Alan Mapstone
Shelley's Skylark 1:51 Read by Alan Mapstone
In the Old Theatre, Fiesole 1:27 Read by Alan Mapstone
Rome: On the Palatine 1:25 Read by Alan Mapstone
Rome: Building a New Street in the Ancient Square 1:27 Read by Alan Mapstone
Rome: The Vatican-Sala Delle Muse 2:18 Read by Alan Mapstone
Rome: At the Pyramid of Cestius near the Graves of Shelley and Keats 1:45 Read by Alan Mapstone
Lausanne: In Gibbon's Old Garden: 11-12 P.M. 1:49 Read by Alan Mapstone
Zermatt: To the Matterhorn 1:26 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Bridge of Lodi 3:46 Read by Alan Mapstone
On an Invitation to the United States 1:26 Read by Alan Mapstone