Lyric Poems


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Robert Southey was born in Bristol in England in 1774 and appointed Poet Laurete in 1813, a post he grew to dislike. He was an Oxford contemporary and Brother-in-law of Coleridge and a friend of Wordsworth. He was also an active campaigner for the abolition of the Slave Trade. His work was often critised by other romantic poets, particularly Byron who satirised him in his poem Don Juan.

Southey was a prolific poet, his complete works were published in 10 volumes in 1837. This is a selection of his shorter Lyric Poems.

(Summary by Alan Mapstone) (1 hr 36 min)

Chapitres

Dedication 2:58 Lu par Alan Mapstone
To Horror 5:04 Lu par Alan Mapstone
To Contemplation 5:36 Lu par Alan Mapstone
To a Friend 2:46 Lu par Larry Wilson
Remembrance 3:07 Lu par Bruce Kachuk
The Soldier's Wife 1:07 Lu par Anthony Will
The Widow 1:47 Lu par Yaron Bernstein
The Chapel Bell 2:57 Lu par Adrian Stephens
To Hymen 3:42 Lu par Agnes Robert Behr
Written on the 1st of December 2:06 Lu par Craig Allan Jones
Written on the 1st of January 3:02 Lu par Agnes Robert Behr
Written on a Sunday Morning 2:20 Lu par Adrian Stephens
The Race of Banquo 2:09 Lu par Alan Mapstone
Written in Alentejo 2:35 Lu par Adrian Stephens
To Recovery 2:15 Lu par Bruce Kachuk
Youth and Age 1:45 Lu par Bruce Kachuk
The Oak of Our Fathers 2:20 Lu par Adrian Stephens
The Battle of Pultowa 2:38 Lu par Adrian Stephens
The Traveller's Return 1:11 Lu par David Lawrence
The Old Man's Comforts 1:48 Lu par David Lawrence
Translation of a Greek Ode on Astronomy 8:33 Lu par Alan Mapstone
Gooseberry Pie 2:46 Lu par Larry Wilson
To a Bee 1:38 Lu par Agnes Robert Behr
To a Spider 2:44 Lu par ToriBee
The Destruction of Jerusalem 3:45 Lu par Alan Mapstone
The Death of Wallace 3:04 Lu par Alan Mapstone
The Spanish Armada 3:30 Lu par Alan Mapstone
St. Bartholomew's Day 3:13 Lu par Alan Mapstone
The Holly Tree 2:04 Lu par Larry Wilson
The Ebb Tide 1:36 Lu par Larry Wilson
The Complaints of the Poor 2:22 Lu par Agnes Robert Behr
To Mary 2:23 Lu par Anthony Will
To a Friend 2:28 Lu par Ehsan Ahmed Mehedi
The Dead Friend 2:43 Lu par Ehsan Ahmed Mehedi