Epistle to Lord Byron and other poems
Leigh Hunt
Read by Alan Mapstone
Leigh Hunt was an English poet, essayist and editor best remembered as the host of a literary circle which gathered at his home in Hampstead and attracted many well known writers of the day including Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, John Keats, William Hazlitt, Thomas Moore and Charles Lamb. He wrote many letters to various friends including some Epistles in Verse of which those to Byron, Moore, Hazlitt and Lamb are recorded here.
He also made translations from Poets of Antiquity (Homer, Theocritus, Anacreon and Catullus)
(Summary by Alan Mapstone) (1 hr 24 min)
Chapters
EPISTLES: To Lord Byron | 10:42 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
To Thomas Moore | 6:56 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
To William Hazlitt | 10:10 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
To Charles Lamb | 7:05 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
MISCELLANIES: Fancy's Party | 4:02 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
Thoughts of the Avon | 3:38 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
Song | 1:25 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
SONNETS: Description of Hampstead | 1:32 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
Under a Portrait of Raphael | 1:38 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
To Percy Shelley | 1:34 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
To the Same | 1:29 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
To John Keats | 1:31 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
On Receiving a Lock of Milton's Hair | 1:33 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
The Nile | 1:32 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
TRANSLATIONS: The First Re-appearance of Achilles | 8:24 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
Priam Venting his Temper | 3:39 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
Priam at the Feet of Achilles | 5:00 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
The Cyclops | 8:27 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
The Rural Concert | 1:01 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
The Banquet | 1:21 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
The Dance | 1:12 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
The Seat Under the Tree | 1:07 | Read by Alan Mapstone |