Epistle to Lord Byron and other poems


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