Twenty Sonnets


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The English poet Robert Southey was born in Bristol in 1774 and held the post of Poet Laureate from 1813 until his death in 1843.
These twenty Sonnets were written between 1794 and 1799 while Southey was living in Westbury, a village outside Bristol.
(Summary by Alan Mapstone) (0 hr 24 min)

Chapters

Sonnet I 1:44 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet II 1:09 Read by Larry Wilson
Sonnet III 1:08 Read by Larry Wilson
Sonnet IV Corston 1:10 Read by Erin V
Sonnet V The Evening Rainbow 1:06 Read by Erin V
Sonnet VI 1:12 Read by Erin V
Sonnet VII 1:16 Read by Bruce Kachuk
Sonnet VIII 1:15 Read by Bruce Kachuk
Sonnet IX 1:14 Read by Winnifred Assmann
Sonnet X 1:19 Read by Winnifred Assmann
Sonnet XI 1:18 Read by Winnifred Assmann
Sonnet XII To a Goose 1:12 Read by ShrimpPhish
Sonnet XIII 1:08 Read by ShrimpPhish
Sonnet XIV 1:11 Read by Michael Lowry
Sonnet XV 1:08 Read by Larry Wilson
Sonnet XVI 1:11 Read by Bruce Kachuk
Sonnet XVII 1:16 Read by Michael Lowry
Sonnet XVIII 1:12 Read by Larry Wilson
Sonnet XIX 1:19 Read by Michael Lowry
Sonnet XX 1:15 Read by Larry Wilson