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Epistle to Lord Byron and other poems

Gelesen von 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

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To Thomas Moore

6:56

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To William Hazlitt

10:10

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To Charles Lamb

7:05

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MISCELLANIES: Fancy's Party

4:02

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Thoughts of the Avon

3:38

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Song

1:25

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SONNETS: Description of Hampstead

1:32

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Under a Portrait of Raphael

1:38

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To Percy Shelley

1:34

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To the Same

1:29

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To John Keats

1:31

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On Receiving a Lock of Milton's Hair

1:33

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The Nile

1:32

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TRANSLATIONS: The First Re-appearance of Achilles

8:24

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Priam Venting his Temper

3:39

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Priam at the Feet of Achilles

5:00

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The Cyclops

8:27

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The Rural Concert

1:01

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The Banquet

1:21

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The Dance

1:12

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The Seat Under the Tree

1:07

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