Lyric Poems: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Lyric Poems, credited to Robert Southey, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of Lyric Poems by Robert Southey. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers 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)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Lyric Poems
• Author credits: Robert Southey
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 34
• Listed recording duration: 1:36:02

Catalogue topics

• English

Opening tracks: first 24 of 34

1. 01 - Dedication — 2:58
2. 02 - To Horror — 5:04
3. 03 - To Contemplation — 5:36
4. 04 - To a Friend — 2:46
5. 05 - Remembrance — 3:07
6. 06 - The Soldier's Wife — 1:07
7. 07 - The Widow — 1:47
8. 08 - The Chapel Bell — 2:57
9. 09 - To Hymen — 3:42
10. 10 - Written on the 1st of December — 2:06
11. 11 - Written on the 1st of January — 3:02
12. 12 - Written on a Sunday Morning — 2:20
13. 13 - The Race of Banquo — 2:09
14. 14 - Written in Alentejo — 2:35
15. 15 - To Recovery — 2:15
16. 16 - Youth and Age — 1:45
17. 17 - The Oak of Our Fathers — 2:20
18. 18 - The Battle of Pultowa — 2:38
19. 19 - The Traveller's Return — 1:11
20. 20 - The Old Man's Comforts — 1:48
21. 21 - Translation of a Greek Ode on Astronomy — 8:33
22. 22 - Gooseberry Pie — 2:46
23. 23 - To a Bee — 1:38
24. 24 - To a Spider — 2:44

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