Poems and Ballads (First Series): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Poems and Ballads (First Series), credited to Algernon Charles Swinburne, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Poems and Ballads (First Series) by Algernon Charles Swinburne. Read in English by Kazbek. Swinburne's first collection of poetry, published in 1866, circles around the themes of love, religion (or irreligion) and death. The poems are written in sonorous, formally inventive, and occasionally abstruse verse with many dramatic elements. The risqué subject matter and lurid imagery found in some of the poems aroused considerable controversy at the time, prompting one critic to denounce the author as an "unclean fiery imp from the pit". (Summary by Kazbek)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Poems and Ballads (First Series)
• Author credits: Algernon Charles Swinburne
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 63
• Listed recording duration: 8:43:01

Opening tracks: first 24 of 63

1. 00 - DEDICATORY EPISTLE — 45:36
2. 01 - A Ballad of Life — 5:33
3. 02 - A Ballad of Death — 7:43
4. 03 - Laus Veneris — 33:51
5. 04 - Phædra — 14:15
6. 05 - The Triumph of Time — 27:01
7. 06 - Les Noyades — 5:41
8. 07 - A Leave-Taking — 3:21
9. 08 - Itylus — 3:51
10. 09 - Anactoria — 22:58
11. 10 - Hymn to Proserpine — 12:50
12. 11 - Ilicet — 8:59
13. 12 - Hermaphroditus — 4:28
14. 13 - Fragoletta — 3:47
15. 14 - Rondel — 1:39
16. 15 - Satia te Sanguine — 4:12
17. 16 - A Litany — 6:39
18. 17 - A Lamentation — 6:36
19. 18 - Anima Anceps — 1:57
20. 19 - In the Orchard — 4:01
21. 20 - A Match — 2:19
22. 21 - Faustine — 7:44
23. 22 - A Cameo — 1:11
24. 23 - Song before Death — 1:20

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