The Complete Poems of Francis Ledwidge: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Complete Poems of Francis Ledwidge, credited to Francis Ledwidge, 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 The Complete Poems of Francis Ledwidge by Francis Ledwidge. Read in English by Nemo; Larry Wilson Francis Ledwidge, Irish poet, served in an Irish battalion ("The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers") of the British Army during World War I. His first volume of poems was published while he served, in 1915; two more were published posthumously, and were followed by this collection of complete works in 1919. He and five comrades had been killed by an exploding shell during the third battle of Ypres (July 1917). His poems reflect his love for his native rural countryside, tinged with loss arising from the war. From his frequent use of a blackbird motif, he was known as the "Poet of the Blackbird." Of him, the poet John Drinkwater wrote: "His poetry exults me, while not so his death.... to those who know what poetry is, the untimely death of a man like Ledwidge is nothing but calamity." - Summary by Nemo

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Complete Poems of Francis Ledwidge
• Author credits: Francis Ledwidge
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 125
• Listed recording duration: 3:07:22

Catalogue topics

• nature
• WWI
• irish poets
• war poets

Opening tracks: first 24 of 125

1. 001 - Introduction to Songs of the Fields — 9:08
2. 002 - Introduction to Songs of Peace — 5:01
3. 003 - Introduction to Last Songs — 2:46
4. 004 - Songs of the Fields: To My Best Friend — 1:18
5. 005 - Behind the Closed Eye — 1:44
6. 006 - Bound to the Mast — 2:09
7. 007 - To A Linnet in a Cage — 1:16
8. 008 - A Twilight in Middle March — 1:22
9. 009 - Spring — 1:25
10. 010 - Desire in Spring — 1:03
11. 011 - A Rainy Day in April — 2:25
12. 012 - A Song of April — 1:22
13. 013 - The Broken Tryst — 1:15
14. 014 - Thoughts at the Trysting Stile — 2:16
15. 015 - Evening in May — 1:23
16. 016 - An Attempt at a City Sunset — 1:32
17. 017 - Waiting — 1:06
18. 018 - The Singer's Muse — 1:25
19. 019 - Inamorata — 1:40
20. 020 - The Wife of Llew — 1:07
21. 021 - The Hills — 1:40
22. 022 - June — 1:47
23. 023 - In Manchester — 1:25
24. 024 - Music on Water — 2:20

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