Verses: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Verses, credited to Hilaire Belloc, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Verses by Hilaire Belloc. Read in English by Larry Wilson; Matthew D. Robinson; Erin Stone; Sarah Brown; Marcia Eppich-Harris; Stefan Von Blon; Algy Pug; Rachel Marie; Erin Grassie; April6090; Slyma12; Lucretia B. A collection of poetry by Hilaire Belloc ranging from religious verses to drinking songs. - Summary by Larry Wilson

Recording facts

• Recording title: Verses
• Author credits: Hilaire Belloc
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 47
• Listed recording duration: 1:47:25

Catalogue topics

• satire
• religion
• Chesterton

Opening tracks: first 24 of 47

1. 00 - Dedication and Introduction — 21:46
2. 01 - To Dives — 3:44
3. 02 - Stanzas Written on Battersea Bridge During a South-Westerly Gale — 2:34
4. 03 - The South Country — 2:44
5. 04 - The Fanatic — 3:03
6. 05 - Noel — 1:43
7. 06 - The Early Morning — 0:32
8. 07 - The Birds — 0:43
9. 08 - Our Lord and Our Lady — 1:14
10. 09 - In a Boat — 1:09
11. 10 - Courtesy — 1:24
12. 11 - The Night — 0:56
13. 12 - The Leader — 2:04
14. 13 - A Bivouac — 1:29
15. 14 - To the Balliol Men Still in Africa — 2:27
16. 15 - Verses to a Lord — 1:38
17. 16 - The Rebel — 1:42
18. 17 - The Prophet Lost in the Hills at Evening — 1:36
19. 18 - Song — 0:58
20. 19 - The Ring — 1:07
21. 20 - Cuckoo — 1:14
22. 21 - The Mirror — 0:54
23. 22 - The Little Serving Maid — 1:46
24. 23 - The End of the Road — 3:00

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