The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems


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While primarily known for being pessimistic, the poetry of James Thomson (1834-1882) is also beautiful and psychologically complex. This 1903 edition, varying as it does in selection from the edition of the same name published during his lifetime, provides a representative look at what has come to be known as his best works. The title poem is a horror-laced journey through depths that are surface level supernatural and at their heart an exploration of depression and atheist existential crisis. Subsequent works turn personal struggles (such as chronic insomnia) into pure art and praise poets that have gone before. - Summary by MoonLylith (3 hr 33 min)

Chapters

Front matter. Proem. The City of Dreadful Night Parts 1-10 45:09 Read by MoonLylith
The City of Dreadful Night Parts 11-21 42:36 Read by MoonLylith
To our ladies of death 17:43 Read by MoonLylith
Insomnia 21:52 Read by MoonLylith
He Heard Her Sing 20:55 Read by MoonLylith
In the Room 12:46 Read by MoonLylith
A Voice from the Nile 15:07 Read by MoonLylith
The Poet and his Muse 11:16 Read by MoonLylith
Mater Tenebrarum 3:54 Read by MoonLylith
L'Ancien Régime 5:07 Read by MoonLylith
The Sleeper 5:56 Read by MoonLylith
On a Broken Pipe 0:42 Read by MoonLylith
Day 0:55 Read by MoonLylith
Night 1:16 Read by MoonLylith
William Blake 1:17 Read by MoonLylith
E.B.B. 1:56 Read by MoonLylith
The Fire That Filled My Heart of Old 1:34 Read by MoonLylith
Song 1:49 Read by MoonLylith
A Requiem 1:50 Read by MoonLylith