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The Poetry of South Africa

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Alexander Wilmot was a Cape Town politician and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He is the author of the History of the Zulu War 1879. Here he collects poetry from various sources in the Cape Colony, Natal, and the Transvaal. Summary by Larry Wilson. (7 hr 6 min)

Chapters

Preface

5:10

Read by Larry Wilson

The Emigrants.

4:09

Read by Jael Baldwin

The Bechuana Boy

6:14

Read by Jael Baldwin

Afar in the Desert.

6:54

Read by Jayson Paul

Evening Rambles

8:38

Read by Robert Schwartz

The Lion Hunt

3:51

Read by Jayson Paul

The Lion and the Giraffe

2:19

Read by Nemo

The Desolate Valley

4:51

Read by Mark Crowle-Groves

The Coranna

1:28

Read by garyday

Song of the Wild Bushman

1:47

Read by Nemo

The Captive of Camal

4:22

Read by garyday

The Brown Hunter's Song

1:13

Read by garyday

The Bushman

1:07

Read by Nemo

The Cape of Storms

1:10

Read by garyday

The Hottentot

1:18

Read by garyday

The Caffer

1:07

Read by garyday

The Ghona Widow's Lullaby

3:19

Read by Kirby Wheatland

The Kosa

2:51

Read by Nemo

Makanna's Gathering

2:27

Read by Nemo

The Incantation

2:27

Read by Nemo

The Caffer Commando

1:53

Read by garyday

The Rock of Reconcilement

2:34

Read by garyday

The Forester of the Neutral Ground

5:25

Read by Algy Pug

The Emigrant's Cabin at the Cape

9:56

Read by LibriVox Volunteers

The Volunteers of England

3:10

Read by TrudiBvoice

The Dear Old Land

4:48

Read by Algy Pug

The Funeral in the Abbey

14:13

Read by dchen

A Farewell to English Friends

1:55

Read by dchen

A Missionary's Last Farewell to England

10:43

Read by dchen

A Reminiscence of 1820

4:47

Read by Larry Wilson

Past and Present

2:55

Read by Dru Conway

A South African Wilderness

3:23

Read by Nemo

A Sunrise Thought at "Cove Rock"

2:11

Read by Jael Baldwin

An Ocean Sunset

1:49

Read by Kirby Wheatland

A Sight from the Shore

0:50

Read by Jael Baldwin

The Thunderstorm at Bathurst

4:11

Read by Sandy Dacombe Ferrar

A Morning Wish for a Friend

2:16

Read by Kirby Wheatland

A Night Thought

1:10

Read by Nemo

The Little Shell at Cove Rock

2:42

Read by fiskr

A Tribute of Sympathy to the Defenders of Glen Lynden

2:53

Read by Sonia

The Colours of the First 24th

7:40

Read by Sonia

Our Boys

2:46

Read by Larry Wilson

In the Drought Lands of South Africa

2:49

Read by TrudiBvoice

The Landing of the British Settlers of 1820

11:58

Read by Larry Wilson

In The Country of Mankoraan

1:36

Read by Nemo

Drink

4:18

Read by Larry Wilson

South Africa Rediviva

2:20

Read by TrudiBvoice

The Beautful Island of Dreams

2:05

Read by TrudiBvoice

Cape of Good Hope

3:07

Read by TrudiBvoice

Good Hope

1:58

Read by Melanie T

Ode

2:16

Read by Ryan

After a Storm

1:09

Read by Nemo

Ammap and Griet

3:01

Read by Dini Steyn

Sonnets of the Cape

2:23

Read by TrudiBvoice

The Faded Photograph

3:39

Read by TrudiBvoice

Eveleen

2:20

Read by TrudiBvoice

Farewell to Madeira

3:17

Read by Nemo

Farewell to Fifty-five

4:49

Read by Sonia

Lead, Kindly Light

2:13

Read by Larry Wilson

Should It Be According to Thy Mind

2:43

Read by Larry Wilson

To Graaff Reinet

1:22

Read by Sandy Dacombe Ferrar

Hymn

1:38

Read by Larry Wilson

The Lament

2:17

Read by Jael Baldwin

My "Salted" Steed

1:30

Read by Melanie T

A Romance from the Fields

3:20

Read by Shana Burns

The Flight of the Amakosa

11:26

Read by cathar maiden

An Idyl of a Prince

16:48

Read by cathar maiden

A Christmas Apparition

9:50

Read by Nemo

Freedom's Home

3:01

Read by Larry Wilson

The Gallant "Teuton"

2:42

Read by Larry Wilson

The Sunny Hills of Africa

1:21

Read by Jael Baldwin

The Southern Cross

2:31

Read by Larry Wilson

Hon. William Porter, C.M.G

4:18

Read by Sonia

Ode on the British Settlers' Year of Jubilee

7:15

Read by Sonia

Dives Redivivus

2:00

Read by Larry Wilson

The Burghers' Gathering

2:40

Read by Sarah

Storm in Tugela Valley, Natal

1:14

Read by Larry Wilson

The Natal Gold Diggings

2:33

Read by Sonia

Nature

18:08

Read by Larry Wilson

Contentment

2:11

Read by Larry Wilson

Not Here

1:29

Read by Dru Conway

Revelation XXII

2:28

Read by Larry Wilson

Ezekiel XLVII. 1-12

1:57

Read by Larry Wilson

Change

2:10

Read by Larry Wilson

Heavenly Friendship

1:10

Read by Larry Wilson

Lines Written in an Album

1:36

Read by Larry Wilson

The Defence of Rorke's Drift

11:37

Read by Chris Pyle

Rorke's Drift

3:40

Read by aravagarwal

Before Ulundi

1:50

Read by aravagarwal

The Baron's Adventure

2:09

Read by Sonia

South African Courtship

4:31

Read by Lyn Stanley

The Better Land

2:22

Read by Dini Steyn

Dolly

2:18

Read by Dini Steyn

Going Home

2:07

Read by Dini Steyn

The Oxford Bible

1:34

Read by Jael Baldwin

The Last Mission of the Sails

1:19

Read by Larry Wilson

The Worn-out Sails

1:49

Read by Larry Wilson

In Memoriam

2:00

Read by Kalynda

Epitaph on a Diamond Digger

0:49

Read by Kalynda

Afric's Greeting

2:27

Read by Sonia

Robert Godlinton

1:57

Read by Sonia

The Diamond Digger

3:15

Read by Nemo

The Last of the Bowkers

2:59

Read by Nemo

The Drunkard's Child

5:20

Read by Nemo

The Angel's Message

5:44

Read by cathar maiden

The "Churl" of the Period; and Another

5:39

Read by cathar maiden

Welcome

2:38

Read by Sonia

Precepts for Young and Old

3:33

Read by Sonia

Be Kind to One Another

1:48

Read by Dru Conway

Paddy's Love Symptoms

1:56

Read by Sonia

Proverbial Philosophy of Humbug

3:56

Read by Larry Wilson

Platteklip Cascade

1:42

Read by Sonia

The Port Elizabeth Pyramid

4:51

Read by Sonia

In Memoriam

1:21

Read by Sonia

Lord! What Is Man That Thou Art Mindful of Him!

1:45

Read by Sonia

The Rhyme of the Ox-wagon

3:58

Read by Sonia

The Cape of Good Hope

2:01

Read by Sonia

The Erythrina Tree'

3:43

Read by Larry Wilson