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Lake Lyrics and Other Poems

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

A Collection of poems by the Canadian poet William Wilfred Campbell most of which describe the natural beauty of the Great Lakes region of Ontario. These poems reflect Campbell's deep love of Nature as God's Creation. (Summary by Alan Mapstone) (2 hr 28 min)

Chapters

Prelude: Vapor and Blue

1:51

Read by Alan Mapstone

To the Lakes

1:37

Read by Alan Mapstone

A Lake Memory

1:19

Read by Bruce Kachuk

The Winter Lakes

2:43

Read by Bruce Kachuk

Keziah

4:14

Read by Stefan Von Blon

Morning on the Beach

1:01

Read by czandra

The Heart of the Lakes

1:30

Read by czandra

A Day of Mists

1:17

Read by czandra

Dawn in the Island Camp

1:17

Read by Bruce Kachuk

By Huron's Shore

3:11

Read by Tom Marcotte

How Spring Came

1:21

Read by Ben Gill

In the River Bay

3:11

Read by Kerry Adams

Lake Huron

1:25

Read by Bruce Kachuk

To the Blackberry

1:51

Read by Larry Wilson

Manitou

2:09

Read by czandra

Autumn's Chant

2:54

Read by dnce17

The Flight of the Gulls

1:50

Read by Kaye Burke

A Lyric of Weariness

2:18

Read by Ben Gill

August Evening on the Beach, Lake Huron

2:54

Read by Ben Gill

Invocation to the Lakes

2:14

Read by Stefan Von Blon

A Lyric

1:10

Read by Bruce Kachuk

At the Landing

1:43

Read by Heather Mrzlack

Sunset, Lake Huron

1:43

Read by Heather Mrzlack

On the Ledge

2:22

Read by Stefan Von Blon

The Legend of Restless River

4:07

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Legend of Dead Man's Lake

4:47

Read by Alan Mapstone

Ode, To the Lakes

3:11

Read by nighthawks

Ode, To Thunder Cape

4:35

Read by Grace Wereley-Bross

Dan'l and Mat

2:40

Read by Phil Schempf

August Night on Georgian Bay

1:09

Read by Pete Burner

The Tides of Dawn

1:14

Read by drwifey

Crags

1:39

Read by drwifey

Medwayosh

1:10

Read by drwifey

At the River's Mouth

1:06

Read by April Hendry

Snow

1:45

Read by Alan Mapstone

Canadian Folksong

1:39

Read by Alan Mapstone

To a Robin in November

2:49

Read by Bruce Kachuk

In the Study

1:11

Read by Kerry Adams

On Christmas Eve

1:17

Read by Kerry Adams

By the Fire

0:46

Read by Larry Wilson

Little Blue Eyes and Golden Hair

1:44

Read by Kerry Adams

Barberries

1:12

Read by czandra

The Passing Year

1:17

Read by Heather Mrzlack

A Winter's Night

1:20

Read by Heather Mrzlack

Old Voices

1:23

Read by czandra

February

1:45

Read by Beth Sullivan

Midwinter Night's Dream

1:11

Read by Beth Sullivan

On a March Morning

1:06

Read by Beth Sullivan

Sunbeams

1:11

Read by Beth Sullivan

Before the Dawn

1:08

Read by Beth Sullivan

The Dewdrop

1:12

Read by Beth Sullivan

Indian Summer

0:57

Read by Kaye Burke

To a Clump of Moss; Rododactulos

1:10

Read by czandra

The Meadow Spring

1:13

Read by czandra

Lazarus

6:21

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Hebrew Father's Prayer

3:24

Read by Bruce Kachuk

Ode, To Tennyson

7:00

Read by Amanda Chandler

Ode, Canada to Great Britain

4:05

Read by czandra

Ode, To the Nineteenth Century

4:50

Read by Stefan Von Blon

Ode, To a Meadow Brook

2:11

Read by czandra

Alone

1:28

Read by Larry Wilson

Ballade of Two Riders

3:38

Read by czandra

A Lyric of Love

2:29

Read by Larry Wilson

The Phantoms of the Boughs on the Window

2:40

Read by czandra

Titan

4:26

Read by Bruce Kachuk

Isolation

1:09

Read by Larry Wilson

Infancy

1:29

Read by nighthawks

Knowledge

1:24

Read by Alan Mapstone