The Poetry of South Africa
Alexander Wilmot
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
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 |