Fortunatus' Song
Alfred Austin
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Not all of the English poets laureate have been the greatest masters of verse. Alfred Austin, who assumed this post after Alfred Lord Tennyson, was one of the less distinguished - if more prolific - late Victorian poets. In modern times, his verse has become celebrated not for its smooth earnestness, but rather for the occasional howlers it contains. A notable example is this song from his pastoral epic Fortunatus the Pessimist, the final couplet of which is a popular favourite in anthologies of bad verse. - Summary by Algy Pug (0 hr 16 min)
Chapters
| Fortunatus' Song - Read by AP | 0:56 | Read by Algy Pug |
| Fortunatus' Song - Read by BK | 1:05 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Fortunatus' Song - Read by BM | 1:02 | Read by Bill Mosley |
| Fortunatus' Song - Read by CM | 0:48 | Read by CoMo290 |
| Fortunatus' Song - Read by DL | 1:04 | Read by David Lawrence |
| Fortunatus' Song - Read by EL | 1:00 | Read by Newgatenovelist |
| Fortunatus' Song - Read by GG | 1:05 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| Fortunatus' Song - Read by JH | 1:02 | Read by Jude |
| Fortunatus' Song - Read by LH | 0:58 | Read by Lee Ann Howlett |
| Fortunatus' Song - Read by LW | 0:51 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Fortunatus' Song - Read by PW | 1:03 | Read by Patrick Wallace |
| Fortunatus' Song - Read by PS | 0:50 | Read by Phil Schempf |
| Fortunatus' Song - Read by Raj | 0:58 | Read by RajVO |
| Fortunatus' Song - Read by SWS | 0:59 | Read by Scotty Smith |
| Fortunatus' Song - Read by TD | 1:00 | Read by Skip Corris |
| Fortunatus' Song - Read by TP | 0:58 | Read by Tomas Peter |
| Fortunatus' Song - Read by VB | 0:54 | Read by tovarisch |