Lyric Poems


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Robert Southey was born in Bristol in England in 1774 and appointed Poet Laurete in 1813, a post he grew to dislike. He was an Oxford contemporary and Brother-in-law of Coleridge and a friend of Wordsworth. He was also an active campaigner for the abolition of the Slave Trade. His work was often critised by other romantic poets, particularly Byron who satirised him in his poem Don Juan.

Southey was a prolific poet, his complete works were published in 10 volumes in 1837. This is a selection of his shorter Lyric Poems.

(Summary by Alan Mapstone) (1 hr 36 min)

Chapters

Dedication 2:58 Read by Alan Mapstone
To Horror 5:04 Read by Alan Mapstone
To Contemplation 5:36 Read by Alan Mapstone
To a Friend 2:46 Read by Larry Wilson
Remembrance 3:07 Read by Bruce Kachuk
The Soldier's Wife 1:07 Read by Anthony Will
The Widow 1:47 Read by Yaron Bernstein
The Chapel Bell 2:57 Read by Adrian Stephens
To Hymen 3:42 Read by Agnes Robert Behr
Written on the 1st of December 2:06 Read by Craig Allan Jones
Written on the 1st of January 3:02 Read by Agnes Robert Behr
Written on a Sunday Morning 2:20 Read by Adrian Stephens
The Race of Banquo 2:09 Read by Alan Mapstone
Written in Alentejo 2:35 Read by Adrian Stephens
To Recovery 2:15 Read by Bruce Kachuk
Youth and Age 1:45 Read by Bruce Kachuk
The Oak of Our Fathers 2:20 Read by Adrian Stephens
The Battle of Pultowa 2:38 Read by Adrian Stephens
The Traveller's Return 1:11 Read by David Lawrence
The Old Man's Comforts 1:48 Read by David Lawrence
Translation of a Greek Ode on Astronomy 8:33 Read by Alan Mapstone
Gooseberry Pie 2:46 Read by Larry Wilson
To a Bee 1:38 Read by Agnes Robert Behr
To a Spider 2:44 Read by ToriBee
The Destruction of Jerusalem 3:45 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Death of Wallace 3:04 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Spanish Armada 3:30 Read by Alan Mapstone
St. Bartholomew's Day 3:13 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Holly Tree 2:04 Read by Larry Wilson
The Ebb Tide 1:36 Read by Larry Wilson
The Complaints of the Poor 2:22 Read by Agnes Robert Behr
To Mary 2:23 Read by Anthony Will
To a Friend 2:28 Read by Ehsan Ahmed Mehedi
The Dead Friend 2:43 Read by Ehsan Ahmed Mehedi