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England's Antiphon

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"In this book I have sought to trace the course of our religious poetry from an early period of our literary history. ... [I]f its poetry be the cream of a people's thought, some true indications of the history of its religious feeling must be found in its religious verse, and I hope I have not altogether failed in setting forth these indications. My chief aim, however, will show itself to have been the mediating towards an intelligent and cordial sympathy betwixt my readers and the writers from whom I have quoted. In this I have some confidence of success. Heartily do I throw this my small pebble at the head of the great Sabbath-breaker Schism." - From the Preface (9 hr 27 min)

Chapters

Preface and Introduction

7:54

Read by Devorah Allen

Chapter 1: Sacred Lyrics of the Thirteenth Century

24:40

Read by Devorah Allen

Chapter 2: The Miracle Plays, and Other Poems of the Fourteenth Century

21:08

Read by KHand

Chapter 2, continued

16:45

Read by KHand

Chapter 3: The Fifteenth Century

16:26

Read by KHand

Chapter 4: Introduction to the Elizabethan Era

10:32

Read by KHand

Chapter 5: Spenser and His Friends

27:21

Read by Owlivia

Chapter 5, continued

29:45

Read by Owlivia

Chapter 6: Lord Bacon and His Coevals

18:30

Read by Vinny Lerin

Chapter 6, continued

15:23

Read by Vinny Lerin

Chapter 7: Dr. Donne

21:08

Read by Patrick Wallace

Chapter 8: Bishop Hall and George Sandys

12:57

Read by Alan Mapstone

Chapter 9: A Few of the Elizabethan Dramatists

19:08

Read by KHand

Chapter 10: Sir John Beaumont and Drummond of Hawthornden

19:15

Read by Kerry Adams

Chapter 11: The Brothers Fletcher

18:53

Read by Kerry Adams

Chapter 12: Wither, Herrick, and Quarles

22:05

Read by KHand

Chapter 13: George Herbert

33:09

Read by Owlivia

Chapter 14: John Milton

28:13

Read by Vinny Lerin

Chapter 15: Edmund Waller, Thomas Brown, and Jeremy Taylor

19:09

Read by Owlivia

Chapter 16: Henry More and Richard Baxter

22:46

Read by KHand

Chapter 17: Crashaw and Marvell

21:21

Read by KHand

Chapter 18: A Mount of Vision—Henry Vaughan

26:04

Read by Owlivia

Chapter 18, continued

27:16

Read by Owlivia

Chapter 19: The Plain

18:08

Read by KHand

Chapter 20: The Roots of the Hills

15:39

Read by KHand

Chapter 21: The New Vision

18:24

Read by KHand

Chapter 22: The Fervour of the Implicit. Insight of the Heart

20:36

Read by KHand

Chapter 23: The Questioning Fervour

14:27

Read by Kerry Adams