A Spring Harvest


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G.B. Smith is best known for his close friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien, who would go on to write the fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings. He was a talented poet and attended Oxford. In 1915, he fought for England in World War I, and died of wounds received in 1916. After his death, this volume of his poetry was published by Tolkien and dedicated to Smith's mother. - Summary by Devorah Allen (1 hr 31 min)

Chapters

Introductory Note 2:41 Read by Devorah Allen
I: Glastonbury 16:02 Read by Ellies
I: Legend 4:09 Read by Larry Wilson
II: Rime 2:05 Read by Larry Wilson
II: To an Elzevir Cicero 1:13 Read by Chris Pyle
II: To a Dürer Drawing of Antwerp Harbour 1:09 Read by Chris Pyle
II: Pure Virginia 1:04 Read by Chris Pyle
II: A Preface for a Tale I have never told 1:31 Read by Devorah Allen
II: A Sonnet 1:18 Read by Bruce Kachuk
II: ''It was all in the Black Countree'' 0:53 Read by Bruce Kachuk
II: To a Pianist 1:29 Read by Bruce Kachuk
II: A Fragment 1:17 Read by Bruce Kachuk
II: Sea Poppies 2:29 Read by Bruce Kachuk
II: ''O, sing me a Song of the Wild West Wind'' 1:00 Read by Larry Wilson
II: Ære Perennius 1:51 Read by Ellies
II: The Old Kings 1:29 Read by Stefan Von Blon
II: ''O there be Kings whose Treasuries'' 2:16 Read by Bruce Kachuk
II: A Study 1:07 Read by Stefan Von Blon
II: The Eremite 0:55 Read by Bruce Kachuk
II: The House of Eld 0:59 Read by Bruce Kachuk
II: The South-west Wind 0:54 Read by Bruce Kachuk
II: Schumann: Erstes Verlust 1:42 Read by Bruce Kachuk
II: ''Dark Boughs against a Golden Sky'' 1:11 Read by Benjamin Davis
II: ''Wind of the Darkness'' 1:13 Read by Benjamin Davis
II: Creator Spiritus 1:11 Read by Benjamin Davis
II: Wind over the Sea 1:34 Read by Larry Wilson
II: Songs on the Downs 1:14 Read by Benjamin Davis
III: ''We who have bowed ourselves to Time'' 1:38 Read by KevinS
III: Anglia Valida in Senectute 1:42 Read by KevinS
III: ''Dark is the World our Fathers left us'' 1:39 Read by KevinS
III: Awakening 0:42 Read by KevinS
III: Ave atque Vale 1:51 Read by KevinS
III: ''O, one came down from Seven Hills'' 2:01 Read by KevinS
III: Sonnet to the British Navy 1:14 Read by KevinS
III: The Last Meeting 0:55 Read by KevinS
III: The New Age and the Old 0:50 Read by KevinS
III: To the Cultured 1:22 Read by KevinS
III: Afterwards 1:11 Read by KevinS
III: Domum redit Poeta 0:47 Read by KevinS
III: Memories 1:45 Read by KevinS
III: Intercessional 1:01 Read by KevinS
III: April 1916 1:26 Read by KevinS
III: ''Over the Hills and Hollows Green'' 0:43 Read by KevinS
III: Sonnet 1:09 Read by KevinS
III: ''O Long the Fiends of War shall dance'' 0:54 Read by KevinS
III: For R. Q. G. 1:10 Read by Devorah Allen
III: ''Sun and Shadow and Winds of Spring'' 0:51 Read by KevinS
III: ''Let us tell Quiet Stories of Kind Eyes'' 1:49 Read by KevinS
III: ''Save that Poetic Fire'' 0:42 Read by KevinS
III: The Burial of Sophocles 7:36 Read by Devorah Allen
III: ''So we lay down the Pen'' 0:43 Read by Devorah Allen