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Poems for my Children

Gelesen von Phil Benson

Published in 1847, five years after her epic poem, 'Dionysus the Areopagite', 'Poems For My Children' was Ann Hawkshaw's second collection of poetry. The poems are dedicated to her six children and many are written in an intimate conversational style. 'Ada', the final poem in the collection, is a memorial for her second child, who had died of hydrocephalus shortly before her fifth birthday. Five historical poems, set in the times of the Druids, the Romans the Saxons, the Normans and the Crusades, punctuate the collection and anticipate her later collection, 'Sonnets on Anglo-Saxon History'. (Phil Benson) (1 hr 22 min)

Chapters

Part 1. Spring is coming; Mary's wish; The festival of the last of October - Sc…

8:42

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Part 2. The little wanderers; The wind

14:56

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Part 3. Scene in the time of the Romans; The city child's complaint; The first …

13:46

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Part 4. King Alfred and his mother - A scene in the time of the Saxons; The ang…

18:00

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Part 5. The monk of Chester - A scene in the time of the Normans; A talk in Fur…

8:21

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Part 6. Sir Oswald's return - A scene in the time of the Crusades; Ada

19:09

Read by Phil Benson