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Kéramos : and other poems

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This is a collection of 51 poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. which include many sonnets, plus 7 translations of poems by Virgil, Ovid, Michael Angelo and others. The signature 20 minute poem, Kéramos, whisks us on an imaginary magic cloak around Europe to visit the most famous potteries of olden times, and the many edifices their ceramic art adorns and/or commemorates. Keramos is a name still used today for the study of ceramic materials both for art and for technology.

2-17 are grouped under BIRDS OF PASSAGE Flight the Fifth
18-36 are grouped under A BOOK OF SONNETS, PART II
37-43 are grouped under TRANSLATIONS
44-51 are grouped under SEVEN SONNETS and a Canzone, from the Italian of Michael Angelo

- Summary by Michele Fry (2 hr 0 min)

Chapters

01. Keramos

20:37

Read by Michele Fry

02. The Herons of Elmwood

2:06

Read by Liam Knowles

03. A Dutch Picture

2:30

Read by Liam Knowles

04. Castles in Spain

4:52

Read by Sheridan Alistair

05. Vittoria Colonna

2:54

Read by Alan Mapstone

06. The Revenge of Rain-in-the-Face

2:24

Read by William Allan Jones

07. To the River Yvette

1:16

Read by Sonia

08. The Emperor's Glove

1:36

Read by Sonia

09. A Ballad of the French Fleet

2:45

Read by Phil Schempf

10. The Leap of Roushan Beg

3:55

Read by CadenB

11. Haroun Al Raschid

1:01

Read by Alan Mapstone

12. King Trisanku

0:59

Read by Phil Schempf

13. A Wraith in the Mist

1:17

Read by Bruce Kachuk

14. The Three Kings

3:46

Read by Larry Wilson

15.Song

1:37

Read by Stefan Von Blon

16. The White Czar

3:01

Read by Alan Mapstone

17. Delia

0:52

Read by Bruce Kachuk

18. Nature

1:13

Read by Lisa Marie Dolcy

19. In the Churchyard at Tarrytown

1:21

Read by Bruce Kachuk

20. Eliot's Oak

1:04

Read by Crimson Rose Sugg

21. The Descent of the Moses

1:01

Read by Mike O'Brien

22. Venice

1:20

Read by Alan Mapstone

23. The Poets

1:05

Read by Larry Wilson

24. Parker Cleveland

1:28

Read by Bruce Kachuk

25. The Harvest Moon

1:06

Read by Larry Wilson

26. To the River Rhone

1:20

Read by Alan Mapstone

27. The Three Silences of Molinos

1:06

Read by Mike O'Brien

28. The Two Rivers

4:05

Read by Lisa Marie Dolcy

29. Boston

0:57

Read by Liam Knowles

30. St. John's, Cambridge

1:21

Read by Alan Mapstone

31. Moods

1:11

Read by Lisa Marie Dolcy

32. Woodstock Park

1:19

Read by Alan Mapstone

33. The Four Princesses at Wilna

1:25

Read by Bruce Kachuk

34. Holidays

1:20

Read by Bruce Kachuk

35. Wapentake

1:21

Read by Wayne Cooke

36. The Broken Oar

1:21

Read by William Allan Jones

37. Vergil's First Eclogue, a translation

6:47

Read by Lector1

38. Ovid in Exile, a translation

10:50

Read by Phil Schempf

39. On the Terrace of the Aigalades

2:19

Read by Sonia

40. To my Brooklet

1:34

Read by Alan Mapstone

41. Barreges

1:47

Read by Sonia

42. Forsaken

1:05

Read by Lector1

43. Allah

1:03

Read by Alan Mapstone

44. Sonnet I. The Artist, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo

1:22

Read by Algy Pug

45. Sonnet 2. Fire, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo

1:20

Read by Algy Pug

46. Sonnet 3. Youth and Age, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo

1:24

Read by Alan Mapstone

47. Sonnet 4. Old Age, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo

1:25

Read by Alan Mapstone

48. Sonnet 5. To Vittoria Colonna, a translation from the Italian of Michael An…

1:23

Read by Algy Pug

49. Sonnet 6. To Vittoria Colonna, a translation from the Italian of Michael An…

1:25

Read by Algy Pug

50. Sonnet 7. Dante, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo

1:23

Read by Alan Mapstone

51. Canzone, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo

1:17

Read by Alan Mapstone