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Poems of Pilgrimage

Gelesen von Alan Mapstone

A short collection of poems by Thomas Hardy describing his feelings when visiting various places of historic interest in Italy and Switzerland.
The first poem is a tribute to Queen Victoria written in the week of her death. (Summary by Alan Mapstone) (0 hr 22 min)

Chapters

V. R. 1819-1901 A Reverie

1:43

Read by Alan Mapstone

Genoa and the Mediterranean

1:58

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Shelley's Skylark

1:51

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In the Old Theatre, Fiesole

1:27

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Rome: On the Palatine

1:25

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Rome: Building a New Street in the Ancient Square

1:27

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Rome: The Vatican-Sala Delle Muse

2:18

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Rome: At the Pyramid of Cestius near the Graves of Shelley and Keats

1:45

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Lausanne: In Gibbon's Old Garden: 11-12 P.M.

1:49

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Zermatt: To the Matterhorn

1:26

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The Bridge of Lodi

3:46

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On an Invitation to the United States

1:26

Read by Alan Mapstone