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Lyric Poems

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Robert Southey was born in Bristol in England in 1774 and appointed Poet Laurete in 1813, a post he grew to dislike. He was an Oxford contemporary and Brother-in-law of Coleridge and a friend of Wordsworth. He was also an active campaigner for the abolition of the Slave Trade. His work was often critised by other romantic poets, particularly Byron who satirised him in his poem Don Juan.

Southey was a prolific poet, his complete works were published in 10 volumes in 1837. This is a selection of his shorter Lyric Poems.

(Summary by Alan Mapstone) (1 hr 36 min)

Chapters

Dedication

2:58

Read by Alan Mapstone

To Horror

5:04

Read by Alan Mapstone

To Contemplation

5:36

Read by Alan Mapstone

To a Friend

2:46

Read by Larry Wilson

Remembrance

3:07

Read by Bruce Kachuk

The Soldier's Wife

1:07

Read by Anthony Will

The Widow

1:47

Read by Yaron Bernstein

The Chapel Bell

2:57

Read by Adrian Stephens

To Hymen

3:42

Read by Agnes Robert Behr

Written on the 1st of December

2:06

Read by Craig Allan Jones

Written on the 1st of January

3:02

Read by Agnes Robert Behr

Written on a Sunday Morning

2:20

Read by Adrian Stephens

The Race of Banquo

2:09

Read by Alan Mapstone

Written in Alentejo

2:35

Read by Adrian Stephens

To Recovery

2:15

Read by Bruce Kachuk

Youth and Age

1:45

Read by Bruce Kachuk

The Oak of Our Fathers

2:20

Read by Adrian Stephens

The Battle of Pultowa

2:38

Read by Adrian Stephens

The Traveller's Return

1:11

Read by David Lawrence

The Old Man's Comforts

1:48

Read by David Lawrence

Translation of a Greek Ode on Astronomy

8:33

Read by Alan Mapstone

Gooseberry Pie

2:46

Read by Larry Wilson

To a Bee

1:38

Read by Agnes Robert Behr

To a Spider

2:44

Read by ToriBee

The Destruction of Jerusalem

3:45

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Death of Wallace

3:04

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Spanish Armada

3:30

Read by Alan Mapstone

St. Bartholomew's Day

3:13

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Holly Tree

2:04

Read by Larry Wilson

The Ebb Tide

1:36

Read by Larry Wilson

The Complaints of the Poor

2:22

Read by Agnes Robert Behr

To Mary

2:23

Read by Anthony Will

To a Friend

2:28

Read by Ehsan Ahmed Mehedi

The Dead Friend

2:43

Read by Ehsan Ahmed Mehedi