The Dirge of the Sea-Children, and Other Poems


Read by Stefan Von Blon

The first of three volumes of poetry published by Yale English literature graduate Kenneth Rand before his untimely death in 1918 by the Great Influenza epidemic as he was trying to serve his country in WW1. Many of the poems within this first volume were reprints of Rand's contributions to the various magazines available during his time at Yale, including the Yale Literary Magazine where he served as chairman of the board. Some of the notable poems within this collection of his early works include The Crows, Lover's Dawn, The Prodigal, and Straw-Death. - Summary by Stefan Von Blon (2 hr 26 min)

Chapters

The Dirge of the Sea-Children 9:11 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Silenus 1:57 Read by Stefan Von Blon
The Apostate 1:24 Read by Stefan Von Blon
There's Likewise a Wind on the Heath 1:26 Read by Stefan Von Blon
The Garden Wall 2:25 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Tuscan Dawn-Song 1:31 Read by Stefan Von Blon
To You in Romany 1:57 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Auswanderer 3:02 Read by Stefan Von Blon
The Suicide 1:33 Read by Stefan Von Blon
The Debt of the Gods 1:40 Read by Stefan Von Blon
The Red Romance 1:36 Read by Stefan Von Blon
The Old Highway 2:23 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Paganism 1:40 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Thalassia 3:06 Read by Stefan Von Blon
The Witch of Memory 1:38 Read by Stefan Von Blon
The Pretender 3:57 Read by Stefan Von Blon
A Lyric from the Spring-Epic 1:56 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Lover's Dawn 1:57 Read by Stefan Von Blon
The Sea-Tramp 2:47 Read by Stefan Von Blon
The Crows 1:55 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Onagh of the Western Wind 3:29 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Epitaph 2:06 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Harbor-Bound 1:50 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Romance 1:42 Read by Stefan Von Blon
The Prodigal 6:00 Read by Stefan Von Blon
The Thorn-Garden 1:28 Read by Stefan Von Blon
The Flower-Peddler 1:39 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Morning-Song on the Open Road 2:44 Read by Stefan Von Blon
The Life Prisoner 1:44 Read by Stefan Von Blon
The Knight 2:09 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Straw-Death 4:31 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Sympathy 1:29 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Rouge et Noir 2:57 Read by Stefan Von Blon
The Corpse-Fire 2:22 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Visions 3:04 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Apostasy 2:10 Read by Stefan Von Blon
The Wonderful World 2:07 Read by Stefan Von Blon
The Ballad of the Gypsy King 6:23 Read by Stefan Von Blon
A Portrait 1:41 Read by Stefan Von Blon
The King and I 0:59 Read by Stefan Von Blon
The Roadside Weeds 2:43 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Disillusion 1:32 Read by Stefan Von Blon
The Time-Fools 1:18 Read by Stefan Von Blon
The Huckster 3:45 Read by Stefan Von Blon
When the Poet Died 1:24 Read by Stefan Von Blon
In Avalon 1:51 Read by Stefan Von Blon
The Song of the Butterflies 2:04 Read by Stefan Von Blon
De Amicitia 1:21 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Leaven o' Life 2:17 Read by Stefan Von Blon
The Two of Us 1:37 Read by Stefan Von Blon
A Song of the Old Gods 1:59 Read by Stefan Von Blon
At the Altar of Youth and Love 1:43 Read by Stefan Von Blon
The Tops'l Schooner 3:05 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Lotophagoi 1:59 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Et Ego in Arcadia Vixi — 2:04 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Gypsy Song 2:14 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Sea Chantey 1:39 Read by Stefan Von Blon
The City of Dreadful Dawn 1:38 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Victory-Song of the Aegean Pirates 3:08 Read by Stefan Von Blon
My Friend Pan 1:23 Read by Stefan Von Blon
The Road to Romany 2:10 Read by Stefan Von Blon
The Song of the Optimist 2:08 Read by Stefan Von Blon