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Tannhäuser

Read by Alan Mapstone

Richard Wagner

The legend of Tannhäuser, the Minstrel Knight who, having betrayed his love for the virtuous Elizabeth by dallying in the Venusberg, re…

English Bards and Scotch Reviewers

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George Gordon, Lord Byron

English Bards and Scotch Reviewers was first published anonymously in 1809 with Byron only identified as the author in the 2nd edition. Byro…

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: Canto III

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George Gordon, Lord Byron

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. It was published between 1812 and 1818. The poem describ…

Poems of Pilgrimage

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Thomas Hardy

A short collection of poems by Thomas Hardy describing his feelings when visiting various places of historic interest in Italy and Switzerla…

Admirals All

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Sir Henry Newbolt

A short collection of poems on Naval and other military themes by the English poet and military historian Sir Henry Newbolt published in1897…

Introduction and Dramatis Personae

In Athaliah

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Jean Racine

This play, with which Racine's dramatic career fittingly concluded, was composed for semi-private performance by the young ladies of the Col…

The Common Reader

In The Common Reader

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Virginia Woolf

A collection of essays by Virginia Woolf, some of which originally appeared in the Times Literary Supplement or the Dial, and others were or…

The Dedication

In The Temple

Read by Alan Mapstone

George Herbert

George Herbert was one of the so-called Metaphysical Poets, along with John Donne and Andrew Marvel, and The Temple: Sacred Poems and Privat…