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Eighteenth Century Poetry and Prose

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A collection of prose and poetry written principally in the 18th Century. These works of world literature are written in the English language or are in English translation. (Summary by Alan Davis Drake)

NOTE: Poem 35, “Hills of Home,” was written around 1922 and is therefore not an 18th Century poem. (1 hr 53 min)

Chapters

Spleen, The: A Pindarik Poem

9:09

Read by Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010)

There's No To-Morrow

1:47

Read by Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010)

Inner Vision, The

1:19

Read by Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010)

London

0:58

Read by Anne Cheng

Composed upon Westminster Bridge

1:08

Read by Anne Cheng

Red, Red, Rose, A

1:12

Read by Alexander Hughson

Letter to Lord Chesterfield

3:23

Read by Michael Dalling

Day of Judgment, The

2:22

Read by T. Wellington

Wrestling Jacob

3:29

Read by T. Wellington

Cradle Hymn, A

3:15

Read by T. Wellington

Care for the Lowest

2:05

Read by Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010)

Love's Secret

1:04

Read by Jane Greensmith

One and Twenty

1:52

Read by zhiodd

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

1:33

Read by Zaxy

Speech in Commons on India, 1783

5:16

Read by Michael Dalling

Crucifixion to the World by the Cross of Christ

1:31

Read by T. Wellington

Debtor to Mercy Alone

1:37

Read by T. Wellington

Shepherd Boy Sings in the Valley of Humiliation, The

1:09

Read by T. Wellington

Ode on a Grecian Urn

3:26

Read by David Federman

Kubla Khan

3:24

Read by David Federman

Satirical Elegy on the Death of a Late Famous General, A

2:17

Read by David Federman

One and Twenty

2:03

Read by David Federman

On A Favorite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes

2:47

Read by David Federman

Poison Tree, A

1:22

Read by David Federman

Prometheus

3:46

Read by David Federman

Origin of Trades, The

4:01

Read by David Federman

Copernican System, The

3:06

Read by David Federman

Portrait, A

9:32

Read by Rhonda Federman

To The Poor

2:19

Read by Rhonda Federman

Moon

1:52

Read by Esmerelda Jones

Garden of Love

0:58

Read by Caroline Schumacher

On Virtue

2:09

Read by Rhonda Federman

Introduction to Songs of Innocence

1:12

Read by Joanna Polisena

Without Distinction

0:43

Read by Joanna Polisena

Hills of Home

0:54

Read by Joanna Polisena

Young and Old

1:06

Read by Joanna Polisena

Nightingale and the Glow-Worm, The

1:46

Read by Carol Stripling

Had I a Heart for Falsehood Framed

1:26

Read by David Federman

Solitude

1:45

Read by Rhonda Federman

If Lawyer's Hand is Fee'd

1:06

Read by Rhonda Federman

Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog

2:13

Read by Rhonda Federman

Sonnet I

1:36

Read by Rhonda Federman

To Ruin

2:06

Read by Rhonda Federman

Mathematical Problem in Verse, A

1:55

Read by David Federman

Glove, The

3:18

Read by David Federman

Lamb, The

1:34

Read by Carol Stripling

Light Shining Out of Darkness

1:58

Read by Carol Stripling

Man Frail and God Eternal

2:02

Read by T. Wellington