Athenaeum Souvenir


Lu par Phil Benson

The Manchester Athenaeum was founded in 1837 as a society for the "advancement and diffusion of knowledge". This short collection of poems was published to raise money for the society's annual bazaar. The collection included contributions from 'marquee' poets of the time, including Charles Swain and Agnes Strickland, and Thomas Hood provided an entertaining preface on poetry as food for the mind. It also found space for several of the local school of poets, who were determined to show the world that Manchester was not just a centre of industry and trade. In addition to poems by Ner Gardiner, John Bolton Rogerson, Isabella Varley (later Mrs. Linnaeus Banks, author of 'The Manchester Man'), Samuel Bamford, Isabella Caulton and John Critchley Prince, the collection includes Ann Hawkshaw's first published poem and a rare published piece by Jamaican-born Robert Rose, Manchester's 'bard of colour'. - Summary by Phil Benson (1 hr 31 min)

Chapitres

Preface, Contents and Letter from Thomas Hood 15:58 Lu par Phil Benson
The Disappointed by Charles Swain 1:40 Lu par Phil Benson
A Ghost Story by P. J. Bailey 8:05 Lu par Phil Benson
The Infant by Agnes Strickland 1:20 Lu par Phil Benson
An English Watering Place by J. Westland Marston 3:24 Lu par Phil Benson
Palaces by Mary Howitt 3:41 Lu par Phil Benson
Man's Tomb by Ner Gardiner 1:22 Lu par Phil Benson
Song by Charles Swain 1:30 Lu par Phil Benson
The Seaman's Funeral by J. E. Carpenter 1:34 Lu par Phil Benson
The Guardian Angel by John Bolton Rogerson 2:58 Lu par Phil Benson
Stanzas for Music by C. B. Greatrex, Jun. 1:33 Lu par Phil Benson
The Atheist and the Thistles by H. W. Wynn 3:50 Lu par Phil Benson
The Release by Isabella Varley 2:13 Lu par Phil Benson
Ambition by Thomas Smelt 1:16 Lu par Phil Benson
Sorrow by Ner Gardiner 1:15 Lu par Phil Benson
The Way-Side Spring by J. E. Carpenter 1:33 Lu par Phil Benson
Wit and Wisdom by Charles Swain 2:39 Lu par Phil Benson
The Past by Thomas Smelt 2:16 Lu par Phil Benson
The Bard and his Pupil by Samuel Bamford 6:19 Lu par Phil Benson
Life's Dull Reality by Ann Hawkshaw 2:56 Lu par Phil Benson
A Summer Evening in July by George Richardson 3:22 Lu par Phil Benson
Remember Me by Isabella Caulton 2:01 Lu par Phil Benson
The China Tea Cup by Eliza S. Craven Green 2:44 Lu par Phil Benson
War by John Bolton Rogerson 1:17 Lu par Phil Benson
The Request by John Critchley Prince 3:23 Lu par Phil Benson
A Farewell by E. C. S. 3:06 Lu par Phil Benson
The Emblem of Life by W. B. Flower 1:38 Lu par Phil Benson
Falling Leaves by Ner Gardiner 1:16 Lu par Phil Benson
The Life of Man by Robert Rose 2:14 Lu par Phil Benson
The Mysterious One by M. 3:05 Lu par Phil Benson