Poems of Emile Verhaeren
Emile Verhaeren
Lu par Phil Benson
A selection of poems from Belgian symbolist poet Émile Verhaeren, translated from French by Alma Strettell. Most of the poems selected are from 'Les Villages Illusoires' (1895) and are rooted in Verhaeren's observations of the everyday life and landscapes of his native Flanders. The selection also includes extracts from 'Les Heures Claires', a love poem for his wife (recorded in full for Librivox as 'The Sunlit Hours'), and poems from the earlier and later volumes, Les Apparus dans mes Chemins' (1891) and 'La Multiple Splendeur' (1906). - Summary by Philip Benson (1 hr 18 min)
Chapitres
| Introduction | 7:50 | Lu par Phil Benson |
| From 'Les Villages Illusoires': Rain | 3:44 | Lu par Phil Benson |
| The Ferryman | 3:41 | Lu par Phil Benson |
| The Silence | 4:09 | Lu par Phil Benson |
| The Bell-Ringer | 4:42 | Lu par Phil Benson |
| The Snow | 3:07 | Lu par Phil Benson |
| The Grave-Digger | 8:12 | Lu par Phil Benson |
| The Wind | 3:34 | Lu par Phil Benson |
| The Fishermen | 5:36 | Lu par Phil Benson |
| The Rope-Maker | 7:07 | Lu par Phil Benson |
| From 'Les Heures Claires' | 5:50 | Lu par Phil Benson |
| From 'Les Apparus dans mes Chemins': St George | 6:13 | Lu par Phil Benson |
| The Gardens | 2:03 | Lu par Phil Benson |
| She of the Garden | 2:12 | Lu par Phil Benson |
| From 'La Multiple Splendeur': The Glory of the Heavens | 3:36 | Lu par Phil Benson |
| Life | 2:27 | Lu par Phil Benson |
| Joy | 4:13 | Lu par Phil Benson |