Epistle to Lord Byron and other poems


Lu par Alan Mapstone

Leigh Hunt was an English poet, essayist and editor best remembered as the host of a literary circle which gathered at his home in Hampstead and attracted many well known writers of the day including Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, John Keats, William Hazlitt, Thomas Moore and Charles Lamb. He wrote many letters to various friends including some Epistles in Verse of which those to Byron, Moore, Hazlitt and Lamb are recorded here.

He also made translations from Poets of Antiquity (Homer, Theocritus, Anacreon and Catullus)

(Summary by Alan Mapstone) (1 hr 24 min)

Chapitres

EPISTLES: To Lord Byron 10:42 Lu par Alan Mapstone
To Thomas Moore 6:56 Lu par Alan Mapstone
To William Hazlitt 10:10 Lu par Alan Mapstone
To Charles Lamb 7:05 Lu par Alan Mapstone
MISCELLANIES: Fancy's Party 4:02 Lu par Alan Mapstone
Thoughts of the Avon 3:38 Lu par Alan Mapstone
Song 1:25 Lu par Alan Mapstone
SONNETS: Description of Hampstead 1:32 Lu par Alan Mapstone
Under a Portrait of Raphael 1:38 Lu par Alan Mapstone
To Percy Shelley 1:34 Lu par Alan Mapstone
To the Same 1:29 Lu par Alan Mapstone
To John Keats 1:31 Lu par Alan Mapstone
On Receiving a Lock of Milton's Hair 1:33 Lu par Alan Mapstone
The Nile 1:32 Lu par Alan Mapstone
TRANSLATIONS: The First Re-appearance of Achilles 8:24 Lu par Alan Mapstone
Priam Venting his Temper 3:39 Lu par Alan Mapstone
Priam at the Feet of Achilles 5:00 Lu par Alan Mapstone
The Cyclops 8:27 Lu par Alan Mapstone
The Rural Concert 1:01 Lu par Alan Mapstone
The Banquet 1:21 Lu par Alan Mapstone
The Dance 1:12 Lu par Alan Mapstone
The Seat Under the Tree 1:07 Lu par Alan Mapstone