Songs Before Sunrise
Algernon Charles Swinburne
39 chapters · 5 h 8 min · English
Read by Elizabeth P., Simona Rusu, Nemo, Emma Charlotte, Matthew Squaire, Jim Nyenhuis and others
Poetry
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This is a collection of some particularly beautiful poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne. This collection is connected by the Italian theme, as Swinburne was inspired to write most of them after learning of the Italian struggle for unification. - Summary by Carolin
Chapters
1 Dedication to Joseph Mazzini 2 min 2 Prelude 10 min 3 The Eve of Revolution 33 min 4 A watch in the Night 10 min 5 Super Flumina Babylonis 7 min 6 The halt before Rome 14 min 7 Mentana - First Anniversary 4 min 8 Blessed among Women 10 min 9 The Litany of Nations 10 min 10 Hertha 12 min 11 Before a Crucifix 12 min 12 Tenebrae 7 min 13 Hymn of Man 22 min 14 The Pilgrims 6 min 15 Armand Barbès 2 min 16 Quia Multum Amavit 8 min 17 Genesis 5 min 18 To Walt Whitman in America 7 min 19 Christmas Antiphones 9 min 20 A New Year's Message 3 min 21 Mater Dolorosa 5 min 22 Mater Triumphalis 9 min 23 A Marching Song 9 min 24 Siena 4 min 25 Cor Cordium 1 min 26 In San Lorenzo 1 min 27 Tiresias 19 min 28 The Song of the Standard 4 min 29 On the Downs 7 min 30 Messidor 4 min 31 Ode on the Insurrection in Candia 11 min 32 Non Dolet 1 min 33 Eurydice 1 min 34 An Appeal 4 min 35 Perinde ac Cadaver 5 min 36 Monotones 2 min 37 The Oblation 1 min 38 A Year's Burden 5 min 39 Epilogue 17 min
