Poems of Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh
30 chapters · 1 h · English
Read by Alan Mapstone, Winnifred Assmann, Rags, Anthony St. Pierre, Larry Wilson, nighthawks and others
Poetry
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Sir Walter Raleigh was an English soldier, explorer, writer and courtier in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. He helped to found the first English colony in North America at Roanoke.
Raleigh's Poetry was written the straightforward, unornamented mode known as the Plain Style. Most of his poems are short lyrics which were inspired by real events.
(Summary by Alan Mapstone)
Chapters
1 Walter Rawely of the Middle Temple 2 min 2 The Excuse 2 min 3 An Epitaph upon the Right Honourable Sir Phillip Sidney 6 min 4 A Vision upon this Conceit of the Fairy Queen 2 min 5 Another of the Same 2 min 6 Marlowe's Song; The Passionate Shepherd to his Love 2 min 7 Raleigh's Reply 2 min 8 Like Hermit Poor 1 min 9 Farewell to the Court 1 min 10 The Advice 1 min 11 In the Grace of Wit, of Tongue, and Face 2 min 12 Fain would I, but I dare not 2 min 13 Sir Walter Raleigh to his Son 1 min 14 On the Cards and Dice 1 min 15 The Silent Lover 3 min 16 A Poesy to prove Affection is not Love 2 min 17 The Lie 3 min 18 Sir Walter Raleigh's Pilgrimage 3 min 19 What is our Life? The Play of Passion 1 min 20 To the Translator of Lucan 1 min 21 Sir Walter Raleigh's Petition to the Queen (Anne of Denmark) 3 min 22 Sir Walter Raleigh's Verses found in his Bible in the Gate House at Westminster 1 min 23 Fragments and Epigrams 2 min 24 Fragments and Epitaphs 3 min 25 No Pleasure without Pain 2 min 26 The Shepherd's Praise of his Sacred Diana 1 min 27 The Shepherd's Description of Love 2 min 28 As you came from the Holy Land 2 min 29 Shall I, like an Hermit, Dwell 1 min 30 To his Singular Friend, William Lithgow 1 min
