Dionysius the Areopagite, with other poems
Ann Hawkshaw
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Length 3 h 26 min
Chapters 22
First published 1842
An early figure in the birth of poetry in industrial Manchester, Ann Hawkshaw published three collections and another was circulated privately. Her first collection. published in Manchester and London in 1842, begins with an epic poem, Dionysius the Areopagite. Based on the New Testament story of the conversion of Dionysius by St Paul, much of the poem centres on the consequences of Dionysius' conversion for his betrothed, Myra, and her sister, Corrina. The collection also includes two of Hawkshaw's most important works, The Past and The Future, and a number of shorter poems on themes of history, loss and faith. (Summary by Phil Benson)
Chapters
1
Introductory Stanzas Read by Phil Benson 3:20
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Dionysius the Areopagite, Part One, II Read by Phil Benson 2:35
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Dionysius the Areopagite, Part One, III Read by Phil Benson 4:59
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Dionysius the Areopagite, Part One, IV Read by Phil Benson 7:10
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Dionysius the Areopagite, Part One, V Read by Phil Benson 6:32
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Dionysius the Areopagite, Part One, VI Read by Phil Benson 7:17
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Dionysius the Areopagite, Part One, VII Read by Phil Benson 4:23
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Dionysius the Areopagite, Part One, VIII Read by Phil Benson 3:28
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Dionysius the Areopagite, Part One, IX Read by Phil Benson 12:55
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Dionysius the Areopagite, Part One, X Read by Phil Benson 11:00
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Dionysius the Areopagite, Part One, XI Read by Phil Benson 10:28
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Dionysius the Areopagite, Part Two, I Read by Phil Benson 5:48
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Dionysius the Areopagite, Part Two, II Read by Phil Benson 2:45
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Dionysius the Areopagite, Part Two, III Read by Phil Benson 9:22
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Dionysius the Areopagite, Part Two, IV Read by Phil Benson 9:33
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Dionysius the Areopagite, Part Two, V Read by Phil Benson 8:27
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Dionysius the Areopagite, Part Three, I Read by Phil Benson 10:38
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Dionysius the Areopagite, Part Three, II Read by Phil Benson 7:29
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Dionysius the Areopagite, Notes Read by Phil Benson 11:41
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The past Read by Phil Benson 16:18
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The future Read by Phil Benson 15:21
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Wildflowers; The Welsh bard's last song; Spring to the flowers; Sonnet, to America; Palestine; Lang of my fathers; To Fountains Abbey; To a bereaved father; The exile song; A mother to her starving child; To ------ on the death of three of her children; To ------ after the death of her daughter; Lines on a friend lost at sea; The prophet's lament; Song; The Greek girl's song; The captive king; Why am I a slave?; Sonnet to -------- Read by Phil Benson 30:33
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