To those unacquainted with Tennyson's conscientious methods, it may seem strange that a volume of 160 pages is necessary to contain those poems written and published by him during his active literary career, and ultimately rejected as unsatisfactory. Of this considerable body of verse, a great part was written, not in youth or old age, but while Tennyson's powers were at their greatest. Whatever reasons may once have existed for suppressing the poems that follow, the student of English literature is entitled to demand that the whole body of Tennyson's work should now be open, without restriction or impediment, to the critical study to which the works of his compeers are subjected. - Summary by Editor's Note
Chapters
1
Timbuctoo Read by Larry Wilson 15:00
2
The 'How' and the 'Why' Read by Larry Wilson 2:30
3
The Burial of Love Read by Larry Wilson 1:32
4
To —— Read by Foon 0:46
5
Song ''I' the gloaming light'' Read by Sterling Bronwyn 1:18
6
Song ''Every day hath its night'' Read by Michele Fry 1:33
7
Hero to Leander Read by Larry Wilson 1:57
8
The Mystic Read by Nemo 3:17
9
The Grasshopper Read by Nemo 2:18
10
Love, Pride and Forgetfulness Read by Nemo 1:02
11
Chorus ''The varied earth, the moving heaven'' Read by Nemo 1:57
12
Lost Hope Read by Tina 0:46
13
The Tears of Heaven Read by Larry Wilson 0:49
14
Love and Sorrow Read by Foon 1:24
15
To a Lady Sleeping Read by Tina 0:59
16
Sonnet ''Could I outwear my present state of woe'' Read by Tina 1:21
17
Sonnet ''Though Night hath climbed'' Read by Tina 1:19
18
Sonnet ''Shall the evil hag die'' Read by Larry Wilson 1:04
19
Sonnet ''The pallid thunder stricken sigh for gain'' Read by Ellies 1:16
20
Love Read by Renee Newcross 2:51
21
English War Song Read by Ellies 2:58
22
National Song Read by Sterling Bronwyn 1:36
23
Dualisms Read by Michele Fry 1:28
24
οἱ ρἑοντες Read by Larry Wilson 1:08
25
Song ''The lintwhite and the throstlecock'' Read by Foon 1:50
26
A Fragment Read by Ellies 2:27
27
Anacreontics Read by Foon 0:57
28
''O sad no more! Oh sweet no more'' Read by J. N. Fletcher 0:57
29
Sonnet ''Check every outflash, every ruder sally'' Read by J. N. Fletcher 1:37
30
Sonnet ''Me my own fate to lasting sorrow doometh'' Read by J. N. Fletcher 1:25
31
Sonnet ''There are three things that fill my heart with sighs'' Read by J. N. Fletcher 1:29
32
Sonnet ''Oh beauty, passing beauty'' Read by Ellies 1:12
33
The Hesperides Read by Ellies 6:28
34
Rosalind Read by April6090 1:40
35
Song ''Who can say'' Read by bdanzige 0:32
36
Sonnet ''Blow ye the trumpet, gather from afar'' Read by Larry Wilson 1:06
37
O Darling Room Read by Ren 0:56
38
To Christopher North Read by Foon 1:05
39
The Lotos-Eaters Read by Nemo 2:30
40
A Dream of Fair Women Read by Jude 1:30
41
Cambridge Read by Jude 1:22
42
The Germ of 'Maud' Read by Nemo 3:06
43
''A gate and a field half ploughed'' Read by Nemo 0:49
44
The Skipping-Rope Read by April6090 1:07
45
The New Timon and the Poets Read by Foon 3:08
46
Mablethorpe Read by Michael MacTaggert 0:47
47
''What time I wasted youthful hours'' Read by Michael MacTaggert 0:44
48
Britons, Guard your Own Read by bdanzige 3:04
49
Hands all Round Read by Ellies 3:30
50
Suggested by Reading an Article in a Newspaper Read by Larry Wilson 5:52
51
''God bless our Prince and Bride'' Read by Ellies 1:21
52
The Ringlet Read by Foon 2:57
53
Song ''Home they brought him slain with spears'' Read by Ellies 1:19
54
1865-1866 Read by April6090 0:53
55
The Lover's Tale, part 1 Read by Ellies 32:21
56
The Lover's Tale, part 2 Read by Ellies 30:30
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