Twenty Sonnets
Robert Southey
Play
Length 25 min
Chapters 20
First published 1837
The English poet Robert Southey was born in Bristol in 1774 and held the post of Poet Laureate from 1813 until his death in 1843. These twenty Sonnets were written between 1794 and 1799 while Southey was living in Westbury, a village outside Bristol. (Summary by Alan Mapstone)
Chapters
1
Sonnet I Read by Alan Mapstone 1:44
2
Sonnet II Read by Larry Wilson 1:09
3
Sonnet III Read by Larry Wilson 1:08
4
Sonnet IV Corston Read by Erin V 1:10
5
Sonnet V The Evening Rainbow Read by Erin V 1:06
6
Sonnet VI Read by Erin V 1:13
7
Sonnet VII Read by Bruce Kachuk 1:16
8
Sonnet VIII Read by Bruce Kachuk 1:16
9
Sonnet IX Read by Winnifred Assmann 1:15
10
Sonnet X Read by Winnifred Assmann 1:19
11
Sonnet XI Read by Winnifred Assmann 1:18
12
Sonnet XII To a Goose Read by ShrimpPhish 1:12
13
Sonnet XIII Read by ShrimpPhish 1:08
14
Sonnet XIV Read by Michael Lowry 1:12
15
Sonnet XV Read by Larry Wilson 1:08
16
Sonnet XVI Read by Bruce Kachuk 1:12
17
Sonnet XVII Read by Michael Lowry 1:17
18
Sonnet XVIII Read by Larry Wilson 1:12
19
Sonnet XIX Read by Michael Lowry 1:19
20
Sonnet XX Read by Larry Wilson 1:15
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