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Kéramos : and other poems

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Kéramos : and other poems

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

English· 02:00:16· 51 chapters
This is a collection of 51 poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. which include many sonnets, plus 7 translations of poems by Virgil, Ovid, Michael Angelo and others. The signature 20 minute poem, Kéramos, whisks us on an imaginary magic cloak around Europe to visit the most famous potteries of olden times, and the many edifices their ceramic art adorns and/or commemorates. Keramos is a name still used today for the study of ceramic materials both for art and for technology.


2-17 are grouped under BIRDS OF PASSAGE Flight the Fifth

18-36 are grouped under A BOOK OF SONNETS, PART II

37-43 are grouped under TRANSLATIONS

44-51 are grouped under SEVEN SONNETS and a Canzone, from the Italian of Michael Angelo

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    01. Keramos

    20:37
  2. Chapter 2

    02. The Herons of Elmwood

    02:06
  3. Chapter 3

    03. A Dutch Picture

    02:30
  4. Chapter 4

    04. Castles in Spain

    04:52
  5. Chapter 5

    05. Vittoria Colonna

    02:54
  6. Chapter 6

    06. The Revenge of Rain-in-the-Face

    02:24
  7. Chapter 7

    07. To the River Yvette

    01:16
  8. Chapter 8

    08. The Emperor's Glove

    01:36
  9. Chapter 9

    09. A Ballad of the French Fleet

    02:45
  10. Chapter 10

    10. The Leap of Roushan Beg

    03:55
  11. Chapter 11

    11. Haroun Al Raschid

    01:01
  12. Chapter 12

    12. King Trisanku

    00:59
  13. Chapter 13

    13. A Wraith in the Mist

    01:17
  14. Chapter 14

    14. The Three Kings

    03:46
  15. Chapter 15

    15.Song

    01:37
  16. Chapter 16

    16. The White Czar

    03:01
  17. Chapter 17

    17. Delia

    00:52
  18. Chapter 18

    18. Nature

    01:13
  19. Chapter 19

    19. In the Churchyard at Tarrytown

    01:21
  20. Chapter 20

    20. Eliot's Oak

    01:04
  21. Chapter 21

    21. The Descent of the Moses

    01:01
  22. Chapter 22

    22. Venice

    01:20
  23. Chapter 23

    23. The Poets

    01:05
  24. Chapter 24

    24. Parker Cleveland

    01:28
  25. Chapter 25

    25. The Harvest Moon

    01:06
  26. Chapter 26

    26. To the River Rhone

    01:20
  27. Chapter 27

    27. The Three Silences of Molinos

    01:06
  28. Chapter 28

    28. The Two Rivers

    04:05
  29. Chapter 29

    29. Boston

    00:57
  30. Chapter 30

    30. St. John's, Cambridge

    01:21
  31. Chapter 31

    31. Moods

    01:11
  32. Chapter 32

    32. Woodstock Park

    01:19
  33. Chapter 33

    33. The Four Princesses at Wilna

    01:25
  34. Chapter 34

    34. Holidays

    01:20
  35. Chapter 35

    35. Wapentake

    01:21
  36. Chapter 36

    36. The Broken Oar

    01:21
  37. Chapter 37

    37. Vergil's First Eclogue, a translation

    06:47
  38. Chapter 38

    38. Ovid in Exile, a translation

    10:50
  39. Chapter 39

    39. On the Terrace of the Aigalades

    02:19
  40. Chapter 40

    40. To my Brooklet

    01:34
  41. Chapter 41

    41. Barreges

    01:47
  42. Chapter 42

    42. Forsaken

    01:05
  43. Chapter 43

    43. Allah

    01:03
  44. Chapter 44

    44. Sonnet I. The Artist, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo

    01:22
  45. Chapter 45

    45. Sonnet 2. Fire, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo

    01:20
  46. Chapter 46

    46. Sonnet 3. Youth and Age, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo

    01:24
  47. Chapter 47

    47. Sonnet 4. Old Age, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo

    01:25
  48. Chapter 48

    48. Sonnet 5. To Vittoria Colonna, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo

    01:23
  49. Chapter 49

    49. Sonnet 6. To Vittoria Colonna, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo

    01:25
  50. Chapter 50

    50. Sonnet 7. Dante, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo

    01:23
  51. Chapter 51

    51. Canzone, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo

    01:17