During his short but eventful life, Arthur Hugh Clough wrote poems on subjects as varied as religious doubt, European politics and social injustice. This selection has been chosen from his collected works so that listeners familiar with Clough might hear old favourites while others may find new poems to enjoy. (Summary by Newgatenovelist)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
'Blank Misgivings of a Creature moving about in Worlds not realised.'
12:22 - Chapter 2
The Music of the World and of the Soul
03:15 - Chapter 3
Wirkung in der Ferne
01:35 - Chapter 4
A Protest
02:04 - Chapter 5
Sic Itur
01:22 - Chapter 6
‘Wen Gott betrügt, ist wohl betrogen’
01:32 - Chapter 7
The New Sinai
06:32 - Chapter 8
ϓμνος άνμνος
02:24 - Chapter 9
'With Whom is no Variableness, neither Shadow of Turning'
00:42 - Chapter 10
In Stratis Viarum
01:01 - Chapter 11
‘Perchè pensa? Pensando s’ invecchia’
00:51 - Chapter 12
'Through a Glass darkly'
01:55 - Chapter 13
Ah! yet consider it again!
01:13 - Chapter 14
Noli æmulari
01:10 - Chapter 15
Easter Day (Naples, 1849)
07:27 - Chapter 16
Easter Day, II
02:38 - Chapter 17
'There is no God,' the wicked saith
01:55 - Chapter 18
Afloat, we move. Delicious! Ah
01:53 - Chapter 19
Our gaieties, our luxuries
00:45 - Chapter 20
This world is very odd we see
00:37 - Chapter 21
As I sat at the café, I said to myself
03:45 - Chapter 22
How light we go, how soft we skim
01:25 - Chapter 23
Duty
02:21 - Chapter 24
Life is Struggle
01:22 - Chapter 25
In the Great Metropolis
01:06 - Chapter 26
The Latest Decalogue
01:20 - Chapter 27
All is well
01:08 - Chapter 28
In a London Square
01:24 - Chapter 29
Natura naturans
05:06 - Chapter 30
Ye flags of Piccadilly
01:13 - Chapter 31
That out of sight is out of mind
01:56 - Chapter 32
Were you with me, or I with you
01:00 - Chapter 33
In the Depths
00:53 - Chapter 34
Peschiera
02:47 - Chapter 35
Say not the Struggle nought availeth
01:25