This is a collection of some particularly beautiful poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne. This collection is connected by the Italian theme, as Swinburne was inspired to write most of them after learning of the Italian struggle for unification. - Summary by Carolin
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Dedication to Joseph Mazzini
02:26 - Chapter 2
Prelude
09:38 - Chapter 3
The Eve of Revolution
33:11 - Chapter 4
A watch in the Night
10:19 - Chapter 5
Super Flumina Babylonis
06:51 - Chapter 6
The halt before Rome
14:12 - Chapter 7
Mentana - First Anniversary
04:16 - Chapter 8
Blessed among Women
09:59 - Chapter 9
The Litany of Nations
10:02 - Chapter 10
Hertha
12:22 - Chapter 11
Before a Crucifix
11:47 - Chapter 12
Tenebrae
07:15 - Chapter 13
Hymn of Man
22:12 - Chapter 14
The Pilgrims
05:45 - Chapter 15
Armand Barbès
01:59 - Chapter 16
Quia Multum Amavit
08:19 - Chapter 17
Genesis
05:10 - Chapter 18
To Walt Whitman in America
07:19 - Chapter 19
Christmas Antiphones
08:50 - Chapter 20
A New Year’s Message
02:35 - Chapter 21
Mater Dolorosa
05:00 - Chapter 22
Mater Triumphalis
09:09 - Chapter 23
A Marching Song
09:28 - Chapter 24
Siena
04:12 - Chapter 25
Cor Cordium
01:19 - Chapter 26
In San Lorenzo
01:22 - Chapter 27
Tiresias
19:03 - Chapter 28
The Song of the Standard
04:08 - Chapter 29
On the Downs
07:25 - Chapter 30
Messidor
03:54 - Chapter 31
Ode on the Insurrection in Candia
11:07 - Chapter 32
Non Dolet
01:18 - Chapter 33
Eurydice
01:28 - Chapter 34
An Appeal
03:59 - Chapter 35
Perinde ac Cadaver
05:05 - Chapter 36
Monotones
02:21 - Chapter 37
The Oblation
01:04 - Chapter 38
A Year’s Burden
05:08 - Chapter 39
Epilogue
17:14