The Sunlit Hours


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The Sunlit Hours [Les Heures Claires] is a volume of very personal poetry by Belgian poet Émile Verhaeren. The poetry in this volume is dedicated to his wife, celebrating their relationship with beautiful poetry of love. - Summary by Carolin (0 hr 39 min)

Chapters

O, the Splendour of this Joy of Ours 1:08 Read by Sonia
What Tho' We See It Break Before Us Into Flowers 1:16 Read by Sonia
This Carven Column Whereon Monsters Cling 1:33 Read by Sonia
The Night, Unfolding, Banishes the Day 1:12 Read by Larry Wilson
Remembering Thy Gracious Gift to Me 1:12 Read by Larry Wilson
At Times Thou Art the Spacious Light and Air 1:26 Read by Sonia
Oh, Let It Knock Upon Our Door 1:19 Read by Sonia
I Have Given All My Heart to Thee 1:28 Read by Sonia
The Youthful Spring with Wondrous Might 1:23 Read by Ian King
Come Out Into the Garden Fair 1:49 Read by Ian King
How Swiftly is She Caught in Ecstasy 1:12 Read by Sonia
At That Time When in Loneliness I stood 1:31 Read by Larry Wilson
Of What Avail the Hectic Reasoning 1:11 Read by Sonia
Quietly, Like Stately Queens of Old 1:31 Read by Larry Wilson
To All Thy Smiles and Tears 1:21 Read by Larry Wilson
I Bathe in Thy Two Eyes My Soul Entire 1:26 Read by Sonia
That Love Within Our Eyes May Be 1:06 Read by Sonia
Mid-Summer Blooms Within Our Quiet Garden-Ways 1:35 Read by Sonia
May Thy Dear Eyes, Thy Clear Eyes, Be 0:53 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Tell Me, Oh My Tranquil Friend 1:02 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
In Those Hours When We Seem Shut Out 1:05 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Oh, This Happiness 0:57 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Oh, Let Us Live Out Love with All Our Powers 1:11 Read by Amy Deuchler
No Sooner Lip to Lip, Than We Are Fraught 1:30 Read by Amy Deuchler
That Nothing May Elude Our Close Embrace 1:12 Read by Amy Deuchler
Although, the Autumn Eves 1:40 Read by Amy Deuchler
The Gift of Body, When the Soul is Given 1:10 Read by Amy Deuchler
Was There Ever in Us One Caress 1:23 Read by Amy Deuchler
This Fair Garden Flowering to Flame 1:42 Read by Larry Wilson
If It Ever Be 1:18 Read by Larry Wilson