Ardours and Endurances


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This is a volume of war poetry by English poet and playwright Robert Nichols. To quote Wikipedia: "On 11 November 1985, Nichols was among 16 Great War poets commemorated on a slate stone unveiled in Westminster Abbey's Poet's Corner. The inscription on the stone was written by a fellow Great War poet, Wilfred Owen. It reads: 'My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity.'" This particular volume of poetry contains his most well-known poems, and is also perhaps one of the most haunting collections of war poetry in the English language. - Summary by Carolin (1 hr 14 min)

Chapters

Introduction 4:07 Read by Diana Schmidt
The Summons - I - To -- 1:10 Read by Ian King
The Summons - I - The Past 0:56 Read by Ian King
The Summons - II - The Reckoning 1:27 Read by Ian King
Farewell To Place of Comfort 2:09 Read by Ian King
The Approach - I - In the Grass: Halt by Roadside 0:50 Read by RecordingPerson
The Approach - II - The Day's March 1:41 Read by RecordingPerson
The Approach - III - Nearer 0:50 Read by RecordingPerson
Battle - I - Noon 1:26 Read by Nemo
Battle - II - Night Bombardment 4:58 Read by Nemo
Battle - III - Comrades: An Episode 7:00 Read by Nemo
Battle - IV - Behind the Lines: Night, France 1:31 Read by Nemo
Battle - V - At the Wars 3:02 Read by Nemo
Battle - VI - Out of Trenches: The Barn, Twilight 2:36 Read by Nemo
Battle - VII - Battery moving up to a New Position from Rest Camp: Dawn 4:04 Read by Nemo
Battle - VIII - Eve of Assault: Infantry going down to Trenches 1:51 Read by Nemo
Battle - IX - The Assault 6:48 Read by Nemo
Battle - X - The Last Morning 1:15 Read by Nemo
Battle - XI - Fulfilment 1:54 Read by Nemo
The Dead - I - The Burial in Flanders 2:17 Read by Ian King
The Dead - II - Boy 3:42 Read by Ian King
The Dead - III - Plaint of Friendship by Death Broken 4:52 Read by Eva Davis
The Dead - IV - By the Wood 2:02 Read by Nemo
The Aftermath - I - At the Ebb 2:14 Read by Nemo
The Aftermath - II - Alone 0:56 Read by Nemo
The Aftermath - III - Thanksgiving 1:21 Read by Nemo
The Aftermath - IV - Annihilated 1:02 Read by Nemo
The Aftermath - V - Shut of the Night 1:58 Read by Nemo
The Aftermath - VI - The Full Heart 1:05 Read by Nemo
The Aftermath - VII - Sonnet: Our Dead 1:12 Read by Nemo
The Aftermath - VIII - Deliverance 1:49 Read by Nemo