Poems on Travel


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This volume of poetry takes the reader, or rather the listener, along on a literary tour through Europe. R.M. Leonard has collected the finest (as of 1914) poems by some of the most celebrated poets of the English language, all covering the subject of travel, and often concerning travelling to a certain city or region in Europe. - Summary by Carolin

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Travels by the Fireside, by H. W. Longfellow 1:47 Read by Larry Wilson
Fancies for Memories, by A. H. Clough 1:24 Read by Nemo
The Cry of Ulysses, by Lord Tennyson 1:27 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Traveller, by O. Goldsmith 1:54 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
I Travelled among Unknown Men, by W. Wordsworth 1:07 Read by Ian King
Where Lies the Land, by W. Wordsworth 1:07 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
A Passer-by, by R. Bridges 2:21 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
At Carnac, by M. Arnold 1:57 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Grand Chartreuse, by M. Arnold 2:05 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Hymn before Sunrise in the Vale of Chamouni, by S. T. Coleridge 5:25 Read by Larry Wilson
Home, Rose, and home, Provence and La Palie, by A. H. Clough 4:05 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
There lies a Vale in Ida, by Lord Tennyson 2:22 Read by Ian King
Come down, O Maid, by Lord Tennyson 2:30 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
In the Valley of Cauteretz, by Lord Tennyson 1:02 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Currente Calamo, by A. H. Clough 3:43 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Cintra, by Lord Byron 1:26 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Switzerland, by A. D. Godley 4:03 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Zermatt Churchyard, by A. G. Butler 4:38 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Zermatt, by T. Hardy 1:28 Read by Nemo
Natura Maligna, by T. Watts-Dunton 1:17 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Natura Benigna, by T. Watts-Dunton 1:14 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Simplon Pass, by W. Wordsworth 1:33 Read by Ian King
Obermann, by M. Arnold 4:11 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Terrace at Berne, by M. Arnold 1:01 Read by Melanie T
Never, O Never More, by J. A. Symonds 1:20 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Happy is England, by J. Keats 1:11 Read by Ian King
The Daisy, by Lord Tennyson 6:54 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Cadenabbia, by H. W. Longfellow 2:38 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
To Verona, by W. S. Landor 2:29 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Apennine, by Lord Byron 1:47 Read by Nemo
Where upon Apennine Slope, by A. H. Clough 1:10 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
De Gustibus -, by R. Browning 2:38 Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)
Venice, by S. Rogers 1:24 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Ocean's Nursling, by P. B. Shelley 1:29 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Venice, by Lord Byron 3:49 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
At Venice, by A. H. Clough 1:30 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Florence, by Lord Byron 1:32 Read by Ian King
An Invitation to Rome, by F. Locker-Lampson 7:05 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Coliseum, by Lord Byron 2:34 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
At Rome, by W. Wordsworth 1:31 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Rome, by T. Hardy 1:45 Read by Nemo
The Valley and Villa of Horace, by A. H. Clough 1:41 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Vallombrosa, by W. Wordsworth 2:06 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Paestum, by S. Rogers 5:02 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Vesuvius, by R. C. Trench 1:20 Read by Nemo
Amalfi, by H. W. Longfellow 4:13 Read by Nemo
Viator, by J. S. Phillimore 3:07 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Farewell to Italy, by W. S. Landor 1:57 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Messina, by J. H. Newman 1:19 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Taormina, by J. H. Newman 1:05 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Home-thoughts, from the Sea, by R. Browning 0:57 Read by Larry Wilson
Gibraltar, by R. C. Trench 1:17 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Gibraltar, by W. S. Blunt 1:07 Read by Larry Wilson
From 'the Scholar-Gypsy', by M. Arnold 1:34 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Farewell to Malta, by Lord Byron 2:47 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
To Edward Lear, on his Travels in Greece, by Lord Tennyson 1:29 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Hellas, by Sir Rennell Rodd 3:00 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Violet Crown, by Sir Rennell Rodd 1:56 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Athens, by P. B. Shelley 2:18 Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)
Parnassus, by Lord Byron 1:34 Read by Nemo
Corinth, by Lord Byron 1:24 Read by Larry Wilson
Corinna to Tanagra, by W. S. Landor 2:45 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Waring, by R. Browning 6:18 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
On the Rhine, by M. Arnold 1:49 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Castled Crag of Drachenfels, by Lord Byron 2:19 Read by Nemo
'Up the Rhine', by T. Hood 0:54 Read by RecordingPerson
Cologne, by S. T. Coleridge 0:56 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Pursuit of Letters, by T. Hood 0:34 Read by RecordingPerson
From 'Dover to Munich', by C. S. Calverley 4:40 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Nuremberg, by H. W. Longfellow 5:23 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Aged Cities, by F. W. Faber 1:13 Read by whdemick
Bruges, by W. Wordsworth 1:11 Read by Ian King
The Belfry of Bruges, by H. W. Longfellow 4:12 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Carillon, by D. G. Rossetti 2:27 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Holland, by Andrew Marvell 2:45 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Hague, by M. Prior 2:10 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Rotterdam, by T. Hood 2:03 Read by RecordingPerson
The Progress of Error, by W. Cowper 4:07 Read by whdemick
Advice against Travel, by J. C. Mangan 1:14 Read by Larry Wilson
Had Cain been Scot, by J. Cleveland 0:30 Read by whdemick
A Song of the Road, by R. L. Stevenson 1:32 Read by Larry Wilson