Verses
Hilaire Belloc
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
A collection of poetry by Hilaire Belloc ranging from religious verses to drinking songs. - Summary by Larry Wilson (1 hr 47 min)
Chapters
Dedication and Introduction | 21:46 | Read by Larry Wilson |
To Dives | 3:44 | Read by Matthew D. Robinson |
Stanzas Written on Battersea Bridge During a South-Westerly Gale | 2:34 | Read by Erin Stone |
The South Country | 2:44 | Read by Sarah Brown |
The Fanatic | 3:03 | Read by Erin Stone |
Noel | 1:43 | Read by Larry Wilson |
The Early Morning | 0:32 | Read by Larry Wilson |
The Birds | 0:43 | Read by Larry Wilson |
Our Lord and Our Lady | 1:14 | Read by Larry Wilson |
In a Boat | 1:09 | Read by Marcia Eppich-Harris |
Courtesy | 1:24 | Read by Erin Stone |
The Night | 0:56 | Read by Larry Wilson |
The Leader | 2:04 | Read by Marcia Eppich-Harris |
A Bivouac | 1:29 | Read by Stefan Von Blon |
To the Balliol Men Still in Africa | 2:27 | Read by Algy Pug |
Verses to a Lord | 1:38 | Read by Algy Pug |
The Rebel | 1:42 | Read by Erin Stone |
The Prophet Lost in the Hills at Evening | 1:36 | Read by Larry Wilson |
Song | 0:58 | Read by Rachel Marie |
The Ring | 1:07 | Read by Rachel Marie |
Cuckoo | 1:14 | Read by Stefan Von Blon |
The Mirror | 0:54 | Read by Stefan Von Blon |
The Little Serving Maid | 1:46 | Read by Rachel Marie |
The End of the Road | 3:00 | Read by Stefan Von Blon |
Auvergnat | 0:57 | Read by Erin Grassie |
Drinking Song | 1:18 | Read by Sarah Brown |
Drinking Dirge | 1:56 | Read by Algy Pug |
West Sussex Drinking Song | 1:35 | Read by Erin Grassie |
A Ballad on Sociological Economics | 0:38 | Read by Erin Stone |
An Oracle That Warned the Writer When on Pilgrimage | 1:18 | Read by Larry Wilson |
Heretics All | 1:29 | Read by Stefan Von Blon |
The Death and Last Confession of Wandering | 2:12 | Read by Algy Pug |
Dedicatory Ode [read footnotes] | 8:17 | Read by Algy Pug |
Dedication on the Gift of a Book to a Child | 1:03 | Read by April6090 |
Dedication of a Child’s Book of Imaginary | 0:40 | Read by April6090 |
Homage | 0:52 | Read by Slyma12 |
Fille-la-Haine | 1:10 | Read by Slyma12 |
The Moon’s Funeral | 1:29 | Read by Larry Wilson |
The Happy Journalist | 1:23 | Read by April6090 |
Lines to a Don | 3:09 | Read by Larry Wilson |
Newdigate Poem | 7:55 | Read by Lucretia B. |
The Yellow Mustard | 1:12 | Read by Slyma12 |
On Hygiene | 0:34 | Read by Algy Pug |
The False Heart | 0:43 | Read by Algy Pug |
Sonnet upon God the Wine-Giver | 1:18 | Read by Algy Pug |
The Politician or the Irish Earldom | 2:14 | Read by Algy Pug |
Short Ballad and Postscript on Consols | 2:36 | Read by Algy Pug |