Summer Dawn
William Morris
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of "Summer Dawn" by William Morris.
This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 10, 2022.
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When this poem was first published in 1856 it had no title. Subsequently, the 1858 edition gave the sonnet its title of "Summer Dawn." And it is a sonnet, though it does not follow traditional English or Italian models. Perhaps Morris was giving hint of the Provençal 'alba.' These poems in their early form were conversations between two lovers. The requirement is that each stanza end with the word 'alba' [dawn]. Morris ends lines five and eleven this way. - Summary by KevinS (0 hr 21 min)
Chapters
| Summer Dawn - Read by AH | 1:20 | Read by Anita Hibbard |
| Summer Dawn - Read by BK | 1:25 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Summer Dawn - Read by CZ | 1:12 | Read by czandra |
| Summer Dawn - Read by ELO | 1:24 | Read by Newgatenovelist |
| Summer Dawn - Read by KLA | 1:34 | Read by Kerry Adams |
| Summer Dawn - Read by KS | 1:10 | Read by KevinS |
| Summer Dawn - Read by LAH | 1:15 | Read by Lee Ann Howlett |
| Summer Dawn - Read by LB | 1:16 | Read by Laurie Banza |
| Summer Dawn - Read by LC | 1:46 | Read by lightcrystal |
| Summer Dawn - Read by LCW | 1:07 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Summer Dawn - Read by LS | 1:14 | Read by LeeSalter |
| Summer Dawn - Read by MLM | 1:43 | Read by mleigh |
| Summer Dawn - Read by PB | 1:14 | Read by Paul Baguley |
| Summer Dawn - Read by PLM | 1:09 | Read by Paula Messina |
| Summer Dawn - Read by RAJ | 1:13 | Read by RajVO |
| Summer Dawn - Read by SL | 1:32 | Read by Shaun Lankford |