The Book of Jade
David Park Barnitz
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The Book of Jade is a collection of poems published anonymously in 1901 and dedicated "To the Memory of Charles Baudelaire". Its author, David Park Barnitz, died shortly thereafter, at the age of 23. - Summary by Brian Fullen
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| Prelude | 7:25 | Read by Alan Mapstone | |
| Ashtoreth | 1:32 | Read by Alan Mapstone | |
| Parfait Amour | 1:44 | Read by Alan Mapstone | |
| Opium | 1:30 | Read by Alan Mapstone | |
| Sombre Sonnet | 1:09 | Read by Brian Fullen | |
| Languor | 1:09 | Read by Brian Fullen | |
| Ennui | 1:14 | Read by Larry Wilson | |
| Litany | 2:31 | Read by Brian Fullen | |
| Harvard | 1:14 | Read by Brian Fullen | |
| Pride | 1:12 | Read by Brian Fullen | |
| Song of Golden Youth | 2:33 | Read by Brian Fullen | |
| Mais Moi Je Vis La Vie En Rouge | 1:46 | Read by Brian Fullen | |
| Louanges D'Elle | 1:43 | Read by Brian Fullen | |
| Hélas | 1:22 | Read by nighthawks | |
| Sonnet | 2:02 | Read by nighthawks | |
| Sonnet | 1:29 | Read by nighthawks | |
| Rondeau | 0:57 | Read by Tegan Johnson | |
| Autumn Song | 0:43 | Read by Tegan Johnson | |
| Ballad | 2:29 | Read by Tegan Johnson | |
| Changelessness | 1:07 | Read by Tegan Johnson | |
| Madonna | 1:11 | Read by Tegan Johnson | |
| Poppy Song | 3:55 | Read by Tegan Johnson | |
| Consolation | 1:09 | Read by Larry Wilson | |
| Liebes-Tod | 1:56 | Read by jenno | |
| Evening Song | 2:02 | Read by Public Domain Scholar | |
| Song of the Stars in Praise of Her | 2:29 | Read by nighthawks | |
| Aubade | 1:55 | Read by nighthawks | |
| Remember | 1:14 | Read by nighthawks | |
| Song | 0:51 | Read by nighthawks | |
| Song | 1:40 | Read by nighthawks | |
| Constancy | 1:40 | Read by nighthawks | |
| Requiem | 2:11 | Read by nighthawks | |
| Autumn Burial | 2:29 | Read by nighthawks | |
| Sonnet of Burial | 1:36 | Read by nighthawks | |
| Nocturne | 5:19 | Read by Gila Labinger Freeberg | |
| Mad Sonnet | 1:12 | Read by Brian Fullen | |
| The House of Youth | 3:12 | Read by nighthawks | |
| De Profundis | 2:26 | Read by Larry Wilson | |
| Prayer | 2:17 | Read by Mark Smithers | |
| Sestettes | 4:27 | Read by nighthawks | |
| Sonnet of the Instruments of Death | 1:21 | Read by Anita Hibbard | |
| Truth | 1:22 | Read by Anita Hibbard | |
| Hegel | 0:42 | Read by Anita Hibbard | |
| Monotony | 1:13 | Read by MFQ1 | |
| Sepulture | 1:10 | Read by MFQ1 | |
| Miserrimus | 1:21 | Read by dc | |
| Scorn | 1:07 | Read by MFQ1 | |
| The Grave | 2:33 | Read by marisad6 | |
| Mummy | 1:19 | Read by marisad6 | |
| Sepulchral Life | 1:22 | Read by marisad6 | |
| Corpse | 1:20 | Read by marisad6 | |
| Mankind | 1:22 | Read by Brian Fullen | |
| The Defilers | 1:22 | Read by Brian Fullen | |
| The Grotesques | 4:33 | Read by marisad6 | |
| Dead Dialogue | 5:49 | Read by dc | |
| Fragments | 11:02 | Read by dc | |
| Envoi | 2:54 | Read by Larry Wilson | |
| Postlude | 7:53 | Read by Brian Fullen | |
| Dedication | 0:49 | Read by Alan Mapstone |