Poems


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Originally published in 1916, this book of poetry by G.K. Chesterton includes 59 poems on a variety of subjects. Included in this are war poems, love poems, religious poems, ballades and more (Summary by Maria Therese) (2 hr 24 min)

Chapters

To Edmund Clerihew Bentley 4:00 Read by Algy Pug
To Hilaire Belloc 2:18 Read by Algy Pug
To M.E.W. 1:47 Read by Algy Pug
Lepanto 9:40 Read by Phil Chenevert
The March of the Black Mountain 1913 3:01 Read by Maria Grazia Tundo
Blessed are the Peace Makers 1:23 Read by TriciaG
The Wife of Flanders 1:58 Read by Celestial Dung
The Crusader Returns From Captivity 3:27 Read by hearhis
Glencoe 1:30 Read by Winston Tharp
Love's Trappist 1:20 Read by Maria Grazia Tundo
Confessional 1:32 Read by Maria Grazia Tundo
Music 1:17 Read by Maria Grazia Tundo
The Deluge 1:17 Read by David Lawrence
The Strange Music 1:54 Read by kelleywyskiel
The Great Minimum 1:52 Read by debolee
The Mortal Answers 1:57 Read by debolee
A Marriage Song 2:52 Read by Maria Grazia Tundo
Bay Combe 2:51 Read by Algy Pug
The Wise Men 2:35 Read by Anne Cheng
The House of Christmas 1:59 Read by Anne Cheng
A Song of Gifts to God 3:12 Read by hearhis
The Kingdom of Heaven 2:16 Read by Phil Chenevert
A Hymn for the Church Militant 1:46 Read by Phil Chenevert
The Beatific Vision 1:46 Read by Phil Chenevert
The Truce of Christmas 2:15 Read by Maria Grazia Tundo
A Hymn 1:17 Read by Algy Pug
A Christmas Song for Three Guilds 3:29 Read by Jerry Romero
The Nativity 3:16 Read by Maria Therese
A Child of the Snows 1:24 Read by Jerry Romero
A Word 4:31 Read by hearhis
Antichrist, or the Reunion of Christendom: An Ode 2:28 Read by Algy Pug
The Revolutionist, or Lines to a Statesman 3:47 Read by Algy Pug
The Shakespeare Memorial 1:48 Read by lnorbury
The Horrible History of Jones 2:47 Read by Algy Pug
The New Freethinker 3:31 Read by JimOCR
In Memoriam P.D. 2:01 Read by Algy Pug
Sonnets With the Compliments of the Season 1:10 Read by Elizabeth Fiedler
A Song of Swords 2:24 Read by Elizabeth Fiedler
A Song of Defeat 3:31 Read by JimOCR
Sonnet 1:13 Read by Elizabeth Fiedler
Africa 1:05 Read by Elizabeth Fiedler
The Dead Hero 2:21 Read by Anthony Lee
An Election Echo 1906 1:56 Read by Anthony Lee
The Song of the Wheels 5:23 Read by Anthony Lee
The Secret People 5:57 Read by hearhis
Lost 1:59 Read by Emma Joyce
Ballad of the Sun 1:26 Read by Paul C. Newman
Translation From Du Bellay 1:32 Read by Paul C. Newman
The Higher Unity 1:44 Read by hearhis
The Earth's Vigil 3:01 Read by Algy Pug
On Righteous Indignation 1:22 Read by Gayle Cato
When I Came Back to Fleet Street 2:28 Read by Paul Martin
A Cider Song 1:17 Read by Paul Martin
The Last Hero 3:31 Read by Gayle Cato
Ballade D'une Grande Dame 1:39 Read by Algy Pug
A Ballade of an Anti-Puritan 1:40 Read by Algy Pug
A Ballade of a Book-Reviewer 1:41 Read by Algy Pug
A Ballade of Suicide 1:52 Read by Algy Pug
A Ballade of the First Rain 1:59 Read by Algy Pug