Poems
G. K. Chesterton
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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 |