Kéramos : and other poems


Read by LibriVox Volunteers

This is a collection of 51 poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. which include many sonnets, plus 7 translations of poems by Virgil, Ovid, Michael Angelo and others. The signature 20 minute poem, Kéramos, whisks us on an imaginary magic cloak around Europe to visit the most famous potteries of olden times, and the many edifices their ceramic art adorns and/or commemorates. Keramos is a name still used today for the study of ceramic materials both for art and for technology.

2-17 are grouped under BIRDS OF PASSAGE Flight the Fifth
18-36 are grouped under A BOOK OF SONNETS, PART II
37-43 are grouped under TRANSLATIONS
44-51 are grouped under SEVEN SONNETS and a Canzone, from the Italian of Michael Angelo

- Summary by Michele Fry

Chapters

Select a chapter to play

01. Keramos 20:37 Read by Michele Fry
02. The Herons of Elmwood 2:06 Read by Liam Knowles
03. A Dutch Picture 2:30 Read by Liam Knowles
04. Castles in Spain 4:52 Read by Sheridan Alistair
05. Vittoria Colonna 2:54 Read by Alan Mapstone
06. The Revenge of Rain-in-the-Face 2:24 Read by William Allan Jones
07. To the River Yvette 1:16 Read by Sonia
08. The Emperor's Glove 1:36 Read by Sonia
09. A Ballad of the French Fleet 2:45 Read by Phil Schempf
10. The Leap of Roushan Beg 3:55 Read by CadenB
11. Haroun Al Raschid 1:01 Read by Alan Mapstone
12. King Trisanku 0:59 Read by Phil Schempf
13. A Wraith in the Mist 1:17 Read by Bruce Kachuk
14. The Three Kings 3:46 Read by Larry Wilson
15.Song 1:37 Read by Stefan Von Blon
16. The White Czar 3:01 Read by Alan Mapstone
17. Delia 0:52 Read by Bruce Kachuk
18. Nature 1:13 Read by Lisa Marie Dolcy
19. In the Churchyard at Tarrytown 1:21 Read by Bruce Kachuk
20. Eliot's Oak 1:04 Read by Crimson Rose Sugg
21. The Descent of the Moses 1:01 Read by Mike O'Brien
22. Venice 1:20 Read by Alan Mapstone
23. The Poets 1:05 Read by Larry Wilson
24. Parker Cleveland 1:28 Read by Bruce Kachuk
25. The Harvest Moon 1:06 Read by Larry Wilson
26. To the River Rhone 1:20 Read by Alan Mapstone
27. The Three Silences of Molinos 1:06 Read by Mike O'Brien
28. The Two Rivers 4:05 Read by Lisa Marie Dolcy
29. Boston 0:57 Read by Liam Knowles
30. St. John's, Cambridge 1:21 Read by Alan Mapstone
31. Moods 1:11 Read by Lisa Marie Dolcy
32. Woodstock Park 1:19 Read by Alan Mapstone
33. The Four Princesses at Wilna 1:25 Read by Bruce Kachuk
34. Holidays 1:20 Read by Bruce Kachuk
35. Wapentake 1:21 Read by Wayne Cooke
36. The Broken Oar 1:21 Read by William Allan Jones
37. Vergil's First Eclogue, a translation 6:47 Read by Lector1
38. Ovid in Exile, a translation 10:50 Read by Phil Schempf
39. On the Terrace of the Aigalades 2:19 Read by Sonia
40. To my Brooklet 1:34 Read by Alan Mapstone
41. Barreges 1:47 Read by Sonia
42. Forsaken 1:05 Read by Lector1
43. Allah 1:03 Read by Alan Mapstone
44. Sonnet I. The Artist, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo 1:22 Read by Algy Pug
45. Sonnet 2. Fire, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo 1:20 Read by Algy Pug
46. Sonnet 3. Youth and Age, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo 1:24 Read by Alan Mapstone
47. Sonnet 4. Old Age, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo 1:25 Read by Alan Mapstone
48. Sonnet 5. To Vittoria Colonna, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo 1:23 Read by Algy Pug
49. Sonnet 6. To Vittoria Colonna, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo 1:25 Read by Algy Pug
50. Sonnet 7. Dante, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo 1:23 Read by Alan Mapstone
51. Canzone, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo 1:17 Read by Alan Mapstone