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A Chant of Mystics, and Other Poems

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

This is a volume of poetry by the influential Lebanese American author Ameen Rihani. In these poems, the author playfully introduces the American public of the early 1920's to the environment in which he grew up, embellishing the poems with folklore and fairy tale romance. - Summary by Carolin (1 hr 38 min)

Chapters

The Towers and the Night

1:15

Read by Malachy Orozco

The End and the Beginning

1:07

Read by Malachy Orozco

The Cataclysm

1:56

Read by Malachy Orozco

Reflections

1:17

Read by Malachy Orozco

The Song of Siva

1:39

Read by Bruce Kachuk

The Fruits of Death

1:01

Read by BeeBright

Constantinople

2:19

Read by Bruce Kachuk

Andalusia

4:32

Read by Bruce Kachuk

In the Palm Groves of Memphis

8:59

Read by Bruce Kachuk

Prayer in the Desert

2:18

Read by Bruce Kachuk

Water and Flowers

1:18

Read by Stefan Von Blon

The Song of Rain

1:45

Read by Phil Chenevert

The House of Night

2:59

Read by Phil Schempf

After Reading King Lear

1:24

Read by Bruce Kachuk

The Wanderer

2:53

Read by Bruce Kachuk

Lebanus

8:03

Read by Bruce Kachuk

The Pagan

2:18

Read by Bruce Kachuk

The Lost Disciple

2:26

Read by Stefan Von Blon

From the Arabic

1:24

Read by Stefan Von Blon

She Went out Singing

1:11

Read by Bruce Kachuk

Hanem

2:10

Read by Bruce Kachuk

O Freedom

2:20

Read by Bruce Kachuk

The Road of Make-Believe

2:29

Read by Bruce Kachuk

Renunciation

1:05

Read by Bruce Kachuk

A Sufi Song

1:08

Read by Bruce Kachuk

The Two Brothers

1:45

Read by Bruce Kachuk

God of the Distances, Hear Us

6:11

Read by Bruce Kachuk

Badruddin

4:17

Read by Bruce Kachuk

The Sufi

2:16

Read by Bruce Kachuk

The Fugitive

7:36

Read by Bruce Kachuk

A Chant of Mystics

15:06

Read by Josh Kibbey