Sonnets


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30 sonnets by the English poet and cleric the Reverend William Lisle Bowles "written chiefly during various journeys". Published in 1789 they were received with favour, not only by the general public, but by other poets such as Coleridge and Wordsworth. The text includes other poems, but these sonnets were most suitable for the project.
(Summary by Alan Mapstone) (0 hr 42 min)

Chapters

Written at Tinemouth, Northumberland 1:59 Read by Alan Mapstone
At Bamborough Castle 1:37 Read by Alan Mapstone
To the River Wensbeck 1:36 Read by Alan Mapstone
To the River Tweed 1:14 Read by Tobe
Evening 1:21 Read by Bruce Kachuk
On Leaving a Village in Scotland 1:33 Read by Alan Mapstone
To the River Itchen 1:38 Read by Alan Mapstone
O Poverty! 1:19 Read by Bruce Kachuk
At Dover Cliffs 1:36 Read by Alan Mapstone
At Ostend, Landing 1:25 Read by Bruce Kachuk
At Ostend 1:31 Read by Patrick Randall
On the River Rhine 1:39 Read by Alan Mapstone
At a Convent 1:19 Read by Bruce Kachuk
O Time! 1:09 Read by Larry Wilson
Languid, and Sad 1:12 Read by Larry Wilson
On a Distant View of England 1:12 Read by jenno
To the River Cherwell 1:41 Read by Alan Mapstone
As one who Long by Wasting Sickness Worn 1:10 Read by Larry Wilson
Go Then 1:24 Read by Bruce Kachuk
There is Strange Musick 1:26 Read by Bruce Kachuk
Whose was that Gentle Voice 1:27 Read by Bruce Kachuk
As o'er these Hills 1:09 Read by Susan Akerszim
Netley Abbey 1:22 Read by Bruce Kachuk
O Harmony! 1:08 Read by Peanut
How shall I meet thee 1:08 Read by Kels
How Blest with Thee 1:39 Read by Alan Mapstone
On revisiting Oxford 1:41 Read by Alan Mapstone
At Malvern 1:08 Read by liamtom93
On the Death of the Reverend William Benwell 1:10 Read by Avanos
On Reviewing the Foregoing 1:36 Read by Patrick Randall