Kéramos : and other poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Read in English 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
KeramosThe Herons of ElmwoodA Dutch PictureCastles in SpainVittoria ColonnaThe Revenge of Rain-in-the-FaceTo the River YvetteThe Emperor’s GloveA Ballad of the French FleetThe Leap of Roushan BegHaroun Al RaschidKing TrisankuA Wraith in the MistThe Three KingsSongThe White CzarDeliaNatureIn the Churchyard at TarrytownEliot’s OakThe Descent of the MosesVeniceThe PoetsParker ClevelandThe Harvest MoonTo the River RhoneThe Three Silences of MolinosThe Two RiversBostonSt. John’s, CambridgeMoodsWoodstock ParkThe Four Princesses at WilnaHolidaysWapentakeThe Broken OarVergil’s First Eclogue, a translationOvid in Exile, a translationOn the Terrace of the AigaladesTo my BrookletBarregesForsakenAllahSonnet I. The Artist, a translation from the Italian of Michael AngeloSonnet 2. Fire, a translation from the Italian of Michael AngeloSonnet 3. Youth and Age, a translation from the Italian of Michael AngeloSonnet 4. Old Age, a translation from the Italian of Michael AngeloSonnet 5. To Vittoria Colonna, a translation from the Italian of Michael AngeloSonnet 6. To Vittoria Colonna, a translation from the Italian of Michael AngeloSonnet 7. Dante, a translation from the Italian of Michael AngeloCanzone, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo
