Songs of the Road


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(3.8 stars; 5 reviews)

Although best known for the creation of the detective Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle did not only write works of mystery and of adventure - he was also a rather successful poet. This is a collection of poems written by the famous author. - Summary by Carolin (1 hr 21 min)

Chapitres

A Hymn of Empire 2:54 Lu par Bruce Kachuk
Sir Nigel's Song 1:21 Lu par Bruce Kachuk
The Arab Steed 3:15 Lu par ImkeStevens
A Post-Impressionist 4:09 Lu par Bruce Kachuk
Empire Builders 2:57 Lu par Greg Giordano
The Groom's Encore 4:40 Lu par Ellen Preckel
The Bay Horse 1:14 Lu par Ellen Preckel
The Outcasts 1:53 Lu par Phil Chenevert
The End 1:11 Lu par Bruce Kachuk
1902-1909 4:40 Lu par Catherine R. Salazar
The Wanderer 4:41 Lu par Greg Giordano
Bendy's Sermon 7:10 Lu par Martin Geeson
Compensation 3:06 Lu par Greg Giordano
The Banner of Progress 1:08 Lu par Greg Giordano
Hope 1:55 Lu par Greg Giordano
Religio Medici 2:16 Lu par Eric Metzler
Man's Limitation 1:26 Lu par Bruce Kachuk
Mind and Matter 1:05 Lu par Bruce Kachuk
Darkness 1:38 Lu par Greg Giordano
A Woman's Love 1:04 Lu par Julia Niedermaier
By the North Sea 1:01 Lu par Phil Schempf
December's Snow 1:14 Lu par Phil Schempf
Shakespeare's Expostulation 6:13 Lu par Martin Geeson
The Empire 0:48 Lu par Greg Giordano
A Voyage 2:00 Lu par Greg Giordano
The Orphanage 1:19 Lu par Onlam
Sexagenarius Loquitur 1:16 Lu par Ruth Golding
Night Voices 1:09 Lu par Bruce Kachuk
The Message 1:03 Lu par Winston Tharp
The Echo 0:46 Lu par Julia Niedermaier
Advice to a Young Author 1:06 Lu par Julia Niedermaier
A Lilt of the Road 10:13 Lu par Eric Metzler

Critiques

MASTER WORDSMITH


(4.5 stars)

Poetry lends itself to.many moods. One can abandon oneself to the soaring passion of Wordsworth or read and re-read Frost, attempting to wring every subtle meaning from his musings. The epics of Homer and The like give us fanciful historic narrative, and "device" poems such as "Canturbury Tales" or "Decameron" furnish us with various short stories loosely woven into a whole. Milton and Dante give us grandiose renderings of religious import. ACD gives us short poems which are witty and pithy, but my enjoyment of them lies in his carefully turned phrasing and unsurpassed rhyming meter. His is, indeed,the work of a brilliant wordsmith.