EPISODE · Jun 25, 2026 · 24 MIN
The Blue Poetry Book Section XII - Macaulay, Anonyous, Keats Lamb, Dibdin, WOrdsworth, Bunyan, Cowper
from The Andrew Lang Library · host Andrew Lang
In which the stirring valor of King Henry of Navarre at Ivry is celebrated with loyal fervour, followed by a haunting maritime ballad of Sir Patrick Spens that contemplates the perilous summons of duty. A sequence of vivid and intimate poems then unfolds, from the ethereal enchantment of Keats’s fairy lady to Wordsworth’s gentle observation of a kitten’s play and Bunyan’s steadfast pilgrim, closing with meditations on solitude and the human spirit as echoed in Cowper’s reflective verses.
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In which the stirring valor of King Henry of Navarre at Ivry is celebrated with loyal fervour, followed by a haunting maritime ballad of Sir Patrick Spens that contemplates the perilous summons of duty. A sequence of vivid and intimate poems then unfolds, from the ethereal enchantment of Keats’s fairy lady to Wordsworth’s gentle observation of a kitten’s play and Bunyan’s steadfast pilgrim, closing with meditations on solitude and the human spirit as echoed in Cowper’s reflective verses.
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