A Century of Roundels
by
Algernon Charles Swinburne
(1837-1909)
A roundel (not to be confused with the rondel) is a form of verse used in English language poetry devised by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909). It
is a variation of the French rondeau form. It makes use of refrains, repeated according to a certain stylized pattern. A roundel consists of nine lines each having the same number of syllables, plus a refrain after the third line and after the last line. The refrain must be identical with the beginning of the first line: it may be a half-line, and rhymes with the second line. It has three stanzas and its rhyme scheme is as follows: A B A R ; B A B ; A B A R ; where R is the refrain. Swinburne had published a book A Century of Roundels. He dedicated these poems to his friend Christina Rossetti, who then started writing roundels herself, as evidenced by the following examples from her anthology of poetry: Wife to Husband; A Better Resurrection; A Life’s Parallels; Today for me; It is finished; From Metastasio. (Summary by wikipedia)
This project is a bit of milestone for me, as it’s my first solo project.
This project is catalogued at:
LibriVox and Internet Archive.
The book can also be found at Project Gutenburg.
The whole book can be downloaded as a zip file from here.
The zip file size is 46MB.
Total running time: 01:38:30
All the files contained inside the zip are mp3, all with a bitrate of 64kb.
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Dedication to Christina G. Rossetti |
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In Harbour |
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The Way of the Wind |
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‘Had I Wist’ |
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Recollections |
3:00 |
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Time and Life |
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A Dialogue |
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07 |
Plus Ultra |
1:21 |
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08 |
A Dead Friend |
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09 |
Past Days |
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Autumn and Winter |
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The Death of Richard Wagner |
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12 |
Two Preludes; Lohengrin & Tristan und Isolde |
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The Lute and the Lyre |
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Plus Intra |
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Change |
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A Baby’s Death |
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One of Twain |
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Death and Birth |
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Birth and Death |
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Benediction |
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21 |
Etude Realiste |
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22 |
Babyhood |
2:38 |
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First Footsteps |
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24 |
A Ninth Birthday |
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Not a Child |
2:15 |
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26 |
To Dora Dorian |
1:00 |
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27 |
The Roundel |
1:20 |
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28 |
At Sea |
1:10 |
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29 |
Wasted Love |
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30 |
Before Sunset |
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A Singing Lesson |
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Flower-pieces; Love Lies Bleeding & Love in a Mist |
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Three Faces; Ventimiglia, Genoa & Venice |
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Eros |
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Sorrow |
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Sleep |
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On an Old Roundel |
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A Landscape by Courbet |
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A Flower-piece by Fantin |
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A Night-piece by Millet |
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Marzo Pazzo |
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Dead Love |
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Discord |
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Concord |
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Mourning |
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Aperotos Eros |
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To Catullus |
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Insularum Ocelle’ |
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In Sark |
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In Guernsey |
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Envoi |
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