Kéramos : and other poems

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

51 chapters2h 0mEnglish1878

About this book

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

Chapters (51)

101. Keramos

1237

202. The Herons of Elmwood

126

303. A Dutch Picture

150

404. Castles in Spain

292

505. Vittoria Colonna

174

606. The Revenge of Rain-in-the-Face

144

707. To the River Yvette

808. The Emperor's Glove

909. A Ballad of the French Fleet

165

1010. The Leap of Roushan Beg

235

1111. Haroun Al Raschid

1212. King Trisanku

1313. A Wraith in the Mist

1414. The Three Kings

226

1515.Song

1616. The White Czar

181

1717. Delia

1818. Nature

1919. In the Churchyard at Tarrytown

2020. Eliot's Oak

2121. The Descent of the Moses

2222. Venice

2323. The Poets

2424. Parker Cleveland

2525. The Harvest Moon

2626. To the River Rhone

2727. The Three Silences of Molinos

2828. The Two Rivers

245

2929. Boston

3030. St. John's, Cambridge

3131. Moods

3232. Woodstock Park

3333. The Four Princesses at Wilna

3434. Holidays

3535. Wapentake

3636. The Broken Oar

3737. Vergil's First Eclogue, a translation

407

3838. Ovid in Exile, a translation

650

3939. On the Terrace of the Aigalades

139

4040. To my Brooklet

4141. Barreges

107

4242. Forsaken

4343. Allah

4444. Sonnet I. The Artist, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo

4545. Sonnet 2. Fire, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo

4646. Sonnet 3. Youth and Age, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo

4747. Sonnet 4. Old Age, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo

4848. Sonnet 5. To Vittoria Colonna, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo

4949. Sonnet 6. To Vittoria Colonna, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo

5050. Sonnet 7. Dante, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo

5151. Canzone, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo

Kéramos : and other poems

About this book

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