Captain Sword and Captain Pen: A Poem

Leigh Hunt (1784 - 1859)

This Poem is the result of a sense of duty, which has taken the Author from quieter studies during a great public crisis. He obeyed the impulse with joy, because it took the shape of verse; but with more pain, on some accounts, than he chooses to express. However, he has done what he conceived himself bound to do; and if every zealous lover of his species were to express his feelings in like manner, to the best of his ability, individual opinions, little in themselves, would soon amount to an overwhelming authority, and hasten the day of reason and beneficence. - Summary by Advertisement

Genre(s): Poetry

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 I. How Captain Sword marched to War Nemo
00:03:38
Play 02 II. How Captain Sword won a Great Victory Nemo
00:06:26
Play 03 III. Of the Ball that was given to Captain Sword Nemo
00:02:36
Play 04 IV. On What took place on the Field of Battle the Night after the Victory Nemo
00:09:59
Play 05 V. How Captain Sword, in Consequence of his Great Victories, became infirm in his Wits Larry Wilson
00:05:39
Play 06 VI. Of Captain Pen, and how he fought with Captain Sword Larry Wilson
00:07:23
Play 07 Postscript, Containing some Remarks on War and Military Statesmen, part 1 Nemo
00:36:00
Play 08 Postscript, Containing some Remarks on War and Military Statesmen, part 2 Larry Wilson
00:31:48