Epistle to Lord Byron and other poems

Leigh Hunt (1784 - 1859)

Leigh Hunt was an English poet, essayist and editor best remembered as the host of a literary circle which gathered at his home in Hampstead and attracted many well known writers of the day including Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, John Keats, William Hazlitt, Thomas Moore and Charles Lamb. He wrote many letters to various friends including some Epistles in Verse of which those to Byron, Moore, Hazlitt and Lamb are recorded here.

He also made translations from Poets of Antiquity (Homer, Theocritus, Anacreon and Catullus)

(Summary by Alan Mapstone)

Genre(s): Lyric

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 EPISTLES: To Lord Byron Alan Mapstone
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Play 02 To Thomas Moore Alan Mapstone
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Play 03 To William Hazlitt Alan Mapstone
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Play 04 To Charles Lamb Alan Mapstone
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Play 05 MISCELLANIES: Fancy's Party Alan Mapstone
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Play 06 Thoughts of the Avon Alan Mapstone
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Play 07 Song Alan Mapstone
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Play 08 SONNETS: Description of Hampstead Alan Mapstone
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Play 09 Under a Portrait of Raphael Alan Mapstone
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Play 10 To Percy Shelley Alan Mapstone
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Play 11 To the Same Alan Mapstone
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Play 12 To John Keats Alan Mapstone
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Play 13 On Receiving a Lock of Milton's Hair Alan Mapstone
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Play 14 The Nile Alan Mapstone
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Play 15 TRANSLATIONS: The First Re-appearance of Achilles Alan Mapstone
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Play 16 Priam Venting his Temper Alan Mapstone
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Play 17 Priam at the Feet of Achilles Alan Mapstone
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Play 18 The Cyclops Alan Mapstone
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Play 19 The Rural Concert Alan Mapstone
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Play 20 The Banquet Alan Mapstone
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Play 21 The Dance Alan Mapstone
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Play 22 The Seat Under the Tree Alan Mapstone
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