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Hours of Idleness

George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)

Hours of Idleness was Byron's first book of poems published when he was only 19. In it he experiments with various poetic styles and provides translations of, and poems written in imitation of, earlier mainly classical poets.

The book received strong criticism on publication to which Byron responded with his poem English Bards and Scotch Reviewers.

(Summary by Alan Mapstone)

Genre(s): Single author

Language: English

Keyword(s): romantic (29), byron (20), English poetry (11)

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Preface	Alan Mapstone	00:03:30
Play 01	POEMS: On leaving Newstead Abbey	Alan Mapstone	00:03:15
Play 02	On a distant view of the Village and School of Harrow on the Hill	Alan Mapstone	00:03:00
Play 03	Epitaph on a Friend	quartertone	00:01:58
Play 04	A Fragment	quartertone	00:00:58
Play 05	The Tear	nighthawks	00:04:58
Play 06	An occasional Prologue	De Anna Lee	00:03:01
Play 07	On the Death of Mr. Fox	Alan Mapstone	00:03:14
Play 08	Stanzas to a Lady, with the Poems of Camoens	KevinS	00:01:10
Play 09	The first Kiss of Love	Larry Wilson	00:02:10
Play 10	To M------	Hope	00:01:32
Play 11	To Woman	Hope	00:01:16
Play 12	To M. S. G.	Hope	00:01:16
Play 13	To a beautiful Quaker	SaintAndrewHolyFool	00:03:36
Play 14	To --------	SaintAndrewHolyFool	00:03:00
Play 15	To Mary, on receiving her Picture	EODOD	00:02:06
Play 16	Love's last Adieu	dc	00:03:35
Play 17	Damaetas	De Anna Lee	00:01:15
Play 18	To Marion	KevinS	00:03:10
Play 19	Oscar of Alva	CDixon2022	00:15:11
Play 20	TRANSLATIONS and IMITATIONS: Adrian's Address to his Soul, when dying	Alan Mapstone	00:00:46
Play 21	Translation	Inkell	00:00:31
Play 22	Translation from Catullus	GaleHall	00:01:43
Play 23	Translation from the Epitaph of Virgil and Tibullus	Inkell	00:00:34
Play 24	Translation from Catullus	GaleHall	00:01:47
Play 25	Imitated from Catullus	czandra	00:00:57
Play 26	Translation from Anacreon. To his Lyre	Inkell	00:01:19
Play 27	Translation from Anacreon. Ode 3	GaleHall	00:02:57
Play 28	Fragments of School Exercises	dc	00:01:13
Play 29	Episode of Nisus and Euryalus	Inkell	00:19:35
Play 30	Translation from the Medea of Euripides	Alan Mapstone	00:03:40
Play 31	FUGITIVE PIECES: Thoughts suggested by a College Examination	dc	00:04:30
Play 32	Answer to some elegant Verses, sent by a Friend to the Author	czandra	00:03:31
Play 33	Grant, a Medley	Mathias Thorndal	00:06:03
Play 34	Lachin Y. Gair	Mathias Thorndal	00:03:15
Play 35	To Romance	Mathias Thorndal	00:04:19
Play 36	Elegy on Newstead Abbey	Alan Mapstone	00:11:40
Play 37	Childish Recollections	KevinS	00:24:06
Play 38	The Death of Calmar and Orla	Alan Mapstone	00:12:58
Play 39	To E. N. L. Esq.	Inkell	00:04:30
Play 40	To --------	Alan Mapstone	00:03:05

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