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Pastoral Poems by Nicholas Breton, Selected Poetry by George Wither, and Pastoral Poetry by William Browne (of Tavistock)

Nicholas Breton (1545 - 1626), William Browne (1590 - 1645) et al.

Part of The Pembroke Booklets, this is a collection of pastoral poems by three Elizabethan poets: Nicholas Breton, George Wither, and William Browne (of Tavistock)

Genre(s): Poetry

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Prefatory Note	mleigh	00:07:02
Play 01	A Sweet Pastoral by Nicholas Breton	Emily	00:02:11
Play 02	Aglaia: a Pastoral by Nicholas Breton	Emily	00:03:55
Play 03	Phyllida and Corydon by Nicholas Breton	Alan Mapstone	00:01:40
Play 04	Astrophel's Song of Phyllida and Corydon by Nicholas Breton	Alan Mapstone	00:03:50
Play 05	A Pastoral of Phyllis and Corydon by Nicholas Breton	Alan Mapstone	00:01:44
Play 06	Corydon's Supplication to Phyllis by Nicholas Breton	Alan Mapstone	00:02:08
Play 07	A Report Song in a Dream, between a shepherd and his nymph by Nicholas Breton	Olando Harris	00:01:07
Play 08	Another of the Same by Nicholas Breton	Stefan Von Blon	00:01:36
Play 09	A Shepherd's Dream by Nicholas Breton	mleigh	00:02:08
Play 10	A Quarrel with Love by Nicholas Breton	Cavaet	00:01:33
Play 11	A Sweet Contention between Love, his Mistress, and Beauty by Nicholas Breton	Alan Mapstone	00:02:18
Play 12	Love: "Foolish love is only folly" by Nicholas Breton	Cavaet	00:01:10
Play 13	"Those eyes that hold the hand of every heart" by Nicholas Breton	Lauren Allett	00:01:28
Play 14	Sonnet: "The worldly prince doth in his sceptre hold" by Nicholas Breton	Kerry Adams	00:01:32
Play 15	A Sweet Lullaby by Nicholas Breton	Ronell	00:02:34
Play 16	Prelude. From The Shepherd's Hunting by George Wither	Krista Zaleski	00:05:14
Play 17	A Poet's Home. From Faire Virtue by George Wither	Bruce Kachuk	00:04:29
Play 18	Her Beauty. From Faire Virtue by George Wither	Stefan Von Blon	00:01:56
Play 19	Rhomboidal Dirge. From Faire Virtue by George Wither	Krista Zaleski	00:04:12
Play 20	Song: "Lordly gallants!" From Faire Virtue by George Wither	LaurieB	00:08:41
Play 21	Song: "Shall I, wasting in despair." From Faire Virtue by George Wither	mleigh	00:02:42
Play 22	"Amarillis I did woo." From Faire Virtue by George Wither	Stefan Von Blon	00:01:00
Play 23	Sonnet: On a Stolen Kiss by George Wither	Stefan Von Blon	00:01:39
Play 24	A Christmas Carol by George Wither	Larry Wilson	00:04:15
Play 25	A Rocking Hymn by George Wither	Larry Wilson	00:03:45
Play 26	The Marigold by George Wither	mleigh	00:01:41
Play 27	Sonnet: On the Death of Prince Henry by George Wither	Alan Mapstone	00:01:20
Play 28	From a Satire written to King James I. by George Wither	Alan Mapstone	00:01:18
Play 29	To England by William Browne	Alan Mapstone	00:00:57
Play 30	The Seasons by William Browne	Kerry Adams	00:01:09
Play 31	May Day Customs by William Browne	Kerry Adams	00:01:18
Play 32	Birds in May by William Browne	Kerry Adams	00:01:42
Play 33	Music on the Thames by William Browne	Rebecca Eden Walker	00:00:49
Play 34	A Concert of Birds by William Browne	mleigh	00:01:52
Play 35	Flowers by William Browne	Larry Wilson	00:01:27
Play 36	Morning by William Browne	Kerry Adams	00:01:42
Play 37	Night by William Browne	Kerry Adams	00:02:17
Play 38	A Pleasant Grove by William Browne	Larry Wilson	00:02:25
Play 39	An Angler by William Browne	Adrian Stephens	00:01:32
Play 40	A Rill by William Brown	Adrian Stephens	00:01:07
Play 41	"Glide soft, ye silver floods" by William Browne	Adrian Stephens	00:02:08
Play 42	"Venus by Adonis' side" by William Browne	Adrian Stephens	00:01:17
Play 43	A Song: "Gentle Nymphs" by William Browne	Adrian Stephens	00:00:54
Play 44	Spring Morninig. I. From The Shepherd's Pipe by William Browne	Adrian Stephens	00:01:15
Play 45	Spring Morning. II. From The Shepherd's Pipe by William Browne	Adrian Stephens	00:02:01
Play 46	A Round by William Browne	Alan Mapstone	00:03:17
Play 47	"Welcome, welcome, do I sing" by William Browne	LaurieB	00:02:41
Play 48	Autumn. From The Shepherd's Pipe by William Browne	Linda Rymniak	00:00:42
Play 49	The Siren's Song. From Inner Temple Masque by William Browne	Alan Mapstone	00:01:29
Play 50	The Charm. From Inner Temple Masque by William Browne	Linda Rymniak	00:01:02
Play 51	"Lo, I the man" by William Browne	kaylawhy	00:01:02
Play 52	"Why might I not for once" by William Browne	kaylawhy	00:01:03
Play 53	"Fairest, when by the rules" by William Browne	kaylawhy	00:01:03
Play 54	"Were't not for you" by William Browne	Rebecca Eden Walker	00:01:16
Play 55	"Sing soft, ye pretty birds" by William Browne	Larry Wilson	00:01:04
Play 56	"I saw a silver swan" by William Browne	Alan Mapstone	00:01:13
Play 57	"A Rose, as fair as ever" by William Browne	mleigh	00:01:37
Play 58	"Down in a valley" by William Browne	kaylawhy	00:01:04
Play 59	"A gentle Shepherd" by William Browne	Alan Mapstone	00:01:12
Play 60	In Obitum by William Browne	Larry Wilson	00:00:35
Play 61	On the Countess Dowager of Pembroke by William Browne	mleigh	00:01:17

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