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The Poetry of South Africa

Alexander Wilmot (1836 - 1924)

Alexander Wilmot was a Cape Town politician and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He is the author of the History of the Zulu War 1879. Here he collects poetry from various sources in the Cape Colony, Natal, and the Transvaal. Summary by Larry Wilson.

Genre(s): Anthologies

Language: English

Keyword(s): africa (85), missionary (30), gold (27), lion (15), diamonds (9), zulu (5), Boer (4), cape colony (2), natal (1), bechuanaland (1) ... [Show full list]

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Preface	Larry Wilson	00:05:10
Play 01	The Emigrants.	Jael Baldwin	00:04:09
Play 02	The Bechuana Boy	Jael Baldwin	00:06:14
Play 03	Afar in the Desert.	Jayson Paul	00:06:54
Play 04	Evening Rambles	Robert Schwartz	00:08:38
Play 05	The Lion Hunt	Jayson Paul	00:03:51
Play 06	The Lion and the Giraffe	Nemo	00:02:19
Play 07	The Desolate Valley	Mark Crowle-Groves	00:04:51
Play 08	The Coranna	garyday	00:01:28
Play 09	Song of the Wild Bushman	Nemo	00:01:47
Play 10	The Captive of Camal	garyday	00:04:22
Play 11	The Brown Hunter's Song	garyday	00:01:13
Play 12	The Bushman	Nemo	00:01:07
Play 13	The Cape of Storms	garyday	00:01:10
Play 14	The Hottentot	garyday	00:01:18
Play 15	The Caffer	garyday	00:01:07
Play 16	The Ghona Widow's Lullaby	Kirby Wheatland	00:03:19
Play 17	The Kosa	Nemo	00:02:51
Play 18	Makanna's Gathering	Nemo	00:02:27
Play 19	The Incantation	Nemo	00:02:27
Play 20	The Caffer Commando	garyday	00:01:53
Play 21	The Rock of Reconcilement	garyday	00:02:34
Play 22	The Forester of the Neutral Ground	Algy Pug	00:05:25
Play 23	The Emigrant's Cabin at the Cape	Group	00:09:56
Play 24	The Volunteers of England	TrudiBvoice	00:03:10
Play 25	The Dear Old Land	Algy Pug	00:04:48
Play 26	The Funeral in the Abbey	dchen	00:14:13
Play 27	A Farewell to English Friends	dchen	00:01:55
Play 28	A Missionary's Last Farewell to England	dchen	00:10:43
Play 29	A Reminiscence of 1820	Larry Wilson	00:04:47
Play 30	Past and Present	Dru Conway	00:02:55
Play 31	A South African Wilderness	Nemo	00:03:23
Play 32	A Sunrise Thought at "Cove Rock"	Jael Baldwin	00:02:11
Play 33	An Ocean Sunset	Kirby Wheatland	00:01:49
Play 34	A Sight from the Shore	Jael Baldwin	00:00:50
Play 35	The Thunderstorm at Bathurst	Sandy Dacombe Ferrar	00:04:11
Play 36	A Morning Wish for a Friend	Kirby Wheatland	00:02:16
Play 37	A Night Thought	Nemo	00:01:10
Play 38	The Little Shell at Cove Rock	fiskr	00:02:42
Play 39	A Tribute of Sympathy to the Defenders of Glen Lynden	Sonia	00:02:53
Play 40	The Colours of the First 24th	Sonia	00:07:40
Play 41	Our Boys	Larry Wilson	00:02:46
Play 42	In the Drought Lands of South Africa	TrudiBvoice	00:02:49
Play 43	The Landing of the British Settlers of 1820	Larry Wilson	00:11:58
Play 44	In The Country of Mankoraan	Nemo	00:01:36
Play 45	Drink	Larry Wilson Naduplants	00:04:18
Play 46	South Africa Rediviva	TrudiBvoice	00:02:20
Play 47	The Beautful Island of Dreams	TrudiBvoice	00:02:05
Play 48	Cape of Good Hope	TrudiBvoice	00:03:07
Play 49	Good Hope	Melanie T	00:01:58
Play 50	Ode	Ryan	00:02:16
Play 51	After a Storm	Nemo	00:01:09
Play 52	Ammap and Griet	Dini Steyn	00:03:01
Play 53	Sonnets of the Cape	TrudiBvoice	00:02:23
Play 54	The Faded Photograph	TrudiBvoice	00:03:39
Play 55	Eveleen	TrudiBvoice	00:02:20
Play 56	Farewell to Madeira	Nemo	00:03:17
Play 57	Farewell to Fifty-five	Sonia	00:04:49
Play 58	Lead, Kindly Light	Larry Wilson	00:02:13
Play 59	Should It Be According to Thy Mind	Larry Wilson	00:02:43
Play 60	To Graaff Reinet	Sandy Dacombe Ferrar	00:01:22
Play 61	Hymn	Larry Wilson	00:01:38
Play 62	The Lament	Jael Baldwin	00:02:17
Play 63	My "Salted" Steed	Melanie T	00:01:30
Play 64	A Romance from the Fields	Shana Burns	00:03:20
Play 65	The Flight of the Amakosa	cathar maiden	00:11:26
Play 66	An Idyl of a Prince	cathar maiden	00:16:48
Play 67	A Christmas Apparition	Nemo	00:09:50
Play 68	Freedom's Home	Larry Wilson	00:03:01
Play 69	The Gallant "Teuton"	Larry Wilson	00:02:42
Play 70	The Sunny Hills of Africa	Jael Baldwin	00:01:21
Play 71	The Southern Cross	Larry Wilson	00:02:31
Play 72	Hon. William Porter, C.M.G	Sonia	00:04:18
Play 73	Ode on the British Settlers' Year of Jubilee	Sonia	00:07:15
Play 74	Dives Redivivus	Larry Wilson	00:02:00
Play 75	The Burghers' Gathering	Sarah	00:02:40
Play 76	Storm in Tugela Valley, Natal	Larry Wilson	00:01:14
Play 77	The Natal Gold Diggings	Sonia	00:02:33
Play 78	Nature	Larry Wilson	00:18:08
Play 79	Contentment	Larry Wilson	00:02:11
Play 80	Not Here	Dru Conway	00:01:29
Play 81	Revelation XXII	Larry Wilson	00:02:28
Play 82	Ezekiel XLVII. 1-12	Larry Wilson	00:01:57
Play 83	Change	Larry Wilson	00:02:10
Play 84	Heavenly Friendship	Larry Wilson	00:01:10
Play 85	Lines Written in an Album	Larry Wilson	00:01:36
Play 86	The Defence of Rorke's Drift	Chris Pyle	00:11:37
Play 87	Rorke's Drift	aravagarwal	00:03:40
Play 88	Before Ulundi	aravagarwal	00:01:50
Play 89	The Baron's Adventure	Sonia	00:02:09
Play 90	South African Courtship	Lyn Stanley	00:04:31
Play 91	The Better Land	Dini Steyn	00:02:22
Play 92	Dolly	Dini Steyn	00:02:18
Play 93	Going Home	Dini Steyn	00:02:07
Play 94	The Oxford Bible	Jael Baldwin	00:01:34
Play 95	The Last Mission of the Sails	Larry Wilson	00:01:19
Play 96	The Worn-out Sails	Larry Wilson	00:01:49
Play 97	In Memoriam	Kalynda	00:02:00
Play 98	Epitaph on a Diamond Digger	Kalynda	00:00:49
Play 99	Afric's Greeting	Sonia	00:02:27
Play 100	Robert Godlinton	Sonia	00:01:57
Play 101	The Diamond Digger	Nemo	00:03:15
Play 102	The Last of the Bowkers	Nemo	00:02:59
Play 103	The Drunkard's Child	Nemo	00:05:20
Play 104	The Angel's Message	cathar maiden	00:05:44
Play 105	The "Churl" of the Period; and Another	cathar maiden	00:05:39
Play 106	Welcome	Sonia	00:02:38
Play 107	Precepts for Young and Old	Sonia	00:03:33
Play 108	Be Kind to One Another	Dru Conway	00:01:48
Play 109	Paddy's Love Symptoms	Sonia	00:01:56
Play 110	Proverbial Philosophy of Humbug	Larry Wilson	00:03:56
Play 111	Platteklip Cascade	Sonia	00:01:42
Play 112	The Port Elizabeth Pyramid	Sonia	00:04:51
Play 113	In Memoriam	Sonia	00:01:21
Play 114	Lord! What Is Man That Thou Art Mindful of Him!	Sonia	00:01:45
Play 115	The Rhyme of the Ox-wagon	Sonia	00:03:58
Play 116	The Cape of Good Hope	Sonia	00:02:01
Play 117	The Erythrina Tree'	Larry Wilson	00:03:43

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