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The Sunlit Hours

Emile Verhaeren (1855 - 1916)
Translated by Charles R. Murphy (1884 - 1936)

The Sunlit Hours [Les Heures Claires] is a volume of very personal poetry by Belgian poet Émile Verhaeren. The poetry in this volume is dedicated to his wife, celebrating their relationship with beautiful poetry of love. - Summary by Carolin

Genre(s): Poetry

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	O, the Splendour of this Joy of Ours	Sonia	00:01:08
Play 02	What Tho' We See It Break Before Us Into Flowers	Sonia	00:01:16
Play 03	This Carven Column Whereon Monsters Cling	Sonia	00:01:33
Play 04	The Night, Unfolding, Banishes the Day	Larry Wilson	00:01:12
Play 05	Remembering Thy Gracious Gift to Me	Larry Wilson	00:01:12
Play 06	At Times Thou Art the Spacious Light and Air	Sonia	00:01:26
Play 07	Oh, Let It Knock Upon Our Door	Sonia	00:01:19
Play 08	I Have Given All My Heart to Thee	Sonia	00:01:28
Play 09	The Youthful Spring with Wondrous Might	Ian King	00:01:23
Play 10	Come Out Into the Garden Fair	Ian King	00:01:49
Play 11	How Swiftly is She Caught in Ecstasy	Sonia	00:01:12
Play 12	At That Time When in Loneliness I stood	Larry Wilson	00:01:31
Play 13	Of What Avail the Hectic Reasoning	Sonia	00:01:11
Play 14	Quietly, Like Stately Queens of Old	Larry Wilson	00:01:31
Play 15	To All Thy Smiles and Tears	Larry Wilson	00:01:21
Play 16	I Bathe in Thy Two Eyes My Soul Entire	Sonia	00:01:26
Play 17	That Love Within Our Eyes May Be	Sonia	00:01:06
Play 18	Mid-Summer Blooms Within Our Quiet Garden-Ways	Sonia	00:01:35
Play 19	May Thy Dear Eyes, Thy Clear Eyes, Be		00:00:53
Play 20	Tell Me, Oh My Tranquil Friend		00:01:02
Play 21	In Those Hours When We Seem Shut Out		00:01:05
Play 22	Oh, This Happiness		00:00:57
Play 23	Oh, Let Us Live Out Love with All Our Powers	Amy Deuchler	00:01:11
Play 24	No Sooner Lip to Lip, Than We Are Fraught	Amy Deuchler	00:01:30
Play 25	That Nothing May Elude Our Close Embrace	Amy Deuchler	00:01:12
Play 26	Although, the Autumn Eves	Amy Deuchler	00:01:40
Play 27	The Gift of Body, When the Soul is Given	Amy Deuchler	00:01:10
Play 28	Was There Ever in Us One Caress	Amy Deuchler	00:01:23
Play 29	This Fair Garden Flowering to Flame	Larry Wilson	00:01:42
Play 30	If It Ever Be	Larry Wilson	00:01:18

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