The Undying One and Other Poems

Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (1808 - 1877)

“The Byron of our modern poetesses," was the verdict of Henry Nelson Coleridge, the eldest son of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, writing in an 1840 issue of The Quarterly Review about the poet Caroline Norton. Born Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Sheridan in 1808, she was the granddaughter of the famous Irish playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan. On their introduction to London Society, Caroline and her two sisters were dubbed The Three Graces for their beauty and accomplishments. Her disastrous marriage to George Norton in 1827 ultimately led to her campaigning successfully to change those Laws of England relating to Divorce, child custody and women's property rights. Caroline and her tragic experiences and life were the inspiration for many works by Victorian writers including Alfred Tennyson, William Makepeace Thackeray, Benjamin Disraeli, Charles Dickens and George Meredith. She died in 1877.

"The Undying One and Other Poems" published in 1830 was her second book. The title poem is an epic based on the legend of the Wandering Jew, the sinner who is doomed to roam the earth until Judgment Day. (Summary by Noel Badrian)

Genre(s): Single author

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 01 - The Undying One - Canto 1 NoelBadrian
00:44:31
Play 02 02 - The Undying One - Canto 2 NoelBadrian
00:50:39
Play 03 03 - The Undying One - Canto 3 - Part 1 NoelBadrian
00:45:52
Play 04 04 - The Undying One - Canto 3 - Part 2 NoelBadrian
00:47:55
Play 05 05 - The Undying One - Canto 4 NoelBadrian
00:37:33
Play 06 06 - On the Purple and White Carnation - A Fable NoelBadrian
00:05:09
Play 07 07 - The Careless Word NoelBadrian
00:03:39
Play 08 08 - They Loved one another NoelBadrian
00:02:36
Play 09 09 - My Heart is like a withered Nut NoelBadrian
00:01:47
Play 10 10 - My Childhood’s Home NoelBadrian
00:01:38
Play 11 11 - Escape from the Snares of Love NoelBadrian
00:02:12
Play 12 12 - Ifs NoelBadrian
00:02:03
Play 13 13 - As when from Dreams awaking NoelBadrian
00:02:19
Play 14 14 - Old Friends NoelBadrian
00:02:05
Play 15 15 - The Bride NoelBadrian
00:04:23
Play 16 16 - The Pilgrim of Life NoelBadrian
00:03:13
Play 17 17 - The Captive Pirate NoelBadrian
00:04:00
Play 18 18 - The Future NoelBadrian
00:09:39
Play 19 19 - I was not false to thee NoelBadrian
00:01:49
Play 20 20 - The Greek Girl’s Lament for her Lover NoelBadrian
00:02:05
Play 21 21 - Oh! Life is like the Summer Rill NoelBadrian
00:01:58
Play 22 22 - When poor in all but Hope and Love NoelBadrian
00:01:57
Play 23 23 - We have been Friends together NoelBadrian
00:01:39
Play 24 24 - The Boatswain’s Song NoelBadrian
00:02:34
Play 25 25 - Recollections NoelBadrian
00:03:26
Play 26 26 - Description of a lost Friend: from the Morning Post NoelBadrian
00:05:38
Play 27 27 - Recollections of a faded Beauty NoelBadrian
00:12:49
Play 28 28 - Babel NoelBadrian
00:02:43
Play 29 29 - The Mourners NoelBadrian
00:02:29
Play 30 30 - The Crooked Sixpence NoelBadrian
00:01:32
Play 31 31 - The Wanderer looking into other Homes NoelBadrian
00:04:48
Play 32 32 - Mary NoelBadrian
00:01:46
Play 33 33 - The Ringlet NoelBadrian
00:03:23
Play 34 34 - The Rebel NoelBadrian
00:02:35
Play 35 35 - The Lost One NoelBadrian
00:02:51
Play 36 36 - My Native Land, from the German of Körner NoelBadrian
00:02:36
Play 37 37 - Dreams NoelBadrian
00:01:36
Play 38 38 - Would I were with thee! NoelBadrian
00:01:58
Play 39 39 - The Name NoelBadrian
00:01:36
Play 40 40 - The Faithless Knight NoelBadrian
00:01:59
Play 41 41 - First Love NoelBadrian
00:02:08
Play 42 42 - Edward NoelBadrian
00:02:23
Play 43 43 - The Arab's Farewell to his Horse NoelBadrian
00:05:13