Tithonus

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809 - 1892)

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British poets.

"Tithonus" doesn't mean a whole lot without the knowledge that the speaker is a mythological character who was loved by a goddess and was granted immortality, but not immortal youth. Since the gods could not take back their gifts, he was doomed to slowly suffer the extremes of decay as he grew ever older and older. (Summary by Leonard Wilson)

Genre(s): Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Tithonus - Read by BK Bruce Kachuk
00:05:27
Play 02 Tithonus - Read by BSD Brian Darby
00:04:33
Play 03 Tithonus - Read by EL Newgatenovelist
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Play 04 Tithonus - Read by GG Greg Giordano
00:05:46
Play 05 Tithonus - Read by LLW Leonard Wilson
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Play 06 Tithonus - Read by MG Martin Geeson
00:06:55
Play 07 Tithonus - Read by MK Maria Kasper
00:05:13
Play 08 Tithonus - Read by PY Peter Yearsley
00:05:40
Play 09 Tithonus - Read by RF Ryan Finch
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Play 10 Tithonus - Read by TA Tony Addison
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