Poems of Arthur Hugh Clough (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Victorian Poems of Conscience, Religious Doubt, and Moral ReflectionBy Arthur Hugh Clough
Length14h 31m
About this audiobook
Poems of Arthur Hugh Clough gathers the verse of one of Victorian literature's most searching and intellectually restless voices. The collection ranges from lyric meditation to narrative experiment, including poems marked by conversational directness, ironic self-questioning, and moral unease. Situated between Romantic aspiration and Victorian doubt, Clough's poetry resists easy consolation: faith, love, work, social duty, and modern skepticism are tested in flexible meters and a style often deliberately plain, skeptical, and dramatic. Arthur Hugh Clough (1819–1861) was educated at Rugby under Thomas Arnold and later at Balliol College, Oxford, experiences that deeply shaped his ethical seriousness and his troubled relation to religious orthodoxy. A contemporary of Matthew Arnold and part of the same climate of spiritual crisis, Clough resigned his Oxford fellowship rather than conform formally to doctrines he could not wholly affirm. His travels, friendships, and public service sharpened his sense of modern dislocation. This volume is recommended to readers interested in Victorian poetry beyond its grand certainties. Clough offers not ornamental reassurance but candid intelligence: a poetry of conscience, hesitation, and humane inquiry.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenrePoetry
Length14 hrs 31 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 10, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Poems of Arthur Hugh Clough (Annotated)
60SEHNSUCHT.
2Introduction
61HIGH AND LOW.
3Historical Context
62ALL IS WELL.
4Synopsis (Selection)
63πάντα ῥεῖ· οὐδὲν μένει.
5A SONG OF AUTUMN.
64THE STREAM OF LIFE.
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6τὸ καλόν.
65IN A LONDON SQUARE.
7Χρυσέα κλῄς ἐπὶ γλώσσᾳ.
66THE BOTHIE OF TOBER-NA-VUOLICH: A LONG-VACATION PASTORAL.
8THE SILVER WEDDING.
67THE BOTHIE OF TOBER-NA-VUOLICH. (pt. 1)
9THE MUSIC OF THE WORLD AND OF THE SOUL.
68THE BOTHIE OF TOBER-NA-VUOLICH. (pt. 2)
10LOVE, NOT DUTY.
69IDYLLIC SKETCHES.
11LOVE AND REASON.
70ITE DOMUM SATURÆ, VENIT HESPERUS.
12Ὁ Θεὸς μετὰ σοῦ!
71A LONDON IDYLL.
13WIRKUNG IN DER FERNE.
72NATURA NATURANS.
14ἐπὶ Λάτμῳ.
73AMOURS DE VOYAGE.
15A PROTEST.
74AMOURS DE VOYAGE.
16SIC ITUR.
75SEVEN SONNETS ON THE THOUGHT OF DEATH.
17PARTING.
76SEVEN SONNETS ON THE THOUGHT OF DEATH.
18QUA CURSUM VENTUS.
77MARI MAGNO OR TALES ON BOARD.
19‘ WEN GOTT BETRÜGT, IST WOHL BETROGEN. ’
78MARI MAGNO or TALES ON BOARD.
20POEMS ON RELIGIOUS AND BIBLICAL SUBJECTS.
79THE LAWYER’S FIRST TALE. Primitiæ, or Third Cousins.
21FRAGMENTS OF THE MYSTERY OF THE FALL.
80THE CLERGYMAN’S FIRST TALE. Love is fellow-service.
22THE SONG OF LAMECH.
81MY TALE. A la Banquette, or a Modern Pilgrimage.
23GENESIS XXIV.
82THE MATE’S STORY.
24JACOB.
83THE CLERGYMAN’S SECOND TALE.
25JACOB’S WIVES.
84THE LAWYER’S SECOND TALE. Christian.
26THE NEW SINAI.
85SONGS IN ABSENCE.
27QUI LABORAT, ORAT.
86SONGS IN ABSENCE.
28ὕμνος ἄυμνος.
87ESSAYS IN CLASSICAL METRES.
29THE HIDDEN LOVE.
88TRANSLATIONS OF ILIAD.
30SHADOW AND LIGHT.
89ELEGIACS.
31‘WITH WHOM IS NO VARIABLENESS, NEITHER SHADOW OF TURNING.’
90ALCAICS.
32IN STRATIS VIARUM.
91ACTÆON. [18]
33‘ PERCHÈ PENSA? PENSANDO S’INVECCHIA. ’
92MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
34‘ O THOU OF LITTLE FAITH. ’
93COME, POET, COME!
35‘ THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY. ’
94THE DREAM LAND.
36AH! YET CONSIDER IT AGAIN!
95IN THE DEPTHS.
37NOLI ÆMULARI.
96DARKNESS.
38‘ WHAT WENT YE OUT FOR TO SEE? ’
97TWO MOODS.
39EPI-STRAUSS-IUM.
98YOUTH AND AGE.
40THE SHADOW.
99SOLVITUR ACRIS HIEMS.
41EASTER DAY. NAPLES, 1849.
100THESIS AND ANTITHESIS.
42EASTER DAY. II
101ἀνεμώλια.
43DIPSYCHUS.
102COLUMBUS.
44PROLOGUE TO DIPSYCHUS.
103EVEN THE WINDS AND THE SEA OBEY.
45DIPSYCHUS.
104REPOSE IN EGYPT.
46Part I.
105TO A SLEEPING CHILD.
47Part II.
106TRANSLATIONS FROM GOETHE.
48EPILOGUE TO DIPSYCHUS.
107URANUS. [20]
49DIPSYCHUS CONTINUED. A FRAGMENT.
108SELENE.
50POEMS ON LIFE AND DUTY.
109AT ROME.
51DUTY.
110LAST WORDS. NAPOLEON AND WELLINGTON.
52LIFE IS STRUGGLE.
111PESCHIERA.
53IN THE GREAT METROPOLIS.
112ALTERAM PARTEM.
54THE LATEST DECALOGUE.
113SAY NOT THE STRUGGLE NOUGHT AVAILETH.
55THE QUESTIONING SPIRIT.
114INDEX OF THE FIRST LINES.
56BETHESDA. A SEQUEL.
115Analysis
57HOPE EVERMORE AND BELIEVE!
116Reflection
58BLESSED ARE THEY THAT HAVE NOT SEEN!
117Memorable Quotes
59COLD COMFORT.
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