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Poetry
章节(56)
- Spirits in Bondage 0:00
- Prologue 0:06
- Part I: The Prison House 1:40
- I: Satan Speaks 1:48
- II: French Nocturne 2:38
- III: The Satyr 3:59
- IV: Victory 5:06
- V: Irish Nocturne 6:34
- VI: Spooks 8:41
- VII: Apology 9:42
- VIII: Ode for New Year’s Day 10:58
- IX: Night 15:06
- X: To Sleep 17:28
- XI: In Prison 18:55
- XII: De Profundis 20:04
- XIII: Satan Speaks 22:27
- XIV: The Witch 24:19
- XV: Dungeon Grates 27:00
- XVI: The Philosopher 29:44
- XVII: The Ocean Strand 32:25
- XVIII: Noon 34:33
- XIX: Milton Read Again 36:07
- XX: Sonnet 37:32
- XXI: The Autumn Morning 38:32
- Part II: Hesitation 39:50
- XXII: L’Apprenti Sorcier 39:57
- XXIII: Alexandrines 42:49
- XXIV: In Praise of Solid People 44:08
- Part III: The Escape 46:56
- XXV: Song of the Pilgrims 47:03
- XXVI: Song 50:57
- XXVII: The Ass 52:12
- XXVIII: Ballade Mystique 53:54
- XXIX: Night 55:22
- XXX: Oxford 56:58
- XXXI: Hymn (For Boy’s Voices) 58:13
- XXXII: “Our Daily Bread” 59:33
- XXXIII: How He Saw Angus the God 1:00:44
- XXXIV: The Roads 1:03:10
- XXXV: Hesperus 1:04:38
- XXXVI: The Star Bath 1:06:17
- XXXVII: Tu Ne Quæsieris 1:07:35
- XXXVIII: Lullaby 1:09:13
- XXXIX: World’s Desire 1:10:37
- XL: Death in Battle 1:12:52
- Dymer: Epigraph 1:14:13
- Dymer 1:14:29
- Canto I 1:14:31
- Canto II 1:28:49
- Canto III 1:44:07
- Canto IV 1:59:48
- Canto V 2:16:30
- Canto VI 2:31:41
- Canto VII 2:48:31
- Canto VIII 3:04:32
- Canto IX 3:16:55
C. S. Lewis is perhaps best known for his series of children’s novels and his many Christian writings. But prior to his conversion to Christianity, he was a staunch agnostic, and had a very different view of the world and spirituality. The poetry collected here represents some of his earliest writings, most written before his conversion. As such, they offer an interesting contrast to Lewis’ later, much more well-known literary output.
Spirits in Bondage was Lewis’ first published writing, released to little fanfare. It’s a cycle of poems that offers a pessimistic view of the world, often illustrating the natural world as cruel and uncaring. In contrast, Dymer is a long narrative poem that tells the story of the titular character’s tragic fate, beginning with his exile and leading to his suffering through trials and temptations of a nature he had never imagined before.