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Canzoniere

Name: Canzoniere
Author: Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri

Read by Algy Pug, inflected, Joseph Schnebelen, Kristin G., Peter Tucker, BeniaminoMassimo, TessaMarie1, Shakira Searle, DJRickyV, Mary J, Jordan Heron and Leni · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Sonnet I - The First Vision of Love (1:30)
Sonnet II - What might have been (1:22)
Ballata I - De Profundis (1:37)
Sonnet III - Death of Beatrice's Friend, 1 (1:23)
Ballata II - Death of Beatrice's Friend, 2 (1:42)
Sonet IV - Love as Pilgrim (1:23)
Sonnet V - Separation (1:25)
Canzone I - The Lover's Plea for Pity (4:28)
Ballata III - Eyes Dim With Sorrow (1:21)
Ballata IV - Apologia Pro Vita Sua (2:59)
Sonnet VI - Inner Conflict (1:21)
Sonnet VII - Transformation (1:20)
Sonnet VIII - Drunk, But Not With Wine (1:25)
Sonnet IX - Nec Morbos, Nec Remedia Pati Possumus (1:26)
Canzone II - Laudes Beatricis (4:46)
Canzone III - Retrospection (5:26)
Sonnet X - The Birth of Love (1:23)
Sonnet XI - Beatrice's Salutation (1:23)
Sonnet XII - Beatrice`s Sorrows, 1 (1:20)
Sonnet XIII - Beatrice's Sorrows, 2 (1:21)
Sonnet XIV - The Company of Mourners (1:17)
Sonnet XV - What Tidings of Beatrice? (1:16)
Canzone IV - Forebodings (5:25)
Sonnet XVI - Giovanna and Beatrice (1:18)
Sonnet XVII - Beatrice, God's True Praise (1:23)
Sonnet XVIII - The Beauty of Holiness (1:28)
Sonnet XIX - All Saint's Day, 1289 (1:24)
Ballata V - Dawning of New Hope (1:24)
Sonnet XX - Credentials Witdrawn (1:23)
Sonnet XXI - Repulsion and Attraction (1:20)
Sonnet XXII - The Moth and the Candle (1:18)
Canzone V - The Fear of Death is Fallen Upon Me (5:02)
Stanza - Sighs From Beatrice's Greeting (1:15)
Canzone VI - Beatrice in Paradise (4:41)
Sonnet XXIII - Grief Too Deep For Tears (1:17)
Canzone VII - Beatrice with the Angels (2:05)
Sonnet XXIV - A Year After (1:31)
Sonnet XXV - The Relief of Tears (1:27)
Sonnet XXVI - Sorrow Finding Sympathy (1:27)
Sonnet XXVII - The Wanderings of the Eyes (1:23)
Sonnet XXVIII - Pity Akin to Love (1:25)
Sonnet XXIX - Sighs and Thoughts (1:23)
Sonnet XXX - Pilgrims in Florence (1:20)
Sonnet XXXI - Beatrice Transfigured (1:20)
Canzone VIII - Pain of Separation (5:14)
Canzone IX - The Lover`s Threats (5:06)
Sonnet XXXII - The Lover's Anathema (1:27)
Ballata VI - Ignorance in Asking (1:22)
Ballata VII - Memories (1:23)
Ballata VIII - The Garland (1:36)
Sonnet XXXIII - Love's Sovereignty (1:27)
Sonnet XXXIV - The Envoy's Instructions (1:24)
Sonnet XXXV - For Other's Sake (1:20)
Ballata IX - Terrible in Beauty (1:53)
Sonnet XXXVI - Beautiful and Pitiless (1:24)
Sonnet XXXVII - A Cry for Help (1:26)
Sonnet XXXVIII - Disappointment (1:22)
Sonnet XXXIX - Stellar Influences (1:22)
Ballata X - The Scorn of Scorn (2:11)
Sestina I - Similitudes of Love (3:20)
Sestina II - Similitudes of Love (3:14)
Sestina III - Similitudes of Love (3:21)
Cazone X - Hard as a Rock (4:19)
Canzone XI - Winter (5:40)
Canzone XII - Return of Spring (6:11)
Canzone XIII - Love's Service (6:54)
Canzone XIV - The Angels of the Third Heaven (5:05)
Canzone XV - The Miracle of Beauty (6:51)
Canzone XVI - True Nobility (6:33)
Canzone XVII - Virtus Sola Nobilitas (5:48)
Canzone XVIII - Freedom and Bondage (7:11)
Canzone XIX - The Three Exiles (4:45)
Canzone XX - Laudes Florentiae (3:51)
Sonnet XL - Friendly Warning (1:28)
Sonnet XLI - Quis Locus Ingenio (1:26)
Sonnet XLII - Rivals or Partners (1:25)
Sonnet XLIII - Fair But Cruel (1:32)
Sonnet XLIV - Faith and Unfaith (1:21)
Ballata XI - The Beatific Vision (1:11)
Ballata XII - Springtime Joy (1:55)
Sonnet XLV - What is Love? (1:04)
Sonnet XLVI - Spring After Winter (1:09)
Sonnet XLVII - Gold Tried in the Fire (1:31)
Sonnet XLVIII - Ad Misericordiam (1:41)
Sonnet XLIX - Strength in Weakness (1:30)
Canzone XXI - In Memoriam (6:08)
Dante's Confession of Faith (15:14)