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Vision of Sir Launfal and Other Poems

A collection of poems by Lowell, one of the Fireside poets with Longfellow, Whittier, Holmes, and Bryant, including a sketch of his life. The collection is composed of the title piece, a retelling of an Arthurian legend, as well as 17 other poems. - Summary by Fritz (2 hr 42 min)

Chapters

A Sketch of the Life of James Russell Lowell

Introductory Note

The Vision of Sir Launfal

Ode recited at the Harvard Commemoration

On Board the '76

An Indian-Summer Reverie

The First Snow-Fall

The Oak

Prometheus

To W. L. Garrison

Wendell Phillips

Mr. Hosea Biglow to the Editor of the Atlantic Monthly

Villa Franca

The Nightingale in the Study

Aladdin

Beaver Brook

The Shepherd of King Admetus

The Present Crisis

Al Fresco

The Foot-Path