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Vintage Verse Rhapsody: A Poetry Collection

A collection of poetry selected and performed by Bob Gonzalez, rhapsode. Rhapsodes of Ancient Greece were “song-stitchers,” performing selections from the epics of Homer and Hesiod. The contemporary rhapsode performs the classical poetry of his or her language, culture, and tradition. Any particular collection and arrangement of poems for performance I term a “rhapsody.” In general terms, a rhapsody is an ecstatic expression of feeling and enthusiasm. In music, a rhapsody is an instrumental composition irregular in form and suggestive of improvisation. The poems in this rhapsody comprise a number of poems that I have performed in public and known for much of my life as well as several recent additions to my repertory. They are arranged in chronological order from the 16th century to the early 20th century. Some of the poets represented here are Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare, John Donne, John Milton, Alexander Pope, William Blake, William Wordsworth, John Keats, Alfred Tennyson, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Lewis Carroll, and Robert Frost. (Summary by Bob Gonzalez)

Genres: Poetry

Running Time: 1 hour 44 minutes 10 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	What is Our Life? Bob Gonzalez	1:05
2	There is a Lady Sweet and Kind Bob Gonzalez	1:27
3	My Love is Like to Ice, Sonnet 30 Bob Gonzalez	3:26
4	My Mind to Me a Kingdom Is Bob Gonzalez	3:01
5	Sonnet 02 Bob Gonzalez	5:21
6	Psalm 23 Bob Gonzalez	5:18
7	Song Bob Gonzalez	5:11
8	The Glories of our Blood and State Bob Gonzalez	1:28
9	Sonnet 19 Bob Gonzalez	1:12
10	The Constant Lover Bob Gonzalez	1:02
11	To His Coy Mistress Bob Gonzalez	2:41
12	On a Fly Drinking Out of His Cup Bob Gonzalez	0:52
13	Solitude Bob Gonzalez	1:25
14	A Poison Tree Bob Gonzalez	2:30
15	It is a Beauteous Evening Bob Gonzalez	2:14
16	Kubla Khan Bob Gonzalez	3:18
17	The River of Life Bob Gonzalez	1:29
18	Abou Ben Adhem Bob Gonzalez	3:50
19	The First Kiss of Love Bob Gonzalez	2:18
20	Love's Philosophy Bob Gonzalez	2:12
21	To Autumn Bob Gonzalez	8:52
22	Snowflakes Bob Gonzalez	3:46
23	The Conqueror Worm Bob Gonzalez	2:30
24	Ulysses Bob Gonzalez	4:44
25	The Two Old Bachelors Bob Gonzalez	3:14
26	A Noiseless Patient Spider Bob Gonzalez	6:16
27	In A Library Bob Gonzalez	4:16
28	Jabberwocky Bob Gonzalez	4:21
29	The Windhover Bob Gonzalez	2:41
30	The New Colossus Bob Gonzalez	1:21
31	When I was one-and-twenty Bob Gonzalez	2:47
32	The Road Not Taken Bob Gonzalez	2:23
33	The Great Lover Bob Gonzalez	5:39