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Dionysius the Areopagite, with other poems

An early figure in the birth of poetry in industrial Manchester, Ann Hawkshaw published three collections and another was circulated privately. Her first collection. published in Manchester and London in 1842, begins with an epic poem, Dionysius the Areopagite. Based on the New Testament story of the conversion of Dionysius by St Paul, much of the poem centres on the consequences of Dionysius' conversion for his betrothed, Myra, and her sister, Corrina. The collection also includes two of Hawkshaw's most important works, The Past and The Future, and a number of shorter poems on themes of history, loss and faith. (Summary by Phil Benson)

Year of Publication: 1842Genres: Poetry

Running Time: 03 hours 25 minutes 56 seconds(23 chapters)

Language: EnglishRead by: Phil Benson

#	Chapter Name
	Introductory Stanzas Phil Benson	3:20
	Dionysius the Areopagite, Part One, I Phil Benson	3:54
	Dionysius the Areopagite, Part One, II Phil Benson	2:35
	Dionysius the Areopagite, Part One, III Phil Benson	4:59
	Dionysius the Areopagite, Part One, IV Phil Benson	7:10
	Dionysius the Areopagite, Part One, V Phil Benson	6:32
	Dionysius the Areopagite, Part One, VI Phil Benson	7:17
	Dionysius the Areopagite, Part One, VII Phil Benson	4:23
	Dionysius the Areopagite, Part One, VIII Phil Benson	3:28
	Dionysius the Areopagite, Part One, IX Phil Benson	12:55
	Dionysius the Areopagite, Part One, X Phil Benson	11:00
	Dionysius the Areopagite, Part One, XI Phil Benson	10:28
	Dionysius the Areopagite, Part Two, I Phil Benson	5:48
	Dionysius the Areopagite, Part Two, II Phil Benson	2:45
	Dionysius the Areopagite, Part Two, III Phil Benson	9:22
	Dionysius the Areopagite, Part Two, IV Phil Benson	9:33
	Dionysius the Areopagite, Part Two, V Phil Benson	8:27
	Dionysius the Areopagite, Part Three, I Phil Benson	10:38
	Dionysius the Areopagite, Part Three, II Phil Benson	7:29
	Dionysius the Areopagite, Notes Phil Benson	11:41
	The past Phil Benson	16:18
	The future Phil Benson	15:21
	Wildflowers; The Welsh bard's last song; Spring to the flowers; Sonnet, to America; Palestine; Lang of my fathers; To Fountains Abbey; To a bereaved father; The exile song; A mother to her starving child; To ------ on the death of three of her children; To ------ after the death of her daughter; Lines on a friend lost at sea; The prophet's lament; Song; The Greek girl's song; The captive king; Why am I a slave?; Sonnet to -------- Phil Benson	30:33