The Passionate Pilgrim by William Shakespeare audiobook.

Genre: poetry

First published in 1599, The Passionate Pilgrim is a compact, sparkling gathering of lyric poems that early readers associated with William Shakespeare. Moving from playful wooing to aching longing, from bright praise of beauty to darker notes of jealousy and regret, the collection offers a chorus of shifting speakers - lovers pleading, admirers boasting, and wary hearts counting the cost of desire. Some pieces echo the courtly sonnet tradition, turning argument into music as the speaker tries to persuade, excuse, or confess; others lean pastoral, where shepherds and maidens trade songs that feel at once theatrical and intimate. Across the sequence, recurring motifs of time, fidelity, reputation, and the tension between pleasure and conscience give the poems a loose emotional arc, inviting listeners to hear how quickly delight can become complaint, and how language can both conceal and reveal the self. Ideal for an audiobook experience, these short poems reward attentive listening with verbal wit, memorable imagery, and the quick turns of thought that made Shakespeare's verse endure.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:01:15) Chapter 02

(00:02:17) Chapter 03

(00:03:32) Chapter 04

(00:04:34) Chapter 05

(00:05:59) Chapter 06

(00:07:03) Chapter 07

(00:08:27) Chapter 08

(00:09:33) Chapter 09

(00:10:36) Chapter 10

(00:11:37) Chapter 11

(00:12:43) Chapter 12

(00:13:56) Chapter 13

(00:15:10) Chapter 14

(00:16:16) Chapter 15

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