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The Testament of Beauty by Robert Bridges (1844 - 1930)

The Testament of Beauty is a long poem in four books, and was the last work of the English Poet Laureate, Robert Bridges. It was first published in 1929. Like The Prelude by William Wordsworth and The Divine Comedy, the poem is a voyage of self-discovery, in which the author seeks to resolve philosophical and spiritual issues raised in his earlier works, particularly in the sonnet sequence, The Growth of Love (1898). It is written in a style that Bridges described as "loose alexandrines", which are constructed on the basis of syllables rather than accents, a metrical structure developed by the author himself. The work also features Bridges' idiosyncratic approach to the spelling of English. (Summary by XXX)

Text source: There is no readily available online text. I will be reading from a facsmile copy of the original 1929 edition.(please only read from this text!)

Prooflistener: Martin Geeson has kindly agreed to act a DPL. Word perfect PL required.

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And now?
Please check for new posts in this thread until your section has been prooflistened.

Happy recording

Section 3 has been uploaded - a nice short section to get things rolling:

http://ge.tt/7yCx0el/v/0
12:11

Cheers

Algy Pug

Wow! MW in place, DPL found, first section uploaded. No MC work needed at all. That's how I like it

Moving to Readers Found!

Here goes:

@ 00:28 - ... She that dwelleth alway - read as away Line 1

@ 02:09 - in geometrical enormity - read as geometric Line 641

@ 02:52 - Not yet - read as Nor yet Line 652

@ 03:58 - of the fair city - read as of that fair city Line 669

@ 04:19 - for that which Lily or Iris tell cannot be told - tell is omitted Line 673

@ 06:37 - as gazeth down on us - read as upon us Line 709

@ 11.23 - They who understand not cannot forget - read as Those who understand ... Line 781

Best
Martin

Thanks Martin

Section 3 - corrected and re-uploaded:
http://ge.tt/7fWkqhl/v/0
Duration now 12:17

Cheers

Algy

From the top: Section 1 - 23:16

http://ge.tt/3OGr7Em/v/0

Cheers

Algy Pug

Hi

Profuse apologies!

I've been getting reliable email alerts so far on legamus, but for the first time I didn't get one to flag up your latest file.

I'll be listening to Section 1 shortly.

Best regards
Martin

PL report on Section 1 -

@ 03:35 - I felt the domination ... - read as dominion Line 44

@ 06:00 - on the spiral stairway ... - read as staircase Line 80

@ 07:49 - wer the earlier artists: ... - read as earliest Line 109

@ 14:36 - ...whereon our rich banquet ... - read as whereof Line 210

@ 15:24 - any desire nor memory ... - read as or Line 222

@ 15:47 - ...so to strengthen his faith. - read as so as Line 228

@ 17:03 - and in imitation and compassion ... - read as for Line 249

@ 18:39 - but for this Bencitè* ... - read as Benicitè Line 272

@ 20:28 - ... jealous Day o'errideth to display - read as overrideth Line 297

@ 22:01 - had hunted after nightfall ... - read as has Line 320


* This contraction of Benedicite is best said as BEN-chi-tay, giving the line-stresses:

but for this Benci-tè || to be sung by his bed,

Martin

Thanks Martin

I will attend to these corrections over the weekend.

Regards

Algy

Section 1 - corrected and uploaded:

http://ge.tt/551aDym/v/0
Duration now 23:20

Cheers

Algy

All corrections spot-checked and now PL OK.

Best
Martin

Here's Section 2:

http://ge.tt/9zuyIao/v/0
17:56

Cheers

Algy

Hi - here are PL notes on Section 2 -

@ 10:41 - ther wil be speedily also an end of Life! - read as speedily be also Line 500

@ 10:54 - bravely forsook their crowded nestes in the snow - read as (monosyllabic) nests Line 503
[Bridges uses an archaic diminutive to achieve a disyllable - nestës [NEST-iz) - which is metrically necessary. This is a revival of the old Dutch termination -je, as in koekjes/cookies. Here it colours the meaning as 'cosy little nests'.]

@ 11:33 - ...and yet for all their vows, - and omitted Line 513

@ 11:45 - they wer impell'd as madly ... - read as imperilled Line 517

@ 14:35 - ...true Wisdom's panoply.... - mis-said as panAlopy Line 562

All the best
Martin

Thanks Martin

Section2 - corrected and reuploaded:

http://ge.tt/6ATo8mo/v/0
17:56

Cheers

Algy

Section 2 spot-checked and confirmed now PL all OK.

Cheers
Martin

The disclaimers for Sections 1 - 3 have been amended and the files reuploaded:
http://ge.tt/8Puz7kt/v/0
http://ge.tt/8L9XPkt/v/0
http://ge.tt/5rkZSkt/v/0

Section 4 has now been uploaded and requires PL:
http://ge.tt/7OTpTkt/v/0

Cheers

Algy

Hi

Section 4 - One minuscule difference to note:

@ 05:40 (phenomena) of individuat selfhood... - read as individual

In the context, Binyon is emphasising individuation as the outcome of a process of striving, rather than the neutral status of being an individual. (His spelling-system similarly produces 'separat' and 'corporat' in II, 261, 266.)

Best wishes
Martin

Thanks Martin

Section 4 - corrected and reuploaded.

http://ge.tt/7uAV9wt/v/0
19:32

Cheers

Many apologies for my slowness on this project.

I expect to complete the editing of all remaining sections (5 to 18) tomorrow. I will upload all the outstanding sections when the editing is completed.

Cheers

The remaining sections have now been uploaded to ge.TT:
http://tinyurl.com/ozw27kj

Martin will be PLing these.

Cheers