Ep. 5 - Rattle His Bones Over the Stones

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Dark Poetry

My Victorian Nightmare

13 episodes

2 weeks ago

Your Hostess, Genevieve Manion, shares hauntingly beautiful poetry from the Victorian era's most beloved authors to enchant your heart, calm your nerves, or scare you right to sleep. This is the sister podcast of My Victorian Nightmare, a podcast about morbid and mysterious Victorian history. Follow My Victorian Nightmare and Dark Poetry on Instagram @myvictoriannightmare.

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Ep. 5 - Rattle His Bones Over the Stones

Dark Poetry

19 minutes 28 seconds

9 months ago

Ep. 5 - Rattle His Bones Over the Stones

In this episode, Genevieve shares themes of memory and grief, ivy growing over graves, death as a great equalizer between the rich and poor, dark philosophy, a tragic snowstorm, and a superstitious ghost.

“The Ivy Green” by Charles Dickens, “The Shadow on the Stone” by Thomas Hardy, “The Pauper's Drive” by Thomas Noel, "The Garden of Proserpine" by Algernon Charles Swinburne, "Lucy Gray" by William Wordsworth, and "The Superstitious Ghost" by Arthur Guiterman.