Spiritual Songs and Lamentations, Michael Drayton
Spiritual Songs and Lamentations, Michael Drayton
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Spiritual Songs and Lamentations

Author: Michael Drayton, John Donne, George Sandys, Evan Blackmore

Narrator: Marie Blackmore

Unabridged: TBD

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/20/2026

Synopsis

Many English poets have translated Psalms, but surprisingly few have translated other parts of the Bible. This collection includes John Donne’s outstanding translation of the book of Lamentations, together with versions of all the other songs in the Hebrew Bible and some other Biblical prayers, translated in the same era by Michael Drayton and George Sandys: the Song of Songs, the songs of Moses, Deborah, and Habakkuk, the prayers of Hannah, Jonah, and Hezekiah, and passages of Isaiah. Simple yet stylish, utterly personal without being idiosyncratic, these renderings have qualities that no standard prose Bible can match.

About Michael Drayton

Michael Drayton (1563–1631), probably the bestselling English poet of his era, wrote prolifically in many different genres. He is remembered particularly for his love sonnets (“Since there’s no help, come, let us kiss and part…”) and historical poems (“Fair stood the wind for France…”). “One of the most lovable of our elder poets” (in A. H. Bullen’s much-quoted description), he was buried in Westminster Abbey.

About John Donne

John Donne (1572-1631) was an English poet, satirist, philosopher, and chaplain who is considered a founder of the Metaphysical Poets, a group of writers characterized by their ability to coax new perspective through paradoxical images, inventive syntax, and imagery from art, philosophy, and religion using an extended metaphor known as a conceit. Donne’s works are notable for their realistic and sensual style and include sonnets, love poetry, religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs, satires, and sermons. He is firmly established as one of the greatest poets in the English language, strongly influencing writers of the seventeenth century. He died in 1631 and was buried at St. Paul’s Cathedral.

About Evan Blackmore

Evan Blackmore, a psychiatrist, public speaker, radio broadcaster, and editor and translator of classic works of literature and philosophy, has published recordings of many poems ranging in date from the Renaissance to the twentieth century. Much of his work during the past forty-five years has been done in collaboration with his wife, Marie, who often records with him. 

About Marie Blackmore

Marie and Evan Blackmore have worked as editors and translators of classic works of literature and philosophy, and have published audio recordings of many poems ranging in date from the Renaissance to the twentieth century. 

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