Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry) - a genre of audiobooks on the website knigi-audio.com/en/. Page - 18
Market Women's Cries - Jonathan Swift
Market Women's Cries - Jonathan Swift
- Author: Jonathan Swift
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Market Women's Cries by Jonathan Swift. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for September 23, 2019. ------ Here is another Jonathan Swift poem, this time he reflects on the old English Market and...
At the End of the Feast - Anonymous
At the End of the Feast - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of At the End of the Feast by Anonymous. A traditional English Christmas Carol, first published in New Christmas Carols in 1642. This poem was the Weekly Poetry Project for the week beginning December 25th...
The Slave In The Dismal Swamp - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Slave In The Dismal Swamp - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
This little poem, with it's masterful choice of heavy-laden words, and great alliteration that sounds like a drumbeat, or a heartbeat, and rolls off the tongue, conveys much horror in a very few words. Longfellow wrote poetry like John Singer...
My Lady April - Ernest DOWSON
My Lady April - Ernest DOWSON
- Author: Ernest DOWSON
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Ernest Christopher Dowson was an English poet, novelist, and short-story writer, often associated with the Decadent movement. - Summary by Wikipedia...
A Song To Eleonora Duse In "Francesca da Rimini " - Sara Teasdale
A Song To Eleonora Duse In "Francesca da Rimini " - Sara Teasdale
- Author: Sara Teasdale
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Sara Teasdale was an American lyric poet. She was born Sara Trevor Teasdale in St. Louis, Missouri, and used the name Sara Teasdale Filsinger after her marriage in 1914.Teasdale's first poem was published in Reedy's Mirror, a local newspaper, in...
The Desert - Mathilde BLIND
The Desert - Mathilde BLIND
- Author: Mathilde BLIND
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of The Desert by Mathilde Blind. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for January 10th, 2010....
Days Too Short - William Henry Davies
Days Too Short - William Henry Davies
- Author: William Henry Davies
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Days Too Short by William H. Davies. This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 3, 2011....
Upon His Mistress Dancing - James SHIRLEY
Upon His Mistress Dancing - James SHIRLEY
- Author: James SHIRLEY
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of Upon His Mistress Dancing by James Shirley. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January, 15, 2012. James Shirley (sometimes spelt Sherley) was a prolific English playwright and poet who was active in...
To His Coy Mistress - Andrew MARVELL
To His Coy Mistress - Andrew MARVELL
- Author: Andrew MARVELL
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you eleven different recordings of To His Coy Mistress, by Andrew Marvell, one of the greatest seduction speeches of all time. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of July 23th, 2006....
I Am The World - Dora Sigerson Shorter
I Am The World - Dora Sigerson Shorter
- Author: Dora Sigerson Shorter
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Dora Maria Sigerson Shorter was an Irish poet and sculptor, who after her marriage in 1895 wrote under the name Dora Sigerson Shorter. She was a major figure of the Irish Literary Revival, publishing many collections of poetry from 1893. Her friends...
The Presence of Love - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The Presence of Love - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic and philosopher who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. He wrote the poems The Rime of the Ancient...
Serenade - Oscar Wilde
Serenade - Oscar Wilde
- Author: Oscar Wilde
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 different recordings of Serenade by Oscar Wilde. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of April 20th, 2008....
The Demon of the Gibbet - Fitz-James O'BRIEN
The Demon of the Gibbet - Fitz-James O'BRIEN
- Author: Fitz-James O'BRIEN
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of The Demon of the Gibbet by Fitz-James O'Brien. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 10, 2013. Fitz James O'Brien was an Irish-born American writer, some of whose work is often considered...
Dibdin’s Ghost - Eugene Field
Dibdin’s Ghost - Eugene Field
- Author: Eugene Field
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Dibdin’s Ghost by Eugene Field. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December 30, 2012. This Fortnightly Poem is taken from An American Anthology, 1787–1900, edited by Edmund Clarence...
May Song - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
May Song - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises...
A Song in Spring - Thomas S. JONES JR.
A Song in Spring - Thomas S. JONES JR.
- Author: Thomas S. JONES JR.
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of A Song in Spring by Thomas S. Jones, Jr. This was the weekly poetry project for March 15th, 2009....
The Passing of the Year - Robert W. Service
The Passing of the Year - Robert W. Service
- Author: Robert W. Service
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of The Passing of the Year by by Robert W. Service. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December 18, 2011. Robert William Service was a poet and writer who has often been called "the Bard of the...
A Christmas Duet - Joseph ASHBY-STERRY
A Christmas Duet - Joseph ASHBY-STERRY
- Author: Joseph ASHBY-STERRY
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Joseph Ashby-Sterry was an English poet and novelist. He works include Boudoir Ballads, a collection of poetry, now out of print. This poem is taken from the 1888 edition of The Lazy Minstrel. - Summary by Wikipedia...
Richard Cory - Edwin Arlington ROBINSON
Richard Cory - Edwin Arlington ROBINSON
- Author: Edwin Arlington ROBINSON
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
This was the weekly poetry project for 3 June 2006. Many “character” poems cut straight to the inmost psychology of their subjects, but here, the eponymous Richard Cory with all his wealth and charm is viewed entirely from the outside. Indeed as the...
I Remember, I Remember - Thomas Hood
I Remember, I Remember - Thomas Hood
- Author: Thomas Hood
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
"There were scarcely any events in the life of Thomas Hood. One condition there was of too potent determining importance—life-long ill health; and one circumstance of moment—a commercial failure, and consequent expatriation. Beyond this, little...
Spring (Rossetti) - Christina ROSSETTI
Spring (Rossetti) - Christina ROSSETTI
- Author: Christina ROSSETTI
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Spring by Christina Georgina Rossetti. This was the Fortnightly Poetry Poetry project for March 25, 2012. Christina Georgina Rossetti was an English poet who wrote a variety of romantic, devotional, and...
The Joyful Widower - Robert BURNS
The Joyful Widower - Robert BURNS
- Author: Robert BURNS
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of The Joyful Widower by Robert Burns. This was the Weekly Poetry project for June 23, 2019. ------ Most of this song is by Burns: his fancy was fierce with images of matrimonial joy or infelicity, and he...
A Scrawl - James Whitcomb Riley
A Scrawl - James Whitcomb Riley
- Author: James Whitcomb Riley
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
James Whitcomb Riley was an American writer, poet, and best selling author, born in the town of Greenfield, Indiana. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet" and "Children's Poet" for his dialect works and his children's poetry...
While Gazing on the Moon's Light - Thomas Moore
While Gazing on the Moon's Light - Thomas Moore
- Author: Thomas Moore
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of While Gazing on the Moon's Light by Thomas Moore. This was the weekly poetry project for May 10th, 2009....
A Mystery - John Greenleaf Whittier
A Mystery - John Greenleaf Whittier
- Author: John Greenleaf Whittier
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
John Greenleaf Whittier was an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. Frequently listed as one of the Fireside Poets, he was influenced by the Scottish poet Robert Burns. Whittier is remembered...
Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight - Vachel Lindsay
Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight - Vachel Lindsay
- Author: Vachel Lindsay
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 different recordings of Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight by Vachel Lindsay. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of February 18th, 2007....
An Ode to Bahá'u'lláh - NABÍL-I-A'ZAM
An Ode to Bahá'u'lláh - NABÍL-I-A'ZAM
- Author: NABÍL-I-A'ZAM
- Genre: Poetry / Elegies & Odes / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of An Ode to Bahá'u'lláh by Nabíl-i-A'zam (Mullá Muhammad Zarandí). This was the Weekly Poetry project for February 21st, 2010. Mullá Muhammad-i-Zarandí (29 July 1831 – 1892), more commonly known as...
Dr. Sam - Eugene Field
Dr. Sam - Eugene Field
- Author: Eugene Field
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Eugene Field, Sr. was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays.Field first started publishing poetry in 1879, when his poem "Christmas Treasures" appeared in A Little Book of Western Verse. Over a dozen volumes of...
Time and Death and Love - Madison Cawein
Time and Death and Love - Madison Cawein
- Author: Madison Cawein
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Madison Cawein was a poet from Louisville, Kentucky. His output was thirty-six books and 1,500 poems. His writing earned the nickname the "Keats of Kentucky". This Weekly poem was published in his book "Shapes and Shadows". (1898) (Summary from...
The Castle-Builder - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Castle-Builder - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of The Castle-Builder by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 3, 2019. ------ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul...
The Frost Spirit - John Greenleaf Whittier
The Frost Spirit - John Greenleaf Whittier
- Author: John Greenleaf Whittier
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of The Frost Spirit by John Greenleaf Whittier. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for October 28, 2012. John Greenleaf Whittier was an influential American Quaker poet. He is considered one of the...
A Match - Algernon Charles Swinburne
A Match - Algernon Charles Swinburne
- Author: Algernon Charles Swinburne
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of A Match by Algernon Charles Swinburne. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 19, 2019. ------ Algernon Charles Swinburne was an English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic. He wrote several...
Against Indifference - Charles WEBBE
Against Indifference - Charles WEBBE
- Author: Charles WEBBE
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 different recordings of Against Indifference by Charles Webbe. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of January 20th, 2008....
The Secret - William Cosmo MONKHOUSE
The Secret - William Cosmo MONKHOUSE
- Author: William Cosmo MONKHOUSE
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 different recordings of The Secret by Cosmo Monkhouse. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of November 4th, 2007....
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening - Robert Frost
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening - Robert Frost
- Author: Robert Frost
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for January 6, 2019. ------ The meanings of this poignant poem--which entered the Public Domain in January...
True Culture - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
True Culture - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of True Culture by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 16, 2012. Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet. Her best-known work was Poems of Passion. Her most...
The Old Year - John Clare
The Old Year - John Clare
- Author: John Clare
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
John Clare was an English poet, the son of a farm labourer, who came to be known for his celebratory representations of the English countryside and his lamentation of its disruption. His biographer Jonathan Bate states that Clare was "the greatest...
Life - Griffith ALEXANDER
Life - Griffith ALEXANDER
- Author: Griffith ALEXANDER
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
"What is life?" we ask. "Just one darned thing after another," the cynic replies. Yes, a multiplicity of forces and interests, and each of them, even the disagreeable, may be of real help to us. It's good for a dog, says a shrewd philosopher, to be...
Song of the Shingle-Splitters - Henry Kendall
Song of the Shingle-Splitters - Henry Kendall
- Author: Henry Kendall
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 7 recordings of Song of the Shingle-Splitters by Henry C. Kendall. This was the weekly poetry project for June 7th, 2009....
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud - William Wordsworth
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud - William Wordsworth
- Author: William Wordsworth
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
This was the weekly poetry project for 14 May 2006. Spring’s flowers come and go all too quickly, but Wordsworth’s classic poem reminds us that their blessings last....