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Liber Amoris - William Hazlitt
Liber Amoris - William Hazlitt
- Author: William Hazlitt
- Genre: Poetry / Romance
Liber Amoris is unlike anything Hazlitt wrote and probably like nothing you've come across before. On the face of it it tells the story of Hazlitt's infatuation with his landlords daughter. Hazlitt was middle aged and she young and pretty, a bit of...
The Fables of La Fontaine - Jean de La FONTAINE
The Fables of La Fontaine - Jean de La FONTAINE
- Author: Jean de La FONTAINE
- Genre: Poetry
Jean de la Fontaine's fables were very well-known all over Europe during his life, and are now slowly being rediscovered. This edition contains 240 fables or fairy tales and a biography of Jean de la Fontaine and Aesop, containing the most...
Pippa Passes - Robert Browning
Pippa Passes - Robert Browning
- Author: Robert Browning
- Genre: Plays / Poetry
Pippa Passes was a dramatic piece, as much play as poetry, by Robert Browning published in 1841 as the first volume of his Bells and Pomegranates series.The author described the work as the first of a series of dramatic pieces. His original idea was...
A Child's Garden of Verses (version 2) - Robert Louis Stevenson
A Child's Garden of Verses (version 2) - Robert Louis Stevenson
- Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Genre: Poetry
A Child's Garden of Verses is a collection of poems for children by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. The collection first appeared in 1885 under the title Penny Whistles, but has been reprinted many times, often in illustrated versions....
Captain Sword and Captain Pen: A Poem - Leigh HUNT
Captain Sword and Captain Pen: A Poem - Leigh HUNT
- Author: Leigh HUNT
- Genre: Poetry
This Poem is the result of a sense of duty, which has taken the Author from quieter studies during a great public crisis. He obeyed the impulse with joy, because it took the shape of verse; but with more pain, on some accounts, than he chooses to...
Foreign Lands - Robert Louis Stevenson
Foreign Lands - Robert Louis Stevenson
- Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 different recordings of Foreign Lands by Robert Louis Stevenson. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of April 22nd, 2007....
Short Poetry Collection 115 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 115 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry / Anthologies
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for December 2012....
Echo - Christina ROSSETTI
Echo - Christina ROSSETTI
- Author: Christina ROSSETTI
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of Echo by Christina Rossetti. This was the weekly poetry project for April 12th, 2009....
The Coming of the Princess, and Other Poems - Kate Seymour MacLean
The Coming of the Princess, and Other Poems - Kate Seymour MacLean
- Author: Kate Seymour MacLean
- Genre: Poetry
There is truth, doubtless, in the remark, that we are enriched less by what we have than by what we hope to have. As the poetic art in Canada has had little of an appreciable past, it may therefore be thought that the songs that are to catch and...
Snow-Flakes - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Snow-Flakes - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry) / Nature
LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 recordings of Snow-Flakes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 20th, 2009....
The Eclogues - Virgil
The Eclogues - Virgil
- Author: Virgil
- Genre: Poetry
This book of poems, written between 42 en 39 BC, was a bestseller in ancient Rome, and still holds a fascination today. Held to be divinely inspired not only by the Romans themselves, but by the Medieval Catholic church, The Eclogues is one of the...
Short Poetry Collection 124 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 124 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for September 2013....
Love Songs - Sara Teasdale
Love Songs - Sara Teasdale
- Author: Sara Teasdale
- Genre: Poetry
"Sara Teasdale sings about love better than any other contemporary American poet."—'The Boston Transcript', 1918. As the title already gives away, this is a volume of love poetry by Sara Teasdale, the first volume of poetry ever to be awarded the...
Sister Rosa: A Ballad - Percy Bysshe Shelley
Sister Rosa: A Ballad - Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 7 different recordings of Sister Rosa: A Ballad by Percy Bysshe Shelley....
The Roosevelt Bears Abroad - Seymour Eaton
The Roosevelt Bears Abroad - Seymour Eaton
- Author: Seymour Eaton
- Genre: Poetry
Follow the explorations of a comical pair of bears from the Wild West of America as they roam over Europe. All ages will laugh and enjoy the antics told in lively rhyme. (If you haven't yet made the acquaintance of these big, delightful bears, check...
Sonnet 023 - William Shakespeare
Sonnet 023 - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Poetry
Librivox volunteers bring you eight different readings of William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 23, a weekly poetry project. (Summary by Annie Coleman)...
Short Poetry Collection 133 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 133 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 27 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for June 2014....
The Dream - John Donne
The Dream - John Donne
- Author: John Donne
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of The Dream by John Donne. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for July 17, 2011. John Donne was an English poet, satirist, lawyer, and priest who is considered a prominent representative of the...
Sonnets of Shakespeare's Ghost - Thomas George TUCKER
Sonnets of Shakespeare's Ghost - Thomas George TUCKER
- Author: Thomas George TUCKER
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of sonnets in the Shakespearean style written by Thomas George Tucker as Gregory Thornton. As the author prefaces his volume: "The Spirit of William Shakespeare, sore vexed of them who say that in his Sonnets he writ not from...
Short Poetry Collection 143 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 143 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 29 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for April 2015....
Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson - Emily Dickinson
Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson - Emily Dickinson
- Author: Emily Dickinson
- Genre: Poetry
Emily Dickinson has come to be regarded as one of the quintessential poets of 19th century America. A very private poet with a very quiet and reclusive life, her poetry was published posthumously and immediately found a wide audience. While she...
A Song For New Year's Eve - William Cullen Bryant
A Song For New Year's Eve - William Cullen Bryant
- Author: William Cullen Bryant
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of A Song For New Year's Eve by William Cullen Bryant. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 30, 2012. William Cullen Bran was an American Romantic poet. He wrote this poem in 1859. We are...
The Flight - Lloyd MIFFLIN
The Flight - Lloyd MIFFLIN
- Author: Lloyd MIFFLIN
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of The Flight by Lloyd Mifflin. This was the Weekly Poetry project for June 19, 2011. Lloyd Mifflin first received art instruction from his father and then at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, as well...
Katydid's Poems - Kate Slaughter MCKINNEY
Katydid's Poems - Kate Slaughter MCKINNEY
- Author: Kate Slaughter MCKINNEY
- Genre: Poetry
This is a volume of poems by Kate Slaughter McKinney, poet laureate of the State of Alabama of 1931, who often went by the pen-name Katydid. The poems are cute and amusing, children will enjoy them. - Summary by Carolin...
A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea - Allan CUNNINGHAM
A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea - Allan CUNNINGHAM
- Author: Allan CUNNINGHAM
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea by Allan Cunningham. This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 4, 2012. Allan Cunningham was a Scottish poet and author. Cunningham was apprenticed to a stonemason, but...
Short Poetry Collection 175 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 175 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 34 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for December 2017....
Short Poetry Collection 009 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 009 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
Librivox’s Short Poetry Collection 009: a collection of 20 public-domain poems....
Easter Hymns - Various
Easter Hymns - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
Lockwood, Brooks & Co. Have nearly ready the volume of “Easter Hymns” selected by Miss J.E.C. Chapman, an accomplished lady of Boston, and introduced by a note from her uncle, Rev. Dr. J.I.T. Coolidge. The hymns are excellently chosen, and the...
Folk Ballad Collection 001 - Various
Folk Ballad Collection 001 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry / *Non-fiction / Music
Librivox’s first collection of sung and spoken folk ballads (13 in collection)....
The Masque of Anarchy - Percy Bysshe Shelley
The Masque of Anarchy - Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Genre: Poetry / *Non-fiction / Political Science
The Masque of Anarchy was Shelley's response to the Peterloo massacre at St Peter's Fields, Manchester, where 18 died and hundreds were injured, after Hussars charged into a rally for parliamentary reform. Written in Italy in 1819, the poem was not...
Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 08 - William Shakespeare
Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 08 - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: General Fiction / Plays / Poetry
LibriVox readers present the eighth collection of monologues from Shakespeare’s plays. Containing 20 parts. William Shakespeare (April 26, 1564 – April 23, 1616) remains widely to be considered the single greatest playwright of all time. He wrote in...
In The Long Run - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
In The Long Run - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of In The Long Run by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 11th, 2010....
Short Poetry Collection 110 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 110 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for July 2012....
Longings for Home - Walt Whitman
Longings for Home - Walt Whitman
- Author: Walt Whitman
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Longings for Home by Walt Whitman. This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 26, 2012. Born on Long Island, Whitman worked as a journalist, a teacher, a government clerk, and – in addition to...
The Little Star - Unknown
The Little Star - Unknown
- Author: Unknown
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 recordings of The Little Star, author unknown, which parodies the previous week's children's favourite The Star . This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 31st, 2013....
Idyllica - Robert Herrick
Idyllica - Robert Herrick
- Author: Robert Herrick
- Genre: Poetry
This is a volume of poetry by Robert Herrick. The volume "Idyllica" was arranged by Francis Turner Palgrave. The 17th century English poet is continuing to inspire readers of his poetry. - Summary by Carolin...
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Collected Translations - Omar Khayyám
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Collected Translations - Omar Khayyám
- Author: Omar Khayyám
- Genre: Poetry
The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Persian: رباعیات عمر خیام) is the title that Edward FitzGerald gave to his translation of a selection of poems, originally written in Persian and of which there are about a thousand, attributed to Omar Khayyám...
Short Poetry Collection 174 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 174 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 45 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for November 2017....
Song (Seward version) - Anna SEWARD
Song (Seward version) - Anna SEWARD
- Author: Anna SEWARD
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 26 recordings of Song by Anna Seward. This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 1, 2012. Anna Seward was an English Romantic poet, often called the Swan of Lichfield. Her verses include elegies and sonnets, and she...
Selected Poems - Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Selected Poems - Dante Gabriel Rossetti
- Author: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
- Genre: Poetry / Anthologies
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) and his sister Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894) played important roles in the artistic milieu of Victorian England. Members of a highly cultured Italian immigrant family, they achieved widespread fame and...