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The Princess - Alfred, Lord Tennyson
The Princess - Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- Author: Alfred Lord Tennyson
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Poetry / Romance
The Princess is a serio-comic blank verse narrative poem, written by Alfred Tennyson, published in 1847. The poem tells the story of an heroic princess who forswears the world of men and founds a women's university where men are forbidden to enter....
Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 02 - William Shakespeare
Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 02 - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Poetry
LibriVox readers present the second collection of monologues from Shakespeare’s plays. Containing 15 parts. William Shakespeare (April 26, 1564 – April 23, 1616) remains widely to be considered the single greatest playwright of all time. He wrote in...
The World’s Story Volume IV: Greece and Rome - Eva March Tappan
The World’s Story Volume IV: Greece and Rome - Eva March Tappan
- Author: Eva March Tappan
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Poetry / War & Military Fiction
This is the fourth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a...
Australian Miscellany - Various
Australian Miscellany - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry / *Non-fiction / History
A collection in celebration of 2012 Year of Reading Australia. Readers chose fiction, non fiction and poetry - we only asked that the readings should have some sort of Australian hook. So they can be by an Australian author, or about Australia, or...
Tales of a Wayside Inn - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tales of a Wayside Inn - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Genre: Poetry
Mostly a collection of story-telling poems told by a group of friends in a tavern late one night. "Tales" includes the famous Paul Revere's ride, together with poems of many tales, countries and styles. (Summary by Peter Yearsley)...
Autumn Fires - Robert Louis Stevenson
Autumn Fires - Robert Louis Stevenson
- Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 readings of Autumn Fires, from Robert Louis Stevenson's classic A Child's Garden of Verses. This was the weekly poetry project for October 18-24, 2015....
The Pulley - George Herbert
The Pulley - George Herbert
- Author: George Herbert
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 different recordings of The Pulley by George Herbert. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of June 15th, 2008....
Emily Dickinson on Death - Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson on Death - Emily Dickinson
- Author: Emily Dickinson
- Genre: Poetry / Single author / Letters
Emily Dickinson is one of the most intriguing of American poets. Since she grew increasingly reclusive, very few of her poems were published until after her death. This collection includes two letters Dickinson wrote to her friends on the occasion...
To My Cat - Rosamund Marriott WATSON
To My Cat - Rosamund Marriott WATSON
- Author: Rosamund Marriott WATSON
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 different recordings of To My Cat by Rosamund Marriott Wilson. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of August 19th, 2007...
Selected Poems of Oscar Wilde - Oscar Wilde
Selected Poems of Oscar Wilde - Oscar Wilde
- Author: Oscar Wilde
- Genre: Poetry
This is a selection of the early poetry of Oscar Wilde, selected by Robert Ross. As he puts it, "It is thought that a selection from Oscar Wilde’s early verses may be of interest to a large public at present familiar only with the always popular...
Everlasting Flowers - D. H. Lawrence
Everlasting Flowers - D. H. Lawrence
- Author: D. H. Lawrence
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 different recordings of Everlasting Flowers by D. H. Lawrence....
Some Poems of Shakespeare - William Shakespeare
Some Poems of Shakespeare - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Poetry
A selection of Shakespeare's poems from The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. (Summary by Clarica)...
October and Other Poems - Robert Bridges
October and Other Poems - Robert Bridges
- Author: Robert Bridges
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of poetry by Robert Bridges. This collection also contains some poems written right after World War I, reflecting the state of international politics very impressively. "This miscellaneous volume is composed of three sections....
Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 4 - Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 4 - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: Poetry / Short Stories / Short non-fiction
2012 was the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the fourth volume; the first volume of short works - fiction, essays, poetry and speeches, previously unrecorded for LibriVox, was catalogued by Dickens' birthday on February 7th 2012....
To Autumn - John Keats
To Autumn - John Keats
- Author: John Keats
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of To Autumn by John Keats. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for November 21st, 2010. To Autumn" is the final work in a group of poems known as Keats's "1819 odes". He composed "To Autumn" after a...
Danse Russe - William Carlos Williams
Danse Russe - William Carlos Williams
- Author: William Carlos Williams
- Genre: Poetry
Williams spent his life as a doctor practicing pediatric medicine in northern New Jersey, a few miles west of New York City. During the work day, between seeing patients, he often dashed off poems on the backs of blank prescription pads that he kept...
The Cheery Way, a Bit of Verse for Every Day - April - John Kendrick Bangs
The Cheery Way, a Bit of Verse for Every Day - April - John Kendrick Bangs
- Author: John Kendrick Bangs
- Genre: Poetry
There should be a bit of poetry in every day, and John Kendrick Bangs wrote a fitting poem for each day in the year. In 1920, a book was published with one of Bangs' poems for each day. This project covers the month of April. - Summary...
Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks - Jean de La FONTAINE
Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks - Jean de La FONTAINE
- Author: Jean de La FONTAINE
- Genre: Animals & Nature / Poetry
Several of La Fontaine's fables, translated into English by W. T. Larned. (Summary by bge1234)...
Bible (WEB) 19: Psalms - Selections - World English Bible
Bible (WEB) 19: Psalms - Selections - World English Bible
- Author: World English Bible
- Genre: Poetry / Bibles
To celebrate Easter, LibriVox volunteers bring you nine different recordings of various psalms from the World English Bible. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of April 9th, 2006. (Summary by Annie Coleman)This collection includes:...
Summer Magic - Leslie Pinckney HILL
Summer Magic - Leslie Pinckney HILL
- Author: Leslie Pinckney HILL
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 different recordings of Summer Magic by Leslie Pinckney Hill. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of July 22nd, 2007....
The Hillside Thaw - Robert Frost
The Hillside Thaw - Robert Frost
- Author: Robert Frost
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of The Hillside Thaw by Robert Frost. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 5th, 2013....
The Journey of Life - William Cullen Bryant
The Journey of Life - William Cullen Bryant
- Author: William Cullen Bryant
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of The Journey of Life by William Cullen Bryant. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 23, 2012. William Cullen Bryant was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New...
A Birthday - Christina ROSSETTI
A Birthday - Christina ROSSETTI
- Author: Christina ROSSETTI
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of A Birthday by Christina Rossetti. This was the Weekly Poetry project for June 13th, 2010....
Long Poems Collection 007 - Various
Long Poems Collection 007 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry / Anthologies
LibriVox’s Long Poems Collection 007: a collection of 15 public domain poems greater than 10 minutes in length.Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Jc Guan & TriciaG...
Nocturne of Remembered Spring, and Other Poems - Conrad Aiken
Nocturne of Remembered Spring, and Other Poems - Conrad Aiken
- Author: Conrad Aiken
- Genre: Poetry
Written at the height of the Great War, the poems of this volume are suffused with a sense of melancholy and tragedy. Some of the poems (such as "1915: The Trenches") speak directly of war-time scenes and images, but even those which don't do so are...
Short Poetry Collection 104 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 104 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for January 2012....
Short Poetry Collection 022 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 022 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
Librivox’s Short Poetry Collection 022: a collection of 20 public-domain poems....
Forgiveness (Russell) - George William RUSSELL
Forgiveness (Russell) - George William RUSSELL
- Author: George William RUSSELL
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of Forgiveness by George William Russell. This was the weekly poetry project for June 7th, 2009....
Eighteenth Century Poetry and Prose - Various
Eighteenth Century Poetry and Prose - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry / Anthologies
A collection of prose and poetry written principally in the 18th Century. These works of world literature are written in the English language or are in English translation. (Summary by Alan Davis Drake) NOTE: Poem 35, “Hills of Home,” was written...
Dying Speech of an Old Philosopher - Walter Savage Landor
Dying Speech of an Old Philosopher - Walter Savage Landor
- Author: Walter Savage Landor
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of Dying Speech of an Old Philosopher by Walter Savage Landor. This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 1, 2011. Walter Savage Landor was an English writer and poet. His best known works were the...
Grandma Janice's Poems and Stories - Various
Grandma Janice's Poems and Stories - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Children's Fiction / General Fiction / Poetry
The poems and stories in this collection were selected with the reader’s grandchildren in mind. “The Raggedy Man” and “Little Orphant Annie,” both by James Whitcomb Riley, the Hoosier Poet were favorites of the reader when she was a child on a farm...
Rose Brake - Danske DANDRIDGE
Rose Brake - Danske DANDRIDGE
- Author: Danske DANDRIDGE
- Genre: Poetry
Danske Dandridge was a Danish-born American poet, who is considered one of the major poets from West Virginia. In this volume, 36 of her poems are collected. The poems often read a lot like small fairy tales, and speak of nature, spirits, and...
The Tiger - William Blake
The Tiger - William Blake
- Author: William Blake
- Genre: Poetry / *Non-fiction / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you twelve different recordings of The Tiger, by William Blake. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of December 3rd, 2006....
A Century of Roundels - Algernon Charles Swinburne
A Century of Roundels - Algernon Charles Swinburne
- Author: Algernon Charles Swinburne
- Genre: Poetry
A roundel (not to be confused with the rondel) is a form of verse used in English language poetry devised by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909). It is a variation of the French rondeau form. It makes use of refrains, repeated according to a...
Philosophies - Ronald ROSS
Philosophies - Ronald ROSS
- Author: Ronald ROSS
- Genre: Poetry
This is a volume of poetry by Ronald Ross. It was composed in India during Ross' intensive research of malaria. Ross was first to discover how mosquitoes transmit malaria and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for this work in 1902. While this...
The Horse Shoe - Edward G. FLIGHT
The Horse Shoe - Edward G. FLIGHT
- Author: Edward G. FLIGHT
- Genre: Poetry
An hilarious telling in verse of the tale of St. Dunstan and the Devil, in which the Saint, angered by the Devil's mocking of his music-making, responds by shoeing Old Clootie forcibly which, despite the fact he has a hoof, causes him extreme pain....
Goblin Market and Other Poems - Christina ROSSETTI
Goblin Market and Other Poems - Christina ROSSETTI
- Author: Christina ROSSETTI
- Genre: Poetry / Single author
Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862) is British writer Christina Rossetti's first book of poetry. The title poem is her most famous work: a creepy and sensual tale of two sisters' temptation to eat forbidden fruits. The poems explore themes of...
We Have Been Friends Together - Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton
We Have Been Friends Together - Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton
- Author: Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of We Have Been Friends Together by Caroline Norton. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for November 1st, 2009....
Verses - Susan Coolidge
Verses - Susan Coolidge
- Author: Susan Coolidge
- Genre: Poetry
Susan Coolidge was the pen name of Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, who is best known for her What Katy Did series. This is the first of three volumes of her verse. (Summary by Rachel)...
Milton: a Poem - William Blake
Milton: a Poem - William Blake
- Author: William Blake
- Genre: Poetry
Milton: a Poem is an epic poem by William Blake, written and illustrated between 1804 and 1810. Its hero is John Milton, who returns from heaven and unites with Blake to explore the relationship between living writers and their predecessors. While...
