Poetry - a genre of audiobooks on the website knigi-audio.com/en/. Page - 24
Eugene Onéguine - Alexander Pushkin
Eugene Onéguine - Alexander Pushkin
- Author: Alexander Pushkin
- Genre: General Fiction / Poetry / Romance
Eugene Oneguine is a classic of Russian literature, and its eponymous protagonist has served as the model for a number of Russian literary heroes (so-called superfluous men). It was published in serial form between 1825 and 1832. The first complete...
The Ballad of Reading Gaol, (version 2) - Oscar Wilde
The Ballad of Reading Gaol, (version 2) - Oscar Wilde
- Author: Oscar Wilde
- Genre: Poetry
In 1895, Oscar Wilde was sentenced to 2 years of hard labor for acts of ‘gross indecency’. During his time at Reading Gaol, he witnessed a rare hanging, and in the three years between his release and his untimely death in 1900, was inspired to write...
Nightingales - Robert Bridges
Nightingales - Robert Bridges
- Author: Robert Bridges
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 7 different recordings of Nightingales by Robert Bridges, published in "The Oxford Book of English Verse" in 1919. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of September 14, 2008....
Music, when soft voices die - Percy Bysshe Shelley
Music, when soft voices die - Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 different recordings of Music, when soft voices die by Percy Bysshe Shelley. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of January 27th, 2008....
Short Poetry Collection 103 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 103 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for December 2011....
The Lady of the Lake - Sir Walter Scott
The Lady of the Lake - Sir Walter Scott
- Author: Sir Walter Scott
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Poetry
The scene of the following Poem is laid chiefly in the vicinity of Loch Katrine, in the Western Highlands of Perthshire. The time of Action includes Six Days, and the transactions of each Day occupy a Canto. (Summary by William J. Rolfe, ed.)...
The Odes and Carmen Saeculare - Quintus HORATIUS FLACCUS
The Odes and Carmen Saeculare - Quintus HORATIUS FLACCUS
- Author: Quintus HORATIUS FLACCUS
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Poetry
Flawlessly hammered out, as if from eternal bronze—"aere perennius"—The Odes of Horace are the consummate expression of the pride, the reserve, the tragic playfulness, the epicurean calm, the absolute distinction of the Imperial Roman spirit. A few...
Harold the Dauntless - Sir Walter Scott
Harold the Dauntless - Sir Walter Scott
- Author: Sir Walter Scott
- Genre: Poetry
Harold the Dauntless is a rhymed, romantic, narrative-poem by Sir Walter Scott. Written in 1817, it weaves together elements of popular English legends and folklore using dramatic themes. The poem recounts the exploits and the personal spiritual...
The Story of Rimini - Leigh HUNT
The Story of Rimini - Leigh HUNT
- Author: Leigh HUNT
- Genre: Poetry
A long poem telling the tragic story of Francesca da Rimini, the duped and adulterous bride, inspired by the character in Dante's Inferno. Published in 1816 and dedicated to Lord Byron, it is considered the pinnacle of Hunt's poetic achievements....
Poems of American History, Volume 4, The Civil War - Various
Poems of American History, Volume 4, The Civil War - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry / Modern (19th C)
This volume is a fascinating reflection on the Civil War years from a perspective in 1908, when many Civil War veterans were still alive, when the wounds to North and South were still fresh, and when no event more cataclysmic had struck the Republic...
Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 04 - William Shakespeare
Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 04 - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Plays / Poetry
LibriVox readers present the fourth 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...
The Meeting of the Waters - Thomas Moore
The Meeting of the Waters - Thomas Moore
- Author: Thomas Moore
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of The Meeting of the Waters by Thomas Moore. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for November 25, 2102....
Lines Written From Home - Anne Brontë
Lines Written From Home - Anne Brontë
- Author: Anne Brontë
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Lines Written From Home by Anne Brontë. This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 3rd, 2010....
The Wind - Robert Louis Stevenson
The Wind - Robert Louis Stevenson
- Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 different recordings of The Wind by Robert Louis Stevenson. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of March 2nd, 2008....
Hidden Gems - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Hidden Gems - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Genre: Poetry
LibriVox volunteers offer you 17 different recordings of Hidden Gems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of May 9nd, 2010....
Faults - Sara Teasdale
Faults - Sara Teasdale
- Author: Sara Teasdale
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 22 recordings of Faults by Sara Teasdale. This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 7th, 2010....
The Great Panjandrum Himself - Samuel FOOTE
The Great Panjandrum Himself - Samuel FOOTE
- Author: Samuel FOOTE
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of The Great Panjandrum Himself by Samuel Foote. This was the weekly poetry project for May 31st, 2009....
Love Songs - George Graham CURRIE
Love Songs - George Graham CURRIE
- Author: George Graham CURRIE
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of love songs by Canadian-born Floridian Poet Laureate George Graham Currie. As poetry is the key to the hearts of many people, all listeners are well-advised to pay special attention to these collected poems. - Summary by...
Dover Beach - Matthew Arnold
Dover Beach - Matthew Arnold
- Author: Matthew Arnold
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 different recordings of Dover Beach, by Matthew Arnold. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of April 8th, 2007....
Don Juan, Canto 5 - George Gordon, Lord Byron
Don Juan, Canto 5 - George Gordon, Lord Byron
- Author: George Gordon Lord Byron
- Genre: Poetry
Juan, captured by Turkish pirates and sold into slavery is bought by a beautiful Princess as her toy-boy. Dressed as an odalisque, he is smuggled into the Sultan's harem for a steamy assignation. Unbelievably, Byron's publisher almost baulked at...
Short Poetry Collection 055 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 055 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 055: a collection of 20 public-domain poems....
In the Old Church Tower - Thomas Bailey Aldrich
In the Old Church Tower - Thomas Bailey Aldrich
- Author: Thomas Bailey Aldrich
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of In the Old Church Tower by Thomas Bailey Aldrich. This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 14, 2012. "Very lovely poem." - Caprisha Page "This seems like a nice nostalgic poem of a small town...
Sonnets - George Graham CURRIE
Sonnets - George Graham CURRIE
- Author: George Graham CURRIE
- Genre: Poetry
This is a book of sonnets by George G. Currie. Currie was a Canadian-born lawyer and business man, but also an accomplished author and poet. While he traveled the United States and Europe extensively throughout his life, he settled in Florida. Both...
The Bells and Other Poems - Edgar Allan Poe
The Bells and Other Poems - Edgar Allan Poe
- Author: Edgar Allan Poe
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of the most famous poems by Edgar Allan Poe. It includes all of his most famous poems, such as the Bells and Annabel Lee, but also some minor and less well-known poems. Readers may wish to refer to the online text for 28...
Gitanjali - Rabindranath Tagore
Gitanjali - Rabindranath Tagore
- Author: Rabindranath Tagore
- Genre: Poetry
Gitanjali is a collection of 103 poems in English, largely translations by the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore. This volume became very famous in the West, and was widely translated into other languages. In England a slender volume was published in...
Wine, Water and Song - G. K. Chesterton
Wine, Water and Song - G. K. Chesterton
- Author: G. K. Chesterton
- Genre: Poetry
A collection of 16 poems by G.K. Chesterton. All of the poems in this book, except for "The Strange Ascetic" are taken from "The Flying Inn", a book by the same author. (Summary by Maria Therese)...
The Phantom-Wooer - Thomas Lovell BEDDOES
The Phantom-Wooer - Thomas Lovell BEDDOES
- Author: Thomas Lovell BEDDOES
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 different recordings of The Phantom-Wooer by Thomas Lovell Beddoes. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of January 28th, 2007....
The Lie (version 2) - Sir Walter RALEIGH
The Lie (version 2) - Sir Walter RALEIGH
- Author: Sir Walter RALEIGH
- Genre: Poetry / Satire / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of "The Lie" by Sir Walter Raleigh. This was the fortnightly poem for the period beginning September 16, 2012. The Lie is a political and social criticism poem probably written by Sir Walter Raleigh....
The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems - William Morris
The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems - William Morris
- Author: William Morris
- Genre: Poetry
This is a volume of early narrative poems by William Morris, first published in 1858. While at the time of writing the most important stages of William Morris' career are still ahead of him, his ideas are already reflected in many of the poems. Many...
The Testimony of the Suns, and other Poems - George Sterling
The Testimony of the Suns, and other Poems - George Sterling
- Author: George Sterling
- Genre: Poetry
This is the first published volume of poetry by Californian author and poet George Sterling. These poems are the beginning of Sterling's great career as a poet, and include a number of poems in the style for which he would become famous. That style...
His Books - Robert Southey
His Books - Robert Southey
- Author: Robert Southey
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers offer you 8 different recordings of His Books by Robert Southey. This was the fortnightly poetry project for April 11th, 2010....
Men I'm Not Married To - Dorothy PARKER
Men I'm Not Married To - Dorothy PARKER
- Author: Dorothy PARKER
- Genre: Poetry
A saucy little poem commenting upon all men that Ms. Parker didn't marry, perhaps implying (it's a bit ambiguous) that upon marrying, the husband becomes far more special than all the other men in the world. It's sort of the same theme embodied in...
The Fasti - Publius
The Fasti - Publius
- Author: Publius
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Poetry
The Fasti is a Latin poem in six books, written by Ovid and believed to have been published in 8 AD. The Fasti is organized according to the Roman calendar and explains the origins of Roman holidays and associated customs, often through the mouths...
The New Colossus - Emma Lazarus
The New Colossus - Emma Lazarus
- Author: Emma Lazarus
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 26 recordings of The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for June 24, 2012. Lazarus wrote her own important poems and edited many adaptations of German poems, notably those of Johann...
January - Helen Hunt Jackson
January - Helen Hunt Jackson
- Author: Helen Hunt Jackson
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of January by Helen Hunt Jackson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 13, 2013. Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, born Helen Fiske was an Amewrican writer and activist for the improvement of treatment of...
Short Poetry Collection 076 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 076 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is an open collection of poems for the month of February 2009....
Evening - Archibald Lampman
Evening - Archibald Lampman
- Author: Archibald Lampman
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 different recordings of Evening by Archibald Lampman. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of August 3rd, 2008....
Impertinent Poems - Edmund Vance COOKE
Impertinent Poems - Edmund Vance COOKE
- Author: Edmund Vance COOKE
- Genre: Poetry
A Pre-Impertinence: Anticipating the intelligent critic of "Impertinent Poems," it may well be remarked that the chief impertinence is in calling them poems. Be that as it may, the editors and publishers of "The Saturday Evening Post," "Success" and...
Songs of the Sea and Lays of the Land - Charles Godfrey Leland
Songs of the Sea and Lays of the Land - Charles Godfrey Leland
- Author: Charles Godfrey Leland
- Genre: Poetry
This is a volume of poetry by Charles Godfrey Leland. The first half of this volume is taken up by the Songs of the Sea, with rather romantic songs about seafaring, mermaids, and adventures, and the second half of the volume contains the Lays of the...
Incontrovertible Facts - Anonymous
Incontrovertible Facts - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 5 different recordings of Incontrovertible Facts by Anonymous. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of March 23rd, 2008. This poem is a lipogram - so constructed as to exclude all vowels except 'o'....
