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To Be a Pilgrim - John Bunyan
To Be a Pilgrim - John Bunyan
- Author: John Bunyan
- Genre: Single author / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
From John Bunyan's classic, The Pilgrim's Progress, we find the poem To Be a Pilgrim, an inspiring reminder of who we are in Christ. This was the weekly poem for March 8-15, 2015. - Summary by Esther ben Simonides...
Collected Poems 1901-1918 - Walter De la Mare
Collected Poems 1901-1918 - Walter De la Mare
- Author: Walter De la Mare
- Genre: Single author
Early poems written by Walter de la Mare. de la Mare is best remembered for his works for children. This collection includes: Poems: 1906 The Listeners: 1914 Motley: 1918 Songs of Childhood: 1901 (Summary by MaryAnn)...
A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass - Amy Lowell
A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass - Amy Lowell
- Author: Amy Lowell
- Genre: Single author
This is a collection of lyrical poems, sonnets and verses for children by Amy Lowell. "For quaint pictorial exactitude and bizarrerie of color these poems remind one of Flemish masters and Dutch tulip gardens; again, they are fine and fantastic,...
A Shropshire Lad - A. E. Housman
A Shropshire Lad - A. E. Housman
- Author: A. E. Housman
- Genre: Single author
A Shropshire Lad is a cycle of sixty-three poems by the English poet Alfred Edward Housman. A Shropshire Lad was first published in 1896 at Housman's own expense after several publishers had turned it down. At first the book sold slowly, but during...
Poems - Rainer Maria Rilke
Poems - Rainer Maria Rilke
- Author: Rainer Maria Rilke
- Genre: Single author
A concise collection of poems translated from the great German poet Rilke into formal English verse. Although the translation may be freer than some modern texts, this selection, which spans early and later writings and includes a preface...
Fables for the Frivolous - Guy Wetmore Carryl
Fables for the Frivolous - Guy Wetmore Carryl
- Author: Guy Wetmore Carryl
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Poetry / Single author
One of the earliest works by the American parodist, Guy Wetmore Carryl, these fables are adapted from Jean de La Fontaine’s original writings. The fables are written in verse, and are light-hearted re-tellings of fables from two centuries before,...
The Prophet (version 2) - Kahlil Gibran
The Prophet (version 2) - Kahlil Gibran
- Author: Kahlil Gibran
- Genre: Single author
The Prophet is an inspirational book of 28 lyrical prose essays on life, love, children, religion, work, and more, - written in English by the Lebanese artist, philosopher and writer Kahlil Gibran. It was originally published in 1923 by Alfred A....
A Lover's Diary - Gilbert Parker
A Lover's Diary - Gilbert Parker
- Author: Gilbert Parker
- Genre: Single author
A collection of 83 rather besotted love sonnets by Gilbert Parker, written early in his career, with an accompanying interesting and someone apologetic Introduction by the author himself. Sir Gilbert Parker, as he came to be known, went on to become...
Selections from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War - Herman Melville
Selections from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War - Herman Melville
- Author: Herman Melville
- Genre: Single author / War & Military
Published in 1866, Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War is a collection of poems about the Civil War by Herman Melville. Many of the poems are inspired by second- and third-hand accounts from print news sources (especially the Rebellion Record) and...
Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics - Bliss Carman
Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics - Bliss Carman
- Author: Bliss Carman
- Genre: Single author
In one hundred lyrical poems Carman strives to recreate the Lost Songs of Sappho, a task he fulfills both with imaginative freedom and great attention to the original fragments. Summary by inflected....
The Early Poems of Hart Crane - Hart Crane
The Early Poems of Hart Crane - Hart Crane
- Author: Hart Crane
- Genre: Single author
A collection of Hart Crane poems published before 1923.These poems originally appeared in a variety of magazines (The Pagan, The Double Dealer, Bruno’s Weekly, Bruno’s Bohemia, Gargoyle, The Little Review, The Modernist, The Double Dealer, Dial, The...
Robert Browning 200th Anniversary Collection - Robert Browning
Robert Browning 200th Anniversary Collection - Robert Browning
- Author: Robert Browning
- Genre: Poetry / Single author / Letters
For this collection, LibriVox volunteers made their own selections from Robert Browning's poetry and prose to celebrate the 200th anniversary of his birth on 7th May 1812....
The Flowers of Evil - Charles Baudelaire
The Flowers of Evil - Charles Baudelaire
- Author: Charles Baudelaire
- Genre: Single author
This is a collection of French poems by Charles Baudelaire, originally titled "Les Fleurs du mal." It was popular in the symbolist and modernist movements of the 19th century, and the poems are about decadence and eroticism. (Summary by Assaf Koss)...
Advice: A Book of Poems - Maxwell Bodenheim
Advice: A Book of Poems - Maxwell Bodenheim
- Author: Maxwell Bodenheim
- Genre: Single author
41 brief poems covering an assortment of subjects. - Summary by adr6090...
The Suppressed Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson - Alfred, Lord Tennyson
The Suppressed Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson - Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- Author: Alfred Lord Tennyson
- Genre: Single author
To those unacquainted with Tennyson's conscientious methods, it may seem strange that a volume of 160 pages is necessary to contain those poems written and published by him during his active literary career, and ultimately rejected as...
Some Verses - Theodore Wratislaw
Some Verses - Theodore Wratislaw
- Author: Theodore Wratislaw
- Genre: Single author / Lyric
Theodore Wratislaw was a fin de siècle poet and a less famous Decadent author than some of his contemporaries.This short collection of verse was first published in 1892....
Mountain Interval - Robert Frost
Mountain Interval - Robert Frost
- Author: Robert Frost
- Genre: Single author
Originally published in 1916 and revised in 1920, Mountain Interval is Robert Frost's third collection of solo poetry. In it, Frost reflects on human tragedies and fears, expresses his reaction to the complexities of life, and ultimately accepts his...
The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon - Siegfried SASSOON
The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon - Siegfried SASSOON
- Author: Siegfried SASSOON
- Genre: Single author / War & Military
Siegfried Sassoon was one of the first to write poetry about the brutal reality of war, based on his real-life experiences in the trenches. He served in World War I on the Western Front and was awarded the Military Cross for bravery under fire....
Selected Poems - Elizabeth SIDDAL
Selected Poems - Elizabeth SIDDAL
- Author: Elizabeth SIDDAL
- Genre: Single author / Lyric
Elizabeth Siddal was a British poet, artist and model. Her poems were not published in a single volume in her lifetime; this collection brings together fifteen of her verses on themes such as loss and relationships. Summary by Newgatenovelist...
The Calendar and Other Verses - Irving Sydney Dix
The Calendar and Other Verses - Irving Sydney Dix
- Author: Irving Sydney Dix
- Genre: Single author
Written by poet Irving Sydney Dix in 1913 for "evidence of my love for and interest in the greatest of all the arts," this little collection of poems includes "The Calendar," "Fairies of the Frost," and "The Sinking of the Titanic." (Summary by...
English Stornelli - Augusta WEBSTER
English Stornelli - Augusta WEBSTER
- Author: Augusta WEBSTER
- Genre: Single author / Lyric
In this sequence Augusta Webster experimented with eight-line verses grouped thematically by the seasons of the year. These poems also explore the cyclical stages of life from youth, courtship and parenthood through age and loss. Summary by...
The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses - Robert W. Service
The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses - Robert W. Service
- Author: Robert W. Service
- Genre: Single author
Known as the Bard of the Yukon and as a people's poet, Robert Service immortalized his experience with the Yukon and its gold rush and this collection of poetry. While some poems are anecdotal and amusing, others capture the raw brilliance that...
Enoch Arden - Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Enoch Arden - Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- Author: Alfred Lord Tennyson
- Genre: Single author
In the poem "Enoch Arden," Tennyson's epic narrative of the enduring power of love in the face of insurmountable odds, is found a classic example of the determination of the human spirit to triumph in circumstances that address the true meaning of...
The Garden of Dreams - Madison Cawein
The Garden of Dreams - Madison Cawein
- Author: Madison Cawein
- Genre: Single author
Madison Cawein from Kentucky, displays a wider range of his poetic dreams, from the bright to the dark. - Summary by Larry Wilson...
Poems of Marianne Moore - Marianne MOORE
Poems of Marianne Moore - Marianne MOORE
- Author: Marianne MOORE
- Genre: Single author
In 1921, American poet H.D. collected and published a selection of previously published poems by Marianne Moore. Although this angered Moore, as it was entirely unauthorized, she later accepted the edition as well made and used it as the basis for...
Child Whispers - Enid BLYTON
Child Whispers - Enid BLYTON
- Author: Enid BLYTON
- Genre: Single author
Enid Blyton's first published book; a short collection of poetry (28 poems and a short introduction.) - Summary by Peter Why...
A Calendar of Sonnets (Version 3) - Helen Hunt Jackson
A Calendar of Sonnets (Version 3) - Helen Hunt Jackson
- Author: Helen Hunt Jackson
- Genre: Single author / Sonnets
Helen Hunt Jackson wrote poetry, nonfiction and fiction and was a popular author in her own time. This sonnet sequence reviews the months of the year and demonstrates her poetic talent. - Summary by Newgatenovelist...
Last Poems - A. E. Housman
Last Poems - A. E. Housman
- Author: A. E. Housman
- Genre: Single author
"I publish these poems, few though they are, because it is not likely that I shall ever be impelled to write much more. I can no longer expect to be revisited by the continuous excitement under which in the early months of 1895 I wrote the greater...
The Farmer's Bride - Charlotte MEW
The Farmer's Bride - Charlotte MEW
- Author: Charlotte MEW
- Genre: Poetry / Single author
The Farmer's Bride is a collection of 28 poems by British modernist writer Charlotte Mew. The original edition was published in 1916; this edition, published in 1921, contains 11 more poems. Mew's poetry is varied in style and content, but manifests...
Canzoniere - Dante ALIGHIERI
Canzoniere - Dante ALIGHIERI
- Author: Dante ALIGHIERI
- Genre: Single author / Lyric
Le Rime (in English, The Rhymes) are the collection of lyric poems written by Dante Alighieri throughout his life. While the rest of Dante's works were prepared by himself for publication, these poems were written by him in letters, as parts of...
The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol 4 - Madison Cawein
The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol 4 - Madison Cawein
- Author: Madison Cawein
- Genre: Single author
This is Volume 4: Poems of Mystery and of Myth and Romance of the collected works of Madison Julius Cawein, an American poet from Kentucky. It falls into three sections: Poems of Mystery, Poems of Myth and Romance, and Song and Story. - Summary by...
Bars and Shadows: The Prison Poems of Ralph Chaplin - Ralph CHAPLIN
Bars and Shadows: The Prison Poems of Ralph Chaplin - Ralph CHAPLIN
- Author: Ralph CHAPLIN
- Genre: Single author / Ballads
Ralph Chaplin and many other prominent members of the Industrial Workers of the World were imprisoned under the Espionage Act of 1917 as the United States entered World War I. As with Socialist presidential candidate Eugene V. Debs, these activists...
Rainer Maria Rilke: Poems - Rainer Maria Rilke
Rainer Maria Rilke: Poems - Rainer Maria Rilke
- Author: Rainer Maria Rilke
- Genre: Single author
A selection of poems by this renowned German poet. - Summary by Peter Tucker...
Facts and Fancies - Orpheus EVERTS
Facts and Fancies - Orpheus EVERTS
- Author: Orpheus EVERTS
- Genre: Single author
A group of poems about life centered around a southbound train ride to Cincinnati. ( Lynda Marie Neilson)...
The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume Two - Jonathan Swift
The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume Two - Jonathan Swift
- Author: Jonathan Swift
- Genre: Single author
He lived simply, loved his walks and craved the company of fellow poetical wits as they craved his company in return. With his pal Dr. Sheridan, for one, Jonathan Swift delighted in the 18th century equivalent of a rap off – going back and forth in...
Collection of Hymns for the Nativity of Our Lord - John WESLEY
Collection of Hymns for the Nativity of Our Lord - John WESLEY
- Author: John WESLEY
- Genre: Single author / Christianity - Other
A collection of poems reflecting on Christmas and the New Year, written by the founder of the Methodist denomination....
The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems - Edwin MARKHAM
The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems - Edwin MARKHAM
- Author: Edwin MARKHAM
- Genre: Single author
Edwin Markham was an American poet whose poems often drew attention to the laborers of the world and frequently expressed elements of faith. The Man with the Hoe, perhaps his best known poem, was written after seeing a painting of the same name by...
Sonnets and Poems - John Masefield
Sonnets and Poems - John Masefield
- Author: John Masefield
- Genre: Single author
47 poems, most of them sonnets, most on the subjects of beauty and death, touching the mystery just beyond the known. - Summary by Josh Mitteldorf...
Poems - Caroline King DUER
Poems - Caroline King DUER
- Author: Caroline King DUER
- Genre: Single author
Alice Duer was a successful American author who wrote poetry, novels and screenplays and campaigned tirelessly for women's suffrage. Her sister Caroline was an editor at Vogue magazine. This beautiful collection published in 1896 and the first of...
Poems: Series Two - Emily Dickinson
Poems: Series Two - Emily Dickinson
- Author: Emily Dickinson
- Genre: Poetry / Single author
"The eagerness with which the first volume of Emily Dickinson's poems has been read shows very clearly that all our alleged modern artificiality does not prevent a prompt appreciation of the qualities of directness and simplicity in approaching the...
