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By: Charles Rogers (1825-1890) | |
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Modern Scottish Minstrel
Subtitled "Songs of Scotland of the Past Half-Century, with Memoirs of the Poets, and Sketches and Specimens in English Verse of the Most Celebrated Modern Gaelic Bards." | |
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century | |
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century | |
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century | |
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century | |
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century | |
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century |
By: Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) | |
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The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga With Introductions And Notes
MANUAL OF SURGERY, OXFORD MEDICAL PUBLICATIONSBY ALEXIS THOMSON, F.R.C.S.Ed.PREFACE TO SIXTH EDITION Much has happened since this Manual was last revised, and many surgical lessons have been learned in the hard school of war. Some may yet have to be unlearned, and others have but little bearing on the problems presented to the civilian surgeon. Save in its broadest principles, the surgery of warfare is a thing apart from the general surgery of civil life, and the exhaustive literature now available on every aspect of it makes it unnecessary that it should receive detailed consideration in a manual for students... |
By: Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) | |
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Suffrage Songs and Verses
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, one of the most prominent American suffragists, was not only known as an accomplished author of fiction and non-fiction, but also her poetry remains worth reading until today. - Summary by Carolin |
By: Chauncey Brewster Tinker (1876-1963) | |
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The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography |
By: Chretien de Troyes | |
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Erec and Enide
A medieval romance in which Erec goes through many trials until he is sure of Enide’s loyalty and true love |
By: Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894) | |
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Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems |
By: Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) | |
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Long Ago
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Long Ago by Christina G. Rossetti. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 9, 2012.Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English poet who wrote a variety of romantic, devotional, and children's poems. She is perhaps best known for her long poem Goblin Market, her love poem Remember, and for the words of the Christmas carol In the Bleak Midwinter. |
By: Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) | |
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Hero and Leander
“Who ever lov’d, that lov’d not at first sight?” The wonder-decade of the English drama was suddenly interrupted in 1592, when serious plague broke out in London, forcing the closure of the theatres. Leading playwrights took to penning languorously erotic poetry to make ends meet: so we have Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece - and Marlowe’s blazing masterpiece, Hero and Leander. Marlowe’s poem became more notorious than either of Shakespeare’s, due not only to its homophile provocations but also to the scandal attaching to every aspect of Marlowe’s brief life, violently ended in a mysterious brawl, leaving the poem in an unfinished state... | |
The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) |
By: Christopher Morley (1890-1957) | |
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Mince Pie
Mince Pie is a compilation of humorous sketches, poetry, and essays written by Christopher Morley. Morley sets the tone in the preface: "If one asks what excuse there can be for prolonging the existence of these trifles, my answer is that there is no excuse. But a copy on the bedside shelf may possibly pave the way to easy slumber. Only a mind "debauched by learning" (in Doctor Johnson's phrase) will scrutinize them too anxiously." | |
Songs for a Little House |
By: Clara M. Beede | |
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Clear Crystals
Book of 31 short poems dedicated to Soldierboys. |
By: Clinton Scollard (1860-1932) | |
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Sprays of Shamrock |
By: Conrad Aiken (1889-1973) | |
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American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany | |
House of Dust: A Symphony
The House of Dust is a poem written in the four-movement format of a classical symphony. Hauntingly beautiful despite its bleak post-World War I depictions of human mortality and loss, the poem develops its movements around central images such as Japanese ukiyo-e ("floating world") woodblock prints, touching the reader's senses with endlessly evocative allusions to wind, sea, and weather. In this underlying Japanese sensibility and dependence on central perceptual images, Aiken's poem is similar to poetry of Imagists of the time such as Amy Lowell. Also deeply influenced by the concepts of modern psychology, Aiken delved deeply into individual human identity and emotion. |
By: Cordenio A. Severance (1863?-1925) | |
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Indian Legends of Minnesota |
By: Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (1823-1896) | |
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Angel in the House | |
Victories of Love | |
The Children's Garland from the Best Poets |
By: D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930) | |
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Ballad of Another Ophelia
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of the haunting Ballad of Another Ophelia by D. H. Lawrence. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for March 24, 2013. | |
Look! We Have Come Through! | |
New Poems | |
Bay A Book of Poems | |
Love Poems and Others
This is a collection of poems by DH Lawrence. Most of the poems concern love and neighboring emotions, but some poems also concern other themes. - Summary by Carolin |
By: Daniel Bussier Shumway (1868-) | |
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The Nibelungenlied |
By: Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) | |
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The Divine Comedy
The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, the last great work of literature of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance. A culmination of the medieval world-view of the afterlife, it establishes the Tuscan dialect in which it is written as the Italian standard, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature... |
By: Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) | |
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The House of Life |
By: David Lester Richardson (1801-1865) | |
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Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden |
By: David Morton (1886-1957) | |
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Ships in Harbour |
By: David Rorie (1867-1946) | |
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The Auld Doctor and other Poems and Songs in Scots |
By: Don Marquis (1878-1937) | |
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Dreams and Dust |
By: Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) | |
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Men I'm Not Married To
A saucy little poem commenting upon all men that Ms. Parker didn't marry, perhaps implying 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 Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince, who was saddened to discover that his rose was like any other rose, except when he further realized that his rose depended upon him alone for her care, and was the only rose that belonged to him. ~ Summary by Michele Fry |
By: DuBose Heyward (1885-1940) | |
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Carolina Chansons: Legends of the Low Country
This is a collection of poems about Charleston and the South Carolina Lowcountry. DuBose Heyward was a Charleston native best known for his novel Porgy, which was the basis for the Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess. Hervey Allen, who later wrote Anthony Adverse, met Heyward after moving to Charleston to teach. Together they founded the Poetry Society of South Carolina, which is still active today. |
By: Duncan Campbell Scott (1862-1947) | |
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Lundy's Lane and Other Poems | |
End Of The Day
volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The End Of The Day by Duncan Campbell Scott. This was the Weekly Poetry project for February 23, 2020. ------ Duncan Campbell Scott CMG FRSC was a Canadian bureaucrat, poet and prose writer. With Charles G.D. Roberts, Bliss Carman, and Archibald Lampman, he is classed as one of Canada's Confederation Poets. - Summary by Wikipedia |
By: E. Phillips | |
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Sweets for Leisure Hours Amusing Tales for Little Readers |
By: Ebenezer Cooke (1667?-1732?) | |
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The Sot-weed Factor: or, A Voyage to Maryland. A Satyr.In which is Describ'd The Laws, Government, Courts and Constitutions of the Country |
By: Edgar A. Guest (1881-1959) | |
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All That Matters
A collection of poems about life. Written in an easy and interesting style this book includes poems about many parts of family life, motherhood, babies, dads, and youth. None of them long, they focus the listener on the blessings of life. | |
A Heap O' Livin' | |
Just Folks | |
Over Here |
By: Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) | |
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The Raven
When a modern film script draws inspiration from a poem written more than a century ago, readers can judge its impact on our collective imagination. Such is the resonance of the poem "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe. First published in 1845, "The Raven" is a masterpiece of atmosphere, rhythmic quality and use of language. Constructed in narrative form, it tells the story of a young man who is mourning the loss of his beloved. One December night as he wearily sits up browsing through a classical volume, a mysterious tapping against his window disturbs him... | |
Collection of Edgar Allan Poe | |
Raven and Other Poems
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping — rapping at my chamber door. "Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door — Only this and nothing more."". Those sonorous and somber words of Edgar Allan Poe that begin The Raven are part of most everyone's fond educational memories. Beautiful and haunting to hear and even more fun to read aloud... | |
Bells and Other Poems
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 beautiful colour illustrations by Edmund Dulac. - Summary by Carolin |
By: Edgar Lee Masters (1868-1950) | |
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Spoon River Anthology
Two hundred and twelve residents of a small town tell their stories without fear of recrimination or ridicule. The only difference is that they're all dead! The two hundred and forty-four poems that form the Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters is really a series of epitaphs about the citizens of a fictional town called Spoon River and deals with the “plain and simple annals” of small town America. Edgar Lee Masters grew up in a small town in Illinois. His father's financial problems forced the young Masters to abandon ideas of college and take up a job instead... |
By: Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) | |
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All Round the Year
A light and whimsical collection of poems by the celebrated children’s author E Nesbit, in collaboration with Saretta Nesbit. | |
Many Voices (selection from)
E. Nesbit (Edith Bland) was a prodigious 19th century children’s writer who produced over 60 books of fiction for children. This book of poems has many elements which would appeal to children but there’s also some exploration of her feelings of love, lust and longing which your average 10 year old would find downright yucky. There are also moments of joy, moments of sugary sweetness and moments of sharp insight in this collection which contains views from many angles. Recurring themes of love, death, gardens and fairies give us a fine insight into the lively imagination of E. Nesbit. Summary by Jim Mowatt. | |
Rainbow and the Rose
A collection of poetry in the whimsical style of Edith Nesbit, author of "The Five Children and It" and "The Railway Children". These poems are primarily for adults, although a few are written for her daughters. The majority are philosophical reflections on Edith Nesbit's life as a wife and mother, and theological reflections on Christianity and faith, the nature of the world, life and death. |
By: Edith Wharton (1862-1937) | |
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Artemis to Actaeon, and Other Verses |
By: Edmund Goldsmid | |
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Quaint Gleanings from Ancient Poetry |
By: Edmund Gosse (1849-1928) | |
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Victorian Songs Lyrics of the Affections and Nature | |
Some Diversions of a Man of Letters |
By: Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) | |
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A Few Figs from Thistles
A collection of 23 poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay. |