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Short Poetry Collection 131
This is a collection of 13 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for April 2014. | |
Short Poetry Collection 124
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for September 2013. | |
Short Poetry Collection 117
This is a collection of 21 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for February 2013. | |
Short Poetry Collection 118
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for March 2013. | |
Short Poetry Collection 119
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for April 2013. | |
Long Poems Collection 008
LibriVox’s Long Poems Collection 008: a collection of 14 public-domain poems longer than 10 minutes in length. | |
Short Poetry Collection 115
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for December 2012. | |
Short Poetry Collection 120
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for May 2013. | |
Short Poetry Collection 114
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for November 2012. | |
Short Poetry Collection 130
This is a collection of 17 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for March 2014. | |
Short Poetry Collection 139
This is a collection of 24 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for December 2014. | |
Short Poetry Collection 141
This is a collection of 27 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for February 2015. | |
Short Poetry Collection 121
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for June 2013. | |
Short Poetry Collection 129
This is a collection of 13 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for February 2014. | |
Christmas in Poetry - Carols and Poems
This is a volume of Christmas poems and carols, by various authors and from various times. | |
Selection of 19th Century Scientific Verse
In the 18th and early 19th centuries, it was common for discoveries in branches of science such as botany, astronomy and medicine to be described in book-length treatises in verse. By the end of the 19th century this mode of popularising science was falling from favour as the studies of science and the humanities diverged and study became more specialised.This small selection of somewhat lighter-hearted verse written by distinguished scientists and mathematicians of the day includes poems by James Clerk Maxwell, William J. Macquorn Rankine and James Joseph Sylvester. | |
Short Poetry Collection 149
This is a collection of 38 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for October 2015. | |
Short Poetry Collection 150
This is a collection of 24 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for November 2015. | |
Travels in Lancashire
A collection of fiction, non-fiction and poetry on travels in Lancashire, England, with occasional sorties into adjacent counties. | |
Short Poetry Collection 146
This is a collection of 29 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for July 2015. | |
Birds and All Nature, Vol. IV, No 6, December 1898
"Birds and All Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and brief descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color plates. The magazine was published from 1897-1907 under the various titles, "Birds," "Birds and all Nature," "Nature and Art" and "Birds and Nature." | |
Short Poetry Collection 123
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for August 2013. | |
Short Poetry Collection 138
This is a collection of 25 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for November 2014. | |
Short Poetry Collection 143
This is a collection of 29 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for April 2015. | |
Short Poetry Collection 125
This is a collection of 29 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for October 2013. | |
Short Poetry Collection 140
This is a collection of 32 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for January 2015. | |
Birds and All Nature, Vol. IV, No 1, July 1898
"Birds and All Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and articles describing birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color plates. The magazine was published from 1897-1907 under the various titles, "Birds," "Birds and all Nature," "Nature and Art" and "Birds and Nature." These short pieces are perfect for a first recording or for anyone with a love of nature. | |
Short Poetry Collection 126
This is a collection of 20 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for November 2013. | |
Short Poetry Collection 132
This is a collection of 19 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for May 2014. | |
Short Poetry Collection 137
This is a collection of 26 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for October 2014. | |
Short Poetry Collection 148
This is a collection of 27 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for September 2015. | |
Short Poetry Collection 135
This is a collection of 13 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for August 2014. |
By: Virgil (70 BC - 19 BC) | |
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Aeneid, prose translation
The Aeneid is the most famous Latin epic poem, written by Virgil in the 1st century BC. The story revolves around the legendary hero Aeneas, a Trojan prince who left behind the ruins of his city and led his fellow citizens to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. The first six of the poem’s twelve books tell the story of Aeneas’ wanderings from Troy to Italy, while the poem’s second half treats the Trojans’ victorious war upon the Latins. This is the recording of J.W.MacKail's prose translation. |
By: Walter Malone (1866-1915) | |
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Opportunity
LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of Opportunity by Walter Malone. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for January 27, 2013.Walter Malone was born in DeSoto Count, Mississippi. He wrote 2 volumes of poetry before he was 20 years old. He joined his brother in law practice, but continued to publish several collections of his poems over the years. |
By: A. A. Milne (1882-1956) | |
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When We Were Very Young (version 2)
This best-selling book of poetry by A. A. Milne was first published in 1924. The poems describe the adventures of Christopher Robin. In it we are introduced to Mr. Edward Bear later known as Winnie-the-Pooh. The poems are timeless and capture the joy and wonder of being a young child. - Summary by AnnaLisa Bodtker | |
When We Were Very Young
A.A. Milne wrote many poems to entertain his young son, Christopher Robin Milne, who appears to have been about three when "When We Were Very Young" was published. The book is a collection of 45 poems that celebrate a world and a point of view that a very young person could understand and enjoy. It became a best-seller. Christopher Robin is introduced as a character in some of the poems. We first meet him in the Preface, "Just Before We Begin." In it we learn of a swan which he feeds upon a lake and who he has named "Pooh... | |
When We Were Very Young (Version 3)
A timeless collection of poems for the whole family to enjoy, including "Buckingham Palace", "Disobedience", "Halfway Down" and of course, "Teddy Bear", where we're introduced for the first time to Edward Bear, later to become known as Winnie-the-Pooh. Beloved for nearly 100 years, there's no better time to go back to where it all began! |
By: A. B. S. (Alfred Browning Stanley) Tennyson (1878-1952) | |
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A Legend of Old Persia and Other Poems |
By: A. D. (Alfred Denis) Godley (1856-1925) | |
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Lyra Frivola |
By: A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen (1857-1920) | |
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Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age |
By: A. Novice | |
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The Anglican Friarand the Fish which he Took |
By: Abner Cosens | |
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War Rhymes by Wayfarer |
By: Abraham Cowley (1618-1667) | |
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Wish
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Wish by Abraham Cowley. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 24, 2013. Abraham Cowley (/ˈkuːli/) was a leading English poet in the 16th century. |
By: Abram Joseph Ryan (1839-1886) | |
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Poems: Patriotic, Religious | |
Farewells
volunteers bring you 22 recordings of Farewells by Abram Joseph Ryan. This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 26, 2019. ------ Abram Joseph Ryan was an American poet, an active proponent of the Confederate States of America, and a Catholic priest. He has been called the "Poet-Priest of the South" and, less frequently, the "Poet Laureate of the Confederacy." - Summary by Wikipedia |
By: Ada Langworthy Collier (1843-) | |
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Lilith The Legend of the First Woman |
By: Adam L. (Adam Luke) [Editor] Gowans | |
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The Hundred Best English Poems |
By: Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833-1870) | |
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Song of Autumn
Adam Lindsay Gordon was an Australian poet, jockey and politician. |
By: Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855) | |
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Sonnets from the Crimea |
By: Adelaide Anne Procter (1825-1864) | |
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Three Rulers
Adelaide Anne Procter was an English poet and philanthropist. She worked prominently on behalf of unemployed women and the homeless, and was actively involved with feminist groups and journals. She became unhealthy, possibly due to her charity work, and died of tuberculosis at the age of 38. Procter's literary career began when she was a teenager; her poems were primarily published in Charles Dickens's periodicals Household Words and All the Year Round and later published in book form. Her charity work and her conversion to Roman Catholicism appear to have strongly influenced her poetry, which deals most commonly with such subjects as homelessness, poverty, and fallen women... | |
Legends and Lyrics Part 2 | |
From Queen's Gardens
This is the third part of a collection of poetry written by English female poets. This part of From Queen's Gardens is a collection of 29 poems by Adelaide Anne Procter. - Summary by Carolin |
By: Adelaide Crapsey (1878-1914) | |
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To The Dead in the Graveyard Underneath My Window
Her death was tragic. Full of the desire of life she yet was forced to go, leaving her work all unfinished. Her last year was spent in exile at Saranac Lake. From her window she looked down on the graveyard — "Trudeau's Garden," she called it, with grim-gay irony. from the forward to Verse, by Claude Bragdon - Summary by from the forward to Verse,by Claude Bragdon |
By: Aemilia Lanyer (1569-1645) | |
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Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum
Aemilia Lanyer's 1611 poem is far more than a retelling of The Passion. It comprises a spirited defense of Eve (and, by extension, all women), elegant praises for her female patrons, a catalogue of virtuous women of the ancient world, and closes with the first "country house" poem written by a woman in English. |
By: Albert Bigelow Paine (1861-1937) | |
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Mis' Smith
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Mis' Smith,/em>, by Albert Paine. This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 7th, 2013. |
By: Albion Fellows Bacon (1865-1933) | |
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Songs Ysame
This is a volume of poetry written by the sisters Albion Fellows Bacon and Annie Fellows Johnston. Both of the sisters reached quite a level of fame in their own right, Ms Bacon primarily as a social reformer and Ms Johnston as an author of children's books. In this volume of poetry, they bring their two sets of skills together to write beautiful verses. - Summary by Carolin |
By: Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) | |
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Defeat of Youth and Other Poems
Though later known for his essays and novels, Aldous Huxley started his writing career as a poet. Published in 1918, The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems is his third compilation of poetry. The volume begins with "The Defeat of Youth", a sequence of twenty-two sonnets that explores irreconcilability of the ideal and the disappointing reality. Jerome Meckier called it “the century’s most successful sonnet sequence, better than Auden’s or Edna St. Vincent Millay’s.” In the rest of the volume, Huxley continues to explore themes started in The Burning Wheel, his first volume of poetry, including vision, blindness, and other contrasts... | |
Wheels - The Second Cycle
A series of six volumes of Wheels anthologies was produced by members of the Sitwell family between 1916 and 1922. The second volume, published in 1917, contains poems by the Sitwells and also Aldous Huxley, among others. - Summary by Algy Pug |
By: Alexander Hamilton Laidlaw (1869-1908) | |
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American Girl
Alexander Hamilton Laidlaw was born in Scotland. He graduated from Philadelphia Central High School in 1845. He practiced medicine from 1856-1905 and published some works including Soldier Songs and Love Songs, 1898, from which our Fortnightly Poem is taken. |
By: Alexander Pope (1688-1744) | |
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An Essay on Man
Pope’s Essay on Man, a masterpiece of concise summary in itself, can fairly be summed up as an optimistic enquiry into mankind’s place in the vast Chain of Being. Each of the poem’s four Epistles takes a different perspective, presenting Man in relation to the universe, as individual, in society and, finally, tracing his prospects for achieving the goal of happiness. In choosing stately rhyming couplets to explore his theme, Pope sometimes becomes obscure through compressing his language overmuch... |