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Love Poems by Famous Authors

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A collection of love poems, including the balcony scene from Romeo & Juliet, Tristram & Iseult, and selections from many authors including Lord Byron, Robert Burns, Robert Browning, Tennyson, and many more.

Roles in Romeo and Juliet, read by Librivox volunteers:
Romeo: Greg Giordano
Juliet: Irene Rubio
Narrator: Alan Mapstone

Roles in Tristram and Iseult I, read by Librivox volunteers:
Narrator: redrun
Tristram: Greg Giordano
The Page: nighthawks

Roles in Tristram and Iseult II, read by Librivox volunteers:

Narrator: Redrun
Tristram: Greg Giordano
Iseult: Elyse
Huntsman: Alan Mapstone
Dames: stepheather

(Summary by Krista Zaleski) (6 hr 16 min)

Chapters

The Lay of the Last Minstrel

0:47

Read by Laurie Banza

A Ditty by Sir Philip Sidney

1:13

Read by Laurie Banza

On a Girdle by Edmund Waller

0:45

Read by Soeun (Kelly) Park

Love alters not by William Shakespeare

0:55

Read by Soeun (Kelly) Park

At the Church Gate by William Makepeace Thackeray

1:10

Read by Soeun (Kelly) Park

Britain's Ida by Edmund Spenser

1:00

Read by Laurie Banza

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

11:25

Read by LibriVox Volunteers

To Celia by Ben Jonson

1:19

Read by nighthawks

Why so Wan and Pale? by Sir John Suckling

1:15

Read by nighthawks

A Ma Future by Edwin Arnold

1:51

Read by czandra

Serenade by Thomas Hood

1:23

Read by Laurie Banza

Ae Fond Kiss by Robert Burns

2:10

Read by Kerry Adams

Highland Mary by Robert Burns

2:26

Read by Kerry Adams

Come, Rest in this Bosom by Thomas Moore

1:33

Read by nighthawks

She was a Phantom of Delight by William Wordsworth

2:13

Read by Laurie Banza

She walks in Beauty by Lord Byron

1:26

Read by Greg Giordano

Ruth by Thomas Hood

1:38

Read by nighthawks

When we Two Parted by Lord Byron

1:47

Read by Laurie Banza

To the Lady Hamilton by Hon. William Robert Spencer

1:10

Read by nighthawks

Angel and Woman by Thomas Parnell

1:21

Read by nighthawks

Immortality of Love by Robert Southey

1:29

Read by nighthawks

From " The Angel in the House " by Coventry Patmore

3:48

Read by czandra

A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns

1:29

Read by Cheree Buesing

Drama by Percy Bysshe Shelley

0:48

Read by kaylawhy

The Indian Serenade by Percy Bysshe Shelley

1:21

Read by czandra

To Lucasta, On going to the Wars by Richard Lovelace

1:10

Read by Kerry Adams

Tis Sweet to think by Thomas Moore

1:36

Read by czandra

The Evening Time by A.C.C.

2:27

Read by Laurie Banza

Lines by William Wordsworth

0:56

Read by Greg Giordano

Eros by Ralph Waldo Emerson

0:34

Read by Nathali Carrera

The Day-Dream by Alfred Tennyson

1:56

Read by Nathali Carrera

The Flower o' Dumblane by Robert Tannahill

2:37

Read by nighthawks

When Sun are in the Quiet Skies by Edward Bulwer

1:18

Read by kaylawhy

I.ove's Thread of Gold by Jean Ingelow

1:25

Read by nbvoices

Millais's "Huguenots " by London Spectator

4:55

Read by Alan Mapstone

Good-Night by Percy Bysshe Shelley

1:02

Read by Greg Giordano

Hearts by Adelaide Anne Procter

1:11

Read by Izzy Barbieri

A Heart for Every One by Charles Swain

1:42

Read by nighthawks

I waited till the Twilight by Charles Swain

1:30

Read by Laurie Banza

Rest from All the Year Round

2:35

Read by nighthawks

Twin Stars Aloft by Charles Kingsley

1:06

Read by Greg Giordano

Love took me softly by the Hand by Anonymous

1:25

Read by Laurie Banza

Song, “Nay but you...” by Robert Browning

1:18

Read by Greg Giordano

Song, “When Sparrows build...” by Jean Ingelow

1:47

Read by czandra

Destiny by Edwin Arnold

1:08

Read by Kerry Adams

Light by Francis W. Bourdillon

0:47

Read by Laurie Banza

Cupid's Arrow by Eliza Cook

1:16

Read by Izzy Barbieri

Two Lovers by George Eliot

2:05

Read by Henry K. Noble

The Low-backed Car by Samuel Lover

2:14

Read by czandra

Come into the Garden, Maud by Alfred Tennyson

4:27

Read by Alan Mapstone

Sonnets by Christina G. Rossetti

3:51

Read by Alan Mapstone

Because by Adelaide Anne Procter

1:51

Read by Henry K. Noble

The Banks of Doon by Robert Burns

1:35

Read by Kerry Adams

I Love My Jean by Robert Burns

1:28

Read by Kerry Adams

A Valediction by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

2:46

Read by czandra

A Chain by Adelaide Anne Procter

2:50

Read by Henry K. Noble

Love Wakes And Weeps by Sir Walter Scott

1:04

Read by Henry K. Noble

In Three Days by Robert Browning

2:21

Read by Henry K. Noble

The Bonnie Wee Thing by Robert Burns

1:32

Read by Kerry Adams

Annie Laurie by Douglas of Finland

1:38

Read by Alan Mapstone

I'll Never Love Thee More by James Graham, Marquis of Montress

1:57

Read by Henry K. Noble

Rosalind's Madrigal by Thomas Lodge

1:39

Read by Doreen Marcotte

Song, “Pack clouds away...” by Thomas Heywood

1:11

Read by Doreen Marcotte

Song, “Ask me no more...” by Thomas Carew

1:03

Read by Carl Hicks

The Passionate Shepherd to his Love by Christopher Marlowe

1:36

Read by Alan Mapstone

Move Eastward, Happy Earth by Alfred Tennyson

1:04

Read by Greg Giordano

Serenade, “Now the toils of day are over...” by William Makepeace Thackeray

1:08

Read by jenno

My Star by Robert Browning

0:43

Read by Izzy Barbieri

When Thou Art Near Me by Lady John Scott

1:13

Read by Laurie Banza

One Morning, Oh! So Early by Jean Ingelow

1:25

Read by czandra

Before the Daybreak by Francis W. Bourdillon

1:05

Read by jenno

A Warning by Adelaide Anne Procter

1:56

Read by jenno

To Mary by William Makepeace Thackeray

1:00

Read by jenno

The Invitation by Percy Bysshe Shelley

2:22

Read by jenno

The Miller's Daughter by Alfred Tennyson

1:08

Read by czandra

A Voice by the Cedar Tree by Alfred Tennyson

1:49

Read by Larry Wilson

Divided by Jean Ingelow

7:22

Read by czandra

A Bird-Song by Christina G. Rossetti and Untitled by Anonymous

1:49

Read by mleigh

To Althea, from Prison by Richard Lovelace

0:57

Read by jenno

Song from the Princess by Alfred Tennyson

3:18

Read by dc

Song of the Violet by William Makepeace Thackeray

1:34

Read by Audrey Fairchild

Love in a Life by Robert Browning

1:21

Read by Alan Mapstone

Love from Chambers' Journal

2:16

Read by nighthawks

Life in a Love by Robert Browning

1:30

Read by Alan Mapstone

Not ours the Vows by Bernard Barton

1:42

Read by nighthawks

For the Future by Adelaide Anne Procter

2:09

Read by czandra

Comfort from “All The Year Round”

2:07

Read by Audrey Fairchild

Seven Times Three. Love by Jean Ingelow

2:10

Read by Andrea O'Donnell

The Violet by Sir Walter Scott

1:09

Read by mleigh

Song, “In Love, if Love be Love...” by Alfred Tennyson

1:14

Read by Audrey Fairchild

One Way of Love by Robert Browning

1:32

Read by Greg Giordano

Switzerland by Matthew Arnold

16:35

Read by jenno

Evelyn Hope by Robert Browning

4:35

Read by Greg Giordano

Song, “Oh, say not, my Love...” by Sir Walter Scott

1:25

Read by Audrey Fairchild

Wisteria from “All the Year Round”

2:11

Read by Izzy Barbieri

Sonnet by Michael Angelo, translated by William Wordsworth

1:23

Read by Alan Mapstone

Married Lovers by Jean Ingelow

3:24

Read by Henry K. Noble

How Many Times by Thomas Lovell Beddoes

0:56

Read by Henry K. Noble

James Lee's Wife by Robert Browning

4:09

Read by Henry K. Noble

The Poet's Bridal-Day Song by Allan Cunninghom

3:13

Read by Henry K. Noble

My Lady Singing by Aubrey de Vere

1:17

Read by Henry K. Noble

Madrigal by Anonymous

0:40

Read by Izzy Barbieri

York and Lancaster by Anonymous

0:56

Read by Kerry Adams

Jeanie Morrison by William Motherwell

6:16

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

I Met Wi' Her I Luved Yestereen by William Motherwell

2:04

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

A Woman's Question by Adelaide Anne Procter

2:24

Read by redrun

A Woman's Answer by Adelaide Anne Procter

3:05

Read by redrun

True or False by Adelaide Anne Procter

4:13

Read by nbvoices

I Saw Thee Weep by Lord Byron

1:07

Read by Paul Baguley

Origin of Love by Lord Byron

0:43

Read by Paul Baguley

The Dream by Lord Byron

12:27

Read by Paul Baguley

Love by S. T. Coleridge

4:43

Read by dc

All for Love by Lord Byron

1:23

Read by Filoria

The Lost Love by William Wordsworth

0:40

Read by Izzy Barbieri

“Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?” by William Shakespeare

1:24

Read by Paul Baguley

“She is not fair to outward view” by H. Coleridge

1:10

Read by LaurieB

“Music When Soft Voices Die” by P.B.Shelley

0:57

Read by LaurieB

The True Beauty by T. Carew

1:05

Read by mleigh

To Dianeme by R. Herrick

1:00

Read by nbvoices

“Go, lovely Rose” by E. Waller

1:16

Read by Andrea O'Donnell

Blind Love by William Shakespeare

0:54

Read by Izzy Barbieri

“One word is too often profaned” by P.B.Shelley

0:42

Read by AzaseahRose

Where Shall The Lover Rest by Sir W. Scott

1:18

Read by AzaseahRose

A Birthday by Christina Georgiana Rossetti

1:25

Read by mleigh

From " The Winter's Tale" by William Shakespeare

0:53

Read by Izzy Barbieri

Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

6:57

Read by Larry Wilson

From " The Epithalamlum " by Edmund Spenser

3:04

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

A Complaint by William Wordsworth

0:58

Read by Izzy Barbieri

To Anthea by Robert Herrick

1:40

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Passages from " Paradise Lost " by John Milton

2:26

Read by Alan Mapstone

Song, “I prithee send me back my heart” by Sir John Suckling

1:24

Read by Audrey Fairchild

A Match by Algernon Charles Swinburne

2:25

Read by Audrey Fairchild

Lines by John Keats

0:55

Read by Larry Wilson

If To Thy Heart I Were As Near by William Motherwell

1:40

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Caeli by Francis W. Bourdillon

0:46

Read by nbvoices

Gathered Roses by Francis W. Bourdillon

0:46

Read by nbvoices

The Time I've Lost In Wooing by Thomas Moore

0:42

Read by nbvoices

John Anderson, my Jo by Robert Burns

1:15

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Faded Leaves by Matthew Arnold

3:00

Read by Alan Mapstone

Urania by Matthew Arnold

2:03

Read by Alan Mapstone

Sir Launcelot and Queen Guinevere by Tennyson

2:51

Read by Alan Mapstone

Guinevere by Tennyson

5:07

Read by Alan Mapstone

Altho' Thou Maun Never Be Mine by Robert Burns

1:13

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Changes by Robert Bulwer Lytton

2:04

Read by Larry Wilson

Two Loves by Adelaide Anne Procter

2:00

Read by redrun

King and Slave by Adelaide Anne Procter

1:29

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Love by Mrs. Browning

1:05

Read by Larry Wilson

Fidelis by Adelaide Anne Procter

2:43

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

A Love Token by Adelaide Anne Procter

1:30

Read by redrun

To Mary in Heaven by Robert Burns

2:38

Read by Kerry Adams

Margaret Alone At Her Spinning-Wheel by Goethe

1:48

Read by Alan Mapstone

Margaret to Dolcino by Charles Kingsley

1:10

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Dolcino to Margaret by Charles Kingsley

1:06

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Love's Omnipresence by J. Sylvester

1:05

Read by stepheather

Inclusions by Mrs. Browning

1:26

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Insufficiency by Mrs. Browning

1:22

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Im Wunderschonen Mai by Heinrich Heine, translated by Sir Theodore Martin

1:01

Read by Kerry Adams

Wenn Ich In Deine Augen Seh by Heinrich Heine, translated by Alma Strettell

1:03

Read by nighthawks

“Thous lovest me not” by Heinrich Heine, translated by Mrs. Browning

0:58

Read by nighthawks

Du Bist Wie Eime Blume by Heinrich Heine, translated by Kate Freiligrath Kroek…

1:00

Read by Kerry Adams

Ad Finem by Heinrich Heine, translated by Mrs. Browning

0:58

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Saphire Sind Die Augen Dein by Heinrich Heine, translated by Alma Strettell

1:25

Read by Kerry Adams

Tristram and Iseult I by Matthew Arnold

20:58

Read by LibriVox Volunteers

Tristram and Iseult II by Matthew Arnold

12:59

Read by LibriVox Volunteers

Tristram and Iseult III by Matthew Arnold

15:39

Read by Alan Mapstone