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A Night-Rain in Summer - Read by JM

In A Night-Rain in Summer

Read by J. McDougall


Leigh Hunt


James Henry Leigh Hunt, best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist, poet, and writer. - Summary by Wikipedia

Deep In The Quiet Wood - Read by JM

In Deep In The Quiet Wood

Read by J. McDougall


James Weldon Johnson


James Weldon Johnson was an American author, educator, lawyer, diplomat, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Johnson is best remembered f…

On the Bay

In The Watchman and Other Poems

Read by J. McDougall


Lucy Maud Montgomery


While L. M. Montgomery is better known for her novels, such as Anne of Green Gables and Emily of New Moon, she also wrote hundreds of poems.…

On Hampstead Heath

In Leda

Read by J. McDougall


Aldous Huxley


Though he gained recognition for his later essays and novels, Aldous Huxley started his writing career as a poet. Published in 1920, Leda is…

In the Autumn Grass - read by JM

In In the Autumn Grass

Read by J. McDougall


Hamlin Garland


LibriVox volunteers take us out on the prairie among the wind and blue stem with readings of In the Autumn Grass by Hamlin Garland. This is…

Lights - Read by JM

In Lights

Read by J. McDougall


Sara Teasdale


Sara Teasdale was an American lyric poet. Teasdale's first poem was published in Reedy's Mirror, a local newspaper in St. Louis, in 1907. He…

Song of the Broad-Axe, 4th stanza - Read by JM

In Song of the Broad-Axe - stanza 4

Read by J. McDougall


Walt Whitman


This Weekly Poem is an excerpt from Song of the Broad-axe (4th Stanza) by Walt Whitman, who was an American poet, essayist and journalist. …

Lily Of The West - Read by JM

In Lily Of The West

Read by J. McDougall


Anonymous


"Lily of the West is an Irish folk poem. Some say it is a metaphor for the Irish life after emigrating to America." - Summary by …

Hush'd Be the Camps Today read by JM

In Hush'd Be the Camps Today

Read by J. McDougall


Walt Whitman


LibriVox readers bring you 16 readings of Hush'd Be the Camps Today by Walt Whitman, in honor of the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's…

The Welcome and Farewell - Read by JM

In The Welcome and Farewell

Read by J. McDougall


George Pope Morris


George Pope Morris was an American editor, poet, and songwriter.In addition to his publishing and editorial work, Morris was popular as a po…

On the Sight of a Skull - Read by JM

In On the Sight of a Skull

Read by J. McDougall


Mary Mollineux


Mary Mollineux (born Mary Southworth) was probably the daughter of Catholic parents who converted to Quakerism, differed from many of her Qu…

1.7.IV. The Menads.

In The French Revolution Volume 1 the Bastille

Read by J. McDougall


Thomas Carlyle


The French Revolution: A History was written by the Scottish essayist, philosopher, and historian Thomas Carlyle. The three-volume work, fir…

Challenge - Read by JM

In Challenge

Read by J. McDougall


John William Streets


The editor of the volume Made in the Trenches includes these poignant notes:Corporal Streets, in submitting these sonnets some months ago, w…

Book I - I - Maecenas Atavis

In The Odes and Carmen Saeculare

Read by J. McDougall


Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) and Quintus Horatius Flaccus


Flawlessly hammered out, as if from eternal bronze—"aere perennius"—The Odes of Horace are the consummate expression of the pride,…

Alarm Clocks - Read by JM

In Alarm Clocks

Read by J. McDougall


Joyce Kilmer


Joyce Kilmer (born as Alfred Joyce Kilmer) was an American writer and poet mainly remembered for a short poem titled "Trees" (191…

September - Read by JM

In September

Read by J. McDougall


Michael Field


Michael Field was a pseudonym used for the poetry and verse drama of Katharine Harris Bradley (27 October 1846 – 26 September 1914) and her …

Oh! Had We Some Bright Little Isle Of Our Own - Read by JM

In Oh! Had We Some Bright Little Isle Of Our Own

Read by J. McDougall


Thomas Moore


Thomas Moore was an Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer, now best remembered for the lyrics of "The Minstrel Boy" and …

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