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The Shame of Going Back - Read by JM

In The Shame of Going Back

Read by J. McDougall


Henry Lawson


Henry Archibald Hertzberg Lawson was an Australian writer and poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-kno…

Chapter XXVIII

In The Gods are Athirst

Read by J. McDougall


Anatole France


The Gods Are Athirst (French: Les dieux ont soif, also translated as The Gods Are Thirsty or The Gods Will Have Blood) is a 1912 novel by An…

Dirge for the Year - Read by JM

In Dirge for the Year

Read by J. McDougall


Percy Bysshe Shelley


Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the major English Romantic poets, and is regarded by some as among the finest lyric, as well as epic, poets …

The Lake - Read by JM

In The Lake

Read by J. McDougall


Edgar Allan Poe


Edgar Allan Poe (born Edgar Poe) was an American author, poet, editor, and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movemen…

Tramp and Fish - Read by JM

In Tramp and Fish

Read by J. McDougall


James McIntyre and James Mcintyre


James McIntyre, called The Cheese Poet, was a Canadian poet.McIntyre was born in Forres, Scotland and came to Canada in 1841 at the age of 1…

Darkness

In The Burning Wheel

Read by J. McDougall


Aldous Huxley


Though Aldous Huxley is best known for his later novels and essays, he started his writing career as a poet. The Burning Wheel is his first …

Autumn Fires - Read by JM

In Autumn Fires

Read by J. McDougall


Robert Louis Stevenson


LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 readings of Autumn Fires, from Robert Louis Stevenson's classic A Child's Garden of Verses. This was the we…

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,…

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…

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…

The Three Rulers - Read by JM

In The Three Rulers

Read by J. McDougall


Adelaide Anne Procter


Adelaide Anne Procter was an English poet and philanthropist. She worked prominently on behalf of unemployed women and the homeless, and was…

Don Quixote - Read by JM

In Don Quixote

Read by J. McDougall


Madison Cawein


Madison Julius Cawein was born in Louisville, Kentucky. After graduating from high school, Cawein worked in a pool hall in Louisville as a c…

The Poster-Painter's Masterpiece - Read by JM

In The Poster-Painter's Masterpiece

Read by J. McDougall


Sam Walter Foss


Sam Walter Foss was an American librarian and poet. For many years the opening lines from Foss' The Coming American ("Bring me men to m…

The Belfry Pigeon - Read by JM

In The Belfry Pigeon

Read by J. McDougall


Nathaniel Parker Willis


Nathaniel Parker Willis, also known as N. P. Willis, was an American author, poet and editor who worked with several notable American writer…

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 …

Scenes of the Mind

In The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems

Read by J. McDougall


Aldous Huxley


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…

November - Read by JM

In November

Read by J. McDougall


Helen Hunt Jackson


Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, born Helen Fiske was an American poet and writer who became an activist on behalf of improved treatment of Native …

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…

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