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Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes

Read by Patrick Wallace


Robert Louis Stevenson


A classic of travel writing, this book recounts Stevenson's adventures on an extended walk through uplands and mountains in south-western Fr…

The Court and Character of King James whereunto Is Now Added the Court of King …

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Anthony Weldon


Gossipy exposés of shenanigans at the heart of government are nothing new. The author, Sir Anthony Weldon (1583–1648), was a courtier…

Der Bratapfel

In Adventskalender 2014

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Fritz Koegel


Diese Sammlung ist ein Adventskalender und enthält für jeden Tag vom 1. bis 24. Dezember eine Aufnahme über Weihnachten, den …

Au Reichstag

In First World War Centenary Poetry Collection

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Emile Verhaeren


This collection of poetry, with its companion prose collection, commemorates the outbreak of the First World War on 28th July 1914. Most of …

Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Book III, Chapter IV "Of the bever"

In Coffee Break Collection 011 - Science

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Rufus Porter and Thomas Browne


This is the eleventh collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in l…

Charge of the Light Brigade - Read by PJW

In The Charge of the Light Brigade

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson


This poem was published just six weeks after the event, its lines emphasize the valour of the cavalry in bravely carrying out their orders, …

To Be a Pilgrim- Read by PJW

In To Be a Pilgrim

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John Bunyan


From John Bunyan's classic, The Pilgrim's Progress, we find the poem To Be a Pilgrim, an inspiring reminder of who we are in Christ. This wa…

The Hag - Read by PJW

In The Hag

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Robert Herrick


A poem for Halloween by the 17th century English author Robert Herrick. His poems were not widely popular at the time they were published. …

A Nocturnall Upon St. Lucies Day, Being the Shortest Day

In Short Poetry Collection 127

Read by Patrick Wallace


Gerard Manley Hopkins and John Donne


This is a collection of 21 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for December 2013.

There's a certain slant of light - Read by PJW

In There's a certain slant of light

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Emily Dickinson


In tribute to the first real snowfall this year. - Summary by David Lawrence

I Remember, I Remember - Read by PJW

In I Remember, I Remember

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Thomas Hood


"There were scarcely any events in the life of Thomas Hood. One condition there was of too potent determining importance—life-long ill …

To The Dead in the Graveyard Underneath My Window - Read by PJW

In To The Dead in the Graveyard Underneath My Window

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Adelaide Crapsey


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…

An Account of a Storm of Thunder and Lightening near Ludgvan in Cornwall by Rev…

In Coffee Break Collection 013 - Weather

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William Borlase


This is the thirteenth collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in…

To His Mistress Going to Bed - Read by PJW

In To His Mistress Going to Bed

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John Donne


John Donne was an English poet and cleric in the Church of England.He is considered the pre-eminent representative of the metaphysical poets…

Say Not The Struggle Naught Availeth

In Coffee Break Collection 014 - New Beginnings

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Arthur Hugh Clough


This is the fourteenth collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in…

On Londoners and Country People, part 2

In The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things

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William Hazlitt


The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things is a posthumous collection of essays by William Hazlitt, organized by his grandson, Wi…