Search Results

Written in Edinburgh by Arthur Henry Hallam 

by Various Read by Alan Mapstone
In Sonnets of This Century
This comprehensive anthology of English sonnets of the Nineteenth Century, edited and arranged by William Sharp, was published in 1887. It…

Rejected

by Lord Alfred Douglas Read by Alan Mapstone
In The Collected Poems of Lord Alfred Douglas
This is a chronologically arranged collection of poems compiled by the author in his late 40s, after he had discarded the Uranian themes of …

Epitaph on Shakespeare

by John Milton Read by Alan Mapstone 4.9
In A Hundred Great Poems
This is a compilation by Richard Cross of 100 poems by various poets. - Summary by Mozartjr

The Brave Page Boys

by Julia A. Moore Read by Alan Mapstone
In The Sentimental Song Book
Julia A. Moore, the "Sweet Singer of Michigan," is today considered one of the true luminaries of bad poetry. Her verse, with its …

From Job

by George Gordon, Lord Byron Read by Alan Mapstone 4.5
In Hebrew Melodies
Byron wrote the Hebrew Melodies to accompany music by the composer Isaac Nathan which he claimed derived from Synagogue tunes used at the ti…

George Meredith

by Joyce Kilmer Read by Alan Mapstone 4.5
In Summer of Love
Joyce KIlmer may yet be an obscure poet had he not had his poem, Trees, published in Poetry in 1913. But, this book precedes that, and show…

To Correspondents

by Seba Smith Read by Alan Mapstone 3.8
In The Rover Vol. 01 No. 26
"The Rover: A weekly magazine of tales, poetry and engravings, original and selected" was a magazine started in 1843 by Seba Smith…

The Glorious Fourth

by Palmer Cox Read by Alan Mapstone
In Frontier Humor in Verse, Prose and Picture
Also known for his "Brownies" books, Canadian humorist Palmer Cox give us a delightful collection of humorous verse and short pros…

Lines

by Alexander Pope Read by Alan Mapstone
In Fugitive Pieces
Alexander Pope was an English poet, playwright and literary critic best known for his satires like The Dunciad and The Rape of the Lock. Thi…

S. I. W.

by Wilfred Owen Read by Alan Mapstone
In Poems (Version 2)
The English poet Wilfred Owen was killed on 4th November 1918 just seven days before the Armistice which ended the First World War. This boo…

Byron

by Thomas Frederick Young Read by Alan Mapstone
In Canada and Other Poems
From the author's preface:I wished to do something for my country, and chose this method of doing it. The literature of this country is in i…

Isadore, by C. D. Stuart

by Lawrence Labree and Seba Smith Read by Alan Mapstone 5
In The Rover Vol. 01 No. 21
"The Rover: A weekly magazine of tales, poetry and engravings, original and selected" was a magazine started in 1843 by Seba Smith…

Frogs

by Anthony Henderson Euwer Read by Alan Mapstone
In By Scarlet Torch and Blade
Anthony Euwer, often appearing in anthologies of American poetry is also author of "Christopher Cricket on Cats" and "The Lim…

The Night Hawk

by Various Read by Alan Mapstone 4.5
In Birds, Vol. I, No 5, May 1897
Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems…

Maggie Tulliver

by Shaw Neilson Read by Alan Mapstone 4.8
In Heart of Spring
John Shaw Neilson was born at Penola, South Australia in 1872, the son of a farmer and contractor who removed to Victoria when Neilson was n…

In Favour of Stone

by George Dillon Read by Newgatenovelist 4.4
In Boy in the Wind
George Dillon was an American poet, Pulitzer Prize winner and editor of Poetry. This collection was published in 1927. (Summary by Newgateno…

Stocks and Stones

by John Buchan Read by Alan Mapstone 3.8
In The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies
Celebrated Scottish author John Buchan, creator of the Richard Hannay series of thrillers (including The Thirty-Nine Steps and Greenmantle) …

Envoy

by Robert Louis Stevenson Read by Alan Mapstone
In Underwoods (Book 1)
Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist and poet best known for his children's adventure stories. Born in Edinburgh he travelled exte…

Christmas

by Charles Williams Read by Alan Mapstone
In Christmas Short Works Collection 2024
As we approach Christmas 2024, we invite you to join us in some heart-warming tales and uplifting carols and poems. We wish you compliments …

Recompense

by Marie E. J. Pitt Read by Alan Mapstone 3.9
In The Horses of the Hills and other Verses
Marie Elizabeth Josephine Pitt (1869–1948) was an Australian poet and socialist activist. Pitt wrote very highly coloured nature poetry, onc…

< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 >