Poetry

Public Domain Hymns 01

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Various


"Originally modeled on the Psalms and other poetic passages (commonly referred to as "canticles") in the Scriptures, Christia…

Sonnet 073

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William Shakespeare


To celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday, LibriVox volunteers bring you ten different recordings of Sonnet 73. This was the weekly poetry project…

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: Canto IV

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George Gordon, Lord Byron


Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a lengthy narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. It was published between 1812 and 1818 and is de…

Peter Piper's Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation (Selectio…

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William James Mcglothlin


LibriVox volunteers bring you 7 recordings of A Selection from Peter Piper's Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation by Anon…

Compilation de poèmes - 010

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Various


Cette compilation comprend une série de poèmes lus, en langue française, pour LibriVox. - Summary by Ezwa

Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Fitzgerald)

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Omar Khayyám


"Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Persian: رباعیات عمر خیام). The Rubáiyát (Arabic: رباعیات) is a collection of poems, originall…

Stories of the Scottish Border

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William Platt


Nothing seems to be known about Mr and Mrs William Platt, the writers of Stories of the Scottish Border. What they produced is an eccentric …

The Faerie Queene Book 4

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Edmund Spenser


"The Fourth Book of the Faerie Queene contayning the Legende of Cambel and Telamond or of Friendship."The Faerie Queene was never …

Chinese Poetry in English Verse (古今詩選)

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Herbert Allen Giles


Dear Land of Flowers, forgive me! -- that I tookThese snatches from thy glittering wealth of song, And twisted to the uses of a book Strains…

Gl'Inni sacri

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Alessandro Manzoni


Raccolta di 5 componimenti, ognuno dei quali tratta di una festività cattolica. - Summary by fabiola

Compilation de poèmes - 009

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Various


Cette compilation comprend une série de poèmes lus, en langue française, pour LibriVox. - Summary by Ezwa

La Divine Comédie : Le Purgatoire

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Dante Alighieri


Deuxième cantique de La Divine Comédie.Sorti des enfers, Dante visite en compagnie de son maître Virgile l’Antipurgatoir…

The Ballad of Reading Gaol, (version 2)

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Oscar Wilde


In 1895, Oscar Wilde was sentenced to 2 years of hard labor for acts of ‘gross indecency’. During his time at Reading Gaol, he witnessed a r…

The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke

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C. J. Dennis


The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke is a verse novel by Australian novelist and poet C. J. Dennis. The book sold over 60,000 copies in nine edi…

The Word of an Engineer

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James Weldon Johnson


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

The Faerie Queene Book 5

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Edmund Spenser


The Fifth Book of the Faerie Queene contayning the Legende of Artegall or of Ivstice.This masterpiece was never completed, but it continues …

A Selection of 19th Century Scientific Verse

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Various


In the 18th and early 19th centuries, it was common for discoveries in branches of science such as botany, astronomy and medicine to be desc…

The Village Blacksmith

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


LibriVox volunteers bring you eleven different recordings of The Village Blacksmith, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This was the weekly poet…

The Dream

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John Donne


LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of The Dream by John Donne. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for July 17, 2011.John Donne…

A Bird in a Gilded Cage

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Arthur J. Lamb


LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of A Bird in a Gilded Cage by Arthur J. Lamb. This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 2, …

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