Poetry
What Is Love?
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of What Is Love? by Ernest Dowson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 15, 2012.Ernest C…
Stories of Birds
This volume contains stories, poems, myths, and facts about lots of different birds, intended for teaching children. It is divided into nine…
Peer Gynt
Peer is a dreamer, liar, excellent storyteller and an irresponsible person who avoids all problems. He uses and discards women and looks tow…
Selections from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War
Published in 1866, Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War is a collection of poems about the Civil War by Herman Melville. Many of the poems a…
The Ramayan
The Ramayan is an ancient Sanskrit epic. It is attributed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu canon (smṛti). …
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is so-named from the Persian word rubáiyát - a Persian word denoting a speci…
The World's Best Poetry
The sixth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, inclu…
Drum-Taps
Drum Taps is the next collection of poems published by Walt Whitman after his famous Leaves of Grass. This collection is a direct response …
Selected Early Poems
Williams was born in Rutherford, New Jersey, a community near the city of Paterson. His father was an English immigrant, and his mother was …
The Kraken
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 different recordings of The Kraken by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. This was the weekly poetry project for the wee…
Winter
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of Winter by William Shakespeare. This poem is from "Love's Labour's Lost". This was t…
The Ballad of St. Barbara
The Ballad of St. Barbara is a collection of 35 poems by G. K. Chesterton, showcasing his unique blend of wit, imagination, and deep philoso…
Pearl
Written in the 14th century by the Gawain poet, 'Pearl' is an elegiac poem reflecting on the death of a young daughter, pictured as a pearl …
The First Book of Urizen
The Book of Urizen is one of the major prophetic books of the English poet William Blake, illustrated by Blake's own plates. It was original…
A Winter Day
A Winter Day by Lucy Maud Montgomery captures the essence of winter through a reflective lens, using the season as a metaphor for the stages…
Vairagya Shatakam
Vairagya Shatakam is one of the best books that gives the true picture of Renunciation. The book talks on how a common man gets lured by the…
If
If by Rudyard Kipling is a celebrated poem that offers timeless advice on personal integrity and resilience. Written in 1914, it presents a …
Collection of Hymns for the Nativity of Our Lord
A collection of poems reflecting on Christmas and the New Year, written by the founder of the Methodist denomination.
Twas the Night Before Christmas
'Twas the Night Before Christmas is a beloved poem that captures the magic and anticipation of Christmas Eve. Written by Clement Clarke Moor…