Ballads
8 books
Single author
473
Henry Lawson - Verses Popular And Humorous (Version 2)
Verses, Popular and Humorous (1900) was the second collection of poems by Australian poet Henry Lawson. It features some of the poet's earlier major works, including «The Lights of Cobb and Co», «Saint Peter» and «The...
4 hours
Anthologies
496
John Lomax - Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads
John Avery Lomax is a towering figure in the field of early American musicology and folklore. Through intensive field work, Lomax built up the core body of work for the Library of Congress Archive. «Cowboy Songs and...
6 hours 36 minutes
Ballads
459
Horatio Alger, Jr. - Grand'ther Baldwin's Thanksgiving, with Other Ballads and Poems
Horatio Alger, better known for his juvenile fiction, also penned some great poetry. His Ballads, including the 8 war poems and his odes, are collected in this volume. — Summary by Carolin
1 hour 19 minutes
Humorous Fiction
429
Lewis Carroll - Hunting of the Snark (Version 3)
The Hunting of the Snark — «An Agony in 8 Fits» is typically categorized as a nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll, the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. Written from 1874 to 1876, the poem borrows the setting,...
32 minutes
Single author
442
Ralph Chaplin - Bars and Shadows: The Prison Poems of Ralph Chaplin
Ralph Chaplin and many other prominent members of the Industrial Workers of the World were imprisoned under the Espionage Act of 1917 as the United States entered World War I. As with Socialist presidential candidate...
1 hour 12 minutes
