Poetry
797 books
Poetry
503
Katherine Philips - Poems by the Most Deservedly Admired Mrs. Katherine Philips, The Matchless Orinda
The poet Katherine Philips was called «The Matchless Orinda» in her day and was well known for her works, both personal and political. She was a staunch Royalist (a supporter of Charles I and his son during the...
4 hours 12 minutes
Poetry
553
Elias Lönnrot - Kalevala: the Epic Poem of Finland (Crawford Translation)
This is the epic of Finland. It is the combined folk tales of the Finnish nation starting with the birth of the world from the egg of a seabird and continuing to the birth of the Kaleva District, the lands of...
15 hours 27 minutes
Poetry
498
Titus Lucretius Carus - On the Nature of Things (Watson translation)
Written in the first century b.C., On the Nature of Things (in Latin, De Rerum Natura ) is a poem in six books that aims at explaining the Epicurean philosophy to the Roman audience. Among digressions about the...
9 hours 20 minutes
