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G. K. Chesterton - Wine, Water and Song

A collection of 16 poems by G.K. Chesterton. All of the poems in this book, except for «The Strange Ascetic» are taken from «The Flying Inn», a book by the same author. (Summary by Maria Therese)

Phil Chenevert and 6 more 31 minutes

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John Milton - Adam and Eve

LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Adam and Eve (From “Paradise Lost,” Fourth Book) by John Milton. This was the Weekly Poetry project for Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the...

Amy and 14 more 17 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson - Idylls of the King

Idylls of the King, published between 1856 and 1885, is a cycle of twelve narrative poems by the English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson which retells the legend of King Arthur, his knights, his love for Guinevere and her...

Elizabeth Klett 9 hours 20 minutes

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William Hazlitt - Liber Amoris

Liber Amoris is unlike anything Hazlitt wrote and probably like nothing you've come across before. On the face of it it tells the story of Hazlitt's infatuation with his landlords daughter. Hazlitt was middle aged and...

Nick Duncan 3 hours 37 minutes

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Tobias Smollett - Song..While with fond rapture

LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of Song by Tobias Smollett. This is the weekly poem starting from October 16th, 2011. It's a lovely love song. ( Summary by Stav Nisser ) Taken from the Poetical Works of...

Bryan Davis and 15 more 25 minutes

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Henrik Ibsen - Peer Gynt

Peer is a dreamer, liar, excellent storyteller and an irresponsible person who avoids all problems. He uses and discards women and looks towards the grandiose, the unattainable. Despite of this, one can't help but...

5 hours 18 minutes

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Florence Earle Coates - October (Coates version)

LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of October by Florence Earle Coates. This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 9, 2011. Mrs. Coates gained notoriety both at home and abroad for her works of...

Bryan Davis and 12 more 12 minutes

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Old Man Travelling; Animal Tranquillity and Decay

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William Wordsworth - Old Man Travelling; Animal Tranquillity and Decay

LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of Old Man Travelling; Animal Tranquillity and Decay, a Sketch by William Wordsworth. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for October 2, 2011. In 1842 the...

Bryan Davis and 15 more 25 minutes

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Arthur J. Lamb - Bird in a Gilded Cage

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, 2011. «A Bird in a Gilded Cage» is a song composed by Arthur J. Lamb...

Bryan Davis and 11 more 23 minutes

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Short Poetry Collection 101

This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for October 2011.

fshort and 17 more 1 hour 23 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Jerusalem - The Emanation of the Giant Albion

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William Blake - Jerusalem - The Emanation of the Giant Albion

The epic poem Jerusalem was in Blake's own opinion his masterpiece. It is the last of the great prophetic books. Originally produced as an engraved book of 100 pages (only one copy of which was every fully finished in...

Nick Duncan 6 hours 53 minutes

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Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral

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Phillis Wheatley - Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral

Phillis Wheatley was the first African-American to publish a book of poetry in 1773. Born in West Africa, she was sold into slavery at age seven, and bought by a wealthy Massachusetts family who taught her to read and...

Elizabeth Klett 1 hour 52 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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