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Edmund Spenser - Amoretti: A sonnet sequence

The Amoretti (meaning little love poems) is a sequence of 89 sonnets written in the tradition of the Petrarchan sonnets, a popular form for poets of the Renaissance period. Spenser’s sequence has been largely...

Leonard Wilson 1 hour 51 minutes

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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Collected Translations

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Omar Khayyám - Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Collected Translations

The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Persian: رباعیات عمر خیام) is the title that Edward FitzGerald gave to his translation of a selection of poems, originally written in Persian and of which there are about a thousand,...

Amy Gramour 1 hour 49 minutes

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James Whitcomb Riley - Parting Guest

LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of A Parting Guest by James Whitcomb Riley. This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 15, 2011. James Whitcomb Riley was an American writer, poet, and best selling...

AdamH and 18 more 13 minutes

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Walt Whitman - Old Chants

LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Old Chants by Walt Whitman. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 15, 2011. Walter «Walt» Whitman was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A...

Chris Caron and 10 more 24 minutes

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George MacDonald - Diary of an Old Soul

George MacDonald, a Scottish pastor, wrote these short poems, one for each day of the year, to help him with the severer misfortune he was experiencing. The poems are filled with hope and promises of Christ, yet, he...

Alisson Veldhuis and 7 more 2 hours 52 minutes

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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Fitzgerald version)

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Omar Khayyám - Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Fitzgerald version)

The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Persian: رباعیات عمر خیام) is the title that Edward Fitz-Gerald gave to his translation of a selection of poems, originally written in Persian and of which there are about a thousand,...

Algy Pug 2 hours 21 minutes

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. - Departed Days

LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Departerd Days by Oliver Wendell Holmes. This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 8, 2011. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. was an American physician, professor,...

AdamH and 10 more 12 minutes

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G. K. Chesterton - Chesterton Calendar

Go through the year, day by day, with the wit and wisdom of G.K. Chesterton! Compiled from the writings of 'G.K.C', both in verse and in prose, each day of the year is provided with a generally short quotation from...

debolee and 7 more 4 hours 41 minutes

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James Russell Lowell - Song (Lowell version)

LibriVox volunteers bring you 7 recordings of Song by James Russell Lowell. This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 1, 2011. James Russell Lowell was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He...

David Lawrence and 6 more 8 minutes

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Short Poetry Collection 096

This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the months of April and May 2011.

Ann Simmons and 22 more 1 hour 26 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Abram S. Isaacs - Pillow and Stone

LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Pillow and Stone by Abram S. Isaacs. This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 24, 2011. Abram S. Isaacs (1851-1920) was an American rabbi, author, and professor....

Amy Gramour and 12 more 12 minutes

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Matthew Arnold - Growing Old

LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Growing Old by Matthew Arnold. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for April 17, 2011. Matthew Arnold was a British poet and cultural critic who worked as an...

Anna Roberts and 16 more 36 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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