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Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2)

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William Blake - Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2)

«Innocence» and «Experience» are definitions of consciousness that rethink Milton's existential-mythic states of «Paradise» and «Fall». Blake categorizes our modes of perception that became standard in Romanticism:...

Foon 51 minutes

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Poetry

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Hilda Doolittle - Sea Garden

This is a collection of poems by Hilda Doolittle about topics relating to the ocean, nature, or both. It contains vivid and descriptive language to convey a wide range of emotions. — Summary by Campbell Schelp

Larry Wilson and 5 more 45 minutes

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Single author

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William Carlos Williams - Al Que Quiere! (and 18 more poems)

A book of William Carlos Williams's early poetry. Included in this recording are 18 poems published by Williams in Volume 13 of 'Poetry' literary journal in 1919. — Summary by KevinS

KevinS 1 hour 14 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Abram Joseph Ryan - Farewells

LibriVox volunteers bring you 22 recordings of Farewells by Abram Joseph Ryan. This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 26, 2019. — Abram Joseph Ryan was an American poet, an active proponent of the...

Brian Dirkx and 21 more 28 minutes

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Lucian's Dialogues Volume 4: Zeus the Tragedian

Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

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Lucian of Samosata - Lucian's Dialogues Volume 4: Zeus the Tragedian

Zeus, gloomy and in tragic distress, is implored by Hermes and Athena to divulge the cause of his melancholy condition; while Hera, true to her Homeric character, confidently attributes it to another earthly amour....

1 hour 18 minutes Dialogues of Lucian of Samosata

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Travel & Geography

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George Macmillan - Ride Across the Peloponnese

In the spring of 1877, a young Oscar Wilde visited Greece with his classics professor, J. P. Mahaffy, and two friends. One of these friends, George Macmillan, wrote a brief account of the party's ride across the...

Rob Marland 1 hour 21 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Algernon Charles Swinburne - Match

LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of A Match by Algernon Charles Swinburne. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 19, 2019. — Algernon Charles Swinburne was an English poet, playwright,...

Brian Dirkx and 17 more 45 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Ring Lardner - His Memory

LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 recordings of His Memory by Ring Lardner. This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 19, 2019. — Another poem form Bib Ballads, a collection of poems about the author's son. —...

Algy Pug and 20 more 25 minutes

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Monitor and the Merrimac: Both sides of the story

War & Military

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Samuel Greene - Monitor and the Merrimac: Both sides of the story

The American Civil War lasted four years, from 1861 to 1865. It included some iconic battles that have maintained enough interest to merit recounting the events in countless books. One such seminal battle was that of...

Jeffery 1 hour 10 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Carl E. Koppenhaver - Martin Luther

This short, engaging volume summarizes the life of a priest who, intending to spark a lively academic debate by nailing 95 theses on a church door, unwittingly sets the continent aflame with the 1517 Reformation of...

Danielle Cartwright 1 hour 20 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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William Cowper - Inscription For A Stone

LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of Inscription For A Stone by William Cowper. This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 12, 2019. — INSCRIPTION FOR A STONE Erected at the sowing of a grove of...

Brian Dirkx and 17 more 24 minutes

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Life and Adventures of Chanticleer, the Intelligent Rooster. An interesting story in verse for children

Poetry

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Unknown - Life and Adventures of Chanticleer, the Intelligent Rooster. An interesting story in verse for children

This is the story of an intelligent, upright and generous rooster named Chanticleer. We follow his life from birth to death in this story written in verse. The story recounts his adventures during his childhood, his...

SweetHome 1 hour 26 minutes

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