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Matthew Arnold - Austerity Of Poetry

Matthew Arnold was an English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He has been characterised as a sage writer, a type of writer who chastises and instructs the reader on contemporary social...

Bruce Kachuk and 11 more 15 minutes

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Single author

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R. Nathaniel Dett - Rubinstein Staccato Etude

This poem, read by 16 Librivox Volunteers, describes the ups and downs and emotional frenzy of The Rubinstein Staccato Etude. The author, R. Nathaniel Dett, was a composer, organist, pianist and music professor. While...

Algy Pug and 15 more 24 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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José Maria de Eça de Queirós - Our Lady of the Pillar

A ghost story and love story all at once, set in medieval portugal. Don Ruy is in love with Dona Leonor, but her husband has guessed his feelings and hatches a plan. Don Ruy rides right into a trap, but on the way, a...

Leni 1 hour 23 minutes

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Poetry

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Short Poetry Collection 199

This is a collection of 48 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for December 2019.

Phil Schempf and 21 more 1 hour 28 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Oscar Wilde - Fuite de la Lune

While at Trinity Collage, Wilde obtained a reputation for clever repartee and keen wit. He affected a superior air in his manners which irritated his fellow undergraduates, so that he once became the object of their...

Algy Pug and 21 more 20 minutes

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Poetry

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Danske Dandridge - Rose Brake

Danske Dandridge was a Danish-born American poet, who is considered one of the major poets from West Virginia. In this volume, 36 of her poems are collected. The poems often read a lot like small fairy tales, and...

Lynda Marie Neilson and 6 more 1 hour 29 minutes

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Poetry

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Edward Quintard - Sea Babies and Other Babies

This is a volume of small, dreamy poems by Edward Quintard. The poems could all make good lullabies, and can be read or told to very young children. Their parents or other grown-ups will also enjoy them. — Summary by...

Bhavya and 7 more 56 minutes

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Animals & Nature

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Albert Bigelow Paine - How Mr. Rabbit Lost His Tail

A small selection of children's stories from the Hollow Tree Stories series — Summary by David Gore

DavidG 1 hour 26 minutes

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Anthologies

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Omar Khayyám - Third Rubaiyat Miscellany

In addition to Edward Fitzgerald, many authors have produced versions of the quatrains of Omar Khayyam. This collection features the work of some less well known English translators. In an article in The North...

Algy Pug 1 hour 5 minutes

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Bibles

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Darby Bible - Bible (DBY) NT 09: Galatians

The Darby Bible consists of a translation of the New Testament by John Nelson Darby, originally published in 1867, and a translation of the Old Testament, included in later editions of the text, completed by Darby's...

Hultstrand 26 minutes Bible (Darby Version)

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. - Island Hunting-Song

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston. A member of the Fireside Poets, he was acclaimed by his peers as one of the best writers of the day. His most famous prose works...

Bruce Kachuk and 9 more 21 minutes

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William Cullen Bryant - To The Fringed Gentian

William Cullen Bryant was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post. He is also remembered as one of the principal authorities on homeopathy and as a hymnist for the...

Algy Pug and 20 more 28 minutes

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