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Poetry

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William Blake - Voice of the Ancient Bard

Librivox volunteers bring you six different readings of The Voice of the Ancient Bard , by William Blake. This is a weekly poetry project. (Summary by Annie Coleman)

Hugh McGuire and 5 more 6 minutes

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Law

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United States Historical Documents

The Articles of Confederation: On November 15th, 1777 The Articles of Confederation became the first constitution of the United States, though not yet ratified by the thirteen original colonies. Ratification of the...

Michael Scherer 1 hour 22 minutes

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Twas the Night Before Christmas (A Visit From St. Nicholas)

Poetry

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Clement Clarke Moore - Twas the Night Before Christmas (A Visit From St. Nicholas)

Librivox volunteers bring you nine different readings of Clement C. Moore's 'Twas the Night Before Christmas , a weekly poetry project. (Summary by Annie Coleman)

Annie Coleman Rothenberg and 7 more 32 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Frederick Locker-Lampson - To My Grandmother

LibriVox volunteers bring you four different recordings of To My Grandmother , by Frederick Locker-Lampson, in honor of Grandparents' Day. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of September 10th, 2006.

Christina Zhu and 3 more 10 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Andrew Marvell - To His Coy Mistress

LibriVox volunteers bring you eleven different recordings of To His Coy Mistress, by Andrew Marvell, one of the greatest seduction speeches of all time. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of July 23th,...

Alan Davis Drake and 10 more 31 minutes

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Poetry

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T. S. Eliot - Waste Land

The Waste Land is a highly influential 433-line modernist poem by T. S. Eliot. It is perhaps the most famous and most written-about long poem of the 20th century, dealing with the decline of civilization and the...

Basil Munroe Godevenos 22 minutes

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Poetry

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Village Blacksmith

LibriVox volunteers bring you eleven different recordings of The Village Blacksmith , by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of October 1st, 2006.

Andrea L and 10 more 26 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Margery Williams - Velveteen Rabbit (version 2)

This classic story by Margery Williams, published in 1922, imparts the timeless message that toys need not be expensive or modern to be appreciated. Through giving and receiving love, even a commonplace stuffed animal...

22 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Margery Williams - Velveteen Rabbit

«What is REAL?» asked the Rabbit one day... Written in 1922, The Velveteen Rabbit , or, How Toys Become Real is the tale of a sweet unassuming toy rabbit who questions what it is to live and to love. It was...

28 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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Washington Irving - Legend of Sleepy Hollow

The quiet Dutch community of Sleepy Hollow lay in the Adirondack mountains on the western shore of the mighty Hudson River in America’s colonial period. The solitude of the woods was breathtaking, and not even a...

1 hour 23 minutes

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Poetry

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Lewis Carroll - Hunting of the Snark

This is a whimsical poem that takes the reader on a sailing hunt for the mythical Snark. The Bellman, the Butcher, the Baker, the Beaver and others named and unnamed provide a fast-paced, almost maniacal, romp to find...

29 minutes

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Hand that Rocks the Cradle is the Hand that Rules the World

Poetry

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William Ross Wallace - Hand that Rocks the Cradle is the Hand that Rules the World

For Mother’s Day 2006, we’ve recorded five versions of this tribute to Mothers and their role in shaping the future. The title is very famous out of its context, but now you can hear how it was originally intended.

Annie Coleman Rothenberg and 4 more 10 minutes

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