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Robert Herrick - Delight in Disorder

Robert Herrick (baptised 24 August 1591 – buried 15 October 1674[1]) was a 17th-century English lyric poet and cleric. He is best known for his book of poems, Hesperides. Herrick never married, and none of his...

Algy Pug and 10 more 10 minutes

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Poetry

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Short Poetry Collection 147

This is a collection of 27 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for August 2015.

Ian King and 11 more 47 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Ancient

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Plato (Πλάτων) - Menexenus

Menexenus (ΜΕΝΕΞΕΝΟΣ) is thought to have been written by Plato (ΠΛΑΤΩΝ). The dialogue consists of Socrates (ΣΩΚΡΑΤΗΣ) recounting a funeral oration he claims to have learned from the female philosopher Aspasia...

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James Weldon Johnson - Word of an Engineer

James Weldon Johnson was an American author, educator, lawyer, diplomat, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Johnson is best remembered for his leadership within the National Association for the Advancement of...

Claudia Salto and 10 more 17 minutes

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Man: King of Mind, Body, and Circumstance

Other religions

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James Allen - Man: King of Mind, Body, and Circumstance

The problem of life consists in learning how to live. It is like the problem of addition or subtraction to the schoolboy. When mastered, all difficulty disappears, and the problem has vanished. All the problems of...

Andrea Fiore 1 hour 6 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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Mark Twain - How to Tell a Story, and Other Essays

In his inimitable way, Mark Twain gives sound advice about how to tell a story, then lets us in on some curious incidents he experienced, and finishes with a trip that proves life-changing. — Summary by Claudia Salto

Claudia Salto 59 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Charles Tennyson Turner - Summer Night in the Beehive

LibriVox volunteers bring you ten recordings of «A Summer Night in the Beehive.» The Weekly Poem for August 24, 2014 brings us the night sounds of the meadow in summer.

Bruce Kachuk and 9 more 11 minutes

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Self-Help

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James Allen - From Passion to Peace

The first three parts of this book, Passion, Aspiration, and Temptation, represent the common human life, with its passion, pathos, and tragedy. The last three parts, Transcendence, Beatitude, and Peace, represents...

Andrea Fiore 1 hour 3 minutes

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Eugene Field - BOOH

Eugene Field, Sr. was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays.

Claudia Salto and 9 more 18 minutes

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Other religions

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Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazālī - Confessions of al-Ghazali

Abu Hamid al-Ghazali was born in 1058 AD in the city of Tus in modern day Iran. He was a reputed scholar, philosopher and Shafi'i jurist who was a professor of theology at the Nizamiyya College of Baghdad. At the peak...

Iqra and 1 more 1 hour 29 minutes

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Hymn of the Nativity, Sung by the Shepherds

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Richard Crashaw - Hymn of the Nativity, Sung by the Shepherds

Librivox volunteers bring you seven readings of A Hymn of the Nativity, Sung by the Shepherds by Richard Crashaw. This was the fortnightly poem for December 7 — December 21, 2014. — Ann Boulais

Adele de Pignerolles and 5 more 33 minutes

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Religion

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Rev. Gerald T. Brennan - Man Who Dared a King

«The Man Who Dared a King» is a simple children's story of St. John Fisher, the heroic bishop who chose Christ over Henry VIII. (Adapted from jacket summary)

Maria Therese 43 minutes

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