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George Pope Morris - Welcome and Farewell

George Pope Morris was an American editor, poet, and songwriter. In addition to his publishing and editorial work, Morris was popular as a poet and songwriter; especially well-known was his poem-turned-song...

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William Shakespeare - Sonnet 130

A LibriVox Weekly Poetry tribute to William Shakespeare marking the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death in April 2016. Two of Shakespeare's most famous sonnets, Sonnet 18 and Sonnet 130, have completely contradict...

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John Greenleaf Whittier - Christmas Carmen

John Greenleaf Whittier was an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. Frequently listed as one of the Fireside Poets, Whittier was influenced by the Scottish poet Robert...

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John Clare - Flood

John Clare was an English poet, the son of a farm labourer, who came to be known for his celebratory representations of the English countryside and his lamentation of its disruption. His poetry underwent a major...

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Frances Ridley Havergal - Another Year

LibriVox readers bring you 13 readings of Another Year, by Frances Ridley Havergal. This was the weekly poem for December 28, 2014, to January 3, 2015. — Summary by Esther ben Simonides

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Bliss Carman - Epilogue

In 1904, Canadian poet Bliss Carman published Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics, which was not just a translation of the fragments but an imaginative reconstruction of the lost poems. While of little to no scholarly value,...

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William Mackay MacKeracher - Canada, My Land

W. M. MacKeracher was a Canadian poet. This poem celebrating Canada's 150th year of Confederation is taken from Canada, My Land; and Other Compositions in Verse by William M. MacKeracher. — Summary by David Lawrence

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Thomas O'Hagan - In The Trenches

Dr. O'Hagan writes with a clear eye, a sane mind, and a sensitive heart. While agreeing in the main with Walter de la Mare, that «every book lives or perishes by virtue or default of its artistic sincerity,»...

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Jean Ingelow - Comfort in the Night

Jean Ingelow was an English poet and novelist. — Summary by Wikipedia

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Helen Hunt Jackson - November

Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, born Helen Fiske was an American poet and writer who became an activist on behalf of improved treatment of Native Americans by the U.S. government. She described the adverse effects of...

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Nathaniel Parker Willis - Declaration

Nathaniel Parker Willis is also known as N. P. Willis. He was an American author, poet and editor who worked with several notable American writers including Edgar Allan Poe and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. He became...

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Madison Cawein - Old Man Rain

Madison Julius Cawein was born in Louisville, the fifth child of William and Christiana (Stelsly) Cawein. His father made patent medicines from herbs. Thus as a child, Cawein became acquainted with and developed a...

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Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

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