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Jonathan Swift - On A Shadow In A Glass

Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. Swift is remembered for...

Ann K and 9 more 29 minutes

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Michael Field - Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne

This Fortnightly Poem is taken from Underneath the Bough, A Book of Verses by Michael Field. — Summary by David Lawrence

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Augusta Webster - English Stornelli

In this sequence Augusta Webster experimented with eight-line verses grouped thematically by the seasons of the year. These poems also explore the cyclical stages of life from youth, courtship and parenthood through...

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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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Alan Seeger - I Have a Rendezvous with Death

This book… contains the record of a short life, into which was crowded far more of keen experience and high aspiration—of the thrill of sense and the rapture of soul—than it is given to most men, even of high...

Bruce Kachuk and 17 more 28 minutes

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Robert Burns Wilson - It Is in Winter That We Dream of Spring

LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of It Is in Winter That We Dream of Spring by Robert Burns Wilson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 10, 2019. — Robert Burns Wilson was an American...

Bruce Kachuk and 22 more 28 minutes

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Sara Teasdale - Christmas Carol

LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of Christmas Carol by Sara Teasdale. This was the Christmas Weekly Poetry project for December 23, 2018. — This Christmas Poem is taken from Helen of Troy, and Other...

Aleacia Messiah and 17 more 28 minutes

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Robert Southey - Stanzas Written in His Library

Poem #619 in The Book Of Georgian Verse, page 1110, published 1909. This poem seems so appropriate to what we do at LibriVox, surrounding ourselves with, learning from, and keeping alive the memories of deceased...

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Culture & Heritage Fiction

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Henry Lawson - Scots Of The Riverina

This poem tells the story of a boy in Australia who leaves the farm at harvest time. «and to run from home was a crime.» The story is set in the Riverina, New South Wales in the town of Gundagai. ( David Lawrence)

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Hattie Howard - Tobogganing

«This author's verse shows a hearty, wholesome, human spirit, sometimes overflowing into downright fun, and a straightforward directness always. It is a pleasant book, sure to be welcomed by all.» (EXTRACTS FROM PRESS...

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Walt Whitman - Song of the Broad-Axe - stanza 4

This Weekly Poem is an excerpt from Song of the Broad-axe (4th Stanza) by Walt Whitman, who was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and...

ashleighjane and 16 more 27 minutes

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Poetry

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Anne Brontë - Captive Dove

Many victorian women felt trapped by the role society gave them. So did Anne Bronte. This is a poem about lonleyness, and about feeling caged. A poem which would bring tears to your eyes. — Summary by Stav Nisser

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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