William Allan Jones

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Truth

Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an English poet of the Victorian era, popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime. Elizabeth Barrett wrote poetry from about the age of six. Her mother's collection...

Bruce Kachuk and 17 more 36 minutes

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J. W. Foley - Through All The Years

Here is a sweet little poem to touch your heart and share with your best friends. The words are heartfelt, simple and trip off the tongue in sing-song fashion. The challenge becomes, as my English teacher and the...

Bruce Kachuk and 15 more 34 minutes

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox - Golden Day

LibriVox volunteers bring you recordings of A Golden Day by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for March 31, 2019. — A delightful little poem describing what it feels like to greet a...

Bruce Kachuk and 18 more 30 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...

Algy Pug and 18 more 28 minutes

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Robert Frost - Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for January 6, 2019. — The meanings of this poignant poem--which...

Bruce Kachuk and 22 more 25 minutes

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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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Sir Philip Sidney - Double Sestina - Ye Goatherd Gods

LibriVox volunteers bring you recordings of Double Sestina — Ye Goatherd Gods by Phillip Sidney. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 5, 2019. — Poem is included in the book «Countesse of Pembroke's...

William Allan Jones and 2 more 23 minutes

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Romance

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Franklin Pierce Adams - Women I'm Not Married To

This poem, by Franklin P. Adams, is the sequel to/answer to Dorothy Parker's poem, Women I'm Not Married To, with a decidedly different but equally humorous take on the matter. ( Summary by Michele Fry )

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Edna St. Vincent Millay - Penitent

LibriVox volunteers bring you12 recordings of The Penitent by Edna St. Vincent Millay. This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 5, 2019. — A saucy little poem about a girl with a guilt free conscience! A very...

Brian Dirkx and 11 more 16 minutes

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Dorothy Parker - Men I'm Not Married To

A saucy little poem commenting upon all men that Ms. Parker didn't marry, perhaps implying (it's a bit ambiguous) that upon marrying, the husband becomes far more special than all the other men in the world. It's sort...

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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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