Elegies & Odes

Erotica Romana

Read by A. E. Maroney


Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


Also known as the "Roman Elegies," Erotica Romana is von Goethe's literary tribute to human sexuality and eroticism. Written in 24…

In Memoriam A.H.H.

Read by Elizabeth Klett


Alfred, Lord Tennyson


In Memoriam is Tennyson's elegiac tribute to his friend Arthur Henry Hallam, who died in 1833 at the age of 22. Tennyson wrote this long poe…

Pearl (Jewett translation)

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The Gawain Poet and The Gawain Poettranslated Bysophie Jewett


Written in the 14th century by the Gawain poet, 'Pearl' is an elegiac poem reflecting on the death of a young daughter, pictured as a pearl …

To a Dog

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John Jay Chapman


LibriVox volunteers bring you 22 recordings of To a Dog by John Jay Chapman, published in 1917. This was the Weekly Poetry project for Novem…

Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl

Read by Paul Henry Tremblay


John Greenleaf Whittier


A 750-line idyllic poem about a snow-storm from the narrator's childhood. (Summary by Paul Tremblay)

The World's Best Poetry, Volume 7: Descriptive and Narrative (Part 1)

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Various


The seventh of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, con…

The Anniversary Poems

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


John Donne


Elizabeth Drury, daughter of Donne's patron, Sir Robert Drury, died in 1610. A year later Donne laments her hyperbolically as the soul of th…

An Ode

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Táhirih


LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of An Ode by Táhirih (Fátimih Baraghání) (1814/1817 – 1852), Transla…

An Ode to Bahá'u'lláh

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Nabíl-I-A'Zam


LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of An Ode to Bahá'u'lláh by Nabíl-i-A'zam (Mullá Muhammad Zarand&iac…

To Celia

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Ben Jonson


LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of To Celia by Ben Jonson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 6th, 2011.Benjamin Jonso…

The World's Best Poetry, Volume 7: Descriptive and Narrative (Part 2)

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Various


The seventh of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, co…

Ὕμνοι ἤτοι προοίμια (Homeric Hymns)

Read by Ἑλένη Κεμικτσή


Homer


Οἱ Ὁμηρικοὶ Ὕμνοι ἐντάσσονται στὰ πλαίσια τῶν ἐργασιῶν πού ξεκίνησα ἐδῶ καὶ μερικὰ χρόνια στὴν ἰστοσελίδα μου Projet Homere (Σχέδιο Ὁμήρου (…

Inscription for an Old Bed

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William Morris


LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Inscription for an Old Bed by William Morris. This was the Weekly Poetry project for June 20t…

Poesias

Read by Mario Pineda


José Batres Montúfar


Compendium of Batres' main poems. - Summary by Mario Pineda

The Prophecy of Dante

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George Gordon, Lord Byron


Byron wrote this tribute to the great 14th-century Italian poet Dante Alighieri after visiting his tomb in Ravenna in 1819. It envisages Dan…

Amoretti and Epithalamion

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Edmund Spenser


"These Sonnets furnish us with a circumstantial and very interesting history of Spenser's second courtship, which, after many repulses,…

Lucasta

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Richard Lovelace


"Lucasta" is of Latin origin meaning "Pure Light". Besides the dedication of the first poem to his wife, Anne Lovelace, …

The Magic House, and Other Poems

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Duncan Campbell Scott


A beautiful collection of 47 poems the author wrote being inspired by the seasons, by love, by memories. - Summary by Laur

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