Poetry
Chinese Poetry in English Verse
Read by MaryAnn
Herbert Allen Giles
Dear Land of Flowers, forgive me! -- that I tookThese snatches from thy glittering wealth of song, And twisted to the uses of a book Strains…
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
Read by Alaaious
Omar Khayyám
"Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Persian: رباعیات عمر خیام). The Rubáiyát (Arabic: رباعیات) is a collection of poems, originall…
Peter Piper's Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation
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William James McGlothlin
LibriVox volunteers bring you 7 recordings of A Selection from Peter Piper's Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation by Anon…
The Word of an Engineer
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James Weldon Johnson
James Weldon Johnson was an American author, educator, lawyer, diplomat, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Johnson is best remembered f…
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
Read by Linda Leu
Oscar Wilde
In 1895, Oscar Wilde was sentenced to 2 years of hard labor for acts of ‘gross indecency’. During his time at Reading Gaol, he witnessed a r…
The Faerie Queene
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Edmund Spenser
"The Fourth Book of the Faerie Queene contayning the Legende of Cambel and Telamond or of Friendship."The Faerie Queene was never …
The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke
Read by Algy Pug
C. J. Dennis
The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke is a verse novel by Australian novelist and poet C. J. Dennis. The book sold over 60,000 copies in nine edi…
Aucassin and Nicolette
Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
Andrew Lang, Unknowntranslated Byandrew Lang, Translated Byandrew Lang and Unknowntranslated By Andrew Lang
Aucassin and Nicolette is a medieval romance written in a combination of prose and verse called a “song-story.” Created probably in the earl…
Kriloff's Fables
Read by Kevin W. Davidson
Ivan Krylov
Herein is a collection of 86 fables translated into English from the 201 written by Kriloff. Some of Kriloff's fables are translations from …
A to Zed Collection
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Various
A collection of pieces, both fiction and non-fiction, that have as its subject a word beginning with a specific letter of the English alphab…
A Bird in a Gilded Cage
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Arthur J. Lamb
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of A Bird in a Gilded Cage by Arthur J. Lamb. This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 2, …
A Selection of 19th Century Scientific Verse
Read by Ruth Golding
Various
In the 18th and early 19th centuries, it was common for discoveries in branches of science such as botany, astronomy and medicine to be desc…
The Village Blacksmith
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
LibriVox volunteers bring you eleven different recordings of The Village Blacksmith, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This was the weekly poet…
Alice Pleasance Liddell
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Lewis Carroll
LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 different recordings of Alice Pleasance Liddell by Lewis Carroll. This was the weekly poetry project for th…
The Faerie Queene
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Edmund Spenser
The Fifth Book of the Faerie Queene contayning the Legende of Artegall or of Ivstice.This masterpiece was never completed, but it continues …
The Voice of the Ancient Bard
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William Blake
LibriVox volunteers bring you six different readings of The Voice of the Ancient Bard, by William Blake. This is a weekly poetry project. (…
The Dream
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John Donne
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of The Dream by John Donne. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for July 17, 2011.John Donne…
Strophes of Omar Khayyám
Read by Algy Pug
Omar Khayyám
One of the earliest versions of Omar Khayyám's quatrains by an American translator is John Leslie Garner's collection, published in 1…
Selected Lullabies of Eugene Field
Read by Becky Miller
Eugene Field
The sweetest songs the world has ever heard are the lullabies that have been crooned above its cradles. The music of Beethoven and Mozart, o…
The Verse-Book of a Homely Woman
Read by Clarica
Fay Inchfawn
Published by the Religious Tract Society in London, The Verse-Book of a Homely Woman is a collection of domestic, spiritual, and fanciful po…