Poetry
Rhymed Receipts for Any Occasion
Read by Betsie Bush
Imogen Clark
In addition to being amusing, recipes written in a poetic form were easy to remember and used as learning tools for the young housekeeper. M…
Lara, A Tale
Read by Nathan
George Gordon, Lord Byron
This powerful poem narrates the fateful return of Count Lara to the British Isles after spending years abroad traveling the orient.Returning…
Sonnet 073
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
William Shakespeare
To celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday, LibriVox volunteers bring you ten different recordings of Sonnet 73. This was the weekly poetry project…
Public Domain Hymns 01
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Various
"Originally modeled on the Psalms and other poetic passages (commonly referred to as "canticles") in the Scriptures, Christia…
Christmas Poetry and Hymn Collection
Read by Douglas D. Anderson
Various
This collection includes 40 different Christmas carols collected and read by Douglas D. Anderson, the creator of The Hymns and Carols of Chr…
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: Canto IV
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George Gordon, Lord Byron
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a lengthy narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. It was published between 1812 and 1818 and is de…
Stories of the Scottish Border
Read by Jhiu
William Platt
Nothing seems to be known about Mr and Mrs William Platt, the writers of Stories of the Scottish Border. What they produced is an eccentric …
Peter Piper's Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation (Selectio…
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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…
Chinese Poetry in English Verse (古今詩選)
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 (Fitzgerald)
Read by Alaaious
Omar Khayyám
"Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Persian: رباعیات عمر خیام). The Rubáiyát (Arabic: رباعیات) is a collection of poems, originall…
The Faerie Queene Book 4
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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…
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 Faerie Queene Book 5
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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 …
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, …
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 …
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 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…
The Ballad of Reading Gaol, (version 2)
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…
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…