Poetry
Short Poetry Collection
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
This is a collection of 24 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for December 2014.
Ode to Autumn
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
John Keats
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 different recordings of Ode to Autumn by John Keats. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of Nov…
Long Poems Collection
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
LibriVox’s Long Poems Collection 007: a collection of 15 public domain poems greater than 10 minutes in length.Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: …
Renascence and Other Poems
Read by Linda Leu
Edna St. Vincent Millay
The following is a recording of the first volume of poetry published by Edna St. Vincent Millay. When the author had graduated from high sch…
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…
A Word Is Dead
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Emily Dickinson
LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 different recordings of A Word Is Dead, by Emily Dickinson. This was the weekly poetry for the week of July…
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 …
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
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
"Originally modeled on the Psalms and other poetic passages (commonly referred to as "canticles") in the Scriptures, Christia…
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
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…
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…
A Budget of Christmas Tales
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various and Charles Dickens
This is a 1895 collection of christmas-themed short stories and poems by various authors, Charles Dickens himself being the most prominent f…
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…
Gl'Inni sacri
Read by Fabiola
Alessandro Manzoni
Raccolta di 5 componimenti, ognuno dei quali tratta di una festività cattolica. - Summary by fabiola
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…
The Faerie Queene
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Edmund Spenser
"The Fourth Book of the Faerie Queene contayning the Legende of Cambel and Telamond or of Friendship."The Faerie Queene was never …
Peter Piper's Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
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
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
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…