Poetry
Hymnen an die Nacht
Read by ekyale
Novalis
Hymnen an die Nacht ist der Titel eines Gedichtzyklus von Novalis (Friedrich von Hardenberg). Der Zyklus wurde zuerst 1800 in der Zeitschrif…
The Passionate Pilgrim
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William Shakespeare
The Passionate Pilgrim was published by William Jaggard, later the publisher of Shakespeare's First Folio. The first edition survives only i…
Grimm Tales Made Gay
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Guy Wetmore Carryl
A comic rendering in verse of well-loved Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, each ending with a moral and full of puns. The titles of the tal…
Canti orfici
Read by Sergio Baldelli
Dino Campana
Tra il 1912 e il 1913 Campana compone i versi che diventeranno poi (dopo alterne vicende e diverse riscritture) la sua opera più sign…
The Prophet (version 3)
Read by Adam Santoni
Kahlil Gibran
The Prophet is a book of 26 prose poetry fables written in English by the Lebanese-American poet and writer Kahlil Gibran. It was originally…
Les Chansons De Bilitis
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Pierre Louÿs
Les Chansons de Bilitis furent publiées en 1894 : il s'agit d'une collection de poèmes sulfureux et passionnés par une …
Камень (Kamen)
Read by Mark Chulsky
Osip Mandelstam
Книга стихов "Камень" (1916). Некоторые из стихотворений этого раннего собрания отличаются от знакомых слушателю более поздних ред…
Short Science Fiction Collection 057
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Various
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…
30 American Poems
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Various
This is a sequel of sorts to 37 American Poems, one of my first solos. Concentration here is on late 19th to early 20th Century works by US …
Coffee Break Collection 008 - Animals
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Henry David Thoreau
This is the eighth collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in len…
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 06
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Various
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the sixth volume, 55 short stories and poems have been gathered from 42 authors…
Milton: a Poem
Read by Brian Russell Graham
William Blake
Milton: a Poem is an epic poem by William Blake, written and illustrated between 1804 and 1810. Its hero is John Milton, who returns from he…
The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Fitzgerald version)
Read by Algy Pug
Omar Khayyám
The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Persian: رباعیات عمر خیام) is the title that Edward Fitz-Gerald gave to his translation o…
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
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William Wordsworth
This was the weekly poetry project for 14 May 2006. Spring’s flowers come and go all too quickly, but Wordsworth’s classic poem reminds us …
An Old Man's Thought of School
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Walt Whitman
LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of An Old Man's Thought of School by Walt Whitman. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for F…
The Fisher's Boy
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Henry David Thoreau
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 different recordings of the Fisher’s Boy by Henry David Thoreau. This was the weekly poetry project for the…
Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 02
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William Shakespeare
LibriVox readers present the second collection of monologues from Shakespeare’s plays. Containing 15 parts. William Shakespeare (April 26, …
Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta), vol. 1
Read by Sergio Baldelli
Francesco Petrarca
Il Canzoniere di Francesco Petrarca è stata una grande "rivoluzione" nella letteratura europea in volgare: è il prim…
Poems
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Wilfred Owen
A collection of poems by the English war poet and soldier of the First World War, Wilfred Owen. Owen is regarded by historians as the leadin…
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (version 2)
Read by P. J. Taylor
William Blake
"The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom."The Marriage of Heaven & Hell is William Blake’s masterpiece – a piously bl…