Poetry
Hero and Leander (version 2)
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
Christopher Marlowe
Two young people, the epitome of young masculine and feminine beauty, fall in love at first sight, but their union is forbidden by the tyran…
Viviane
Read by Ezwa
Paul Duval
« Comment, Viviane, la fille onduleuse aux crins d'or, courtisane galloise experte en félonie, des douze preux d'Arthur ayant &…
The Real Mother Goose
Read by Allyson Hester
William James Mcglothlin
A heartwarming collection of nursery rhymes that will take you back to your childhood! (Summary by Allyson Hester)
The Tiger
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William Blake
LibriVox volunteers bring you twelve different recordings of The Tiger, by William Blake. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of…
Poems
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G. K. Chesterton
Originally published in 1916, this book of poetry by G.K. Chesterton includes 59 poems on a variety of subjects. Included in this are war po…
Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson
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Sæmund Sigfusson and Snorri Sturleson
The most complete set of the epic Norse eddas, or poems. It contains in beautiful verse the pagan beliefs of the Old Norse. Luckily in this …
The Apology
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
LibriVox volunteers bring you 28 different recordings of The Apology by Ralph Waldo Emerson. This was the weekly poetry project for the week…
Les Misérables pour rire
Read by Ezwa
A. Vémar and A. Vémarandgustave Marx
Vous n'avez jamais eu le temps de lire Les Misérables ? Eh bien, en voici l'occasion. Ces misérables-ci sont très conci…
When We Were Very Young
Read by Mark F. Smith
A. A. Milne
A.A. Milne wrote many poems to entertain his young son, Christopher Robin Milne, who appears to have been about three when "When We Wer…
The Farmer's Bride
Read by Elizabeth Klett
Charlotte Mew
The Farmer's Bride is a collection of 28 poems by British modernist writer Charlotte Mew. The original edition was published in 1916; this e…
Christmas Short Works Collection 2007
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Various
LibriVox’s 2007 Christmas Short Works Collection containing public domain short stories, essays, poems, and scripture passages recorded by a…
Manfred
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George Gordon, Lord Byron
Manfred is a dramatic poem in three acts by Lord Byron, and possibly a self confessional work. A noble, Manfred, is haunted by the memory of…
The Psalms and Odes of Solomon
Read by Sam Stinson
Unknowntranslated Byj. Rendel Harris and Translated Byj. Rendel Harris
One of the Pseudepigrapha, the Psalms of Solomon is a group of eighteen psalms (religious songs or poems) that are not part of any scriptura…
Short Poetry Collection 001
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Various
LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 001: a collection of 29 public-domain poems.
Shakespeare's Sonnets (version 3)
Read by Sam Stinson
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s Sonnets, or simply The Sonnets, comprise a collection of 154 poems in sonnet form written by William Shakespeare that deal wit…
Poems from the Divan of Hafiz
Read by Kevin W. Davidson
Hafiz and Hafez
Hafiz was a Persian poet. His collected works (Divan) are regarded as a pinnacle of Persian literature. While influenced by Islam, his mysti…
Gawayne and the Green Knight (Lewis Translation Version 2)
Read by Jerome Lawsen
The Gawain Poet, Charlton Miner Lewis and The Gawain Poettranslated Bycharlton Miner Lewis
Published in 1903, Gawayne and the Green Knight is a modern-language retelling of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a 14th-century verse roma…
The Freedmen's Book
Read by Rhonda Federman
Lydia Maria Child
Lydia Maria Child, an American abolitionist, compiled this collection of short stories and poems by former slaves and noted activists as an …
Spanish Poetry Collection 002
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Various
LibriVox’s Spanish Poetry Collection 002: a collection of 10 Spanish language public-domain poems.
Komische Lyrik von Busch und Morgenstern
Read by bettine
Christian Morgenstern
Dies ist eine Auswahl von deutschen Gedichten komischer Lyrik von Wilhelm Busch und Christian Morgenstern. This is a selection of German com…