Poetry

The Treasure Chest of My Bookhouse

by Variousandolive Beaupre Miller and Olive Beaupre Miller Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Full of delightful fairy tales, charming poems and engaging stories, this is the fourth volume of the "My Bookhouse" series for li…

Holy Sonnets

by John Donne Read by David Barnes 4.9
John Donne (1572 – March 31, 1631) was a Jacobean poet and preacher, representative of the metaphysical poets of the period. His works, nota…

Sappho

by Sappho Read by Libby Gohn 4.7
Sappho lived in the Greek-speaking Aeolian islands off the coast of Turkey. She is one of the very few female poets from antiquity. Although…

The Prophet

by Kahlil Gibran Read by Adam Santoni 4.7
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…

Selection from The Temple

by George Herbert Read by David Barnes 4.9
George Herbert (April 3, 1593 – March 1, 1633) was a Welsh poet, orator and a priest. Throughout his life he wrote religious poems character…

The Prelude

by William Wordsworth Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.6
Among monuments of narrative poetry, The Prelude; or, Growth of a Poet's Mind, by William Wordsworth, occupies a unique place. Wordsworth pu…

American Civil War Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
Explore the profound impact of the American Civil War through a curated collection of poems and short literary works. This anthology brings …

The Rape of the Lock

by Alexander Pope Read by Rhonda Federman 4.4
The Rape of the Lock is a mock-heroic narrative poem written by Alexander Pope, first published anonymously in Lintot's Miscellany in May 17…

Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics

by Bliss Carman Read by Peter Yearsley 4.7
Sappho lived six centuries before Christ, at a period when lyric poetry was peculiarly esteemed and cultivated at the centres of Greek life.…

The Lay of the Last Minstrel

by Sir Walter Scott Read by Peter Tucker 4.7
An aging minstrel seeks who hospitality at Newark Castle and in recompense tells a tale of a sixteenth-century Border feud. In the poem, Lad…

Venus and Adonis

by William Shakespeare Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Venus and Adonis is Shakespeare's narrative poem about the love of the goddess Venus for the mortal youth Adonis, dedicated partly to his pa…

Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes

by Elias Lönnrot Read by Expatriate 4.4
The Kalevala is a 19th-century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology. It…

Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection

by Charles Dickens Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
This year is the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the second volume; the first volume of short works - fiction, essays, poetry a…

Poems of Passion

by Ella Wheeler Wilcox Read by Joy Chan 4.9
Poems of Passion by Ella Wheeler Wilcox is a heartfelt collection that explores the depths of love and desire through evocative verse. Writt…

The Psalms and Odes of Solomon

by J. Rendel Harris Read by Sam Stinson 4.7
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…

The Rape of Lucrece

by William Shakespeare Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The Rape of Lucrece (1594) is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare about the legendary Lucretia. Lucrece draws on the story described in …

All Is Beautiful

by Jabez L. Van Cleef Read by Jabez L. Van Cleef 4.4
Since the beginning of time, human beings have told the story of their own beginning, and of the origins of the four directions, the heavens…

An Essay on Criticism

by Alexander Pope Read by Aringguth 4.7
An Essay on Criticism is a foundational work of literary criticism by Alexander Pope, blending poetry and philosophical reflection. Written …

The Real Mother Goose

by William James McGlothlin Read by Allyson Hester 4.2
The Real Mother Goose is a cherished anthology of nursery rhymes that invites listeners of all ages to rediscover the joy and whimsy of chil…

A Chesterton Calendar

by G. K. Chesterton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Go through the year, day by day, with the wit and wisdom of G.K. Chesterton! Compiled from the writings of 'G.K.C', both in verse and in pro…

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