Poetry
Manfred (Version 2)
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George Gordon, Lord Byron
Manfred is a Dramatic Poem written by Lord Byron in 1816-7 after he left England for the last time and shortly after the famous ghost story …
Whitman: An Interpretation in Narrative
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Emory Holloway
"You want to know in a word the sum total of my life philosophy as I have tried to live it and as I have tried to put it in my book. I …
The Harlot's House
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Oscar Wilde
LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of The Harlot's House by Oscar Wilde.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for June 9, 2024. …
The Marble Faun
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William Faulkner
Faulkner's first book, containing two long poems. The Marble Faun is the first. The second poem in the book, The Green Bough, is not public…
Nephelidia
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Algernon Charles Swinburne
LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 readings of Nephelidia by Algernon Charles Swinburne. Note: "Nephelidia" means "Cloudlets&qu…
A Thrush Before Dawn
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Alice Meynell
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 different recordings of A Thrush Before Dawn by Alice Meynell. This was the weekly poetry project for the w…
Heaven
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Rupert Brooke
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of Heaven by Rupert Brooke. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of August 16th, 2008…
The Beecher Beached
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John B. Tabb
Father John Banister Tabb was an American poet, Roman Catholic priest, and professor of English. Father Tabb (as he was commonly known) was …
The Poacher, A Serious Ballad
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Thomas Hood
There were scarcely any events in the life of Thomas Hood. One condition there was of too potent determining importance—life-long ill health…
The Cuisine
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet, who was considered a popular poet rather than a literary poet, in her poems she express…
Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth
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Arthur Hugh Clough
Arthur Hugh Clough (kluf) was an English poet, an educationalist, and the devoted assistant to ground-breaking nurse Florence Nightingale. H…
The Charm
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Rupert Brooke
To all who knew him, the man himself was at least as important as his work. "As to his talk" — I quote again from Mr. Somerset — &…
The Flood
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John Clare
John Clare was an English poet, the son of a farm labourer, who came to be known for his celebratory representations of the English countrys…
The Willows
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Bret Harte
The Willows is a parody on the verse of Edgar Allan Poe.Francis Bret Harte was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short f…
Lyrics of Earth
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Archibald Lampman
This is a volume of nature poetry by Canadian poet Archibald Lampman. Lampman is considered one of the most distinguished poets of his time,…
Erie Waters
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E. Pauline Johnson
"Her death is not only a great loss to those who knew and loved her: it is a great loss to Canadian literature and to the Canadian nati…
Flower of Youth: Poems in War Time
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Katharine Tynan Hinkson
This is a volume of poetry by Irish poet and writer Kathrine Tynan about World War I. Published in 1917, the poems translate the general atm…
Christmas Fancies
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
A popular poet rather than a literary poet, in her poems she expresses sentiments of cheer and optimism in plainly written, rhyming verse. H…
The Brother Avenged, and Other Ballads
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George Borrow
This is a series of ten narrative poems by George Borrow. They capture the spirit of epic poetry perfectly, set in medieval times and tellin…
By the Sea, and Other Verses
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Hannah Lavinia Baily
This is a collection of poetry by Hannah Lavinia Baily. They describe a number of different settings, prominently the sea in the titular poe…