Single Author Collections
The Poems of James Hebblethwaite
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James Hebblethwaite
James Hebblethwaite (22 September 1857 – 13 September 1921) was an English-born Australian poet, teacher and clergyman. Hebblethwaite was a …
Poems and Ballads
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Algernon Charles Swinburne
Swinburne's first collection of poetry, published in 1866, circles around the themes of love, religion (or irreligion) and death. The poems …
Πασχαλινά διηγήματα
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Alexandros Papadiamantis
«…ἐνόσω ζῶ καὶ ἀναπνέω καὶ σωφρονῶ, δὲν θὰ παύσω πάντοτε… νὰ ὑμνῶ μετὰ λατρείας τὸν Χριστόν μου, νὰ περιγράφω μετ᾿ ἔρωτος τὴν φύσιν, κ…
Birds
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Various
This is the 35th Coffee Break Collection, in which LibriVox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…
Hours of Idleness
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George Gordon, Lord Byron
Hours of Idleness was Byron's first book of poems published when he was only 19. In it he experiments with various poetic styles and provid…
Holy Sonnets
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John Donne
John Donne’s Holy Sonnets are a meditation on faith, loss, doubt and divine mercy. This recording uses the sequence of 19 sonnets as edited …
The Calendar and Other Verses
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Irving Sydney Dix
Written by poet Irving Sydney Dix in 1913 for "evidence of my love for and interest in the greatest of all the arts," this little …
Verse
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Adelaide Crapsey
Adelaide Crapsey's experimental poetry included her creation of the cinquain. This recording was taken from the posthumously published and e…
Nellie Brown, or, The Jealous Wife
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Thomas P. Detter
READERS The design of this work is to show the unhappy results of jealousy and misplaced confidence, arid the wicked designs of corrupt part…
Stars of the Desert
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Laurence Hope
Laurence Hope was the nom de plume of Adela Florence Nicolson, a British poet who wrote verses inspired by India, where she lived. This coll…
Pomes Penyeach
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James Joyce
James Joyce published three volumes of poetry during his lifetime including Pomes Penyeach. This simple booklet was published in 1927 in Par…
Flower Fables
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Louisa May Alcott
A Queen of fairy subjects asks her Maids of Honor to tell stories while they wait for the sun to rise. Tales including The Frost King of The…
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 …
At Dawn And Dusk
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Victor Daley
Victor Daley, then a happy, wondering Irish lad, drifted out to Australia. His head was full of old tunes and fragments of poetry; his pocke…
The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses
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Robert W. Service
This collection deals with wanderlust in general but the bulk of the poems are based on Service’s time in the Yukon. He captures the excitem…
Poems of Puncture
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Amanda McKittrick Ros and Amanda Mckittrick Ros
Amanda McKittrick Ros’s poetry and prose have earned notoriety for their highly individual syntax, creative punctuation, unique diction, and…
Hymns to the Night
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Novalis
Written after a bereavement, ‘Hymns to the Night’ considers hope, faith and spirituality in the face of loss. This recording is of George Ma…
Sonnets
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Christina Rossetti
This is an excellent selection of introspective, inspirational and remarkably compelling sonnets from one of the greatest poets of the ninet…
Sonnets
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Edna St. Vincent Millay
It has been observed that within the narrow confines of a sonnet the mind can turn around but cannot take flight. Some of Millay’s sonnets, …
Hours of Sorrow
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Charlotte Elliott
Poems from the author of the beloved hymn, "Just as I Am", chiefly adapted to seasons of sickness, depression and bereavement. Ell…