Single Author Collections

The Horses of the Hills

by Marie E. J. Pitt Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
Marie Elizabeth Josephine Pitt (1869–1948) was an Australian poet and socialist activist. Pitt wrote very highly coloured nature poetry, onc…

Selected Poems of Francis Thompson

by Francis Thompson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 1
Francis Thompson, an English poet and author, is best known for his poem "Hound of Heaven," included in this selection of his poe…

Selected Poems

by Marion Cummings Read by Newgatenovelist
Marion Cummings was an American poet and academic. Born in San Jose, she graduated from the University of California and taught at the Unive…

Chills and Fever

by John Crowe Ransom Read by Christopher Fried 5
This is the second poetry collection of the poet-critic John Crowe Ransom, who was a member of the Fugitives and the Agrarians.

Opals

by Olive Custance Read by Nemo 3
At age 16, London blueblood Olive Custance already figured in literary circles shared by Oscar Wilde and John Gray. She later wrote for the …

Verses

by Frank H. Craig Read by MaryAnn
Frank H. Craig (1859-1945) was superintendent of Wethersfield (Ill.) schools from 1903 to 1918. He later moved in Vermont and wrote prose a…

Selections from Harris's Cabinet

by William Roscoe Read by Phil Benson 5
In the early 1800s, London publisher John Harris began producing small books for children that were designed not to instruct, but to enterta…

The Power of Words

by Letitia Elizabeth Landon Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Letitia Elizabeth Landon was an English poet and novelist, better known by her initials L. E. L.

Two Poems

by Henry Rutgers Conger Read by Bruce Kachuk 3
These inspiring tributes to Williams College and its graduates were written by Henry Rutgers Conger while still a Williams student. In each …

A Shropshire Lad

by A. E. Housman Read by Jon Sindell 4
This is a lovely collection of melodic poems, many melancholy in tone, many featuring Housman's constant theme of living this short life to …

Selected Poems

by Jessie R. Fauset Read by Newgatenovelist
Jessie Fauset was a poet, novelist, educator and one of the editors of The Crisis. These poems were published between 1912 and 1929. - Summa…

The Ships that Won't Go Down

by Henry Lawson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Henry Lawson was an Australian writer and poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets …

Sonnets

by Christina Rossetti Read by Bruce Kachuk
This is an excellent selection of introspective, inspirational and remarkably compelling sonnets from one of the greatest poets of the ninet…

Rhymes of the Rockies

by James W. Whilt Read by LibriVox Volunteers
The author worked as a dude wrangler Glacier National Park and lived on his ranch near Eureka, Monatana. This is the first book of his poem…

Rainbows

by Olive Custance Read by Nemo 2.8
At age 16, London blueblood Olive Custance already figured in literary circles shared by Oscar Wilde and John Gray. She later wrote for the …

Silverpoints

by John Gray Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Silverpoints is the first collection of poems by John Gray. Some saw Gray as a protégé of Oscar Wilde, who agreed to underwrit…

Selected Poems of Waring Cuney

by Waring Cuney Read by Newgatenovelist
Waring Cuney was a poet who also trained as a musician. These poems were published between 1916 and 1929. - Summary by Newgatenovelist

Stars of the Desert

by Laurence Hope Read by Newgatenovelist
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…

The Human Boy And The War

by Eden Phillpotts Read by David Wales 4.2
Published in 1916, this is the third collection of thirteen humorous short stories about English school boys in a boarding school in the fic…

Poems

by Marietta Holley Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Poems by Marietta Holley, also known as Josiah Allen's Wife, presents a rich tapestry of verse that reflects the author's keen observations …

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