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Love Poems
Read by Alan Mapstone
D. H. Lawrence
"Love Poems and Others" was D. H. Lawrence's first book of poetry published in 1913.(Summary by Alan Mapstone)
The Negro's Complaint
Read by Alan Mapstone
William Cowper
William Cowper was an English poet and Anglican hymn writer. He was a forerunner of the Romantic movement in English poetry and strongly inf…
The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point
Read by Alan Mapstone
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning was born in County Durham, England in 1806. From the age of 15 she suffered a series of debilitating illnesses. H…
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Read by Alan Mapstone
George Gordon, Lord Byron
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. It was published between 1812 and 1818. The poem describ…
Admirals All
Read by Alan Mapstone
Sir Henry Newbolt
A short collection of poems on Naval and other military themes by the English poet and military historian Sir Henry Newbolt published in1897…
Hebrew Melodies
Read by Alan Mapstone
George Gordon, Lord Byron
Byron wrote the Hebrew Melodies to accompany music by the composer Isaac Nathan which he claimed derived from Synagogue tunes used at the ti…
The Church Militant and Other Poems
Read by Alan Mapstone
George Herbert
George Herbert was an English poet, orator and cleric who was Public Orator at the University of Cambridge before becoming a rural Parish Mi…
Epistle to Lord Byron
Read by Alan Mapstone
Leigh Hunt
Leigh Hunt was an English poet, essayist and editor best remembered as the host of a literary circle which gathered at his home in Hampstead…
The Lotos Eaters
Read by Alan Mapstone
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Alfred Tennyson was Poet Laureate of Great Britain from 1850 until his death in 1892. Please enjoy this collection of selected poems by him.…
They Flee From Me
Read by Alan Mapstone
Thomas Wyatt
Sir Thomas Wyatt was an English poet, courtier and ambassador for King Henry VIII, who sent him on Embassies to the Pope and the Holy Roman …
Fugitive Pieces
Read by Alan Mapstone
Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope was an English poet, playwright and literary critic best known for his satires like The Dunciad and The Rape of the Lock. Thi…
Jessie Pope's War Poems
Read by Alan Mapstone
Jessie Pope
Jessie Pope published these poems during the early months of the First World War. They were very popular at the time and the author received…
Odes, Songs and Lyrical Pieces
Read by Alan Mapstone
John Dryden
John Dryden was an English poet and playwright who was the first person to hold the title of Poet Laureate.Many of Dryden's lyrics were desi…
To The Rural Muse
Read by Alan Mapstone
John Clare
The English poet John Clare was the son of a farm labourer and was often referred to as "the Northamptonshire Peasant Poet". His w…
Strigoaie The Romanian Witch
Read by Marc Vale
Marc Vale
Marie Fatan always wanted to know the truth about her father who died in the war. It took a trip to Romania for her to unveil his side of th…
All Roads Lead to Blue Lake
Read by Marc Vale
Marc Vale
Something’s gone wrong with your GPS system and you think you've made a wrong turn somewhere. You look at a sign that reads: Welcome to Blue…
A Marc Short
Read by Marc Vale
Marc Vale
6 very short twisted humorous stories. Only an hour long, with cheesy singing.
My Life and Work
Read by Adam Marcetich
Henry Ford
Henry Ford profiles the events that shaped his personal philosophy, and the challenges he overcame on the road to founding the Ford Motor Co…
The Autobiography of Charles Darwin
Read by Adam Marcetich
Charles Darwin
The Autobiography of Charles Darwin is the autobiography of the British naturalist Charles Darwin which was published in 1887, five years af…
The World Set Free
Read by Adam Marcetich
H. G. Wells
The World Set Free is a novel published in 1914 by H. G. Wells. The book is considered a prophetical novel foretelling the advent of nuclear…