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Collected Works of Saint Patrick
St. Patrick's Breastplate - This prayer is attributed to St. Patrick and his disciples. It is written with some Celtic pagan elements, but i…
Introduction
In Stories I Told Myself
Funny, moving and always exquisitely well-produced, this collection of short stories and essays from the award-winning Seanachai podcast is …
Jacob Goodpasture
In Spoon River Anthology
This is a collection of poems, in the form of an entire community speaking from beyond the grave about their lives, and, in some cases, goss…
Pee-Wee Harris
Pee-Wee Harris, Boy Scout of America and Boy of Superior Appetite returns for another adventure -- just normal events in the life of a boy. …
St. Patrick of Ireland
In The Queen of the Seven Swords
A collection of poems by G.K. Chesterton, centered around the Blessed Virgin Mary. The title is in reference to the seven sorrows of Mary. “…
A Journey in Search of Christmas
Cowboy Lin McLean rides into frontier Cheyenne, Wyoming, at Christmastime and learns a powerful meaning of Christmas. Author Owen Wister is …
Hunter Quartermain's Story
In Short Story Collection Vol. 011
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 011: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox members.
Lin McLean
Lin McLean follows the life of a young cowboy navigating the rugged landscape of the Wyoming territory before it achieved statehood. Through…
A Popular History of Ireland
Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of the Canadian confederation. His work on Irish history is comprehensive, encompassin…
A Lad of Mettle
When Edgar Foster came to Redbank School he was sixteen, small for his age, but muscular and active. Alumni of the school included accomplis…
The Outlet
Andy Adams worked as a cowboy on trail drives from Texas for eight years. This is an account of a drive when he was the foreman of a herd of…
2.14 A Reform Alphabet and Two Irish Questions
In Curiosities of Street Literature
This is a collection of broadsides from London. Broadsides are short, popular publications, a precursor to today's tabloid journalism. The c…
Nilsa
In A Long Way from Disney - Part I
It's the 1980s in Boston: the Celtics are rolling, the Patriots got crushed by the Bears, and the Sox are the Sox. Adam Berkman is learning …
Waikiki
In The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke
The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke brings together the evocative works of one of the early 20th century's most celebrated poets. Known for…
The Readers Corner part 2
In Astounding Stories 19, July 1931
THE DOOM FROM PLANET 4 JACK WILLIAMSON A Ray of Fire, Green, Mysterious, Stabs Through the Night to Dan on His Ship. It Leads Him to an…
Dark Donegal
In A Happy New Year and Other Verses
This is a collection of 27 poems, some seasonal to New Years and Christmas, but others on themes of religion, nature and home. (Summary by L…
Who goes amid the green wood
In Short Poetry Collection 024
LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 024: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.
Design
In Muse and Mint
Born in Ontario, Canada, Walter Percy entered the ministry and pastored churches in New England and Pennsylvania, often speaking on behalf o…
Answering Him
In Rhymes of Childhood
Not nursery rhymes, but poems about different scenes of childhood. Poems about Grandpa, Grandma, story time, castor oil, “Wait till your pa …
Ma and the Ouija Board
In When Day is Done
Edgar A. Guest is sometimes known as the "people's poet," noted for his homespun verses of everyday American life and traditional …