Edmund Spenser
The Faerie Queene (version 2)
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
Spenser planned a 24-book romance-epic consisting of two parts, of which he completed half of the first. The first twelve books were to illu…
The Faerie Queene Book 1
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"The First Book of the Faerie Queene Contayning The Legende of the Knight of the Red Crosse or Holinesse".The Faerie Queene was ne…
Stories from the Faerie Queen
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A major work by Spenser, The Faerie Queen, was published between 1590 and 1596. As an allegorical work, it can be read on many levels. Accor…
Vintage Verse Rhapsody: A Poetry Collection
Read by Bob Gonzalez
A collection of poetry selected and performed by Bob Gonzalez, rhapsode. Rhapsodes of Ancient Greece were “song-stitchers,” performing selec…
Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books
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Charles W. Eliot, 21st President of Harvard University, edited this volume of prefaces ... authored by a Who's Who of World Literature: Baco…
From the Tower Window of My Bookhouse
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Full of delightful fairy tales, charming poems and engaging stories, this is the fifth volume of the "My Bookhouse" series for lit…
The Faerie Queene Book 3
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"The Third Book of the Faerie Queene contayning the Legende of Britomartis or of Chastitie."The Faerie Queene was never completed,…
The Faerie Queene Book 2
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The Second Booke of the Faerie Queene contayning The Legende of Sir Guyon or of Tempaurance. The Faerie Queene was never completed, but it c…
Long Poems Collection 005
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Long Poems Collection 005: a collection of 10 public-domain poems longer than 5 minutes in length.
The Faerie Queene Books 6 & 7
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'The Sixth Book of the Faerie Queene contayning the Legende of S, Calidore or of Cvrtesie.' Apart from Books 1-6, the only surviving section…
The World's Best Poetry, Volume 6: Fancy and Sentiment (Part 1)
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The sixth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, inclu…
The Faerie Queene Book 4
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"The Fourth Book of the Faerie Queene contayning the Legende of Cambel and Telamond or of Friendship."The Faerie Queene was never …
The Faerie Queene Book 5
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The Fifth Book of the Faerie Queene contayning the Legende of Artegall or of Ivstice.This masterpiece was never completed, but it continues …
Short Poetry Collection 003
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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 003: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.
The World's Best Poetry, Volume 2: Love (Part 2)
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The second of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, inc…
Amoretti: A sonnet sequence
Read by Leonard Wilson
The Amoretti (meaning little love poems) is a sequence of 89 sonnets written in the tradition of the Petrarchan sonnets, a popular form for …
Brittains Ida or Venus and Anchises
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
While hunting, the boy Anchises stumbles upon Venus's forest retreat and is so kindly entertained by the goddess that he becomes the proud f…
LibriVox 7th Anniversary Collection
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To celebrate the 7 years of LibriVox , readers from all around the world have recorded 77 works they have selected, all of which have 7 in …
The World's Best Poetry, Volume 6: Fancy and Sentiment (Part 2)
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The sixth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, incl…
Sestinas
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The sestina has enjoyed intermittent popularity in English writing and translation since the sixteenth century, and this selection highlight…
Short Poetry Collection 085
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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the month of January 2010.
Short Poetry Collection 007
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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 007: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.
Short Poetry Collection 191
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This is a collection of 50 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for April 2019.
Short Poetry Collection 182
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This is a collection of 41 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for July 2018.
Short Poetry Collection 190
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This is a collection of 50 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for March 2019.
Four Hymns
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
Spenser explains in the dedication of this volume that the hymns to love and to beauty were written early in his career and their "heav…
Amoretti and Epithalamion
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
"These Sonnets furnish us with a circumstantial and very interesting history of Spenser's second courtship, which, after many repulses,…