Poetry
More Bab Ballads
Read by Graham Redman
W. S. Gilbert
This is a subset of the second collection of Gilbert’s “Bab Ballads” – light verses poking fun at the life and people of his time in Gilbert…
Ballad of the Tempest
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James Thomas Fields
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of Ballad of the Tempest by James T. Fields. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for July 4t…
A Shropshire Lad (version 2)
Read by Jon Sindell
A. E. Housman
This is a lovely collection of melodic poems, many melancholy in tone, many featuring Housman's constant theme of living this short life to …
The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd
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Sir Walter Raleigh
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd by Sir Walter Raleigh. This was the Fortnightly Poetry proj…
Slovenly Betsy
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Heinrich Hoffmann
Hienrich Hoffmann was a German psychiatrist and doctor. He had written poetry and sketches for his son, and was persuaded to have a collecti…
Short Poetry Collection 006
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Various
LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 006: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.
Rhyme? And Reason?
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Lewis Carroll
"I have had nor rhyme nor reason" is inscribed on the cover page of this book. These poems are then also some of the most phantast…
The Rocket Book
Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
Peter Newell
The Rocket Book can be listened to while viewing a beautiful facsimile edition at the International Children's Digital Libarary (ICDL): http…
O, it was out by Donnycarney
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James Joyce
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 different recordings of O, it was out by Donnycarney, by James Joyce, in celebration of St. Patrick's Day. …
Warble for Lilac-Time
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Walt Whitman
LibriVox volunteers bring you 6 different recordings of Warble for Lilac-Time by Walt Whitman.
True Culture
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of True Culture by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 16, 2012…
How to Make a Man of Consequence
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Mark Lemon
Mark Lemon had a natural talent for journalism and the stage, and, at twenty-six, retired from less congenial business to devote himself to …
Suppressed Poems
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Friedrich Schiller
This is a collection of poems by German classical poet Friedrich Schiller. These poems have all been suppressed in the past for different re…
The Panther
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Rainer Maria Rilke
René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke, better known as Rainer Maria Rilke, was a Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist. He is &quo…
The Best Thing in the World
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of The Best Thing in the World by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. This was the Weekly Poetry projec…
To the Man of the High North
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Robert W. Service
LibriVox volunteers bring you 5 recordings of To the Man of the High North by Robert Service. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for No…
Christmas Morning
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Eugene Field
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Christmas Morning by Eugene Field. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December 12, 2…
The Snowman in the Yard
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Joyce Kilmer
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of The Snowman in the Yard by Joyce Kilmer. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February…
EDWY: A Poem, in Three Parts
Read by Grant Hurlock
Ann Radcliffe
In Edwy, Ann Radcliffe gives us a delightful piece of poetic moonshine, whose eponymous hero seeks assistance from the world of faerie in or…
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
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Robert Frost
LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project …