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Selected excerpts, part 2
Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
Charles Dudely Warner, ed. and Augustine Birrell
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 04
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
The Miniature - Read by LLW
Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
George Pope Morris
In The Miniature
George Pope Morris was an American editor, poet, and songwriter. In addition to his publishing and editorial work, Morris was popular as a p…
Selected excerpts
Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
Phillips Brooks
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 06
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
The Message
Read by Winston Tharp
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
In Songs of the Road
Although best known for the creation of the detective Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle did not only write works of mystery and of adventu…
The Old Bear
Read by Larry Wilson
Unknown
In Something New for my Little Friends
This is a collection of stories in verse for children. Published in 1866 by an author only known by the initials F.F., these poems teach chi…
Under A Kurrajong
Read by Larry Wilson
Shaw Neilson
In Heart of Spring
John Shaw Neilson was born at Penola, South Australia in 1872, the son of a farmer and contractor who removed to Victoria when Neilson was n…
The American Scoter
Read by Larry Wilson
Various
In Birds, Vol. II, No 1, July 1897
Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems…
H.M.S. 'Foudroyant'
Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
In Songs of Action
This is a collection of poems by Arthur Conan Doyle centering around the theme of war, action and adventure. - Summary by Carolin
Chapter 07
Read by Larry Wilson
Matthew Henry
In Concise Commentary on the Bible - Book of Matthew
Spiritual and practical lessons are extracted from every verse of the Book of Matthew, as well as detailed explanation of the text. The Book…
Cynical Ode to an Ultra-Cynical Public
Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
Wallace Irwin
In Short Poetry Collection 158
This is a collection of 22 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for July 2016.
My Request
Read by Larry Wilson
James W. Whilt
In Rhymes of the Rockies
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…
After
Read by Larry Wilson
Francis Ledwidge
In The Complete Poems of Francis Ledwidge
Francis Ledwidge, Irish poet, served in an Irish battalion ("The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers") of the British Army during World W…
The Mow
Read by Larry Wilson
Various
In Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England
This traditional, and, for the most part, unprinted literature,—cherished in remote villages, resisting everywhere the invasion of modern na…
To Francis Thompson
Read by Larry Wilson
James Hebblethwaite
In The Poems of James Hebblethwaite
James Hebblethwaite (22 September 1857 – 13 September 1921) was an English-born Australian poet, teacher and clergyman. Hebblethwaite was a …
Aftword
Read by Larry Wilson
Harry Graham
In More Misrepresentative Men
A collection of humorous verse covering a variety of men.
Domestic Asides
Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
Thomas Hood
In The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood
This is a collection of Thomas Hood's poems. Hood was an eminent British poet, regarded in particular for his humorous poetry, as well as hi…
A Little While
Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
In Selected Poems
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) and his sister Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894) played important roles in the artistic milieu of V…
A Meeting
Read by Larry Wilson
Edwin Markham
In The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems
Edwin Markham was an American poet whose poems often drew attention to the laborers of the world and frequently expressed elements of faith.…
James Wilson, Blind Biographer
Read by Sue Anderson
James Wilson
In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 074
Twenty-one short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "We must learn to dignify common labor." Booker T. Washington spoke plain…
Columbia
Read by Larry Wilson
Myrtle Reed
In Threads of Grey and Gold
This is a collection of short stories and poems by Myrtle Reed. Many of the stories are short romances, and they share the unique, nostalgic…