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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…

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