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Solitude read by CLP

In Solitude (Wilcox)

Read by Chris Pyle


Ella Wheeler Wilcox


"Laugh, and the world laughs with you;. . Weep, and you weep alone;For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,. . But has trouble enou…

A Song from the Suds - Read by CLP

In A Song from the Suds

Read by Chris Pyle


Louisa May Alcott


LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 readings of A Song from the Suds, by Louisa May Alcott, author of novels like Little Women. This was the fo…

The Defence of Rorke's Drift

In The Poetry of South Africa

Read by Chris Pyle


Alexander Wilmot


Alexander Wilmot was a Cape Town politician and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He is the author of the History of the Zulu War 1…

The Grand Army's Second Campaign

In Poems of American History, Volume 4, The Civil War

Read by Chris Pyle


Various


This volume is a fascinating reflection on the Civil War years from a perspective in 1908, when many Civil War veterans were still alive, wh…

My Doves - Read by CLP

In My Doves

Read by Chris Pyle


Louisa May Alcott


LibriVox volunteers bring you eleven readings of My Doves, by Louisa May Alcott. This was the fortnightly poem for December 21, 2014 - Janua…

Charge of the Light Brigade - Read by CLP

In The Charge of the Light Brigade

Read by Chris Pyle


Alfred, Lord Tennyson


This poem was published just six weeks after the event, its lines emphasize the valour of the cavalry in bravely carrying out their orders, …

To Be a Pilgrim- Read by CLP

In To Be a Pilgrim

Read by Chris Pyle


John Bunyan


From John Bunyan's classic, The Pilgrim's Progress, we find the poem To Be a Pilgrim, an inspiring reminder of who we are in Christ. This wa…

The Sadness of the Moon

In Short Poetry Collection 143

Read by Chris Pyle


Charles Baudelaire


This is a collection of 29 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for April 2015.

The Oxford Volunteers

In Jonah

Read by Chris Pyle


Aldous Huxley


Though Aldous Huxley gained popularity from his novels and essays, he started his writing career as a poet. Jonah, his second compilation of…

The Song of the Chattahoochee. - Read by CLP

In The Song of the Chattahoochee

Read by Chris Pyle


Sidney Lanier


Sidney Clopton Lanier was an American musician, poet and author. He served in the Confederate army, worked on a blockade running ship for wh…

A Night-Rain in Summer - Read by CLP

In A Night-Rain in Summer

Read by Chris Pyle


Leigh Hunt


James Henry Leigh Hunt, best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist, poet, and writer. - Summary by Wikipedia

May Song - Read by CLP

In May Song

Read by Chris Pyle


Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres…

Alarm Clocks - Read by CLP

In Alarm Clocks

Read by Chris Pyle


Joyce Kilmer


Joyce Kilmer (born as Alfred Joyce Kilmer) was an American writer and poet mainly remembered for a short poem titled "Trees" (191…

Chapter 2, Part 5

In Poems of American History, The Period of Growth

Read by Chris Pyle


Various


This volume covers the age of expansion from the Revolution to the Civil War, including the creation of the Constitution, the Presidency of …

Dr. Sam - Read by CLP

In Dr. Sam

Read by Chris Pyle


Eugene Field


Eugene Field, Sr. was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays.Field first started publishing poetry in …

Selected poems

In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 08

Read by Chris Pyle


Gaius Valerius Catullus


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…

Ring Once for Death

In Short Ghost and Horror Collection 028

Read by Chris Pyle


Robert Arthur, Jr.


A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up …

Don Quixote - Read by CLP

In Don Quixote

Read by Chris Pyle


Madison Cawein


Madison Julius Cawein was born in Louisville, Kentucky. After graduating from high school, Cawein worked in a pool hall in Louisville as a c…

Henry V - Chorus - 'O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend'

In Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 13

Read by Chris Pyle


William Shakespeare


This is the thirteenth collection of monologues from Shakespeare's plays. Our readers have chosen their favourite monologues from Shakespear…