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A Mind That Found Itself: An Autobiography

Read by Skip Corris


Clifford Whittingham Beers


At twenty-four, Clifford Beers, Yale graduate and son of an old New England family, was confined to a mental institution, where he experienc…

Lines, On Hearing That Lady Byron Was Ill, Read by TD

In Lines, On Hearing That Lady Byron Was Ill

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George Gordon, Lord Byron


Here is a bitterly sarcastic poem wherein a jilted Lord Byron spits out his distain for his estranged wife, Lady Byron, laying a curse upon …

Fortunatus' Song - Read by TD

In Fortunatus' Song

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Alfred Austin


Not all of the English poets laureate have been the greatest masters of verse. Alfred Austin, who assumed this post after Alfred Lord Tenn…

Wanting is - What? - Read by TD

In Wanting is - What?

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Robert Browning


Robert Browning was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of the dramatic monologue made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. His…

The Humours of Murder

In The Book of This and That

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Robert Lynd


From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essays on topics as wide ranging as s…

A Ship, an Isle, a Sickle Moon - Read by TD

In A Ship, an Isle, a Sickle Moon

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James Elroy Flecker


Of all recent poets of his kind, Flecker is the most successful. The classical tradition of poetry has been mocked and mutilated by many of …

Over Every Hill - Read by TD

In Over Every Hill

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer and statesman. His works include four novels; epic and lyric poetry; prose and verse dramas; …

I Keep Six Honest Serving-men - Read by TD

In I Keep Six Honest Serving-men

Read by Skip Corris


Rudyard Kipling


This poem about a child's inquisitiveness, follows the short story The Elephant's Child in Rudyard KIpling's Just So Stories. (1902) - Summ…

The Crocuses - Read by TD

In The Crocuses

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Frances E. W. Harper


Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was an African-American abolitionist, suffragist, poet and author. She was also active in other types of socia…

April - Read by TD

In April

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Virna Sheard


This short tribute to April and the coming of Spring) is taken from The Miracle, and Other Poems by Virna Sheard (1913) - Summary by David …

Etiquette - Read by TD

In Etiquette

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W. S. Gilbert


Sir William Schwenck Gilbert was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for the fourteen comic operas (known as t…

Work, by Edgar Boutwell (unk)

In Poetry Of 'The Double Dealer', January-December 1922

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Edgar Boutwell


117 poems from the January - December 1922 issues of New Orleans-based literary magazine, The Double Dealer, edited by Julius Weis Friend. S…

The Haggis of Private McPhee

In Rhymes of a Red Cross Man

Read by Skip Corris


Robert W. Service


Robert Service was born in Lancashire, England, but at age 21 moved to Canada and eventually ended up in the Yukon during the gold rush. Hi…