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RUSSALKA

by Maurice Baring Read by Emma Charlotte 4
In Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches
In this urbane collection of short stories by Maurice Baring, characters ranging from legendary figures to schoolboys find themselves in ste…

III: Anglia Valida in Senectute

by Geoffrey Bache Smith Read by KevinS 5
In A Spring Harvest
G.B. Smith is best known for his close friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien, who would go on to write the fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings. He w…

To Amarantha; That She Would Dishevel Her Hair

by Richard Lovelace Read by Alan Mapstone
In Lucasta
"Lucasta" is of Latin origin meaning "Pure Light". Besides the dedication of the first poem to his wife, Anne Lovelace, …

Entities

by Sara Bard Field Read by Newgatenovelist 1
In The Pale Woman
Sara Bard Field was a poet from Ohio who spent most of her life in California. She was a suffragist, a Christian socialist, a Georgist and a…

April Moon

by Walter De La Mare Read by Agnes Robert Behr
In Motley, and Other Poems
From English poet Walter De la Mare comes an early collection of poems reflecting on loss, mortality, and universal questions. - Summary by …

Felipa

by Constance Fenimore Woolson Read by Anamika 3.8
In Out of the Closet: A Collection of Early LGBTQ+ Fiction
This is a collection of 22 LGBTQ+ stories published between 1841-1923, covering a wide span of authors, genres, and literary traditions. Som…

The Rao of Ilore

by Laurence Hope Read by Newgatenovelist
In Last Poems
Laurence Hope was the nom de plume of Adela Florence Nicolson, a British poet who wrote verses inspired by India, where she lived. This coll…

This Month the Almonds bloom at Kandahar

by Laurence Hope Read by Newgatenovelist 4
In The Garden of Kama
Laurence Hope was the nom de plume of Adela Florence Nicolson, a British poet who wrote verses inspired by India, where she lived. This coll…

The Cerulean Warbler

by Various Read by Valentina Vocelli 4.5
In Birds, Vol. II, No 5, November 1897
Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems…

Thumbelisa

by Olive Beaupre Miller, Variousandolive Beaupre Miller and Various And Olive Beaupre Miller Read by Ann Boulais 4.2
In Up One Pair of Stairs of My Bookhouse
Full of delightful fairy tales, charming poems and engaging stories, this is the second volume of the "My Bookhouse" series for li…

To Rafael Albert Arrieta

by Gabriela Mistral Read by Newgatenovelist 5
In Selected Poems
Gabriela Mistral was a poet, educator, Nobel Prize laureate and diplomat from Chile. These poems were translated by Muna Lee, Alice Stone Bl…

Writing a Book

by Myrtle Reed Read by Sheila Quattrocchi 4.5
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…

Selected works

by Johanna Ambrosius Read by Kalynda 4.4
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 01
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…

Amaranth

by Victor Daley Read by Alan Mapstone 4.7
In At Dawn And Dusk
Victor Daley, then a happy, wondering Irish lad, drifted out to Australia. His head was full of old tunes and fragments of poetry; his pocke…

Not Understood

by Thomas Bracken Read by Beeswaxcandle
In Not Understood and Other Poems
A posthumous collection of the more famous poems by the author of the New Zealand National Anthem. - Summary by Beeswaxcandle

31. Recognition

by Gilbert Parker Read by Simona Rusu 3.3
In A Lover's Diary
A collection of 83 rather besotted love sonnets by Gilbert Parker, written early in his career, with an accompanying interesting and someone…

An Orphan's Lament

by Anne Brontë Read by Tania 5
In Complete Poems
Anne Brontë was the youngest of the three famous literary sisters and is best known for her novel The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. She wrot…

Andrea del Sarto

by Robert Browning Read by czandra 4.9
In A Hundred Great Poems
This is a compilation by Richard Cross of 100 poems by various poets. - Summary by Mozartjr

The Courtyard Pigeons by Caroline Giltinan

by William Stanley Braithwaite Read by mleigh
In Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1915
William Stanley Braithwaite, a talented poet in his own right, was most notable for his anthologies of poetry including these annual collect…

Auvergnat

by Hilaire Belloc Read by Erin Grassie 4.8
In Verses
A collection of poetry by Hilaire Belloc ranging from religious verses to drinking songs. - Summary by Larry Wilson

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