John Donne

Holy Sonnets


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John Donne (1572 – March 31, 1631) was a Jacobean poet and preacher, representative of the metaphysical poets of the period. His works, nota…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 004


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A collection of eleven short nonfiction works in the public domain. The items included in this collection were independently selected by the…

Vintage Verse Rhapsody: A Poetry Collection


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A collection of poetry selected and performed by Bob Gonzalez, rhapsode. Rhapsodes of Ancient Greece were “song-stitchers,” performing selec…

A Selection of Divine Poems


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John Donne was an English Jacobean preacher, sometime lawyer, later in life a Member of Parliament and Royal Chaplain. Marrying for love aga…

Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions Together With Death's Duel


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Devotions upon Emergent Occasions is a 1624 prose work by the English theologian and writer John Donne, Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral in Lond…

Death Be Not Proud


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This week we’re marking the American Memorial Day with eleven readings of a John Donne poem. Memorial Day was conceived as a time to remembe…

Poems and Prose for the Departed Vol. 01


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This is a collection of short poems and readings, both religious and secular, on death and bereavement. (Summary by Ruth Golding)

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 014


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A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independentl…

The World's Best Poetry, Volume 6: Fancy and Sentiment (Part 1)


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The sixth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, inclu…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 038


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Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include bedside books, South African cooke…

Devotions upon Emergent Occasions


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Devotions upon Emergent Occasions is a 1624 prose work by the English writer John Donne. It is a series of reflections that were written as …

The Dream


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LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of The Dream by John Donne. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for July 17, 2011.John Donne…

Short Poetry Collection 112


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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for September 2012.

Aspects Of Love - An Anthology


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Aspects Of Love is an anthology of poetic explorations on the theme of erotic love - though one of the "poets" represented here is…

Holy Sonnets (version 2)


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The Holy Sonnets—also known as the Divine Meditations or Divine Sonnets—are a series of nineteen poems by the English poet John Donne (1572–…

Short Poetry Collection 073


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This is an open collection of poems for the month of November 2008.

Short Poetry Collection 063


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 063: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

A Burnt Ship


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LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of A Burnt Ship by John Donne. This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 17th, 2010.

To His Mistress Going to Bed


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John Donne was an English poet and cleric in the Church of England.He is considered the pre-eminent representative of the metaphysical poets…

The Anniversary Poems


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Elizabeth Drury, daughter of Donne's patron, Sir Robert Drury, died in 1610. A year later Donne laments her hyperbolically as the soul of th…

Short Poetry Collection 020


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 020: a collection of 20 public domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 043


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 043: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 140


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This is a collection of 32 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for January 2015.

Wedding Poems


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In honor of Kristin and Corey’s wedding (April 2006) we’ve recorded a selection of wedding-themed poems. Congratulations, you two!

Short Poetry Collection 097


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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for June 2011.

Short Poetry Collection 081


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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers during the month of July 2009.

Short Poetry Collection 067


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LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 067: a collection of 20 public-domain poems, chosen and read by Librivox volunteers.

Short Poetry Collection 149


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This is a collection of 38 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for October 2015.

Short Poetry Collection 012


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 012: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 022


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Librivox’s Short Poetry Collection 022: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

John Donne's Satires


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Donne’s StyleIn John Donne’s day, a satire was such a poem as a satyr might compose. Satyrs were rough, savage creatures in Greek mythology…

Short Poetry Collection 088


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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the months of April, May, and June 2010.

Short Poetry Collection 007


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 007: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 206


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This is a collection of 80 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for July 2020.

LibriVox 10th Anniversary Collection


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This year is the 10th anniversary of our beloved LibriVox and to celebrate, readers have found and recorded 100 items with a connection to t…

Song (Donne version)


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LibriVox volunteers bring you seven different readings of the short poem Song by John Donne, a weekly poetry project. Song is a bitter littl…

Short Poetry Collection 044


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 044: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 027


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 027: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 070


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This is a collection of poems for the month of August 2008.

Short Poetry Collection 205


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This is a collection of 69 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for June 2020.

Short Poetry Collection 107


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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for April 2012.

Short Poetry Collection 035


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 035: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 028


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 028: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 181


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This is a collection of 35 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for June 2018.Translated poems:The Bride of Corinth, by Johann Wolfg…

Short Poetry Collection 082


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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers during the month of August 2009.

Short Poetry Collection 080


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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the month of June 2009.

Short Poetry Collection 072


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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the month of October 2008.

Short Poetry Collection 079


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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the month of May 2009.

Short Poetry Collection 048


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LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 048: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 076


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This is an open collection of poems for the month of February 2009.

Short Poetry Collection 190


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This is a collection of 50 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for March 2019.

Short Poetry Collection 033


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 033: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

A Nocturnall Upon St. Lucies Day


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LibriVox volunteers bring you 6 recordings of A Nocturnall Upon St. Lucies Day by John Donne. This was the fortnightly poetry project for wi…

Short Poetry Collection 195


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This is a collection of 44 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for August 2019.

Goodfriday, 1613. Riding Westward


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John Donne was an English poet and cleric in the Church of England.Despite his great education and poetic talents, Donne lived in poverty fo…

Short Poetry Collection 154


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This is a collection of 35 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for March 2016.

Short Poetry Collection 071


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This is a collection of poems for the month of September 2008.

Short Poetry Collection 193


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This is a collection of 45 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for June 2019.

Short Poetry Collection 021


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 021: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 198


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This is a collection of 39 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for November 2019.

Short Poetry Collection 029


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 029: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 059


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LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 059: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 060


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LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 060: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 185


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This is a collection of 35 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for October 2018.

Short Poetry Collection 151


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This is a collection of 27 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for December 2015.

Short Poetry Collection 145


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This is a collection of 30 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for June 2015.

Short Poetry Collection 203


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This is a collection of 63 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for April 2020.

Short Poetry Collection 135


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This is a collection of 13 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for August 2014.

Dreams Collection 3 - Stories and Poems


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This is a collection of 20 stories and/or poems, contributed by LibriVox volunteers, pertaining to dreams. - Summary by Michele Fry

Short Poetry Collection 146


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

Short Poetry Collection 211


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This is a collection of 48 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for December 2020.

Short Poetry Collection 158


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This is a collection of 22 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for July 2016.

Short Poetry Collection 202


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This is a collection of 51 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for March 2020.

Short Poetry Collection 127


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This is a collection of 21 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for December 2013.

Poems Recorded in Deptford and Greenwich


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Armed with a hand-held digital recorder and the Penguin Book of English Verse, LibriVox’s UK Chapter set out one Sunday afternoon to capture…

Holy Sonnets (Version 3)


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John Donne’s Holy Sonnets are a meditation on faith, loss, doubt and divine mercy. This recording uses the sequence of 19 sonnets as edited …

Short Poetry Collection 221


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This is a collection of 48 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for October 2021.

LibriVox 15th Anniversary Collection


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This year is the 15th anniversary of our beloved LibriVox. The readings in this collection celebrate that "bunch of volunteers" wh…

LibriVox 14th Anniversary Collection


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Works in the Public Domain that have in their titles (or subtitles) the numeral 14 or the words fourteen or fourteenth. This collection is b…

Readings and Poetry for Lent


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The Christian Season of Lent is a time for reflection and prayer, repentance, penance, and often reparation. It is hoped that this collectio…

Short Poetry Collection 228


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This is a collection of 37 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for May 2022.

Short Poetry Collection 238


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This is a collection of 35 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for March 2023.

Short Poetry Collection 239


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This is a collection of 45 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for April 2023.

Short Poetry Collection 249


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This is a collection of 42 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers during February 2024.

Short Poetry Collection 242


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This is a collection of 42 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for July 2023.

LibriVox 17th Anniversary Collection


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"LibriVox is a hope, an experiment, and a question: can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to bring books in the public domain to li…

LibriVox 19th Anniversary Collection


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"LibriVox is a hope, an experiment, and a question: can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to bring books in the public domain to li…

Short Poetry Collection 237


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This is a collection of 34 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for February 2023.

LibriVox 18th Anniversary Collection


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"LibriVox is a hope, an experiment, and a question: can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to bring books in the public domain to li…