William Butler Yeats

The Celtic Twilight


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I have desired, like every artist, to create a little world out of the beautiful, pleasant, and significant things of this marred and clumsy…

Short Ghost and Horror Collection 018


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

Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry


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This is a collection of Fairy and Folk tales. The poet William Butler Yeats collected them from around the Western part of Ireland and trans…

The Wind Among the Reeds


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William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. He studied poetry in his youth and from a…

Christmas Short Works Collection 2007


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LibriVox’s 2007 Christmas Short Works Collection containing public domain short stories, essays, poems, and scripture passages recorded by a…

Short Poetry Collection 122


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

James Joyce in Context, Vol. 1: Telemachus


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This is a project invented and created by LibriVox volunteers. It collects various works which James Joyce quotes and refers to in his epic…

The Wanderings of Oisin


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This narrative poem is composed in three parts, and consists of a dialogue between the aged Irish hero Oisín and St. Patrick. Oison r…

Crossways


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The first collection by Irish-born poet William Butler Yeats. Many decades before his mysterious and austere Modernist verse earned him a No…

The World's Best Poetry, Volume 5: Nature (Part 1)


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

Short Poetry Collection 002


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 002: a collection of 22 public-domain poems.

John Sherman and Dhoya


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In 1891, Yeats published "John Sherman", a novella, and "Dhoya", a Celtic mythologic story. Ganconagh, Yeats’s nom de pl…

In the Seven Woods


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In the Seven Woods (1904) is Yeats's first twentieth-century poetry collection. Its fourteen poems show him moving steadily away from the de…

When You Are Old


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LibriVox volunteers bring you 29 recordings of When You Are Old by William Butler Yeats. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 3rd,…

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 028


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Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres."Giftmischer" übersetzt von Margarete JacobiDie &…

One-Act Play Collection 004


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This collection of twelve one-act dramas features plays by James Allen, John Kendrick Bangs, Gordon Bottomley, Charles Dickens, Lord Dunsany…

Short Story Collection Vol. 013


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LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 013: a collection of 11 short fictional works in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox members.

LibriVox 6th Anniversary Collection


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What do you do for a sixth anniversary? We challenged our readers to find any short works which had 'six' in the title - in any language. Th…

Easter, 1916


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LibriVox volunteers bring you 4 recordings of Easter, 1916 by William Butler Yeats. This was the fortnightly poetry project for April 5th, 2…

The Wild Swans at Coole


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The Wild Swans at Coole is a collection of poems by William Butler Yeats, first published in 1917. It is also the name of a poem in that col…

The Magi


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LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 different recordings of The Magi, by William Butler Yeats to celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany. This was …

Short Poetry Collection 003


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 003: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 095


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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the months of February and March 2011.

Short Poetry Collection 112


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

The Song of Wandering Aengus


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LibriVox volunteers bring you eighteen different readings of The Song of Wandering Aengus, by Irish poet William Butler Yeats, to celebrate …

Short Poetry Collection 096


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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the months of April and May 2011.

The Fiddler of Dooney


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LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of The Fiddler of Dooney by William Butler Yeats. This was the Weekly Poetry project for Decembe…

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 033


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Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres.!Ein Wettlauf" übersetzt von Margarete Jacobi"Die…

Short Poetry Collection 118


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

LibriVox 7th Anniversary Collection


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To celebrate the 7 years of LibriVox , readers from all around the world have recorded 77 works they have selected, all of which have 7 in …

Short Poetry Collection 024


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 024: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

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.

The Wild Swans at Coole (Version 2)


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A collection of poems from the mid-career of this renowned Irish poet, the title poem referring to the estate of his friend and mentor, Lady…

Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 07


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This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…

Short Poetry Collection 101


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

Short Poetry Collection 110


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

All Things Can Tempt Me


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LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of All Things Can Tempt Me by W. B. Yeats, from The Green Helmet and Other Poems (1912). This wa…

Where My Books Go


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LibriVox volunteers bring you thirteen different readings of the short poem Where My Books Go by William Butler Yeats, a weekly poetry proje…

Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven


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LibriVox volunteers bring you nine different recordings of Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven, by William Butler Yeats. This was the weekl…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 063


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Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Volume 63 features essays on a variety of topics: t…

Short Poetry Collection 020


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

One-Act Play Collection 010


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Tenth volume of one-act plays in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox members. MosadaNarrator: AvailleMosada: SoniaEbremar: Tomas…

Short Poetry Collection 105


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

Short Poetry Collection 004


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 004: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

A Drinking Song


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LibriVox volunteers offer you 12 different recordings of A Drinking Song from The Green Helmet and Other Poems (1912) by William Butler Yeat…

Short Poetry Collection 097


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

Short Poetry Collection 196


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This is a collection of 54 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for September 2019.

One-Act Play Collection 008


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Librivox’s One-Act Play Collection 008 includes one-act plays in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox members.Project BC: Michele…

Short Poetry Collection 023


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 023: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 013


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 013: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

A Full Moon in March



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 137


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This is a collection of 26 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for October 2014.

Short Poetry Collection 022


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

Short Poetry Collection 104


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

Short Poetry Collection 085


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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the month of January 2010.

Short Poetry Collection 126


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This is a collection of 20 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for November 2013.

Short Poetry Collection 191


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

Short Poetry Collection 044


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 044: 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.

Short Poetry Collection 099


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

Short Poetry Collection 042


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 042: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

The Dolls


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William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British li…

Short Poetry Collection 064


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LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 064: a collection of 20 public-domain poems, chosen and read by Librivox volunteers.

Short Poetry Collection 130


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This is a collection of 17 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for March 2014.

Short Poetry Collection 189


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This is a collection of 41 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for February 2019.

Short Poetry Collection 028


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

Short Poetry Collection 162


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This is a collection of 28 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for November 2016.

Short Poetry Collection 011


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 011: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

First World War Centenary Poetry Collection


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This collection of poetry, with its companion prose collection, commemorates the outbreak of the First World War on 28th July 1914. Most of …

Short Poetry Collection 152


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This is a collection of 26 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for January 2016.

Short Poetry Collection 143


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

Short Poetry Collection 084


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This is an open collection of poems for the months of November and December 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 172


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This is a collection of 38 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for September 2017.

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 068


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LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 068: a collection of 20 public-domain poems, chosen and read by Librivox volunteers.

Short Poetry Collection 167


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This is a collection of 36 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for April 2017.

Short Poetry Collection 164


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This is a collection of 27 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for January 2017.

Short Poetry Collection 165


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This is a collection of 28 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for February 2017.

Short Poetry Collection 048


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

Short Poetry Collection 010


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 010: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 175


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This is a collection of 34 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for December 2017.

Short Poetry Collection 076


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

Short Poetry Collection 159


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This is a collection of 30 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for August 2016.

Short Poetry Collection 124


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

Short Poetry Collection 018


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 018: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 055


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LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 055: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 183


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

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 193


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

Short Poetry Collection 069


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LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 069: a collection of 20 public-domain poems, chosen and read by Librivox volunteers.

Short Poetry Collection 131


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

Short Poetry Collection 163


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This is a collection of 31 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for December 2016. It also includes a long poem, The Legend of Jubal by George …

Short Poetry Collection 208


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This is a collection of 67 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for September 2020.

The Wind Among the Reeds (Version 2)


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The Wind Among the Reeds was first published in 1899 and features short, personal lyrics on subjects such as Irish legends and personal rela…

Short Poetry Collection 187


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This is a collection of 32 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for December 2018.

Short Poetry Collection 060


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

Short Poetry Collection 199


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This is a collection of 48 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for December 2019.

Short Poetry Collection 213


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This is a collection of 66 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for February 2021.

Short Ghost and Horror Collection 071


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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, four-legged beasts and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your…

Short Poetry Collection 056


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LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 056: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 214


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This is a collection of 59 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for March 2021.

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 212


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This is a collection of 56 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for January 2021.

Short Poetry Collection 150


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This is a collection of 24 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for November 2015.

The Secret Rose and Rosa Alchemica


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Celebrated poet and author William Butler Yeats has graced us, in The Secret Rose, with a hauntingly beautiful collection of mystical storie…

Short Poetry Collection 207


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This is a collection of 70 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for August 2020.

A Deep-Sworn Vow


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This is the weekly poem for the week of 10.01.2016. Have fun. - Summary by Stav Nisser.

Short Poetry Collection 077


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

Short Poetry Collection 057


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LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 057: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 224


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This is a collection of 54 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for January 2022.

The Tower


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The Tower is a short collections of poems by William Butler Yeats published in 1928 not long after he received the Nobel Prize for Literatur…

After Long Silence



Yeats’s poem ‘After Long Silence’ was written late in life. In it, he reflects on his relationship with the author Olivia Shakespear.This pr…

Short Poetry Collection 147


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

LibriVox 16th 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 127


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

Short Poetry Collection 058


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LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 058: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 215


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This is a collection of 49 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for April 2021.

J. M. Synge and the Ireland of His Time


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William Butler Yeats recounts his experiences with friend and colleague, John Millington Synge. - Summary by Kyle James Maclean

Short Poetry Collection 234


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

Short Poetry Collection 225


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This is a collection of 43 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for February 2022.

Short Poetry Collection 236


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This is a collection of 43 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for January 2023.Note: The poem in Section 27, "On a Lady's pre…

Short Poetry Collection 242


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

Short Poetry Collection 250


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This is a collection of 30 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers during March 2024.

Short Poetry Collection 256


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This is a collection of 37 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers during September 2024.

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 254


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This is a collection of 50 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers during July 2024.

Short Poetry Collection 252


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This is a collection of 39 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers during May 2024.