Famous Poems: A New Anthology Of Lyrics And Ballads


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A collection of famous poems by various authors who wrote during the period 1550 to 1892, including works by Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth, Browning and more. - Summary by Krista Zaleski

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Sir Patrick Spence, by Anonymous 2:56 Read by Kerry Adams
The Lyke-Wake Dirge, by Anonymous 1:58 Read by czandra
Cradle Song, by Anonymous 2:49 Read by czandra
Fragment, by Anonymous 1:44 Read by czandra
Song, by Anonymous 1:11 Read by Lee Vogler
Epithalamion, by Edmund Spenser 21:18 Read by Cavaet
To Sleep, by Sir Philip Sidney 1:18 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet, by Michael Drayton 1:15 Read by Garfield Dsouza
Where The Bee Sucks, by William Shakespeare 0:44 Read by Emily
Full Fathom Five, by William Shakespeare 1:00 Read by Kerry Adams
Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind, by William Shakespeare 1:05 Read by Brize C
When Daisies Pied And Violets Blue, by William Shakespeare 1:16 Read by Emily
When Icicles Hang By The Wall, by William Shakespeare 1:17 Read by Emily
O Mistress Mine, by William Shakespeare 0:59 Read by Garfield Dsouza
It Was A Lover And His Lass, by William Shakespeare 1:25 Read by Brize C
Take, O Take Those Lips Away, by William Shakespeare 0:54 Read by Kerry Adams
Hark ! Hark ! The Lark, by William Shakespeare 0:50 Read by Emily
Fear No More The Heat O' The Sun, by William Shakespeare 1:44 Read by Alan Mapstone
Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day?, by William Shakespeare 1:13 Read by Nakita Pedro
When In Disgrace With Fortune And Men's Eyes, by William Shakespeare 1:15 Read by KCAudible
When To The Sessions Of Sweet Silent Thought, by William Shakespeare 1:33 Read by Patrick Randall
That Time Of Year Thou Mayst In Me Behold, by William Shakespeare 1:35 Read by Patrick Randall
When In The Chronicle Of Wasted Time, by William Shakespeare 1:16 Read by James K. White
Let Me Not To The Marriage Of True Minds, by William Shakespeare 1:40 Read by Andrea Atwood
Th' Expense Of Spirit In A Waste Of Shame, by William Shakespeare 1:20 Read by Nakita Pedro
Follow Your Saint, Follow With Accents Sweet, by Thomas Campion 1:19 Read by Gvbriel
Kind Are Her Answers, by Thomas Campion 1:00 Read by Brize C
Now Winter Nights Enlarge, by Thomas Campion 1:09 Read by Brize C
Elizabeth Of Bohemia, by Sir Henry Wotton 1:28 Read by Alan Mapstone
Hymn To Diana, by Ben Jonson 1:23 Read by Kerry Adams
To Celia, by Ben Jonson 1:14 Read by Andrea Atwood
The Ecstacy, by John Donne 3:43 Read by czandra
The Dream, by John Donne 2:08 Read by czandra
Pack Clouds Away, And Welcome Day, by Thomas Heywood 1:43 Read by Gvbriel
To Daffodils, by Robert Herrick 1:12 Read by Gvbriel
Corinna Going A-Maying, by Robert Herrick 3:52 Read by Larry Wilson
Death's Final Conquest, by James Shirley 1:40 Read by Kerry Adams
On A Girdle, by Edmund Waller 1:10 Read by Kerry Adams
Ode On The Morning Of Christ's Nativity, by John Milton 2:13 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Hymn, by John Milton 10:37 Read by minstrel
At A Solemn Music, by John Milton 2:21 Read by Kerry Adams
L'allegro, by John Milton 7:34 Read by minstrel
Il Penseroso, by John Milton 8:30 Read by J. Thurgood
Lycidas, by John Milton 9:50 Read by Joanna Michal Hoyt
On His Deceased Wife, by John Milton 1:32 Read by Kerry Adams
On His Blindness, by John Milton 1:21 Read by Alan Mapstone
On The Late Massacre In Piedmont, by John Milton 1:23 Read by Alan Mapstone
To Lucasta, Going To The Wars, by Richard Lovelace 1:05 Read by Kerry Adams
To Althea, From Prison, by Richard Lovelace 1:34 Read by SJ R.
The Wish, by Abraham Cowley 2:05 Read by SJ R.
The Garden, by Andrew Marvell 3:19 Read by SJ R.
An Ode, by Matthew Prior 0:59 Read by Brize C
The Progress Of Poesy, by Thomas Gray 5:51 Read by SJ R.
Hymn To Adversity, by Thomas Gray 2:26 Read by SJ R.
Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard, by Thomas Gray 9:15 Read by Alan Mapstone
To Evening, by William Collins 2:43 Read by Krista Zaleski
Introduction To "Songs Of Innocence", by William Blake 1:22 Read by Andrea Atwood
The Tiger, by William Blake 1:29 Read by Larry Wilson
Of A' The Airts The Wind Can Blaw, by Robert Burns 0:55 Read by Brize C
The Banks O' Doon, by Robert Burns 2:11 Read by Alan Mapstone
Ae Fond Kiss, by Robert Burns 2:02 Read by Kerry Adams
A Red, Red Rose, by Robert Burns 1:22 Read by Kerry Adams
Ode To Duty, by William Wordsworth 3:11 Read by Samantha Anne Robertson
Ode On Intimations Of Immortality, by William Wordsworth 11:58 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Solitary Reaper, by William Wordsworth 1:43 Read by Winnifred Assmann
The Daffodils, by William Wordsworth 1:35 Read by Samantha Anne Robertson
My Heart Leaps Up, by William Wordsworth 0:54 Read by Kerry Adams
To Milton, by William Wordsworth 1:32 Read by Kerry Adams
On Westminster Bridge, by William Wordsworth 1:19 Read by Alan Mapstone
By The Sea, by William Wordsworth 1:11 Read by Samantha Anne Robertson
The World Is Too Much With Us, by William Wordsworth 1:17 Read by Samantha Anne Robertson
The Rover, by Sir Walter Scott 1:14 Read by Alan Mapstone
Rebecca's Hymn, by Sir Walter Scott 1:54 Read by Tim Juang
Sound, Sound The Clarion, by Sir Walter Scott 0:30 Read by Krista Zaleski
The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge 27:24 Read by Cavaet
Kubla Khan, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge 3:26 Read by Alan Mapstone
Love, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge 4:01 Read by Cavaet
Hester, by Charles Lamb 1:52 Read by Alan Mapstone
Mother, I Cannot Mind My Wheel, by Walter Savage Landor 0:39 Read by Lee Vogler
Dirce, by Walter Savage Landor 0:32 Read by minstrel
Finis, by Walter Savage Landor 0:36 Read by Tim Juang
Ye Mariners Of England, by Thomas Campbell 2:05 Read by Alan Mapstone
The War Song Of Dinas Vawr, by Thomas Love Peacock 1:36 Read by Cavaet
She Walks In Beauty, by George Gordon, Lord Byron 1:24 Read by Alan Mapstone
To A Skylark, by Percy Bysshe Shelley 6:05 Read by Alan Mapstone
Ode To The West Wind, by Percy Bysshe Shelley 5:23 Read by Alan Mapstone
To Night, by Percy Bysshe Shelley 2:14 Read by redfalcon1009
The Poet's Dream, by Percy Bysshe Shelley 0:56 Read by Tim Juang
The Invitation, by Percy Bysshe Shelley 3:45 Read by Samantha Anne Robertson
Hymn To The Spirit Of Nature, by Percy Bysshe Shelley 1:29 Read by Allegra LittleCole
Sonnet, by John Keats 1:08 Read by Winnifred Assmann
On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer, by John Keats 1:19 Read by Alan Mapstone
La Belle Dame Sans Merci, by John Keats 2:44 Read by Alan Mapstone
Ode To Autumn, by John Keats 2:16 Read by Winnifred Assmann
Ode To A Nightingale, by John Keats 5:18 Read by Samantha Anne Robertson
Ode On A Grecian Urn, by John Keats 3:34 Read by Winnifred Assmann
The Bridge Of Sighs, by Thomas Hood 3:18 Read by Lee Vogler
Dream Pedlary, by Thomas Lovell Beddoes 2:06 Read by Vin Cramer
A Musical Instrument, by Elizabeth Barrett Browning 2:16 Read by Winnifred Assmann
Grief, by Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1:14 Read by Larry Wilson
To Helen, by Edgar Allan Poe 4:34 Read by Larry Wilson
The Lady Of Shalott, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson 9:22 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Lotos Eaters, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson 9:51 Read by Cavaet
St Agnes' Eve, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson 2:16 Read by Alan Mapstone
Come Down, O Maid, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson 2:28 Read by Kanoland94
The Year's At The Spring, by Robert Browning 0:40 Read by Garfield Dsouza
You'll Love Me Yet, by Robert Browning 0:58 Read by Garfield Dsouza
The Lost Mistress, by Robert Browning 1:26 Read by Garfield Dsouza
The Last Ride Together, by Robert Browning 6:46 Read by Garfield Dsouza
Home-Thoughts From Abroad, by Robert Browning 1:33 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Sands Of Dee, by Charles Kingsley 1:47 Read by Kerry Adams
Say Not The Struggle Nought Availeth, by Arthur Hugh Clough 1:14 Read by Larry Wilson
The Forsaken Merman, by Matthew Arnold 6:31 Read by Krista Zaleski
Requiescat, by Matthew Arnold 1:09 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Scholar Gipsy, by Matthew Arnold 15:36 Read by Winnifred Assmann
Heraclitus, by William Cory 1:01 Read by Larry Wilson

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Lotos Eaters fatal error :-)


(1 star)

‘Tired eyelids on tired eyes’, not ‘Tried eyelids on tried eyes’! (Tennyson)