Single Author Collections

The Forest

Read by Sheldon Greaves


Ben Jonson


The Forest is a short collection of Ben Jonson's poetry. This collection of fifteen poems first appeared in the 1616 first folio of his coll…

The Presence of Love

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge


Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic and philosopher who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the R…

Odes and Sonnets

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Clark Ashton Smith


Clark Ashton Smith, nicknamed one of the "big three" of Weird Tales (the famous pulp fiction magazine), was also a romantic-style …

There's a certain slant of light

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Emily Dickinson


In tribute to the first real snowfall this year. - Summary by David Lawrence

Bars and Shadows: The Prison Poems of Ralph Chaplin

Read by Ben Adams


Ralph Chaplin


Ralph Chaplin and many other prominent members of the Industrial Workers of the World were imprisoned under the Espionage Act of 1917 as the…

The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume One

Read by Arthur Krolman


Jonathan Swift


Sit back and listen to these light-hearted witty rhymes and see the world Jonathan Swift saw -- and maybe recognize your own. Think there is…

Gulliver The Great And Other Dog Stories

Read by David Wales


Walter Alden Dyer


This 1916 book is a collection of sixteen of the author's dog stories previously published in magazines. ( David Wales)

The Grim Smile Of The Five Towns

Read by David Wales


Arnold Bennett


The Grim Smile of the Five Towns (1907) is the second major collection of stories written by Arnold Bennett. (The first is Tales Of The Five…

Hoof and Claw

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Sir Charles G. D. Roberts


These 14 short stories about animals are superb examples of Roberts smooth storytelling style. Knows as the Father of Canadian Poetry, he lo…

The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 1

Read by Peter Tucker


John Dryden


The first of two volumes of collected poetry by this revered and highly influential English restoration poet and playwright. The poems, many…

Trivia, or The Art of Walking the Streets of London

Read by Phil Benson


John Gay


John Gay's Trivia is a satirical guide to walking the streets of London, written in mock heroic style. Learn how to avoid pickpockets, wig t…

Лампада

Read by Mark Chulsky


Georgy Ivanov


"The Lantern" is one of the earlier books of poetry by Georgy Ivanov (1894 - 1958), a leading poet and essayist of the Russian emi…

Coplas

Read by KendalRigans


Jorge Manrique


Estas coplas fueron escritas en honor a la muerte del Maestre don Santiago Rodrigo Manrique, y en ellas se pueden notar reflexiones acerca d…

The Night-Born

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Jack London


Ten short stories on various themes and subjects, all more or less bizarre. The Night-Born is about a woman who draws inspiration to change …

Prufrock and Other Observations

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T. S. Eliot


Prufrock and Other Observations was published in 1917 in a print run of only 500 copies by Egoist Press in London. It features The Love Song…

Ottawa Folk Festival Robert Service Collection (from The Spell of the Yukon)

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Robert W. Service


On August 13-15, 2010, A hearty band of Librivox volunteers, led by Bob Ledrew and Sean McGaughey, recorded selections from the Spell of the…

The Wild Swans at Coole (Version 2)

Read by Peter Tucker


William Butler Yeats


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…

Milton's Minor Poems

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


John Milton


“On Shakespear 1630” typifies much of Milton’s poetry. By some miracle never yet explained, at age 24 he managed to get a 16-line encomium i…

Chimneysmoke

Read by Carmen H


Christopher Morley


A collection of short poems on various themes by the author. (Summary by Carmen H)

בחורף In Winter

Read by Omri Lernau


יוסף חיים ברנר Yosef Haim Brenner


Yosef Haim Brenner (1881-1921) was a Ukrainian-born Hebrew-language author, one of the pioneers of modern Hebrew literature. Born to a poor …

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