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Sonnet
Read by Elizabeth Fiedler
G. K. Chesterton
In Poems
Originally published in 1916, this book of poetry by G.K. Chesterton includes 59 poems on a variety of subjects. Included in this are war po…
Sonnet I
Read by Rhonda Federman
Anna Seward
In Eighteenth Century Poetry and Prose
A collection of prose and poetry written principally in the 18th Century. These works of world literature are written in the English languag…
Sonnet XLIII
Read by Anna Mayworm
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) and Elizabeth Barrett Browning
In Short Poetry Collection 122
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for July 2013.
Sonnet for Helen
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
Gerald Bullett
In Mice & Other Poems
Gerald William Bullett was a British man of letters. He was known as a novelist, essayist, short story writer, critic and poet. He wrote bot…
Monday Morning
Read by Hilary Hew
Mark Twain
In Children's Short Works, Vol. 021
LibriVox's Children's Short Works Collection 021: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
DOCTOR WALKER'S WARNING
Read by Ana Simão
Mary Roberts Rinehart
In The Circular Staircase
Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958) was a prolific American writer of popular mysteries. The Circular Staircase was originally published in 19…
Chapter XXXIII. Continuation of the St. Louis portrait
Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan
Katharine Carl
In With the Empress Dowager of China
Through the eyes of an artist, With the Empress Dowager of China provides a glimpse of life in the Chinese Imperial Court, unseen by any oth…
Sonette nach dem Portugiesischen, übertragen durch Rainer Maria Rilke
Read by lorda
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning schrieb diese Sonette für ihren Mann. Dieser gab sie dann zur Veröffentlichung. In seiner Übersetz…
The Nightingale
Read by Jade Leah Pilling
Victor Daley
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…
Sonatina
Read by Newgatenovelist
Rubén Darío
In Selected Poems
Rubén Darío was a Nicaraguan poet and the founder of the modernismo literary movement. These English-language translations are…
Marie
Read by Newgatenovelist
Thomas Parker Sanborn
In Selected Poems
Thomas Parker Sanborn was an American poet from Massachusetts. In this collection of his work, published from 1883 to 1886 in The Harvard Mo…
In Memoriam: Florence Nightingale
Read by Richard Green
Joyce Kilmer
In Summer of Love
Joyce KIlmer may yet be an obscure poet had he not had his poem, Trees, published in Poetry in 1913. But, this book precedes that, and show…
Chapter XXXIX: How the Sonnet Came to England
Read by springteacher
Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
In English Literature for Boys and Girls
"Has there ever been a time when no stories were told? Has there ever been a people who did not care to listen? I think not."Thus …
Nikander Pleads for His Daughter
Read by Christine Rottger
Caroline Dale Snedeker
In The Perilous Seat
Theria is a young Delphian woman who becomes an oracle. Persian wars, a doomed love affair, and a strong woman make up this well-researched …
CHAPTER XXIX: MORE ABOUT THE CHILDREN
Read by Marie Christian
Magaretta Eagar
In Six Years at the Russian Court
From 1898 to 1904, Irish born Margaretta Eagar was the nanny to Olga (Ольга), Tatiana (Татьяна), Maria (Мария) and Anastasia (Анастасия) Nik…
When Wendy Grew Up
Read by Marie Christian
J. M. Barrie
In Peter and Wendy (Version 2)
"Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up and Peter and Wendy are the stage play and novel (respectively) which tell the well-known s…
Chapter 4
Read by Marie Christian
Ann Fraser Tytler
In Leila; or The Island
The Island begins with a shipwreck in which eight-year-old Leila, her father, her nurse and their loyal dog, Dash, persevere through hard wo…
Science and Philosophy
Read by Newgatenovelist
Constance Naden
In Sonnets
Naden's sonnets have topics as diverse as astronomy, classical mythology and Shakespeare's birthplace. This collection is taken from Naden's…
A Year Ago
Read by mleigh
Marie E. J. Pitt
In The Horses of the Hills and other Verses
Marie Elizabeth Josephine Pitt (1869–1948) was an Australian poet and socialist activist. Pitt wrote very highly coloured nature poetry, onc…
The Convergence of the Twain
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
Thomas Hardy
In Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries, with Miscellaneous Pieces
Published in 1914, this is a compilation of 107 poems by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), who is probably better known as the author of such famous…