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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…
A Word of Explanation
Read by Matthew McNaughton
Edith Eudora Kohl
In Land of the Burnt Thigh
"It will be all right," Ida Mary told her father cheerfully. "It is only for eight months. Nothing can happen in eight months…
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…
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…
First Sight of Her and After
Read by Corun
Thomas Hardy
In Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses (Selection)
Hardy claimed poetry as his first love, and published collections until his death in 1928. Although not as well received by his contemporari…
Home
Read by Julia Niedermaier
Marietta Holley
In Poems
This is a collection of poems by Marietta Holley, better known as Josiah Allen's Wife. - Summary by Carolin
Sonnet
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Christina Rossetti
In Sonnets
This is an excellent selection of introspective, inspirational and remarkably compelling sonnets from one of the greatest poets of the ninet…
Cora Lee
Read by Alan Mapstone
Palmer Cox
In Frontier Humor in Verse, Prose and Picture
Also known for his "Brownies" books, Canadian humorist Palmer Cox give us a delightful collection of humorous verse and short pros…
In The Study
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Thomas Hardy
In Short Poetry Collection 138
This is a collection of 25 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for November 2014.
With Child
Read by Newgatenovelist
Genevieve Taggard
In For Eager Lovers
Genevieve Taggard was an American poet, teacher and socialist. This collection was first published in 1922 and deals with topics such as pe…
Closing Sonnet
Read by MaryAnn
Charlotte Elliott
In Hours of Sorrow
Poems from the author of the beloved hymn, "Just as I Am", chiefly adapted to seasons of sickness, depression and bereavement. Ell…
Sonnet 59
Read by cathar maiden
Sir Philip Sidney
In Astrophil and Stella (Version 2)
Astrophil and Stella is a sequence of sonnets and songs written by Sir Philip Sidney, the Elizabethan poet, courtier and soldier. It details…
St. John Baptist and Herodias
Read by Arthur Krolman
Anne Killigrew
In Poems (1686)
These are the original, tender and thoughtful poems of a young female artist who lived and died in seventeenth century London -- only 70 yea…
Two Sonnets
Read by Newgatenovelist
Marion Strobel
In Selected Poems
Marion Strobel was a poet, an author of fiction and an associate editor of Poetry. These poems were published from 1919 to 1926 in Poetry, O…
Sonnet VI
Read by Rob Marland
Lord Alfred Douglas
In In Excelsis
In 1924, Lord Alfred Douglas was sued by Winston Churchill after he alleged that the politician had been part of a Jewish-backed conspiracy …
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