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The Oak and the Reed
Read by NoelBadrian
Jefferys Taylor
In Æsop in Rhyme, with Some Originals
Jefferys Taylor was born in 1792 in Suffolk, England. He became apprenticed to his father who was an engraver and invented a special ruling …
106 - Across The Prairie!
Read by Joseph Abell
David Cory
In The Jumble Book
This is a lovely collection of short stories and poems some well known others not so well known. Something to appeal to everyone. (Summary b…
General Instructions For The Guidance Of Post Office Inspectors In The Dominion
Read by Sarah Jennings
Alexander Campbell
In Insomnia Collection Vol. 001
Soporific dullness is in the ear of the listener, and what's tedium incarnate to one person will be another person's passion and delight. Ho…
Oak
Read by Nemo
F. S. Flint
In Otherworld: Cadences
English author Frank Stuart Flint was a prominent poet in the Imagist movement, along with Ezra Pound and T E. Hulme. Flint abandoned school…
The Western United States
Read by Laura Caldwell
Harold W. Fairbanks
"In preparation of this book the author has had in mind the needs of the upper grammar grades. The subject matter has not been selected…
Dr. Siegfried Iseman
Read by Matthew Walton
Edgar Lee Masters
In Spoon River Anthology
This is a collection of poems, in the form of an entire community speaking from beyond the grave about their lives, and, in some cases, goss…
Part I, Remarks, Line 307
Read by Matthew Muñoz
Bernard Mandeville
In The Fable of the Bees
Bernard Mandeville's didactic poem praising the virtues that personal vices bestow on society as a whole, along with several treatises and d…
Caligari
Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)
Carl Sandburg
In Slabs of the Sunburnt West
Thirty-two poems about life in the American Midwest, focusing on the city of Chicago, Illinois. Summary by Matt Pierard
The Old Oak Tree
Read by James Koss
William Henry Davies
In Foliage: Various Poems
W. H. Davies was a Welsh poet and writer. Davies spent a significant part of his life in the United Kingdom and United States, becoming one …
To Angelo Mai, on his Discovery of the Lost Books of Cicero, 'De Republica'
Read by Jennifer Woodside
Giacomo Leopardi
In The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi
This is a volume of poems by Giacomo Leopardi. - Summary by Carolin
The Californian, June 17, 1865 - Answers to Correspondents - Moral Statistician; Simon Wheeler, Sonora; Inquirer; Anna Maria; Charming Simplicity; Literary Connoisseur; Etiquetticus, Monitor Silver Mines
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
In More Newspaper Articles by Mark Twain
"More Newspaper Articles by Mark Twain" fills in the gaps left by the first collection of newspaper articles: "Newspaper Arti…
James Polk, December 7, 1847, part 3
Read by Doug Fajardo
James K. Polk
In State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1845 - 1848)
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…
White Feather and the Six Giants
Read by Liberty Stump
Cornelius Mathews
In LibriVox 6th Anniversary Collection
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…
Mattens
Read by Angela Ortiz
George Herbert
In The Temple
George Herbert was one of the so-called Metaphysical Poets, along with John Donne and Andrew Marvel, and The Temple: Sacred Poems and Privat…
19 - SALLIE HICKS'S FOREFINGER
Read by Jannie Meisberger
Abbie Phillips Walker
In Sandman's Goodnight Stories
Have you every read a bed time story to a child? Or had one read to you? Fun, isn't it? These 28 delightful, short, well written and whimsic…
07 - Plea in behalf of Thomas Muir - Muir
Read by A LibriVox Volunteer
Caleb Bingham
In The Columbian Orator
The Columbian Orator, a collection of political essays, poems, and dialogues first published in 1797, was widely used in American schoolroom…
Cicero Viewed as a Collector
Read by Jim Locke
Isaac D'Israeli
In Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2
This is the second volume of the collected Curiosities of Literature by Isaac D'Israeli. As in volume one, D'Isreali again takes us on a tou…
Aere Perennius
Read by Nemo
Charles Hanson Towne
In Beyond the Stars
Charles Hanson Towne was a well known editor, author and poet. He was a popular New York celebrity who was considered by many as being the q…
10 - The Contest
Read by KarlHenning
Abbie Phillips Walker
In The Sandman's Hour
Reading bedtime stories to children can be a wonderful way to relax and at the same time act out the exciting things happening in the story …
"Rogers of Eaglehawk"
Read by Beeswaxcandle
Thomas Bracken
In Not Understood and Other Poems
A posthumous collection of the more famous poems by the author of the New Zealand National Anthem. - Summary by Beeswaxcandle