The legend of Tannhäuser, the Minstrel Knight who, having betrayed his love for the virtuous Elizabeth by dallying in the Venusberg, re…
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin is often called "the father of Russian literature". He was the first great poet to write in Russian …
Robert Southey, a future Poet Laureate, was born in Bristol, one of the principal ports in England for the slave trade. He wrote these poems…
The English poet Wilfred Owen was killed on 4th November 1918 just seven days before the Armistice which ended the First World War. This boo…
The title poem was inspired by various images which Browning saw while living in Italy, an old tower in the Carrara Mountains, a painting in…
A short collection of poems by Thomas Hardy describing his feelings when visiting various places of historic interest in Italy and Switzerla…
"Love Poems and Others" was D. H. Lawrence's first book of poetry published in 1913.(Summary by Alan Mapstone)
Byron wrote the Hebrew Melodies to accompany music by the composer Isaac Nathan which he claimed derived from Synagogue tunes used at the ti…
A short collection of poems on Naval and other military themes by the English poet and military historian Sir Henry Newbolt published in1897…
Leigh Hunt was an English poet, essayist and editor best remembered as the host of a literary circle which gathered at his home in Hampstead…
In The Rover Vol. 01 No. 17
"The Rover: A weekly magazine of tales, poetry and engravings, original and selected" was a magazine started in 1843 by Seba Smith…
In Liberty Bell
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Liberty Bell by Edward Doyle.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for April 23, 2023. ---…
In Short Poetry Collection 257
This is a collection of 45 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers during October 2024.
In Tristan and Isolde
The Libretto of Richard Wagner's music drama Tristan and Isolde, translated into English by John P Jackson, is here presented as a spoken dr…
In Ballads and Legends
A short collection of Ballads by the German poet and polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe based on German and other European and Asian legend…