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Works and Days, The Theogony, and The Shield of Heracles

Read by Arthur Krolman


Hesiod and Hesiodtranslated Byhugh Gerard Evelyn-White


Works and Days provides advice on agrarian matters and personal conduct. The Theogony explains the ancestry of the gods. The Shield of Herac…

Homeric Hymns, Epigrams, and The Battle of Frogs and Mice

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Homer


Homeric Hymns are thirty-three poems each paying homage to a certain Greek god. Only a few of the poems are more than 250 lines while the re…

The Adventures of Roderick Random

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Tobias Smollett


I am Roderick Random. This is the contemporary story of my struggle against the adversity of orphan-hood, poverty, press gangs, bloody duels…

The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom

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Tobias Smollett


You can call me Dr. Fathom. Or Count Fathom. But I'm not who I say I am. And can you blame me? My mother was a soldiers' harlot who pocketed…

The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume One

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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…

The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume Two

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Jonathan Swift


He lived simply, loved his walks and craved the company of fellow poetical wits as they craved his company in return. With his pal Dr. Sheri…

Poems (1686)

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Anne Killigrew


These are the original, tender and thoughtful poems of a young female artist who lived and died in seventeenth century London -- only 70 yea…

Windfall and Waterdrift

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Auberon Edward William Molyneux Herbert


This little square book, the colour of meadow forget-me-nots, is so modest and simple that it may very easily be passed over in a period whi…

The Defeat of Youth: Under the Trees

In The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems

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Aldous Huxley


Though later known for his essays and novels, Aldous Huxley started his writing career as a poet. Published in 1918, The Defeat of Youth and…