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In the Autumn Grass - read by JM

In In the Autumn Grass

Read by J. McDougall


Hamlin Garland


LibriVox volunteers take us out on the prairie among the wind and blue stem with readings of In the Autumn Grass by Hamlin Garland. This is…

A Night-Rain in Summer - Read by JM

In A Night-Rain in Summer

Read by J. McDougall


Leigh Hunt


James Henry Leigh Hunt, best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist, poet, and writer. - Summary by Wikipedia

On Hampstead Heath

In Leda

Read by J. McDougall


Aldous Huxley


Though he gained recognition for his later essays and novels, Aldous Huxley started his writing career as a poet. Published in 1920, Leda is…

Spring Song of the Swallow - Read by JM

In Spring Song of the Swallow

Read by J. McDougall


Marietta Holley


LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of "Spring Song of the Swallow", by Marietta Holley (better known as Josiah Allen's Wi…

On the Sight of a Skull - Read by JM

In On the Sight of a Skull

Read by J. McDougall


Mary Mollineux


Mary Mollineux (born Mary Southworth) was probably the daughter of Catholic parents who converted to Quakerism, differed from many of her Qu…

Oh! Had We Some Bright Little Isle Of Our Own - Read by JM

In Oh! Had We Some Bright Little Isle Of Our Own

Read by J. McDougall


Thomas Moore


Thomas Moore was an Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer, now best remembered for the lyrics of "The Minstrel Boy" and …

A Song of Autumn - Read by JM

In A Song of Autumn

Read by J. McDougall


Adam Lindsay Gordon


Adam Lindsay Gordon was an Australian poet, jockey and politician. - Summary by Wikipedia

Autumn Fires - Read by JM

In Autumn Fires

Read by J. McDougall


Robert Louis Stevenson


LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 readings of Autumn Fires, from Robert Louis Stevenson's classic A Child's Garden of Verses. This was the we…

Challenge - Read by JM

In Challenge

Read by J. McDougall


John William Streets


The editor of the volume Made in the Trenches includes these poignant notes:Corporal Streets, in submitting these sonnets some months ago, w…

The Welcome and Farewell - Read by JM

In The Welcome and Farewell

Read by J. McDougall


George Pope Morris


George Pope Morris was an American editor, poet, and songwriter.In addition to his publishing and editorial work, Morris was popular as a po…

On the Bay

In The Watchman and Other Poems

Read by J. McDougall


Lucy Maud Montgomery


While L. M. Montgomery is better known for her novels, such as Anne of Green Gables and Emily of New Moon, she also wrote hundreds of poems.…

1.7.IV. The Menads.

In The French Revolution Volume 1 the Bastille

Read by J. McDougall


Thomas Carlyle


The French Revolution: A History was written by the Scottish essayist, philosopher, and historian Thomas Carlyle. The three-volume work, fir…

Don Quixote - Read by JM

In Don Quixote

Read by J. McDougall


Madison Cawein


Madison Julius Cawein was born in Louisville, Kentucky. After graduating from high school, Cawein worked in a pool hall in Louisville as a c…

Book I - I - Maecenas Atavis

In The Odes and Carmen Saeculare

Read by J. McDougall


Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) and Quintus Horatius Flaccus


Flawlessly hammered out, as if from eternal bronze—"aere perennius"—The Odes of Horace are the consummate expression of the pride,…

Alarm Clocks - Read by JM

In Alarm Clocks

Read by J. McDougall


Joyce Kilmer


Joyce Kilmer (born as Alfred Joyce Kilmer) was an American writer and poet mainly remembered for a short poem titled "Trees" (191…

The Poster-Painter's Masterpiece - Read by JM

In The Poster-Painter's Masterpiece

Read by J. McDougall


Sam Walter Foss


Sam Walter Foss was an American librarian and poet. For many years the opening lines from Foss' The Coming American ("Bring me men to m…

Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth - Read by JM

In Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth

Read by J. McDougall


Arthur Hugh Clough


Arthur Hugh Clough (kluf) was an English poet, an educationalist, and the devoted assistant to ground-breaking nurse Florence Nightingale. H…