Ballads
Poetic Expressions of Love
Read by Amr Ahmed
Carl Sandburg, Walt Whitman and Thomas Wyatt
The theme around these poems is how poets expressed their ideas of love as well as the type of language used to convey said love through poe…
Songs of the Outlands
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Henry Herbert Knibbs
A poetry collection. The poem "Out There Somewhere" was extensively quoted in and was the basis for Edgar Rice Burroughs' story &q…
Two Cumberland Ballads
Read by Phil Benson
John Stagg
Two narrative ballads, based on local lore, by the Cumberland poet John Stagg. In 'The Hermit of Rockcliffe', a young fugitive takes refuge …
Ancient Songs and Ballads of Lancashire
Read by Phil Benson
John Harland
Traditional songs and ballads from Lancashire in the north-west of England from the opening section of John Harland's collection, Ballads an…
Double Sestina
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Sir Philip Sidney
LibriVox volunteers bring you recordings of Double Sestina - Ye Goatherd Gods by Phillip Sidney.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for…
Lays of Ancient Rome
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Thomas Babington Macaulay
The Lays of Ancient Rome are four narrative poems by the English historian and politician Thomas Babington Macaulay. Each poem tells a famou…
Phaedra and other Poems
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Algernon Charles Swinburne
Phædra was the wife of Theseus, the King of Athens, but she developed a passion for her step-son Hippolytus. His rejection of her decl…
Danny Ross
Danny Ross
Danny Ross, best known as Daft Alfie in The Clitheroe Kid on BBC radio, released this pop record in the 1970s featuring two romantic songs a…