Poetry
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
Read by Nick Duncan
William Blake
The work was composed between 1790 and 1793, in the period of radical foment and political conflict immediately after the French Revolution.…
Tact
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of Tact by Ralph Waldo Emerson. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for April 22, 2012.Ralph…
Faust II
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend; a highly successful scholar, but also dissatisfied with his life, and so makes a deal w…
The Raven and Other Poems
Read by Phil Chenevert
Edgar Allan Poe
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—While I nodded,…
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Read by Kristin LeMoine
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
For killing an albatross, the mariner and his crew are punished with drought and death. Amidst a series of supernatural events, the mariner'…
O Captain! My Captain!
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Walt Whitman
In honor of President’s Day, LibriVox brings you thirteen versions of O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman. This classic poem was written…
Jabberwocky
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Lewis Carroll
LibriVox volunteers bring you 34 different recordings of Jabberwocky, by Lewis Carroll. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of J…
Idylls of the King
Read by Elizabeth Klett
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Idylls of the King, published between 1856 and 1885, is a cycle of twelve narrative poems by the English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson which re…
John Keats: Selected Poems
Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
John Keats
John Keats is perhaps the most talented poet of the English Romantic Period. Although his life was cut short by disease at the age of 25, he…
The Waste Land (version 3)
Read by Elizabeth Klett
T. S. Eliot
The Waste Land is T. S. Eliot's Modernist masterpiece, first published in 1920. Rich in allusions to Shakespeare, Dante, Baudelaire, the Bib…
The Lady of the Lake
Read by Cynthia Moyer
Sir Walter Scott
The scene of the following Poem is laid chiefly in the vicinity of Loch Katrine, in the Western Highlands of Perthshire. The time of Action …
Shakespeare's Sonnets (version 2)
Read by Chris Hughes
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare's Sonnets, or simply The Sonnets, comprise a collection of 154 poems in sonnet form written by William Shakespeare that deal wit…
Paradise Regained
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John Milton
Paradise Regained is a poem by the 17th century English poet John Milton, published in 1671. It is connected by name to his earlier and more…
The Mahabharata by Vyasa: The epic of ancient India condensed into English verse
Read by om123
Romesh C. Dutt
The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. Traditionally, the authorship of the Mahabharata is attributed to V…
A House Of Pomegranates
Read by Alex Lau
Oscar Wilde
A House of Pomegranates is a collection of fairy tales, written by Oscar Wilde, that was published as a second collection for The Happy Prin…
The Song of Hiawatha
Read by Peter Yearsley
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I sing the Song of Hiawatha,Brave of heart and strong of arm.Daughter's son of old Nokomis,Fathered by the harsh West Wind.With its regular,…
The Ballad of the White Horse
Read by Joshua B. Christensen
G. K. Chesterton
An English epic poem that follows the exploits of Alfred the Great in his defense of Christian civilization in England from the heathen nihi…
The Island
Read by Elizabeth Klett
George Gordon, Lord Byron
Written late in his career, Byron's narrative poem The Island tells the famous story of the mutiny on board the Bounty, and follows the muti…
Songs of Innocence and Experience
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William Blake
William Blake’s volume of poetry entitled Songs of Innocence and Experience is the embodiment of his belief that innocence and experience we…
The Ramayan, Book 1
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Valmiki
The Ramayan(a) is an ancient Sanskrit epic. It is attributed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu canon (smṛti…