Single Author Collections
The Forest
Read by Sheldon Greaves
Ben Jonson
The Forest is a short collection of Ben Jonson's poetry. This collection of fifteen poems first appeared in the 1616 first folio of his coll…
Around The Yule Log
Read by David Wales
Willis Boyd Allen
Eleven yule-tide stories by a popular writer of the late 19th – early 20th centuries. - (Summary by david wales)
Sonnets on Anglo-Saxon History
Read by Phil Benson
Ann Hawkshaw
The history of Britain up to the Norman Conquest in the form of 100 prose commentaries, each followed by a sonnet. The commentaries set the …
Ottawa Folk Festival Robert Service Collection (from The Spell of the Yukon)
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Robert W. Service
On August 13-15, 2010, A hearty band of Librivox volunteers, led by Bob Ledrew and Sean McGaughey, recorded selections from the Spell of the…
The Chronicles of Clovis
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Saki
This is the third collection of short stories by Saki, following on from “Reginald” and “Reginald in Russia”. Although some of the stories h…
Tongues of Conscience
Read by Lisa Reichert
Robert Smythe Hichens
Tongues of Conscience (1898) is a collection of five thought-provoking stories where an innocent, but selfish, action leads to horrific cons…
Poems
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Edna St. Vincent Millay
This volume of poems was published in 1923, the year Edna St. Vincent Millay became the third woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. I…
Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2)
Read by Foon
William Blake
"Innocence" and "Experience" are definitions of consciousness that rethink Milton's existential-mythic states of "P…
The Dream of Gerontius
Read by Russ Hobbs
John Henry Newman
As a rule, when Cardinal Newman's poetry is mentioned, people think of "The Pillar of the Cloud," better known as "Lead, Kind…
The Borough
Read by David Wales
George Crabbe
English village life and villagers in the east of England in the late 1700’s and early 1800s—is the subject of The Borough. George Crabbe …
Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins (Version 2)
Read by MichaelMaggs
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889) was one of the most innovative of English Victorian poets, best known now for his vivid and original image…
Chimneysmoke
Read by Carmen H
Christopher Morley
A collection of short poems on various themes by the author. (Summary by Carmen H)
Poems
Read by Newgatenovelist
Mary Coleridge
Mary Coleridge was a novelist, essayist and biographer. She was also a talented poet, and her posthumously published verses are variously me…
A Selection from the Lyrical Poems of Robert Herrick
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
Robert Herrick
Robert Herrick had been apprenticed to a goldsmith before entering holy orders. This early training has been credited with influencing his m…
Chills and Fever
Read by Christopher Fried
John Crowe Ransom
This is the second poetry collection of the poet-critic John Crowe Ransom, who was a member of the Fugitives and the Agrarians.
Selected Poems
Read by Newgatenovelist
Gladys Casely-Hayford
Gladys Casely-Hayford was an author and educator who was born in the Gold Coast and lived in Sierra Leone. These poems were published betwee…
Selected Poems (Gordon)
Read by Newgatenovelist
Edythe Mae Gordon
Edythe Mae Gordon was a poet and short story author who published in The Saturday Evening Quill. These poems were published in 1929. (Summar…
Not Understood and Other Poems
Read by Beeswaxcandle
Thomas Bracken
A posthumous collection of the more famous poems by the author of the New Zealand National Anthem. - Summary by Beeswaxcandle
Selected Poems (Furlong)
Read by Newgatenovelist
Alice E. Furlong
Alice E. Furlong was a poet who published in The Saturday Evening Quill. These poems were published in 1929. - Summary by Newgatenovelist
Selected Poems (Hayes)
Read by Newgatenovelist
Donald Jeffery Hayes
Donald Jeffery Hayes was a poet who was born in North Carolina. These poems were published between 1927 and 1929. - Summary by Newgatenoveli…