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Christmas Fancies - Read by MSD

In Christmas Fancies

Read by Matthew Datcher


Ella Wheeler Wilcox


A popular poet rather than a literary poet, in her poems she expresses sentiments of cheer and optimism in plainly written, rhyming verse. H…

The Dolls - Read by MSD

In The Dolls

Read by Matthew Datcher


William Butler Yeats


William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British li…

The Song of the Olden Time - Read by MSD

In The Song of the Olden Time

Read by Matthew Datcher


Thomas Moore


From a relatively early age Moore showed an interest in music and other performing arts. He sometimes appeared in musical plays with his fri…

When Father Carves the Duck - Read by MSD

In When Father Carves the Duck

Read by Matthew Datcher


Ernest Vincent Wright


Ernest Vincent Wright was an American author known for his book Gadsby, a 50,000-word novel which, except for the introduction and a note at…

A Pin - Read by MSD

In A Pin

Read by Matthew Datcher


Ella Wheeler Wilcox


Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet. Her best-known work was Poems of Passion. Her most enduring work was "Solitude&quo…

Christmas Conversion - Read by MSD

In Christmas Conversion

Read by Matthew Datcher


Jean McKishnie Blewett and Jean Mckishnie Blewett


Jean McKishnie Blewett was a Canadian journalist, author and poet.Blewett was a regular contributor to The Globe, a Toronto newspaper and in…

A Late Good Night - Read by MSD

In A Late Good Night

Read by Matthew Datcher


Robert F. Murray


Much is written about success and failure in the career of literature, about the reasons which enable one man to reach the front, and anothe…

The Dead Joke and The Funny Man - Read by MSD

In The Dead Joke and The Funny Man

Read by Matthew Datcher


James Whitcomb Riley


James Whitcomb Riley was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet"…

A Fairy Glee - Read by MSD

In A Fairy Glee

Read by Matthew Datcher


Eugene Field


This poem is taken from Volume X, A Library of American Literature:An Anthology in Eleven Volumes. 1891.Vols. IX–XI: Literature of the Repu…

At the Piano - Read by MSD

In At the Piano

Read by Matthew Datcher


Anna Katharine Green


Anna Katharine Green was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished h…

A Cup of Tea - Read by MSD

In A Cup of Tea

Read by Matthew Datcher


James Whitcomb Riley


James Whitcomb Riley was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet"…

Dr. Sam - Read by MSD

In Dr. Sam

Read by Matthew Datcher


Eugene Field


Eugene Field, Sr. was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays.Field first started publishing poetry in …

Negro Music that Stirred France

In The Upward Path: A Reader For Colored Children

Read by Matthew Datcher


Emmett J. Scott


From the preface of the book: "To the present time, there has been no collection of stories and poems by Negro writers, which colored c…