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In Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) and Two Other Reminiscences

Read by Graham Scott


H. G. Wells


Select Conversations with an Uncle, published in 1895, was H.G. Wells's first literary publication in book form. It consists of reports of t…

Through All The Years - Read by GRS

In Through All The Years

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J. W. Foley and James W. Foley


Here is a sweet little poem to touch your heart and share with your best friends. The words are heartfelt, simple and trip off the tongue in…

Home Songs - Read by GRS

In Home Songs

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John Charles McNeill and John Charles Mcneill


McNeill died at an early age of 36 years, but during his brief life he established himself as the foremost literary figure of North Carolina…

IF - Read by GRS

In IF

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Rudyard Kipling


This poem is considered one of the most inspirational guidelines on how to live and act with integrity and develop a winning strategy throug…

Roots and Leaves Themselves Alone - Read by GRS

In Roots and Leaves Themselves Alone

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Walt Whitman


Walter "Walt" Whitman was an American poet, essayist, and journalist, in addition to publishing his poetry—was a volunteer nurse d…

A Wish - Read by GRS

In A Wish

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Samuel Rogers


Samuel Rogers was an English poet, during his lifetime one of the most celebrated, although his fame has long since been eclipsed by his Rom…

The Poet and The Baby - Read by GRS

In The Poet and The Baby

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Paul Laurence Dunbar


What struck me in reading Mr. Dunbar's poetry was what had already struck his friends in Ohio and Indiana, in Kentucky and Illinois. They ha…

The Stone - Read by GRS

In The Stone

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Ivan Turgenev


Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev was a Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, translator and popularizer of Russian literature in …

To The Fringed Gentian - Read by GRS

In To The Fringed Gentian

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William Cullen Bryant


William Cullen Bryant was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post. He is also remembered a…

The Island Hunting-Song - Read by GRS

In The Island Hunting-Song

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.


Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston. A member of the Fireside Poets, he was acclaimed b…

Truth - Read by GRS

In Truth

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning


Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an English poet of the Victorian era, popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime.Elizabeth …

The White Flag - Read by GRS

In The White Flag

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John Hay


John Milton Hay was an American statesman and official whose career in government stretched over almost half a century. Beginning as a priv…

English History in the Secondary School

In The History Teacher's Magazine, Vol. I, No. 3, November 1909

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Various


"The History Teacher’s Magazine is devoted to the interests of teachers of History, Civics, and related subjects in the fields of Geogr…

His Lady Friend - Read by GRS

In His Lady Friend

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Ring Lardner


This week's poem is taken from Ringgold Wilmer "Ring" Lardner's Bib Ballads book of poetry about his child. In his Forward he say…

Consolation - Read by GRS

In Consolation

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning


This Weekly Poem is taken from The Queens' Garden - Poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and others. - Summary by David Lawrence

Men I'm Not Married To - Read by GRS

In Men I'm Not Married To

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Dorothy Parker


A saucy little poem commenting upon all men that Ms. Parker didn't marry, perhaps implying (it's a bit ambiguous) that upon marrying, the hu…

The Panther - Read by GRS

In The Panther

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Rainer Maria Rilke


René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke, better known as Rainer Maria Rilke, was a Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist. He is &quo…

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