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Presidential and Historical Speeches: George Washington

In The Citizen's Almanac - Fundamental Documents, Symbols, and Anthems of the Unit…

Read by Matthew Datcher


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New citizens of the United States were given this pamphlet when they became citizens. The Citizen's Almanac contains information on the hist…

The Soldiers' Recessional - Read by MSD

In The Soldiers' Recessional

Read by Matthew Datcher


John Huston Finley


Reprinted from Scribner’s Magazine for June, 1904, in an edition of forty copies for private distribution, by the courtesy of Charles Scribn…

Scots Of The Riverina - Read by MSD

In Scots Of The Riverina

Read by Matthew Datcher


Henry Lawson


This poem tells the story of a boy in Australia who leaves the farm at harvest time. "and to run from home was a crime." The story…

To The Men Who Went Down On The Titanic - Read by MSD

In To The Men Who Went Down On The Titanic

Read by Matthew Datcher


Margaret Steele Anderson


Margaret Steele Anderson's tribute to the men left on board the doomed ship, some of whom followed the "Women and children first" …

Hurrahing in Harvest - Read by MSD

In Hurrahing in Harvest

Read by Matthew Datcher


Gerard Manley Hopkins


Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ was an English poet, Catholic and Jesuit priest, whose posthumous fame established him among the leading Victorian …

I Have a Rendezvous with Death - Read by MSD

In I Have a Rendezvous with Death

Read by Matthew Datcher


Alan Seeger


This book .... contains the record of a short life, into which was crowded far more of keen experience and high aspiration—of the thrill of …

The Light of Stars - Read by MSD

In The Light of Stars

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William Henry Giles Kingston


William Henry Giles Kingston, often credited as W. H. G. Kingston, was an English writer of boys' adventure novels. He was a zealous volunte…

The Moon To The Sun - Read by MSD

In The Moon To The Sun

Read by Matthew Datcher


Alice Meynell


Alice Christiana Gertrude Meynell was an English writer, editor, critic, and suffragist, now remembered mainly as a poet.Preludes (1875) was…

Welcome to Spring - Read by MSD

In Welcome to Spring

Read by Matthew Datcher


Ring Lardner


Ringgold Wilmer "Ring" Lardner was an American sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical writings about…

In A Subway Station - Read by MSD

In In A Subway Station

Read by Matthew Datcher


Sara Teasdale


Sara Teasdale (August 8, 1884 – January 29, 1933) was an American lyric poet. - Summary by Wikipedia

The Flood - Read by MSD

In The Flood

Read by Matthew Datcher


John Clare


John Clare was an English poet, the son of a farm labourer, who came to be known for his celebratory representations of the English countrys…

The Willows - Read by MSD

In The Willows

Read by Matthew Datcher


Bret Harte


The Willows is a parody on the verse of Edgar Allan Poe.Francis Bret Harte was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short f…

Troubled About Many Things - Read by MSD

In Troubled About Many Things

Read by Matthew Datcher


Emily Dickinson


The verses of Emily Dickinson belong emphatically to what Emerson long since called "the Poetry of the Portfolio,"—something produ…

Summer - Read by MSD

In Summer

Read by Matthew Datcher


Christina Rossetti


Christina Georgina Rossetti was an English poet who wrote a variety of romantic, devotional, and children's poems. She is famous for writing…

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