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The Quarrel - Read by JH

In The Quarrel

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Madison Cawein


This LIbriVox Weekly Poem is taken from The Poems of Madison Cawein, Volume II, New World Idylls and Poems of Love (1901) - Summary by David…

Fortunatus' Song - Read by JH

In Fortunatus' Song

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Alfred Austin


Not all of the English poets laureate have been the greatest masters of verse. Alfred Austin, who assumed this post after Alfred Lord Tenn…

The Fisherman and his Wife

In Grimm's Fairy Tales - Retold in One-Syllable Words

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Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm and Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm


The stories we have read and loved but retold in words of one syllable to make it easier for young readers or those where English is a secon…

Comfort To A Youth That Has Lost His Love - Read by JH

In Comfort To A Youth That Has Lost His Love

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Robert Herrick


His verse is eminent for sweet and gracious fluency; this is a real note of the 'Elizabethan' poets. His subjects are frequently pastoral, w…

Dead Summer

In Orpheus and Other Poems

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Edward Burrough Brownlow


This is a volume of poetry by the rather obscure Canadian poet Edward Burrough Brownlow, published posthumously after his death in 1896. The…

Sleepy Mary

In The Keepsake (version 2)

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William James Mcglothlin


This is a cute little volume of poems for children. Listeners may wish to refer to the text to see the pretty illustrations. - Summary by Ca…

The Dolls - Read by JH

In The Dolls

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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…

To The Moon - Read by JH

In To The Moon

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Giacomo Leopardi


Giacomo Leopardi is a great name in Italy among philosophers and poets, but is quite unknown in this country, and Mr. Townsend has the honor…

Oh to be Home

In Rebel Verses

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Bernard Gilbert


Mr. Bernard Gilbert is one of the discoveries of the War. For years, it seems, he has been writing poetry, but it is only recently that an i…

Hope - Read by JH

In Hope

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Emily Brontë


Emily Jane Brontë was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of…

Through All The Years - Read by JH

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…

Driftwood - Read by JH

In Driftwood

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Sara Teasdale


Sara Teasdale was an American lyric poet. This poem is taken from her 1920 collection Flame and Shadow. - Summary by David Lawrence

Grace of the Way

In Selected Poems of Francis Thompson

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Francis Thompson


Francis Thompson, an English poet and author, is best known for his poem "Hound of Heaven," included in this selection of his poe…

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