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Sonnet XI

In Early Poems

Read by Matthew Smith


James Russell Lowell


This is a volume of the early poems by James Russell Lowell, including a brief biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole. - Summary by Caro…

Flutter-Duck. Chapter I, Flutter-Duck in Feather

In Grotesques and Fantasies

Read by Matthew Nerger


Israel Zangwill


A set of often funny, sometimes tragic stories by Israel Zangwill. Most famous for his scathingly accurate portrayals of the Jewish ghetto, …

The Hut in the Hollow

In Fern's Hollow

Read by Matthew Johnson


Hesba Stretton


Ferns Hollow is the sad, but sweet story of a young boy who tragically loses his parents and has to care for his two sisters and crazed gran…

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 …

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 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…

The halt before Rome

In Songs Before Sunrise

Read by Matthew Squaire


Algernon Charles Swinburne


This is a collection of some particularly beautiful poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne. This collection is connected by the Italian theme, …

Chapter LXI - Atrocity

In The Legacy of Cain

Read by Matthew Tink


Wilkie Collins


Eunice and Helena are sisters brought up by their father, the Reverend Abel Gracedieu. They grow up quietly and happily, until some dark sec…

The Shakedown on the Floor - Read by MSD

In The Shakedown on the Floor

Read by Matthew Datcher


Henry Lawson


Despite the bittersweet outcome of the romance in this work, the poem still manages to conclude in an uplifting fashion. - Summary by SonOfT…

My Lot - Read by MSD

In My Lot

Read by Matthew Datcher


Joseph Horatio Chant


Joseph Horatio Chant was born at Stoke Underham, Somersetshire, England. His parents moved to Canada in 1840, and settled in Niagara-on-the…

MONGAN’S FRENZY Chapter 1

In Irish Fairy Tales

Read by Matthew Galles


James Stephens


Collection of Irish Fairy Tales set in a wooded, Medieval Ireland filled with larger-than-life hunters, warriors, kings, and fairies - Summa…

The Alibi Problem

In The Problem Club

Read by Matthew Galles


Barry Pain


The Problem Club is an infamous London Club which meets once a month to discuss a given problem. The problems have nothing to do with mathem…

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