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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 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…

Father - Read by MSD

In Father

Read by Matthew Datcher


S.E. Kiser


A tribute to fatherhood by a little known author, - Summary by David Lawrence

When Your Pants Begin To Go - Read by MSD

In When Your Pants Begin To Go

Read by Matthew Datcher


Henry Lawson


Henry Archibald Hertzberg Lawson was an Australian writer and bush poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the bes…

I Keep Six Honest Serving-men - Read by MSD

In I Keep Six Honest Serving-men

Read by Matthew Datcher


Rudyard Kipling


This poem about a child's inquisitiveness, follows the short story The Elephant's Child in Rudyard KIpling's Just So Stories. (1902) - Summ…

The Crocuses - Read by MSD

In The Crocuses

Read by Matthew Datcher


Frances E. W. Harper


Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was an African-American abolitionist, suffragist, poet and author. She was also active in other types of socia…

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

In Comfort To A Youth That Has Lost His Love

Read by Matthew Datcher


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…

Symbols - Read by MSD

In Symbols

Read by Matthew Datcher


John Drinkwater


John Drinkwater was an English poet and dramatist. In the period immediately before the First World War he was one of the group of poets ass…

Canada, My Land - Read by MSD

In Canada, My Land

Read by Matthew Datcher


William Mackay MacKeracher


W. M. MacKeracher was a Canadian poet. This poem celebrating Canada's 150th year of Confederation is taken from Canada, My Land; and Other C…

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 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…

The Light of Stars - Read by MSD

In The Light of Stars

Read by Matthew Datcher


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…

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…

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…

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…

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