Ballads
Will ye go to the Indies, my Mary?
Will ye go to the Indies, my Mary? is a poignant ballad by Robert Burns that captures the essence of longing and love. Set against the backd…
Grand'ther Baldwin's Thanksgiving
Horatio Alger, better known for his juvenile fiction, also penned some great poetry. His Ballads, including the 8 war poems and his odes, ar…
The Bab Ballads
The Bab Ballads are a collection of light verse by W. S. Gilbert, illustrated with his own comic drawings. Gilbert wrote the Ballads before …
Verses Popular And Humorous
Verses, Popular and Humorous (1900) was the second collection of poems by Australian poet Henry Lawson. It features some of the poet's earli…
The Norse King's Bridal
In these translations from the Danish the author attempted to adhere strictly to the metres of the original, however in some, where this was…
Poetic Expressions of Love
The theme around these poems is how poets expressed their ideas of love as well as the type of language used to convey said love through poe…
Ballads and Legends
A short collection of Ballads by the German poet and polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe based on German and other European and Asian legend…
Songs of the Outlands
A poetry collection. The poem "Out There Somewhere" was extensively quoted in and was the basis for Edgar Rice Burroughs' story &q…
Two Cumberland Ballads
Two narrative ballads, based on local lore, by the Cumberland poet John Stagg. In 'The Hermit of Rockcliffe', a young fugitive takes refuge …
Ancient Songs and Ballads of Lancashire
Traditional songs and ballads from Lancashire in the north-west of England from the opening section of John Harland's collection, Ballads an…
Double Sestina
LibriVox volunteers bring you recordings of Double Sestina - Ye Goatherd Gods by Phillip Sidney.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for…
Phaedra and other Poems
Phædra was the wife of Theseus, the King of Athens, but she developed a passion for her step-son Hippolytus. His rejection of her decl…
Lays of Ancient Rome
The Lays of Ancient Rome are four narrative poems by the English historian and politician Thomas Babington Macaulay. Each poem tells a famou…
Sammlung deutscher Gedichte
Dies ist ein offenes Projekt für deutsche Lyrik: jedes Gedicht, das in der Public Domain (gemeinfrei) ist, wird in die Lyrik-Sammlung a…
Danny Ross
Danny Ross, best known as Daft Alfie in The Clitheroe Kid on BBC radio, released this pop record in the 1970s featuring two romantic songs a…