Poetry

Songs of Kabir

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Kabir


Kabir (1440 - 1518) was a mystic poet and saint of India, whose writings have greatly influenced the Bhakti movement.The name Kabir comes fr…

Give All To Love

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Ralph Waldo Emerson


LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of Give All To Love by Ralph Waldo Emerson. This was the fortnightly poetry project for May 17th,…

Os Escravos

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Antônio Frederico De Castro Alves


Os Escravos é uma coleção de poemas do escritor brasileiro Castro Alves com temática centrada no drama da explor…

Die göttliche Komödie - Die Hölle

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Dante Alighieri


Die Commedia, in späterer Zeit auch Divina Commedia („Göttliche Komödie“) genannt, ist das Hauptwerk des italienischen Dichte…

Eugene Onéguine

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Alexander Pushkin


Eugene Oneguine is a classic of Russian literature, and its eponymous protagonist has served as the model for a number of Russian literary h…

The Song of Roland

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Anonymoustranslated Byc. K. Scott-Moncrieff


The Song of Roland is an epic poem, originally sung in Old French. It tells the story of the Battle of Roncevaux Pass in 778. This is an Eng…

Shelley: Selected Poems and Prose

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)


Percy Bysshe Shelley


The English Romantic Period in literature featured a towering group of excellent poets: Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats. If …

Diary of an Old Soul

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George MacDonald


George MacDonald, a Scottish pastor, wrote these short poems, one for each day of the year, to help him with the severer misfortune he was e…

If

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Rudyard Kipling


LibriVox’s weekly poetry project for the week of January 29, 2006: This popular piece was voted Britain’s favourite poem in a BBC opinion po…

The Princess

Read by Elizabeth Klett


Alfred, Lord Tennyson


The Princess is a serio-comic blank verse narrative poem, written by Alfred Tennyson, published in 1847. The poem tells the story of an hero…

Spanish Poetry Collection 001

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St. Teresa of Avila


LibriVox’s Spanish Poetry Collection 001: a collection of 10 Spanish language public-domain poems.

Les Contemplations : Autrefois (Poème)

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Victor Hugo


Les contemplations sont composées de deux parties : Autrefois (1830-1843) et Aujourd’hui (1843-1855), 1843 étant la date de l…

The Diary of a Dead Officer

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Arthur Graeme West


Published posthumously in 1919, this collection of diary entries presents a scathing picture of army life and is said to be one of the most …

Twas the Night Before Christmas (A Visit From St. Nicholas)

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Clement Clarke Moore


LibriVox volunteers bring you nine different readings of Clement C. Moore's 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, a weekly poetry project. (Summ…

Hymns of the Christian Church

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Variousandcharles William Eliot


A collection of classic Christian hymns spanning the centuries. Some LibriVox volunteers read the hymns; others sung them. (Summary by Leon…

A Child's Garden of Verses

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Robert Louis Stevenson


Beloved by many generations of children, A Child's Garden of Verses is a beautiful collection of children's poetry. Sometimes thoughtful, so…

Fábulas literarias

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Tomás De Iriarte


Las Fábulas literarias es la obra más conocida del fabulista Tomás de Iriarte. Consiste en una colección de poem…

Bildergeschichten

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Wilhelm Busch


Wilhelm Busch war einer der bedeutendsten humoristischen Zeichner und Dichter Deutschlands. Er gilt wegen seiner satirischen Bildergeschicht…

The Faerie Queene Book 1

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Edmund Spenser


"The First Book of the Faerie Queene Contayning The Legende of the Knight of the Red Crosse or Holinesse".The Faerie Queene was ne…

The Ramayan, Book 2

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Valmiki


The Ramayan(a) is an ancient Sanskrit epic. It is attributed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu canon (smṛti…

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