Poetry
A House Of Pomegranates
Read by Alex Lau
Oscar Wilde
A House of Pomegranates is a collection of fairy tales, written by Oscar Wilde, that was published as a second collection for The Happy Prin…
The Song of Hiawatha
Read by Peter Yearsley
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I sing the Song of Hiawatha,Brave of heart and strong of arm.Daughter's son of old Nokomis,Fathered by the harsh West Wind.With its regular,…
Der Struwwelpeter (version 2)
Read by Roman Buettner
Heinrich Hoffmann
Der Struwwelpeter, zuerst erschienen als “Lustige Geschichten und drollige Bilder mit 15 schön kolorierten Tafeln für Kinder von 3…
The Ballad of the White Horse
Read by Joshua B. Christensen
G. K. Chesterton
An English epic poem that follows the exploits of Alfred the Great in his defense of Christian civilization in England from the heathen nihi…
The Island
Read by Elizabeth Klett
George Gordon, Lord Byron
Written late in his career, Byron's narrative poem The Island tells the famous story of the mutiny on board the Bounty, and follows the muti…
Songs of Innocence and Experience
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William Blake
William Blake’s volume of poetry entitled Songs of Innocence and Experience is the embodiment of his belief that innocence and experience we…
The Ramayan, Book 1
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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…
Eu e Outras Poesias
Read by Leni
Augusto Dos Anjos
Augusto dos Anjos é um dos mais originais poetas brasileiros, e também um dos mais populares. Sua obra consiste, porém,…
Be Kind When You Can
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Eliza Cook
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of Be Kind When You Can by Eliza Cook. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 30, 2011.E…
Adam and Eve
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John Milton
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Adam and Eve (From “Paradise Lost,” Fourth Book) by John Milton. This was the Weekly Poetry p…
Sammlung kurzer Werke
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Karl May
Sammlung von 19 kurzen Werken von Karl May: • Die beiden Kulledschi. Eine Orienterzählung aus Ägypten. Veröffentlicht in: D…
Poems of William Blake
Read by Sam Stinson
William Blake
Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul are two books of poetry by the English poet and pain…
LibriVox's Most Wanted poetry collection
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Various
Have you ever suggested a book for recording by LibriVox only to be told by some good-for-nothing admin that it can't be done because it's n…
Venus and Adonis (dramatic reading)
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William Shakespeare
Venus and Adonis is Shakespeare's narrative poem about the love of the goddess Venus for the mortal youth Adonis, dedicated partly to his pa…
Troilus and Criseyde
Read by Kevin Johnson
Geoffrey Chaucer
Troilus and Criseyde is a poem by Geoffrey Chaucer which re-tells in Middle English the tragic story of the lovers Troilus and Criseyde set …
Mary Marie
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Eleanor H. Porter
A charming 'coming of age' story about a young girl, Mary Marie, whose young life is thrown into turmoil as her parents divorce. As she lead…
Shakespeare's Sonnets (version 4)
Read by Elizabeth Klett
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare's sequence of 154 sonnets deals with such themes as love, time, death, immortality, lust, and sex. The poems follow but also dep…
Songs of Kabir
Read by Algy Pug
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,…
Eugene Onéguine
Read by MaryAnn
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…