Sonnets
Sonnets
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Constance Naden
Naden's sonnets have topics as diverse as astronomy, classical mythology and Shakespeare's birthplace. This collection is taken from Naden's…
Sonnet on a Wet Summer
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John Codrington Bampfield
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of "Sonnet on a Wet Summer" by John Codrington Bampfield. This was the weekly poem for…
The Sonnets
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Julia Caroline Dorr
This is a collection of Julia Caroline Dorr's Sonnets, from her collected poems. - Summary by Carolin
The Lilt of Life
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Zora Cross
Published in 1918, Zora Cross’s book of poems, The Lilt of Life, was her third book of verse, and, like her earlier works, largely focused o…
A Calendar of Sonnets (Version 2)
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Helen Hunt Jackson
Helen Hunt Jackson is probably most famous for her work on behalf of Native Americans’ rights. However, this short volume presents a sonnet …
Modern Love
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George Meredith
This is a 50-poem sequence of 16-line sonnets, divided into 10 sections. It has been called "a novelette in sonnet form". The auth…
Holy Sonnets (Version 3)
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John Donne
John Donne’s Holy Sonnets are a meditation on faith, loss, doubt and divine mercy. This recording uses the sequence of 19 sonnets as edited …
Sonnets
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James Russell Lowell
James Russell Lowell's extensive poetic work also includes a series of Sonnets. Some of those have already been included in the volumes Earl…
Sonnets
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Cordelia Ray
Cordelia Ray was a Black author and teacher. This volume contains 12 of her poems and was first published in 1893. - Summary by Newgatenovel…
Sonnets
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Edna St. Vincent Millay
It has been observed that within the narrow confines of a sonnet the mind can turn around but cannot take flight. Some of Millay’s sonnets, …
Sonnet 38 from The Growth of Love
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Robert Bridges
LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 recordings of Sonnet 38 from The Growth of Love by Robert Bridges.This was the Weekly Poetry project for Au…
Freedom, Truth and Beauty
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Edward Doyle
A collection of sonnets that celebrates patriotism and nationalism loosely arranged in a chronological order based on world conflicts. While…
Poetry: A Magazine of Verse: Vol. 20, No. 6, Sep., 1922
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Various
Poetry: A Magazine of Verse was founded by poet and columnist Harriet Monroe in 1912. This journal is regarded as one of the major poetry jo…
A Calendar of Sonnets (Version 3)
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Helen Hunt Jackson
Helen Hunt Jackson wrote poetry, nonfiction and fiction and was a popular author in her own time. This sonnet sequence reviews the months of…
Delia
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Samuel Daniel
Delia (1592) is a cycle of Petrarchan love sonnets written by Renaissance poet Samuel Daniel (1562-1619). He was also a noted playwright and…
Lucasta
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Richard Lovelace
"Lucasta" is of Latin origin meaning "Pure Light". Besides the dedication of the first poem to his wife, Anne Lovelace, …
Astrophel and Stella
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Sir Philip Sidney
Sonnet sequences, which these poems by Sidney made very popular in the Elizabethan age, reflected the Medieval motif of courtly love, whereb…
Love's testament, a sonnet sequence
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G. Constant Lounsbery and G. Constant Lounsbery
Grace Constant Lounsbery was an American poet, playwright, and author. It is said that she was 'mannish' in her dress and behavior and these…
Sonnets of This Century
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Various
This comprehensive anthology of English sonnets of the Nineteenth Century, edited and arranged by William Sharp, was published in 1887. It…
Wild-flower Sonnets
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Emily Shaw Forman
A delightful calendar of sonnets celebrating wildflowers. A charming and fanciful collection of poems for every month of the year. - Summar…