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Chapter 8. "But wait awhile!"
Read by Tony Oliva
Robert Browning
In The Ring and the Book
"Better translate--"A Roman murder-case:"Position of the entire criminal cause"Of Guido Franceschini, nobleman,"Wit…
'Patience, hard thing! the hard thing but to pray'
Read by MichaelMaggs
Gerard Manley Hopkins
In Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins (Version 2)
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889) was one of the most innovative of English Victorian poets, best known now for his vivid and original image…
Waiting at the Window
Read by Winnifred Assmann
A. A. Milne
In Now We Are Six
Milne's second book of children's poetry: “We have been nearly three years writing this book. We began it when we were very young ... and no…
Patience: From "Poems of Freedom," by William James Linton
Read by Sonia
Various
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 8: National Spirit (Part 1)
The eighth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, incl…
How King Alfred Learned to Read
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
H.E. Marshall and Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
In Our Island Story, Part 1
Our Island Story was first published in 1905 and became an instant classic. Beginning with the Romans and following the triumphs and foibles…
To Him Who Waits
Read by Chris Pyle
O. Henry
In Options
O. Henry needs no introduction of course; the man who made the short story with the surprise ending famous. These 16 stories are all wonder…
02 - Impatience
Read by Joy Chan
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
In Poems of Passion
A collection of love poems. (Summary by Joy Chan)
Waiting
Read by MaryAnn
Myrtle Reed
In Sonnets to a Lover
This is a book of poetry by Myrtle Reed. Ms. Reed is most famous for her love stories such as A Spinner in the Sun and Old Rose and Silver, …
Author's Preface
Read by mleigh
Harry Graham
In Verse and Worse
A collection of dark and humorous verse from "Col D. Streamer". This collection includes poems from The Baby's Baedeker, Perverted…
19 The Patience Of Maigret
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19: The Patience of Maigret First broadcast: Sun 21st Aug 1977, 18:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM Adapted for radio by Freder…
04 - Busybodies
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
Arthur Scott Bailey
In The Tale of Betsy Butterfly
Arthur Scott Bailey (1877 – 1949) was the author of more than forty children's books. "Mr. Bailey centered all his plots in the animal,…
Waiting
Read by Nemo
Francis Ledwidge
In The Complete Poems of Francis Ledwidge
Francis Ledwidge, Irish poet, served in an Irish battalion ("The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers") of the British Army during World W…
For a Cynic
Read by Michael MacTaggert
Countee Cullen
In Color
Countee Cullen’s poetry in Color contemplates Black Americans’ fractured sense of self—at once spiritually tied to homelands where their anc…
Seen by the Waits
Read by Sonia
Thomas Hardy
In Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries, with Miscellaneous Pieces
Published in 1914, this is a compilation of 107 poems by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), who is probably better known as the author of such famous…
Reading for All
Read by Larry Wilson
Charles Knight
In The Penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Issue 1
The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was published in competition to Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, which …
An Interruption
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Mary Hastings Bradley
In The Fortieth Door
A young American archeologist, a masked ball in Cairo, an illusive young woman and the unexplained disappearance of a Frenchman fifteen year…
Delayed Action
Read by Paul Hampton
Charles V. de Vet
In Short Science Fiction Collection 086
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…
Is Life Worth While?
Read by Phil Schempf
James Hebblethwaite
In The Poems of James Hebblethwaite
James Hebblethwaite (22 September 1857 – 13 September 1921) was an English-born Australian poet, teacher and clergyman. Hebblethwaite was a …
No Thoroughfare Part 3
Read by David Wales
Charles Dickens
In Christmas Stories From 'Household Words' And 'All The Year Round'
Twenty stories originally published in the Christmas editions of the magazines “Household Words” and “All The Year Round”. Some of the stori…
Waiting for the Inevitable
Read by April6090
Emily Sarah Holt
In Lady Sybil's Choice
This historical novel is set in the 1100s in France and Jerusalem, following the First Crusade. Part of the story of Guy of Lusignan (a real…