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43 - Address to the People of the United States - Washington

In The Columbian Orator

Read by Brian Darby


Caleb Bingham


The Columbian Orator, a collection of political essays, poems, and dialogues first published in 1797, was widely used in American schoolroom…

Lights - Read by BSD

In Lights

Read by Brian Darby


Sara Teasdale


Sara Teasdale was an American lyric poet. Teasdale's first poem was published in Reedy's Mirror, a local newspaper in St. Louis, in 1907. He…

The Priest's Brother - Read by BSD

In The Priest's Brother

Read by Brian Darby


Dora Sigerson Shorter


Dora Maria Sigerson Shorter was an Irish poet and sculptor, who after her marriage in 1895 wrote under the name Dora Sigerson Shorter.She wa…

The Five Senses - Read by BSD

In The Five Senses

Read by Brian Darby


Arthur Macy


Arthur Macy was a Nantucket boy of Quaker extraction. His name alone is evidence of this, for it is safe to say that a Macy, wherever found …

On the Late Massacre in the Piedmont --Read by BSD

In On the Late Massacre in the Piedmont

Read by Brian Darby


John Milton


On the Late Massacre in the Piedmont was written by John Milton in 1655. It was the weekly poem for the week of Feb 21-Feb 28, 2016. - Summa…

Epilogue - Read by BSD

In Epilogue

Read by Brian Darby


Bliss Carman


In 1904, Canadian poet Bliss Carman published Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics, which was not just a translation of the fragments but an imaginati…

Campcraft, part 6

In Boy Scouts Handbook

Read by Brian Darby


Boy Scouts of America and Boy Scouts Of America


The Boy Scouts of America was founded over a hundred years ago to serve the young men of the United States of America and give them the same…

Chore Time - Read BSD

In Chore Time

Read by Brian Darby


Jean McKishnie Blewett and Jean Mckishnie Blewett


Jean McKishnie Blewett (4 November 1862 – 19 August 1934) was a Canadian journalist, author and poet.Blewett was a regular contributor to Th…

A Gift - Read by BSD

In A Gift

Read by Brian Darby


Amy Lowell


Amy Lawrence Lowell was an American poet of the imagist school from Brookline, Massachusetts, who posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Po…

Hira-Singh's Farewell to Burmah - Read by BSD

In Hira-Singh's Farewell to Burmah

Read by Brian Darby


Laurence Hope


Adela Florence Nicolson was an English poet who wrote under the pseudonym Laurence Hope.She was born in England and joined her father in 188…

A Deep-Sworn Vow - Read by BSD

In A Deep-Sworn Vow

Read by Brian Darby


William Butler Yeats


This is the weekly poem for the week of 10.01.2016. Have fun. - Summary by Stav Nisser.

Knight And Wamba - Read by BSD

In Knight And Wamba

Read by Brian Darby


Sir Walter Scott


A fun poem with a great rhythm . - Summary by Stav Nisser

Deus Terminus

In Pagan Papers

Read by Brian Darby


Kenneth Grahame


We join our thoughtful author on a dreamy stroll at dusk through the English countryside, and listen to his nonchalant, slightly scattered m…

Coyote - Read by BSD

In Coyote

Read by Brian Darby


Bret Harte


"He went with his widowed mother to California in 1854, and was thrown as a young man into the hurly-burly which he more than any other…

Tithonus - Read by BSD

In Tithonus

Read by Brian Darby


Alfred, Lord Tennyson


Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains on…

The Captive Dove - Read by BSD

In The Captive Dove

Read by Brian Darby


Anne Brontë


Many Victorian women felt trapped by the role society gave them. So did Anne Bronte. This is a poem about loneliness, and about feeling cage…

Rhomboidal Dirge - Read by BSD

In Rhomboidal Dirge

Read by Brian Darby


George Wither


George Wither was an English poet, pamphleteer, and satirist. He was a prolific writer who adopted a deliberate plainness of style; he was s…

My Lady April - Read by BSD

In My Lady April

Read by Brian Darby


Ernest Dowson


Ernest Christopher Dowson was an English poet, novelist, and short-story writer, often associated with the Decadent movement. - Summary by …