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Four Hymns

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


Edmund Spenser


Spenser explains in the dedication of this volume that the hymns to love and to beauty were written early in his career and their "heav…

Back to Methuselah

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George Bernard Shaw


In this late work, Shaw examines many contemporary issues under the broad rubric of evolution and then illustrates his opinions in five brie…

Commentary on the Gospel of Luke, Sermons 111-125

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Cyril Of Alexandria


Sermons 111 through 125 cover the Gospel According to Luke 16:19 through 18:34. (Summary by the reader)

My Life in Christ: Extracts from the Diary of Saint John of Kronstadt, Part 2

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Saint John Of Kronstadt


"May the living water of the Holy Ghost fill my heart, and may rivers of living water flow from my heart to the glory of God, and for t…

The Age of Reason (version 3)

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Thomas Paine


In these volumes, Paine demonstrates the anonymity of the books contained in both the Old and the New Testaments, the only certainties being…

Commentary on the Gospel of Luke, Sermons 126-140

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Cyril Of Alexandria


Sermons 126 through 140 cover the Gospel According to Luke 18:35 through 22:6. - Summary by The Reader

Amoretti and Epithalamion

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


Edmund Spenser


"These Sonnets furnish us with a circumstantial and very interesting history of Spenser's second courtship, which, after many repulses,…

The Defense of Poesy

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Sir Philip Sidney


Sidney envisions the world as an ideally ordered structure that rewards good and punishes evil, but this order, vitiated by sin, has fallen …

Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book IV

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François Rabelais


This fourth in the five novels about the giants Pantagruel and his father Gargantua is the last novel indusputably attributed to Franç…

Commentary on the Gospel of Luke, Sermons 141-157

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Cyril Of Alexandria


Sermons 141 through 157 cover the Gospel According to Luke 22:7 through 24:53. - Summary by The Reader

Sonnets

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


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, …

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…

33 - The Slaughter of the Niflungs

In Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson

Read by Jeff Burke


Sæmund Sigfusson and Snorri Sturleson


The most complete set of the epic Norse eddas, or poems. It contains in beautiful verse the pagan beliefs of the Old Norse. Luckily in this …

Past Days - Read by EB

In Past Days

Read by Emily Burke


Anne Brontë


LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Past Days by Emily Brontë . This was the Weekly Poetry project for November 28th, 2010An…

Say "Hello" For Me

In Short Science Fiction Collection 043

Read by Emily Burke


Frank W Coggins and Frank W. Coggins


Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…

010 - Part I, Book the First, Chapter VII - The North Point of Portland

In The Man Who Laughs

Read by Emily Burke


Victor Hugo


The Man Who Laughs is a novel by Victor Hugo, originally published in April 1869 under the French title L'Homme qui rit. Also published unde…

12 - Part II, Homes in Iceland

In Viking Tales

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Jennie Hall


Viking tales are tales from Iceland, featuring the king Halfdan and his son Harald. (Summary by Nadine)

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