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The Dawn
Read by Peter Tucker
William Butler Yeats
In The Wild Swans at Coole (Version 2)
A collection of poems from the mid-career of this renowned Irish poet, the title poem referring to the estate of his friend and mentor, Lady…
Hans in Luck
Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith
In Tales of Laughter
Time to exercise your funny bone. This fun collection of stories from around the world will make children of all ages smile and chuckle. …
Answer to Prologue and Epilogue
Read by Arthur Krolman
Jonathan Swift
In The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume One
Sit back and listen to these light-hearted witty rhymes and see the world Jonathan Swift saw -- and maybe recognize your own. Think there is…
A Study In The "Nood"
Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Henry Lawson
In Verses Popular And Humorous (Version 2)
Verses, Popular and Humorous (1900) was the second collection of poems by Australian poet Henry Lawson. It features some of the poet's earli…
Bach and the Sentry
Read by James K. White
Ivor Gurney
In Severn and Somme
The English poet Ivor Gurney wrote these poems while serving in the First World War. In them he contrasts the wartime desolation of the area…
King Richard and Salidin
Read by Neeru Iyer
Sir Walter Scott
In The Ontario Readers: Third Book
The Ontario Readers is a school book first published in 1919, by the Ontario Ministry of Education, containing short excerpts of literary wo…
The Rude Rat and the Unostentatious Oyster
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Guy Wetmore Carryl
In Fables for the Frivolous
One of the earliest works by the American parodist, Guy Wetmore Carryl, these fables are adapted from Jean de La Fontaine’s original writing…
The Scribe
Read by Anthony Will
Walter De La Mare
In Motley, and Other Poems
From English poet Walter De la Mare comes an early collection of poems reflecting on loss, mortality, and universal questions. - Summary by …
Book IX - Cato, part 2
Read by Elsie Selwyn
Lucan
In Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars
Lucan's only surviving work, De Bello Civili, more generally known as the Pharsalia, is an epic poem about the civil war between Julius Caes…
Palinodia
Read by Arthur Krolman
Jonathan Swift
In The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume Two
He lived simply, loved his walks and craved the company of fellow poetical wits as they craved his company in return. With his pal Dr. Sheri…
Meine Uhr
Read by Katharina21
Mark Twain
In Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 057
Diese Sammlung umfasst 10 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres. - Summary by schrm
Kannitverstan
Read by Hans Otto Kroeger
Johann Peter Hebel
In Schatzkästlein des Rheinischen Hausfreundes (Auswahl)
Der Kalender "Rheinländischer Hausfreund" erschien erstmals 1807, in dem „lehrreiche Nachrichten und lustige Geschichten“ ve…
Book Fourteenth
Read by Peter Tucker
William Wordsworth
In The Prelude, Version 2
Wordsworth's celebrated poetic summary of his creative life and development, from childhood to old age, in which he examines his motives, in…
Perkin Warbeck
Read by Connie Bettison
Lord Alfred Douglas
In The Collected Poems of Lord Alfred Douglas
This is a chronologically arranged collection of poems compiled by the author in his late 40s, after he had discarded the Uranian themes of …
Wolkenliedchen
Read by lorda
Oskar Wiener
In Gedichte
Seinem geliebten Meister Detlev Freiher v. Liliencron in dankbarer Verehrung Oskar WienerPrag, im Sommer 1899 (Zueignung aus dem Buche)Oskar…
Sonette nach dem Portugiesischen
Read by lorda
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning schrieb diese Sonette für ihren Mann. Dieser gab sie dann zur Veröffentlichung. In seiner Übersetz…
November, by Mahlon Leonard Fisher
Read by Andrew Gaunce
William Stanley Braithwaite
In Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1913
William Stanley Braithwaite, a talented poet in his own right, was most notable for his anthologies of poetry including these annual collect…
Cassandra
Read by Alan Mapstone
Lady Jane Francesca Wilde
In Poems
Jane Wilde, the mother of Oscar Wilde, was an Irish poet who wrote under the pen name Speranza. She was politically active as an Irish natio…
Helen
Read by Ken Masters
Julia Caroline Dorr
In Earlier Poems
This is a collection of the earlier poems of Julia Caroline Dorr. - Summary by Carolin
To the Reader
Read by MaryAnn
Charlotte Elliott
In Hours of Sorrow
Poems from the author of the beloved hymn, "Just as I Am", chiefly adapted to seasons of sickness, depression and bereavement. Ell…