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The Untroubled Mind

Read by Carol Box


Herbert J. Hall


A very wise physician has said that “every illness has two parts—what it is, and what the patient thinks about it.” What the patient thinks …

The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book

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Constance Cary Harrison


"And now, mamma, until your tea is ready, we know what you must do," said the children, in a breath. "Tell us a story—a 'real…

Grandma's Prayer - Read by CB

In Grandma's Prayer

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Eugene Field


LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Grandma's Prayer by Eugene Field . This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 4, 2011.E…

Effects of the Gold Discovery

In Australian Miscellany

Read by Carol Box


Rev. David Mackenzie, M.A (1750-1825) and Rev. David Mackenzie


A collection in celebration of 2012 Year of Reading Australia. Readers chose fiction, non fiction and poetry - we only asked that the readin…

Chapter 45 - Psalms 138, 139

In Bible (KJV) 19: Psalms (version 2)

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King James Version


The book of Psalms is a collection of the works of at least six authors.The book of Psalms has been a source of inspiration to all those bel…

At Ease on Lethe Wharf - Read by CB

In At Ease on Lethe Wharf

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Helen Coale Crew


LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of At Ease on Lethe Wharf, by Helen Coale Crew. This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 14t…

Mis' Smith - Read by CB

In Mis' Smith

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Albert Bigelow Paine


LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Mis' Smith, by Albert Paine. This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 7th, 2013.

Ballad of the Canal - Read by CB

In Ballad of the Canal

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Phoebe Cary


LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Ballad of the Canal by Phoebe Cary. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for September 4, …

Where Go the Boats - Read by CB

In Where Go the Boats

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Robert Louis Stevenson


Where Go the Boats is a short poem by Robert Louis Stevenson. He was a Scottish author famous for writing Treasure Island. He also wrote man…

10 - Chapter 10

In The Turn Of The Tide

Read by Carol Box


Eleanor H. Porter


"What a joy! How exciting!" Margret Kendall returned home, to her loving and equally beloved mother's arms after 4 years in the sl…

Magna Carta, 1215 - 1915

In Magna Carta Commemoration Essays

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William Sharp McKechnie


On 15th June 1215 the Magna Carta was sealed under oath by King John at Runnymede, on the bank of the River Thames near Windsor, England. 20…

The Army of Death - Read by CB

In The Army of Death

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Charles Hamilton Sorley


Captain Sorley was among 16 Great War poets commemorated in Westminster Abbey's Poets' Corner. The inscription was written by Wilfred Owen. …

Hoc Erat in Votis

In Short Poetry Collection 109

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Horace (65-8 BC), Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) and Quintus Horatius Flaccus


This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for June 2012.

Book Second - School-Time continued ...

In The Prelude

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William Wordsworth


Among monuments of narrative poetry, The Prelude; or, Growth of a Poet's Mind, by William Wordsworth, occupies a unique place. Wordsworth pu…

Quatrains 102 - 200

In Quatrains of Omar Khayyam of Nishapur

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Omar Khayyam, trans. Thompson and Omar Khayyám


In 1906, Eben Francis Thompson,scholar and poet, published a limited edition of his translation of the Quatrains of Omar Khayyam. This editi…

Child's Hymn from Complete Poems

In Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 4

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Charles Dickens


2012 was the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the fourth volume; the first volume of short works - fiction, essays, poetry and s…