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Collected Works of Saint Patrick

Read by Sean McKinley


Saint Patrick


St. Patrick's Breastplate - This prayer is attributed to St. Patrick and his disciples. It is written with some Celtic pagan elements, but i…

Bible (DRV) Apocrypha/Deuterocanon: Judith

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Douay-Rheims Version


Judith is the 18th book of the Bible and one of the historical books in the Old Testament. The overall theme is the power of prayer. The Isr…

God's Troubadour, The Story of St. Francis of Assisi

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Sophie Jewett


Francis, a young Italian boy, is a merchant's son who is enthralled by the troubadour songs and tales of knights that his father brings back…

Bible (DRV) Apocrypha/Deuterocanon: Tobias

Read by Sean McKinley


Douay-Rheims Version


Tobias is the 17th book of the Bible and one of the historical books in the Old Testament. In the text, Raphael, after revealing his angelic…

Version 10

In To His Coy Mistress

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Andrew Marvell


LibriVox volunteers bring you eleven different recordings of To His Coy Mistress, by Andrew Marvell, one of the greatest seduction speeches …

Version 4

In To My Grandmother

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Frederick Locker-Lampson


LibriVox volunteers bring you four different recordings of To My Grandmother, by Frederick Locker-Lampson, in honor of Grandparents' Day. Th…

The Village Blacksmith - Read by SDM

In The Village Blacksmith

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


LibriVox volunteers bring you eleven different recordings of The Village Blacksmith, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This was the weekly poet…

Version 13

In A Vagabond Song

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Bliss Carman


LibriVox volunteers bring you fifteen different recordings of A Vagabond Song, by Bliss Carman, to celebrate the Autumnal Equinox. This was …

Chapter V, Part 3

In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 1, Chapter 05)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay


This chapter of Macaulay’s History of England is concerned, for a large part, with insurrection against James II and his manoeuverings to su…

Jazz Fantasia - Read by SMR

In Jazz Fantasia

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Carl Sandburg


As our weekly poem of 30-July-2006, “Jazz Fantasia” was a special challenge because it isn’t just about jazz, it IS jazz. The rhythm is cent…

Version 15

In Danse Russe

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William Carlos Williams


Williams spent his life as a doctor practicing pediatric medicine in northern New Jersey, a few miles west of New York City. During the work…

Columbus - Read by SDM

In Columbus

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Joaquin Miller


This week, to celebrate Columbus Day, LibriVox volunteers bring you six recordings of Columbus by Joaquin Miller. This was the weekly poetr…

War is Kind - Read by SMC

In War Is Kind

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Stephen Crane


This weekly poem commemorated the anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with “War is Kind” by Stephen Crane. The tit…

Version 8

In Work without Hope

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge


LibriVox volunteers bring you nine different recordings of Work without Hope, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in honor of Labor Day. This was th…

FORTY-FIVE WAYS TO COOK EELS

In How to Cook Fish

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Olive Green and Myrtle Reed


Olive Green is the pseudonym for the prolific late 19th Century/early 20th Century author, Myrtle Reed. She wrote over thirty-three books an…

Dirge for Two Veterans

In Short Poetry Collection 042

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Walt Whitman


LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 042: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.