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The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science

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Thomas Troward


Thomas Troward was a divisional Judge in British-administered India. His avocation was the study of comparative religion. Influences on his …

As a Man Thinketh (version 3)

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James Allen


The burgeoning conflict between science and organized religion in the Nineteenth Century had many cultural offshoots, one of the most signif…

Songs of Kabir

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Kabir


Kabir (1440 - 1518) was a mystic poet and saint of India, whose writings have greatly influenced the Bhakti movement.The name Kabir comes fr…

The Martyrdom of Man

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William Winwood Reade (1838 - 1875) was a British historian, explorer, and philosopher.His most famous work, the Martyrdom of Man (1872)—who…

The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Fitzgerald version)

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Omar Khayyám


The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Persian: رباعیات عمر خیام) is the title that Edward Fitz-Gerald gave to his translation o…

A Description of New England

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Captain John Smith


Captain John Smith (c. January 1580 – June 21, 1631) Admiral of New England was an English soldier, explorer, and author. He was knighted fo…

A Selection of Poems by Sir Walter Raleigh

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Sir Walter Raleigh


Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1552 – 29 October 1618) was an English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy, and explorer. He is also wel…

The Poetry of Sa'di - A Selection

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Saadi


Shaikh Sa’di, also known as Saadi Shirazi, the nightingale of Shiraz, as Jami poetically calls this gifted poet, was born at Shiraz, the …

The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke

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C. J. Dennis


The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke is a verse novel by Australian novelist and poet C. J. Dennis. The book sold over 60,000 copies in nine edi…

Pascendi Dominici Gregis (On the Errors of the Modernists)

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Pope St Pius X


During a relatively short pontificate (1903 - 1914) Pope Pius X devoted much of his time to dealing with issues related to the rapid spread …

A Second Rubaiyat Miscellany

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Louisa Stuart Costello, Edward Byles Cowell, Nathan Haskell Dole, Henry George Keene, R. Löwenberg, Charles Pickering, Frank Siller, Whitley Stokes and W. E. B. Whittaker


In 1840 Louisa Stuart Costello published in Fraser’s Magazine an article on classic Persian poetry, which included a section on Omar Khayyam…

The House by the Side of the Road - Read by GHS

In The House by the Side of the Road

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Sam Walter Foss


LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of The House by the Side of the Road by Sam Walter Foss. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project…

Act 2

In The Importance of Being Earnest (version 3)

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Oscar Wilde


Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest is subtitled "A Trivial Comedy for Serious People," and has proved immensely popular…

Introduction

In The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám (Persian original and Whinfield translation)

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Omar Khayyam, translated by Edward Whinfield and Omar Khayyám


Omar Khayyám (1048–1131) was a Persian poet, mathematician and astronomer. In the Western world he is most famous for his many rub&aa…

Quatrain - Read by GHS

In Quatrain

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Omar Khayyam, translated by Sir William Jones and Omar Khayyám


LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of Quatrain by Omar Khayyám. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 29, 2012.This…

Upon His Mistress Dancing - Read by GHS

In Upon His Mistress Dancing

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James Shirley


LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of Upon His Mistress Dancing by James Shirley. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January, 1…

The Fires of God

In Short Poetry Collection 105

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John Drinkwater (1882-1937) and John Drinkwater


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

Appeal - Read by GHS

In Appeal

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Anne Brontë


LibriVox volunteers bring you 24 recordings of Appeal by Anne Brontë. This was the Weekly Poetry project for February 5, 2012.Appeal ap…

Doctor Marigold, Part 1

In Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 3

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Charles Dickens


2012 is the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the third volume of this collection, which aimed to catalogue as many as possible o…

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