Poetry
The Iliad
The Iliad, together with the Odyssey, is one of two ancient Greek epic poems traditionally attributed to Homer. The poem is commonly dated t…
The Faerie Queene
"The Third Book of the Faerie Queene contayning the Legende of Britomartis or of Chastitie."The Faerie Queene was never completed,…
Heroides
The Heroides, also known as the Heroines, the Letters of the Heroines or simply as Epistles are a very famous collection of poems by Ovid, …
Poems Every Child Should Know
This anthology of poetry, published in 1904, contains such favorites as The Raven, My Shadow, and The Village Blacksmith, as well as many lo…
Jerusalem Delivered
The First Crusade provides the backdrop for a rich tapestry of political machinations, military conflicts, martial rivalries, and love stori…
Twas the Night Before Christmas
'Twas the Night Before Christmas is a beloved poem that captures the magic and anticipation of Christmas Eve. Written by Clement Clarke Moor…
Sonnets from the Portuguese
Sonnets from the Portuguese, written ca. 1845–1846 and first published in 1850, is a collection of forty-four love sonnets written by Elizab…
The Recluse
In the prefatory advertisement to the First Edition of the Prelude, 1850, it is stated that that poem was designed to be introductory to the…
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
The Birth of Propaganda
"The Birth of Propaganda" is poetic adaptation of the essay "Propaganda in a Democratic Society," by Aldous Huxley, whic…
Shakespeare Monologues Collection
LibriVox readers present the third collection of monologues from Shakespeare's plays. Containing 20 parts. - William Shakespeare (April 26, …
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Collection
A collection to celebrate Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 200th birthday, on 27th February, 2007.
The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Persian: رباعیات عمر خیام) is the title that Edward Fitz-Gerald gave to his translation o…
The Lays of Ancient Rome
The Lays of Ancient Rome comprise four narrative poems comprised by Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay: recalling popular episodes from Roman hi…
Gitanjali
Gitanjali is a collection of 103 poems in English, largely translations by the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore. This volume became very fam…
The Ballad of the White Horse
The Ballad of the White Horse is a poem by G K Chesterton about the idealized exploits of the Saxon King Alfred the Great, published in 1911…
The Fasti
The Fasti is a Latin poem in six books, written by Ovid and believed to have been published in 8 AD. The Fasti is organized according to th…
Poems
In this collection, Emily Dickinson invites listeners into her introspective world, where the profound themes of life, love, and death are e…
Five Minute Stories
Another collection of poems and short stories by Laura Richards. Yes, these are all short and mostly all delightfully innocent and sweet. So…
Emily Dickinson on Death
Emily Dickinson is one of the most intriguing of American poets. Since she grew increasingly reclusive, very few of her poems were published…