Single Author Collections
Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan
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Toru Dutt
Toru Dutt was an Indian poet, writing in English. Born in 1856, she travelled to England and France, and being a polyglot became fluent in F…
Bell Upon Organ
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George MacDonald
George MacDonald (10 December 1824 – 18 September 1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. He was a pioneering figure in t…
The Man From Snowy River and Other Verses (version 2)
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Andrew Barton Paterson and Banjo Paterson
The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses (1895) is the first collection of poems by Australian poet Banjo Paterson. It was released in hard…
Odes and Sonnets
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Clark Ashton Smith
Clark Ashton Smith, nicknamed one of the "big three" of Weird Tales (the famous pulp fiction magazine), was also a romantic-style …
The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi
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Giacomo Leopardi
This is a volume of poems by Giacomo Leopardi. - Summary by Carolin
The Triumph of the Egg: A Book of Impressions from American Life In Tales and Poems
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Sherwood Anderson
“The Triumph of the Egg” is a collection of stories and poems by Sherwood Anderson. Abandoning the interconnected quality of his more famous…
Meet Mr. Mulliner
Read by James Hutchisson
P. G. Wodehouse
A collection of short stories, originally published in periodicals, featuring the character Mr. Mulliner. - Summary by James Hutchisson
Ballads of a Bohemian
Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)
Robert W. Service
Ballads of a Bohemian is a collection of poems tied together by the narration of the "author" Stephen Poore. The poems speak of bo…
Trivia, or The Art of Walking the Streets of London
Read by Phil Benson
John Gay
John Gay's Trivia is a satirical guide to walking the streets of London, written in mock heroic style. Learn how to avoid pickpockets, wig t…
Sunbeams
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George Wilbur Peck
George W. Peck was at times a writer, newspaper publisher and politician. Many of the Sunbeam essays had been published in Peck's paper, &qu…
Milton's Minor Poems
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
John Milton
“On Shakespear 1630” typifies much of Milton’s poetry. By some miracle never yet explained, at age 24 he managed to get a 16-line encomium i…
The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume One
Read by Arthur Krolman
Jonathan Swift
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…
The Holiday Round
Read by Kirsten Wever
A. A. Milne
Alan Alexander Milne, popularly known as A. A. Milne, is best known – perhaps to most people only known – for his children’s book, Winnie th…
A Selection from the Lyrical Poems of Robert Herrick
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Robert Herrick
Robert Herrick had been apprenticed to a goldsmith before entering holy orders. This early training has been credited with influencing his m…
Chills and Fever
Read by Christopher Fried
John Crowe Ransom
This is the second poetry collection of the poet-critic John Crowe Ransom, who was a member of the Fugitives and the Agrarians.
Selected Poems
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Gladys Casely-Hayford
Gladys Casely-Hayford was an author and educator who was born in the Gold Coast and lived in Sierra Leone. These poems were published betwee…
Selected Poems (Gordon)
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Edythe Mae Gordon
Edythe Mae Gordon was a poet and short story author who published in The Saturday Evening Quill. These poems were published in 1929. (Summar…
Selected Poems (Hayes)
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Donald Jeffery Hayes
Donald Jeffery Hayes was a poet who was born in North Carolina. These poems were published between 1927 and 1929. - Summary by Newgatenoveli…
Not Understood and Other Poems
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Thomas Bracken
A posthumous collection of the more famous poems by the author of the New Zealand National Anthem. - Summary by Beeswaxcandle
Selected Poems (Furlong)
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Alice E. Furlong
Alice E. Furlong was a poet who published in The Saturday Evening Quill. These poems were published in 1929. - Summary by Newgatenovelist