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On Paddy's Character
Read by Arthur Krolman
Jonathan Swift
In The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume One
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 Lady of the Pool Chapter 2 Miss Wallace's Friend
Read by Tim Jones
Anthony Hope
In Comedies of Courtship
A series of short stories about love and the process of courtship. - Summary by Michele Eaton
Anatole Dubois At De Horse Show
Read by Phil Chenevert
Wallace Bruce Amsbary
In The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 01
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the first volume, 53 short stories and poems have been gathered from 44 authors…
66 - Speech in the Irish Parliament - O'Connor
Read by Carol
Caleb Bingham
In The Columbian Orator
The Columbian Orator, a collection of political essays, poems, and dialogues first published in 1797, was widely used in American schoolroom…
Henry Phipps
Read by Sean McGaughey
Edgar Lee Masters
In Spoon River Anthology
This is a collection of poems, in the form of an entire community speaking from beyond the grave about their lives, and, in some cases, goss…
"Hamish," a Scotch Terrier by C. Hilton Brown
Read by Marie Christian
Various
In To Your Dog and To My Dog
A collection of verse dedicated to dogs. (Summary by mleigh)
A Reader
Read by nighthawks
John Kendrick Bangs
In Cobwebs from a Library Corner
This is a book of 57 sections divided into 2 parts. The first part is comprised of 26 poems & the second part concludes with 31 assorted…
The Ingrate
Read by KirksVoice
Paul Laurence Dunbar
In The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories
One of four books of short stories written in his brief career. These stories are written using African-American dialect which provides dee…
The Patrician Peacocks and the Overweening Jay
Read by Peter Katt
Guy Wetmore Carryl
In Fables for the Frivolous
One of the earliest works by the American parodist, Guy Wetmore Carryl, these fables are adapted from Jean de La Fontaine’s original writing…
65 - A Paean
Read by sdaeley17
Edgar Allan Poe
In The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition, Volume 5
This, the last of 5 volumes containing Poe's works, contains a collection of both prose and poetry. (Summary by TriciaG) Cast List for Secti…
03 - X-ing a Paragraph
Read by Patti Cunningham
Edgar Allan Poe
In The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition, Volume 4
This, the fourth of 5 volumes containing Poe's works, contains 22 of his short stories. Warning: Section 7, "A Predicament," conta…
The Mystery of Dave Regan
Read by Chris Greaves
Henry Lawson
In Short Stories in Prose and Verse
Short Stories in Prose and Verse” is Henry Lawson’s first published book (1894); his first published poem appeared in 1887. The volume is a …
Digging
Read by Patrick Wallace
Edward Thomas (1878-1917) and Edward Thomas
In Short Poetry Collection 100
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for September 2011.
Hamilton
Read by nighthawks
Marie E. J. Pitt
In The Horses of the Hills and other Verses
Marie Elizabeth Josephine Pitt (1869–1948) was an Australian poet and socialist activist. Pitt wrote very highly coloured nature poetry, onc…
Sonnet XXI - On Reading Spenser Again
Read by Matthew Smith
James Russell Lowell
In Early Poems
This is a volume of the early poems by James Russell Lowell, including a brief biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole. - Summary by Caro…
Selected works
Read by Chris Pyle
Francis Marion Crawford
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 10
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…
Pax Vobiscum
Read by nighthawks
Madison Cawein
In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 1: Lyrics and Old World Idylls
A collection of poems by Madison Cawein. It has been said that his vocation to poetry was irresistible. - Summary by Michele Eaton
82. The Passing
Read by Michele Fry
Gilbert Parker
In A Lover's Diary
A collection of 83 rather besotted love sonnets by Gilbert Parker, written early in his career, with an accompanying interesting and someone…
For Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Read by Michael MacTaggert
Countee Cullen
In Color
Countee Cullen’s poetry in Color contemplates Black Americans’ fractured sense of self—at once spiritually tied to homelands where their anc…
A Vision
Read by Kevin Bryden
Walter Seymour Percy
In Muse and Mint
Born in Ontario, Canada, Walter Percy entered the ministry and pastored churches in New England and Pennsylvania, often speaking on behalf o…