This is a collection of 34 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for July 2017.
It includes a longer poem, Parliament of the Birds by Farid ud-Din Attar.
Introduction by the reader: This is one of the best-loved classics of Sufi literature. In his own land, Attar is better known than Rumi or Hafiz. Translation is by Edward Fitzgerald, who 160 years ago brought the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayam to English-speaking audiences.
Lacking governance and beginning to descend into anarchy, the birds come together to agree on leadership. The brilliant and charismatic Tajidar the Wise rises to speak, and proposes that the birds undertake a long and treacherous pilgrimage to seek salvation and transfiguration from Simorgh, the Holy Presence. Each of the birds presents his special reasons for declining the trip, which Tajidar rebuts with a relevant moral tale. The trip will be arduous, and will require each bird to leave behind not just his possessions but his family, his pride, his attachments. But the reward--if Simorgh's grace be granted--will be freedom and knowledge of self and the world. All the birds set out and the vast majority perish along the way. For the thirty that reach their appointment with destiny, there is a surprise in store. Hint: "Simorgh" in Persian can be read to mean "30 birds".
34 episodes
This is a collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages (except standard English). All chosen and recorded by Librivox volunteers.
01 Russian - Послушайте! (Poslushayte!) (poetry, non-fiction, звезда, послушайте, Mаяковский, простое как мычание, кричу кирпичу)
02 Russian - Ночь, улица, фонарь, аптека (Noch', ulitsa, fonar', apteka) (poetry, non-fiction, пляски смерти, Блок)
03 Russian - Ничего не понимают. (Nichego ne ponimayut.) (poetry, non-fiction, причешите, уши, Mаяковский, простое как мычание, кричу кирпичу)
04 Finnish - Kevätkylmät (prose)
05 Finnish - Kevät ja kesä (prose)
06 Polish - Biały wyrak (kominiarz, legenda, praca, groza, horror, opowiadanie, potwór)
07 French - Jeannot et Colin (prose, fiction , conte philosophique, conte moral, conte satirique, critique sociale, XVIIIème siècle, siècle des Lumières)
08 Polish - Zemsta żywiołaków (pożar, praca, groza, horror, opowiadanie, demon)
09 Polish - Czerwona Magda (pożar, praca, groza, horror, opowiadanie, demon)
10 Polish - Zez (groza, horror, opowiadanie, opętanie)
11 Russian - Муравей и голубка (Muravey i Golubka) (prose, fables, Tolstoy, для детей, басни, Толстой)
12 Russian - Черепаха и Орел (Cherepaha i Orel) (prose, fables, Tolstoy, для детей, басни, Толстой)
13 Russian - Два товарища (Dva Tovarisha) (prose, fables, Tolstoy, для детей, басни, Толстой)
14 Russian - Хорек (Horek) (prose, fables, Tolstoy, для детей, басни, Толстой)
15 Spanish - Lo fatal (poetry, modernism, modernismo, poesía, Nicaragua)
16 Spanish - Si ves un monte de espumas (poetry, poesía, Cuba, Versos sencillos)
17 Russian - Альбом (Albom) (prose, Chekhov, Чехов, рассказы, юмор)
18 Russian - Авиатор (Aviator) (poetry, Блок)
19 Russian - И я любил. И я изведал... (I ya lyubil. I ya izvedal) (poetry, Блок)
20 Ukrainian - Заповіт «Як умру то поховайте» (Zapovit) (poetry, Шевченко, вірш, кобзар)
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This is the first volume of Poems by American poet and novelist Elinor Wylie, published in 1921. - Summary by Carolin
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This is very short, but it is a book with lots of pictures, and it will be even better if you can look at the pictures in the book at http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44898 while you listen to the verses.
There are many short verses: the first verses tell you how to make a blottentot with a blot of ink on a piece of paper. You then fold the paper and press it gently to spread out the ink into peculiar shapes. The rest of the verses describe the funny creatures which you can make. I'm sure it could also be done with different colours using thin paint instead of ink, and it looks a lot of fun!
The author John Prosper Carmel is believed to be a pseudonym of Raymond Carter, who was the calligrapher, but of whom also nothing is known. (Summary by Ruth Golding)
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This is a collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages (except standard English). All chosen and recorded by Librivox volunteers.
01 - Chinese - Returning (Guiqulaixici 归去来兮辞) by Tao Chien.
Key words: poetry; hermitage; nature; finiteness of human life
02 - Finnish - Kalle Saukko by August Blanche, transalted by Theodolinda Hahnsson
Key words: short story, humorous
03 - French - Le conte futur by Paul Adam
Key words: dramatic prose, fiction, love, admiration, compassion, bragging, blood
04 - French - Raité de Turin du 24 mars 1860
Key words: prose, non-fiction, history, treaty, France, Italy
05 - French - L'héritage de mon oncle Christian by Erckmann-Chatrian
Key words: fiction in prose, ghost story
06 - German - Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott by Martin Luther
Key words: popular, hymn, Martin Luther
07 - German - Im Herbste by Theodor Storm
Key words: poetry
08 - Hebrew - הכניסיני תחת כנפך (Haxnisini Taxat Knafex) by Hayim Nahman Bialik
Key words: poetry, love
09 - Hebrew - הֲכִנטות הצל (HaXintot HaTzel) by Shaul Tchernichovsky
Key words: poetry, love, nature
10 - Italian - Di sé stesso (Non son chi fui...) by Ugo Foscolo
Key words: poetry
11 - Italian - Il proprio ritratto by Ugo Foscolo
Key words: poetry
12 - Italian - In morte del fratello Giovanni by Ugo Foscolo
Key words: poetry
13 - Italian - A Zacinto by Ugo Foscolo
Key words: poetry
14 - Italian - A Luigia Pallavicini caduta da cavallo sulla riviera di Sestri by Ugo Foscolo
Key words: poetry
15 - Portuguese - I-Juca-Pirama by Gonçalves Dias
Key words: poetry, romanticism, Brazilian Literature
16 - Russian - Случай с классиком (Sluchai s klassikom) by Anton Chekhov
Key words: prose, Chekhov, Чехов, рассказы, юмор
17 - Russian - Страшная ночь (Strashnaya noch') by Anton Chekhov
Key words: prose, Chekhov, Чехов, рассказы, юмор
18 - Russian - Я вас любил... (Ya vas lyubil) by Alexander Pushkin
Key words: romantic poetry
19 - Spanish - A unos ojos azules by Fernanda Siliuto
Key words: poetry, lyrical, love, nature, romanticism
20 - Swedish - Dagen svalnar by Edith Södergran
Key words: poetry, modernism, Finland, Swedish literature
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This is a collection of 27 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for September 2015.
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This is a collection of 38 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for September 2018.
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Come and hear some of the wonderful, magical, fantastic and macabre works of the inestimable Edgar Allan Poe. This collection contains the world famous poems Annabel Lee, The Bells, Eldorado and The Raven. Also included is his masterful short story, the horror classic The Tell-Tale Heart. Poe's vocabulary and ability to rhyme and 'turn a phrase' have made him one of the most celebrated and well regarded writers of all time! (Summary by TimoleonWash)
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Eine Sammlung von 20 deutschen Gedichten für LibriVox.Eine Liste weiterer kurzer Aufnahmen (Erzählungen, Gedichte, Märchen, Essays) in anderen LibriVox Sammlungen gibt es hier.
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Popular for his simple, delicate poetry for children, this Irishman wrote these verses for his three children, Gerald, Eva and Henry, and others like them. Typically, they touch on fairies and nature. - Summary by Lynne Thompson
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Las Fábulas literarias es la obra más conocida del fabulista Tomás de Iriarte. Consiste en una colección de poemas satíricas y morales escritas con una estética definitivamente neoclásica. Según la Advertencia del editor (en la edición de 1782): “esta es la primera coleccion de fábulas enteramente originales que se ha publicado en castellano [y] la doctrina que sobre uno y otro punto encierran estos apólogos, va amenizada con la variedad de versificacion”. - Summary by Catherine Grissom
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Eine Sammlung von 18 deutschen Gedichten für LibriVox.Eine Liste weiterer kurzer Aufnahmen (Erzählungen, Gedichte, Märchen, Essays) in anderen LibriVox Sammlungen gibt es hier.
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A short volume of poetry for children. All the selected poems were written by an unknown author. - Summary by Rachel
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A History through Poetry of the exploration and settling of North American by Europeans. Beginning with Leif Erikson, and continuing through the Age of Exploration to the colonies of Virginia and New Amsterdam, including the arrival of the Puritans, the life of Pocahontas, the persecution of the Quakers, and the horror of the Salem Witch Trials, with works by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittier, Edward Everett Hale, Benjamin Franklin, William Wordsworth, Julia Ward Howe, and many, many more. This is the first of 5 volumes that cover American History through poetry from the Vikings to WWI. - Summary by Ed Humpal
Cast List (The Proclamation)
Cole: DomBomadilMerry: Adele de PignerollesKempthorn: Michele FryMarshal: Douglas TaylorUpsall: Eileen TippingChristison: Ed HumpalNarrator: Esther ben SimonidesEditor: Adele de Pignerolles
Cast List (The Trial):
Hathorn: Ed HumpalMartha: SeekWisdomMary: Beth ThomasCorey: Douglas TaylorGloyd: Joseph TablerNarrator, Editor: Adele de Pignerolles
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Книга стихов "Камень" (1916). Некоторые из стихотворений этого раннего собрания отличаются от знакомых слушателю более поздних редакций.
Poetry collection "The Stone" (1916). Some poems in this early volume vary from the later versions loved by many readers. (M. Chulsky)
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This is a collection of 28 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for November 2016.
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This year is the 10th anniversary of our beloved LibriVox and to celebrate, readers have found and recorded 100 items with a connection to the number ten... ... dix... zehn... diez...dez... десять... There are short stories, poems, excerpts from books, bible readings and non-fiction articles.The items are mostly in English, but this year we have eighteen contributions in other languages: French, German, Russian, Spanish and Yiddish..
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While L. M. Montgomery is better known for her novels, such as Anne of Green Gables and Emily of New Moon, she also wrote hundreds of poems. Her love of beauty, nature, and the sea is evident in this, the only volume of her poetry published during her lifetime. - Summary by Rachel
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This year is the 13th anniversary of our beloved LibriVox. The readings in this collection celebrate that "bunch of volunteers" who make up the worldwide LibriVox community. The readings are held together by their connection to the number "13" or to the word "luck." The collection is multilingual, with recordings in English, German, and Romanian. Readings can be in any language. The selections, which are chosen by the readers, include fiction, nonfiction, poems, short stories, and articles.
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A history through poetry of the American Revolution, from the early days of unrest, through the Boston Tea Party, The Ride of Paul Revere, the campaign at Valley Forge, to the time of peace and the forming of the Nation, including works by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Cullen Bryant, Bret Harte, Alfred Tennyson, and many more. This is the second of 5 volumes that cover American History through poetry from the Vikings to WWI. - Summary by Ed Humpal
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Dear Land of Flowers, forgive me! -- that I tookThese snatches from thy glittering wealth of song, And twisted to the uses of a book Strains that to alien harps can na'er belong. Thy gems shine purer in their native bed Concealed, beyond the pry of vulgar eyes; And there, through labyrinths of language led, The patient student grasps the glowing prize. Yet many, in their race toward other goals, May joy to feel, albeit at second-hand, Some far faint heart-throb of poetic souls Whose breath makes incense in the flowery Land. Introductory poem by H.A.G.
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This is a collection of 30 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for August 2016.
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This is a volume of poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon, 'British-born Australian Steeple-Chase Rider and Poet'."The poems of Gordon have an interest beyond the mere personal one which his friends attach to his name. Written, as they were, at odd times and leisure moments of a stirring and adventurous life, it is not to be wondered at if they are unequal or unfinished. The astonishment of those who knew the man, and can gauge the capacity of this city [Melbourne] to foster poetic instinct, is that such work was ever produced here at all. Intensely nervous, and feeling much of that shame at the exercise of the higher intelligence which besets those who are known to be renowned in field sports, Gordon produced his poems shyly, scribbled them on scraps of paper, and sent them anonymously to magazines. It was not until he discovered one morning that everybody knew a couplet or two of "How we Beat the Favourite" that he consented to forego his anonymity and appear in the unsuspected character of a versemaker. The success of his republished "collected" poems gave him courage, and the unreserved praise which greeted "Bush Ballads" should have urged him to forget or to conquer those evil promptings which, unhappily, brought about his untimely death.' - Summary from the Preface.Note: The dramas (fragment of the Road to Avernus and Ashtaroth) have been left out of this volume.
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This volume covers the age of expansion from the Revolution to the Civil War, including the creation of the Constitution, the Presidency of George Washington, the War of 1812, and the settling of the West, along with tales of Johnny Appleseed, the Alamo, the Gold Rush, the death of Jefferson, and The Wreck of the Hesperus. Authors include Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Francis Scott Key, John Greenleaf Whittier and Lord Byron. - Summary by Ed Humpal
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In the 18th and early 19th centuries, it was common for discoveries in branches of science such as botany, astronomy and medicine to be described in book-length treatises in verse. By the end of the 19th century this mode of popularising science was falling from favour as the studies of science and the humanities diverged and study became more specialised.This small selection of somewhat lighter-hearted verse written by distinguished scientists and mathematicians of the day includes poems by James Clerk Maxwell, William J. Macquorn Rankine and James Joseph Sylvester. (Summary by Ruth Golding)
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Eine Sammlung von 20 deutschen Gedichten für LibriVox.Eine Liste weiterer kurzer Aufnahmen (Erzählungen, Gedichte, Märchen, Essays) in anderen LibriVox Sammlungen gibt es hier.
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One hundred and twenty six beautifully written poems about babies and childhood that capture the marvelous wonders of that age. - Summary by Maggie Travers
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Cette compilation comprend une série de poèmes lus, en langue française, pour LibriVox. (Ezwa)
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This is a collection of 36 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for March 2017.
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This is a collection of 35 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for October 2018.
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This is a volume of religious, and as the subtitle of the book says, 'optimistic' poems by J.H. Chant, a Canadian minister of the United Church. - Summary by Carolin
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Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo (1864 - 1936) fue un escritor y filósofo español de la generación del 98. Cultivó una gran variedad de géneros literarios como novela, ensayo, teatro y poesía. Fue, asimismo, diputado y rector de la Universidad de Salamanca.
Para Unamuno el arte era un medio de expresar las inquietudes del espíritu. "Poesías" fue su primera obra en este género literario. Unamuno trata los mismos temas que desarrollaba en sus ensayos y novelas: su angustia espiritual, el conflicto religioso, el paso del tiempo, la muerte, la patria y, también, incidentes de la vida cotidiana. Entre sus poemas en esta obra hay salmos, cantos, reflexiones, narrativas, también los hay sobre lugares como Salamanca y otros lugares de Castilla, Cataluña y su tierra natal Vizcaya, e incluso algunas traducciones de poesías de otros autores. - Summary by Basquetteur
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This is a collection of 24 sonnets and 27 poems in other form by American poet, writer, racehorse owner and breeder, socialite, and philanthropist Helen Hay Whitney. - Summary by Carolin
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This is a collection of 28 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for February 2017.
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This is a collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages (except standard English). All chosen and recorded by Librivox volunteers.
01 - Ancient Greek - Βατραχομυομαχία (Batrachomyomachia) key words: comic epic poetry, fiction, parody, battle of frogs and mice
02 - Ancient Greek - Δελφικά Παραγγέλματα - Σωσιάδου των Επτά Σοφών Υποθήκαι (Delphic Maxims) key words: prose, maxims, philosophy
03 - Ancient Greek - Τα Των Πυθαγορείων Χρυσά Έπη (The Golden Verses Of Pythagoras) key words: epic verse, poetry
04 - French - Courage et témérité key words: children, moral, foolhardiness, short story
05 - Galician - Catecismo D´a Doutrina Labrega key words: prose, non fiction, parody
06 - Galician - Contos de Rapaces key words: short story ,br>
07 - German - Briefe aus dem Gefängnis key words: letter, autobiography, nature, prison
08 - Italian - Chiare, fresche e dolci acque key words: canzone d'amore
09 - Italian - Il mito della caverna
10 - Italian - Trionfo di Bacco e Arianna (Canzona di Bacco) key words: carnival song
11 - Latin - Cantilena Potatoria key words: drinking song, medieval
12 - Latin - Ode XI key words: seize the day, ode
13 - Lithuanian - Užmigo žemė key words: poetry, autumnal, night, sunrise
14 - Luxembourgish - Hei gêt et Muôrgens frě eraus key words: operetta song / comedy on healing practices and marriage arranging
15 - Luxembourgish - Nei Hoffnung hât fir méch geblét key words: operetta song, lost love, disappointment
16 - Polish - Daremne żale key words: poem, life, world, future, past, evanescence
17 - Polish - Gdy noc głęboka wszystko uśpi i oniemi key words: poem, Poland, night, stars, longing, prayer
18 - Polish - Jednego serca key words: longing, love, heart, sadness, loneliness, poem
19 - Spanish - La Mayorazga de Bouzas
20 - Spanish - La Santa de Karnar key words: short story
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Eine Sammlung von 20 deutschen Gedichten für LibriVox.Eine Liste weiterer kurzer Aufnahmen (Erzählungen, Gedichte, Märchen, Essays) in anderen LibriVox Sammlungen gibt es hier.
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Susan Coolidge was the pen name of Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, who is best known for her What Katy Did series. This is the last of three volumes of her verse. - Summary by Rachel
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The Village is Crabbe’s corrective to the rosy-tinted view of English village and rural working class life. He was a stark realist, as a priest and surgeon having been privy to so much of actual, rather than ideal, life. The Library is his appreciation of the value of books and literature. George Crabbe (1754 – 1832) was an English poet, surgeon, and clergyman. He is best known for his early use of the realistic narrative form and his descriptions of middle and working-class life and people. Lord Byron described him as "nature's sternest painter, yet the best." Crabbe's poetry was predominantly in the form of heroic couplets, and has been described as unsentimental in its depiction of provincial life and society. Though his poetry has fallen out of favor, he was greatly appreciated by Wordsworth, Scott, Byron, Coleridge, and others - Summary by David Wales
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This is a collection of 22 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for July 2016.
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This is a collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages (except standard English). All chosen and recorded by Librivox volunteers.
01 - French - Lettre I by Napoleon Bonaparte key words: prose, letter, Napoléon, Joséphine
02 - Galician - Adiós Ríos, Adiós fontes by Rosalía de Castro key words: poetry
03 - Galician - Cántiga by Manuel Curros Enríquez key words: poetry
04 - Galician - As duas pragas by Manuel Curros Enríquez key words: poetry
05 - Galician - Falade Galego by Eduardo Pondal key words: poetry
06 - Galician - Feros Corvos de Xallas by Eduardo Pondal key words: poetry
07 - Galician - Galicia by Xoán Manuel Pintos Villar key words: poetry
08 - Galician - Ao Mariscal Pardo de Cela by Valentín Lamas Carvajal key words: poetry
09 - Galician - O Mayo by Manuel Curros Enríquez key words: poetry
10 - Galician - Negra Sombra by Rosalía de Castro key words: poetry
11 - Galician - Os Pinos by Eduardo Pondal key words: poetry
12 - Galician - Sola by Manuel Curros Enríquez key words: poetry
13 - Galician - Unha vez tiven un cravo by Rosalía de Castro key words: poetry
14 - Galician - A Xusticia pola man by Rosalía de Castro key words: poetry
15 - German - Siegfried und Starkad by Karl Mullenhoff key words: prose, legend
16 - Luxembourgish - Et wor emol e Kanoněer by Edmond de la Fontaine key words: operetta-song, love, death, ghost
17 - Polish - "Przyjaciele" from vol. "Bajki" by Adam Mickiewicz key words: poetry
18 - Polish - "Żaby i ich króle" from vol. "Bajki" by Adam Mickiewicz key words: poetry
19 - Romanian - Identitate... by Ion Luca Caragiale key words: short prose, humoristic sketch
20 - Spanish - La Novela Del Tranvía by Manuel Guitérrez Nájera key words: short fiction story, realistic, humor
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Dies ist eine Sammlung der sieben berühmtesten Gedichte des Amerikanischen Autors Edgar Allan Poe. Enthalten sind natürlich der allgegenwärtige Rabe, aber auch sechs im deutschen Sprachraum vielleicht weniger bekannte Gedichte. - Summary by Carolin
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This selection of poems has many favourites from authors such as Edward Lear and Robert Browning, as well as less well known authors. We hope you enjoy the poems.Please note that sections 3 and 11 had two sources for the text of the poems; they are http://www.bartleby.com/337/202.html and http://www.bartleby.com/101/76.html. (Summery by Newgatenovelist)
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This is a very short volume of poems by Canadian poet Kate Seymour MacLean, containing only twenty poems. - Summary by Carolin
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Eine Sammlung von 20 deutschen Gedichten für LibriVox.Eine Liste weiterer kurzer Aufnahmen (Erzählungen, Gedichte, Märchen, Essays) in anderen LibriVox Sammlungen gibt es hier.
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This is a volume of poems by Madison Julius Cawein, "the Keats of Kentucky", published at the height of his popularity in 1902. - Summary by Carolin
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This is a volume of poems by Rupert Brooke, named after the famous poems "1914", written during and about World War I. Brooke himself died while taking part in a naval expedition to the Dardanelles, and was buried in Greece. The poems he wrote during the war were published posthumously and are the poems for which he is best-known today. This volume also contains poems written during a journey around the Pacific, and a number of miscellaneous poems. - Summary by Carolin
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We selected some of our favourite poets for this collection, including Dante, Fitzgerald, Keats, Barrett Browning, Lear, Carroll, Milton, Morris, Swinburne and Rossetti. We hope you enjoy listening to them. - Summary by Newgatenovelist
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This is a volume of poetry by Edwin Arlington Robinson, dedicated to Theodore Roosevelt. This volume also contains his lesser known shorter poems as well as the well-known narrative poem Miniver Cheevy. - Summary by Carolin
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This is a volume of poetry by American poet Aline Murray Kilmer, widow of the poet Joyce Kilmer. These poems have been published several years after Joyce Kilmer's death in 1918 while he was deployed in France, and their daughter Rose's death in 1917. Many of the poems in this collection thus also center around a motive of grief and loss, and set these emotions into poetry of heartbreaking beauty. - Summary by Carolin
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This is a collection of 16 poems by William Allingham, selected and brought together by his admirer William Butler Yeats several years after Allingham's death. - Summary by Carolin
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