Poetry
African-American Collection
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Various
This collection recognizes Black History Month, February 2007. Two excellent resources for public domain African American writing are Africa…
Poesías
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Miguel De Unamuno
Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo (1864 - 1936) fue un escritor y filósofo español de la generación del 98. Cultivó una g…
As Primaveras
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Casimiro José Marques De Abreu
Casimiro nasceu na Fazenda da Prata, em Capivary (Silva Jardim).A localidade onde viveu parte de sua vida, Barra de São João, …
Jerusalem
Read by Nick Duncan
William Blake
The epic poem Jerusalem was in Blake's own opinion his masterpiece. It is the last of the great prophetic books. Originally produced as an e…
Don Juan
Read by Peter Gallagher
George Gordon, Lord Byron
Don Juan is a long narrative poem by Byron, based very loosely on the legend of the evil seducer, Don Juan. The first and second of (eventua…
One Hundred Verses from Old Japan
Read by Kevin Steinbach
Teika No Fujiwara
In 12th-13th century Japan there lived a man named Fujiwara no Teika (sometimes called Sadaie), a well-regarded poet in a society that prize…
Love and Friendship
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Emily Brontë
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Love and Friendship by Emily Brontë. This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 17, 201…
Holy Sonnets
Read by David Barnes
John Donne
John Donne (1572 – March 31, 1631) was a Jacobean poet and preacher, representative of the metaphysical poets of the period. His works, nota…
Maude
Read by Elizabeth Klett
Christina Rossetti
Maude is a novella by Christina Rossetti, written in 1850 but published posthumously in 1897. Considered by scholars to be semi-autobiograph…
Selected Ghazals of Ghalib
Read by Ahkam
Mirza Ghalib
Mirza Ghalib, full name Mirza Asadullah Khan Beig, pen name ‘Ghalib’ (1797-1869) was a famous Urdu- and Persian-language poet of India. He i…
Shakespeare Monologues Collection
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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (April 26, 1564 – April 23, 1616) remains widely to be considered the single greatest playwright of all time. He wrote i…
Lyrical Ballads
Read by Verity Kendall
William Wordsworth
Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems is a collection of poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, first published in 1798 …
Paradise Regain'd
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
John Milton
Having been publicly acknowledged as God's "beloved Son," Jesus retires to the desert to meditate upon what it means to be the Mes…
Three Hundred Tang Poems
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Various
Compiled around 1763, 'Three Hundred Tang Poems' is the standard collection of the poetic art of the Tang Dynasty (618 to 907). Volume Four …
The Rape of Lucrece
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William Shakespeare
The Rape of Lucrece (1594) is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare about the legendary Lucretia. Lucrece draws on the story described in …
The World’s Story
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Eva March Tappan
This is the first volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Ta…
Os Sonetos Completos
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Antero De Quental
Antero de Quental foi a figura central da Geração de 70, responsável pelo início da poesia moderna, a partir da …
The Power of Words
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Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Letitia Elizabeth Landon was an English poet and novelist, better known by her initials L. E. L.
Our Old Nursery Rhymes
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Alfred Moffat
Our Old Nursery Rhymes (1911) is a book of 30 of folkloric songs arranged by Alfred Moffatt and beautifully illustrated by H. Willebeck Le M…