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The order of the poems have been arranged according to age from first through eight grade. Grades I – IV are contained in part 1. This collection of poems in part 2 begins with Grade V and Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray. Grade VI begins with The Barefoot B...

An English translation that holds as closely as was possible to the original languages and idioms. (Summary by KevinS)...

This is the eighth Librivox Mystery and Suspense Collection, and the first in eight years. Similar to our Short Story Collections, this anthology focuses on stories that will keep you on the edge of your seat. From The Bloodstained Parasol to the Mystery of the Semi-Detached with...

Frances Cornford, the granddaughter of Charles Darwin, wrote several volumes of poetry. In this volume is one of her best known poems, the sad and comic "To a Fat Lady Seen From a Train". - Summary by AnnaLisa Bodtker...

A diverse collection of short stories selected and read in English by Librivox readers. This time, we delve into the works of Ernest Hemingway, O. Henry, Sewell Ford and Stephen Leacock and others to bring you tales of mystery, poignant romance, the quirky and the amusing. So sit...

Roderic Quinn, the seventh child of Irish immigrants, was variously a teacher, public servant and newspaper editor before turning to the writing of poetry and short stories. He was particularly associated with the convivial Dawn and Dusk club which also included as members Victor...

Silly and fun verses beginning with the lesser known Robert J. Shores and going on to the more known Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, and W.S. Gilbert. - Summary by David Wales...

LibriVox volunteers bring you 5 recordings of To the Man of the High North by Robert Service. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for November 28, 2010.Robert William Service (January 16, 1874 – September 11, 1958) was a poet and writer, sometimes referred to as "the ...

This is a 1916 volume of poetry by George Sterling, split into four parts. The first part consists of 33 of the fantastic poems for which Sterling was so famous, followed by three poems on the Panama-Pacific Exposition and four Personal Poems, and concluded with 43 poems on the t...

As one kingdom passes and another emerges, the First Book of the Kings chronicles the ancestral lineage of King David through his son, Solomon, onward. In this book, we see prophets being called to warn of the consequences of unrighteousness, kings either proudly---if imperfectl...

LibriVox volunteers bring you 24 recordings of The Despairing Lover by William Walsh. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for March 11, 2012.William Walsh was an English poet and critic. It is not as a poet, however, but as the friend and correspondent of Alexander Po...

A collection of short stories, originally written in German, but here translated into English. The stories take us to Egypt and the shadow of Vesuvius, as well as the German homeland. We look into the world of books and that of music and we delve into the depths of the human hear...