Poetry
Up One Pair of Stairs
Full of delightful fairy tales, charming poems and engaging stories, this is the second volume of the "My Bookhouse" series for li…
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century (two of them in prose, the…
The Raven
Poe’s famous narrative poem and the author’s reflections on its composition. (David Wales)
Short Poetry Collection
This is a collection of 24 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for December 2014.
The Wit and Humor of America
The Wit and Humor of America is a delightful anthology that captures the essence of American wit through a collection of 55 short stories an…
The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems
Though later known for his essays and novels, Aldous Huxley started his writing career as a poet. Published in 1918, The Defeat of Youth and…
The Adventures of Master F.J.
This story presents through letters, poems and third-person commentary the love affair between a young man named Freeman Jones and a married…
Collection of Hymns for the Nativity of Our Lord
A collection of poems reflecting on Christmas and the New Year, written by the founder of the Methodist denomination.
Rhymed Receipts for Any Occasion
In addition to being amusing, recipes written in a poetic form were easy to remember and used as learning tools for the young housekeeper. M…
Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson has come to be regarded as one of the quintessential poets of 19th century America. A very private poet with a very quiet an…
The Wit and Humor of America
The Wit and Humor of America is a delightful anthology that captures the essence of American humor through a diverse collection of short sto…
Gawayne and the Green Knight
Charlton Miner Lewis' version of Gawayne and the Green Knight, a late 14th century alliterative romance, is written in modern language telli…
Lines Written in Early Spring
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 different recordings of Lines Written in Early Spring by William Wordsworth. This was the weekly poetry pro…
The Lays of Ancient Rome
The Lays of Ancient Rome comprise four narrative poems comprised by Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay: recalling popular episodes from Roman hi…
Hallel
Hallel (Hebrew: הלל "Praise [God]") is part of Judaism's prayers, a verbatim recitation from Psalms 113-118, which is used for pr…
The Hunting of the Snark
The Hunting of the Snark is a long nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll describing the adventures of ten weirdly assorted characters as they pursu…
Poetics
Aristotle’s Poetics from the 4th century B.C. aims to give a short study of storytelling. It discusses things like unity of plot, reversal o…
A Soup of Alphabets from A-Z
A collection of children's alphabet rhymes including Footsteps On the Road to Learning - a short text from 1850 which teaches children the …
Hymns of the Early Church
This collection of hymns have been translated from the poetry to the Latin church, arranged in the order of the Christian year. "This …
The World's Best Poetry
The sixth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, inclu…