Rainbow Gold: Poems Old and New Selected for Boys and Girls
Various and Walter de la Mare
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
This collection of poems, selected by Sara Teasdale, a talented poet in her own right, is made to appeal to children, both girls and boys. They are not poems about children, but for children. Neither does this mean that they are childish, but rather that they capture the imagination of children both in subject matter and the richness of the lyrical language of the poems themselves. They range through the great classical poets from Milton to Poe, in all of their variety and vigor. What child could not be captivated by Blake’s, The Tiger, or enchanted by Lanier’s Song of the Chattahoochee? Here in these verses, we all are children. -summary by Larry Wilson
(3 hr 27 min)
Chapters
| Prefatory Note | 7:11 | Read by BettyB |
| Kubla Khan: A Vision in a Dream | 3:20 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Meg Merrilies | 1:45 | Read by Jason in Panama |
| Berries | 2:22 | Read by avocado |
| Romance | 1:25 | Read by Alitheia |
| Hymn of Pan | 2:27 | Read by Jason in Panama |
| Written in March | 1:05 | Read by Kangaroo |
| ''When the Hounds of Spring'' | 2:56 | Read by Carol |
| Song | 0:40 | Read by Kangaroo |
| Under the Greenwood Tree | 1:01 | Read by Jason in Panama |
| To Violets | 0:51 | Read by Jason in Panama |
| On May Morning | 1:07 | Read by Kangaroo |
| The Leprecaun or Fairy Shoemaker | 2:57 | Read by BettyB |
| Hunting Song | 1:58 | Read by Jason in Panama |
| The Lady of Shalott | 7:45 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Hymn to Diana | 1:31 | Read by Jason in Panama |
| The Song of Wandering Aengus | 1:52 | Read by Carol |
| The Shepherd to His Love | 1:43 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Robin Hood and the Butcher | 5:31 | Read by Kalynda |
| A Sea Song | 1:22 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Epitaph on a Hare | 2:18 | Read by Felicity12 |
| The Pilgrim | 1:30 | Read by Kangaroo |
| Lullaby for Titania | 1:26 | Read by Twinkle |
| Israfel | 2:31 | Read by BettyB |
| Jaffar | 2:46 | Read by Nemo |
| A Song of Sherwood | 3:43 | Read by BettyB |
| The Destruction of Sennacherib | 2:00 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Ivry | 4:56 | Read by BettyB |
| The Tiger | 1:27 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| The Terrible Robber Men | 1:14 | Read by Carol |
| Sir Patrick Spens | 4:32 | Read by Sonia |
| ''Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind'' | 1:34 | Read by Kangaroo |
| The Pied Piper of Hamelin (A Child's Story) | 15:41 | Read by Ian King |
| ''Time, You Old Gipsy Man'' | 1:37 | Read by Carol |
| The Solitary Reaper | 1:55 | Read by Ian King |
| My Lost Youth | 3:26 | Read by Ian King |
| Battle-Hymn of the Republic | 2:17 | Read by Kangaroo |
| Gathering Song of Donald Dhu | 1:48 | Read by Sonia |
| The Minstrel-Boy | 1:20 | Read by Kangaroo |
| Bannockburn (Robert Bruce's Address to His Army) | 1:36 | Read by Sonia |
| Fable | 1:05 | Read by BettyB |
| Good Hours | 1:25 | Read by Carol |
| Winter | 1:25 | Read by Kangaroo |
| A Chanted Calendar | 1:29 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
| The Cloud | 4:11 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
| Bugle Song | 1:32 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
| The Forsaken Merman | 5:58 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
| Nurse's Song | 1:00 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
| To a Mouse | 2:25 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
| The Fairies | 2:33 | Read by Efia Tora |
| La Belle Dame Sans Merci | 3:20 | Read by Carol |
| Spring | 1:27 | Read by Kangaroo |
| ''I Wandered Lonely'' | 1:43 | Read by Kangaroo |
| The Gay Gos-Hawk | 6:01 | Read by BettyB |
| An Old Song of Fairies | 2:15 | Read by BettyB |
| Moon Folly (The Song of Conn the Fool) | 2:45 | Read by Carol |
| Star-Talk | 1:59 | Read by BettyB |
| Jim Jay | 1:10 | Read by BettyB |
| The Ghosts of the Buffaloes | 5:11 | Read by BettyB |
| A Christmas Carol | 1:43 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Escape at Bedtime | 1:09 | Read by Evan Smith |
| Song of the Chattahoochee | 3:22 | Read by Carol |
| Sea Fever | 1:23 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| ''O Captain! My Captain!'' | 2:09 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| The Snow | 1:52 | Read by thestorygirl |
| A Song for My Mother: Her Hands | 2:13 | Read by Carol |
| The Fountain | 1:20 | Read by Efia Tora |
| Nature's Friend | 1:17 | Read by Efia Tora |
| Tree-Toad | 1:34 | Read by BettyB |
| An Ancient Christmas Carol | 1:12 | Read by Carol |
| An Old Christmas Carol | 1:23 | Read by BettyB |
| King John and the Abbot of Canterbury | 6:11 | Read by BettyB |
| The Sands of Dee | 1:48 | Read by Carol |
| Sister Awake! (Old English Song) | 0:58 | Read by Kalynda |
| The Skeleton in Armor | 6:16 | Read by Sonia |
| By Bendemeer's Stream | 1:43 | Read by Carol |
| A Prayer | 1:17 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Young Lochinvar | 3:42 | Read by Nemo |
| Off the Ground | 3:18 | Read by BettyB |
| Auld Daddy Darkness | 1:52 | Read by Sonia |
Reviews
good reading
Thank you, readers. I especially like Carol/Rosehip's reading.