A Modest Wit


Read by LibriVox Volunteers

LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of A Modest Wit by Selleck Osborne.
This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for November 23, 2025.
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We present a silly poem, with a "gotcha-type" ending. This Fortnightly poem is taken from Poems that every child should know; a selection of the best poems of all times for young people (1904) edited by Mary E. Burt.
- Summary by David Lawrence (0 hr 27 min)

Chapters

A Modest Wit - read by BK 2:19 Read by Bruce Kachuk
A Modest Wit - read by BLC 2:23 Read by Brize C
A Modest Wit - read by BWC 2:09 Read by Beeswaxcandle
A Modest Wit - read by DBG 2:12 Read by Owlivia
A Modest Wit - read by DL 2:29 Read by David Lawrence
A Modest Wit - read by DLS 2:17 Read by LeeSalter
A Modest Wit - read by GLN 2:25 Read by Garth Burton
A Modest Wit - read by LCW 2:11 Read by Larry Wilson
A Modest Wit - read by PFS 2:13 Read by Phil Schempf
A Modest Wit - read by PR 2:25 Read by Patrick Randall
A Modest Wit - read by SP 2:10 Read by ShrimpPhish
A Modest Wit - read by TG 2:09 Read by TriciaG