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Famous Poems: A New Anthology Of Lyrics And Ballads

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A collection of famous poems by various authors who wrote during the period 1550 to 1892, including works by Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth, Browning and more. - Summary by Krista Zaleski

(5 hr 46 min)

Chapters

Sir Patrick Spence, by Anonymous

2:56

Read by Kerry Adams

The Lyke-Wake Dirge, by Anonymous

1:58

Read by czandra

Cradle Song, by Anonymous

2:49

Read by czandra

Fragment, by Anonymous

1:44

Read by czandra

Song, by Anonymous

1:11

Read by Lee Vogler

Epithalamion, by Edmund Spenser

21:18

Read by Cavaet

To Sleep, by Sir Philip Sidney

1:18

Read by Alan Mapstone

Sonnet, by Michael Drayton

1:15

Read by Garfield Dsouza

Where The Bee Sucks, by William Shakespeare

0:44

Read by Emily

Full Fathom Five, by William Shakespeare

1:00

Read by Kerry Adams

Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind, by William Shakespeare

1:05

Read by Brize C

When Daisies Pied And Violets Blue, by William Shakespeare

1:16

Read by Emily

When Icicles Hang By The Wall, by William Shakespeare

1:17

Read by Emily

O Mistress Mine, by William Shakespeare

0:59

Read by Garfield Dsouza

It Was A Lover And His Lass, by William Shakespeare

1:25

Read by Brize C

Take, O Take Those Lips Away, by William Shakespeare

0:54

Read by Kerry Adams

Hark ! Hark ! The Lark, by William Shakespeare

0:50

Read by Emily

Fear No More The Heat O' The Sun, by William Shakespeare

1:44

Read by Alan Mapstone

Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day?, by William Shakespeare

1:13

Read by Nakita Pedro

When In Disgrace With Fortune And Men's Eyes, by William Shakespeare

1:15

Read by KCAudible

When To The Sessions Of Sweet Silent Thought, by William Shakespeare

1:33

Read by Patrick Randall

That Time Of Year Thou Mayst In Me Behold, by William Shakespeare

1:35

Read by Patrick Randall

When In The Chronicle Of Wasted Time, by William Shakespeare

1:16

Read by James K. White

Let Me Not To The Marriage Of True Minds, by William Shakespeare

1:40

Read by Andrea Atwood

Th' Expense Of Spirit In A Waste Of Shame, by William Shakespeare

1:20

Read by Nakita Pedro

Follow Your Saint, Follow With Accents Sweet, by Thomas Campion

1:19

Read by Gvbriel

Kind Are Her Answers, by Thomas Campion

1:00

Read by Brize C

Now Winter Nights Enlarge, by Thomas Campion

1:09

Read by Brize C

Elizabeth Of Bohemia, by Sir Henry Wotton

1:28

Read by Alan Mapstone

Hymn To Diana, by Ben Jonson

1:23

Read by Kerry Adams

To Celia, by Ben Jonson

1:14

Read by Andrea Atwood

The Ecstacy, by John Donne

3:43

Read by czandra

The Dream, by John Donne

2:08

Read by czandra

Pack Clouds Away, And Welcome Day, by Thomas Heywood

1:43

Read by Gvbriel

To Daffodils, by Robert Herrick

1:12

Read by Gvbriel

Corinna Going A-Maying, by Robert Herrick

3:52

Read by Larry Wilson

Death's Final Conquest, by James Shirley

1:40

Read by Kerry Adams

On A Girdle, by Edmund Waller

1:10

Read by Kerry Adams

Ode On The Morning Of Christ's Nativity, by John Milton

2:13

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Hymn, by John Milton

10:37

Read by minstrel

At A Solemn Music, by John Milton

2:21

Read by Kerry Adams

L'allegro, by John Milton

7:34

Read by minstrel

Il Penseroso, by John Milton

8:30

Read by J. Thurgood

Lycidas, by John Milton

9:50

Read by Joanna Michal Hoyt

On His Deceased Wife, by John Milton

1:32

Read by Kerry Adams

On His Blindness, by John Milton

1:21

Read by Alan Mapstone

On The Late Massacre In Piedmont, by John Milton

1:23

Read by Alan Mapstone

To Lucasta, Going To The Wars, by Richard Lovelace

1:05

Read by Kerry Adams

To Althea, From Prison, by Richard Lovelace

1:34

Read by SJ R.

The Wish, by Abraham Cowley

2:05

Read by SJ R.

The Garden, by Andrew Marvell

3:19

Read by SJ R.

An Ode, by Matthew Prior

0:59

Read by Brize C

The Progress Of Poesy, by Thomas Gray

5:51

Read by SJ R.

Hymn To Adversity, by Thomas Gray

2:26

Read by SJ R.

Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard, by Thomas Gray

9:15

Read by Alan Mapstone

To Evening, by William Collins

2:43

Read by Krista Zaleski

Introduction To "Songs Of Innocence", by William Blake

1:22

Read by Andrea Atwood

The Tiger, by William Blake

1:29

Read by Larry Wilson

Of A' The Airts The Wind Can Blaw, by Robert Burns

0:55

Read by Brize C

The Banks O' Doon, by Robert Burns

2:11

Read by Alan Mapstone

Ae Fond Kiss, by Robert Burns

2:02

Read by Kerry Adams

A Red, Red Rose, by Robert Burns

1:22

Read by Kerry Adams

Ode To Duty, by William Wordsworth

3:11

Read by Samantha Anne Robertson

Ode On Intimations Of Immortality, by William Wordsworth

11:58

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Solitary Reaper, by William Wordsworth

1:43

Read by Winnifred Assmann

The Daffodils, by William Wordsworth

1:35

Read by Samantha Anne Robertson

My Heart Leaps Up, by William Wordsworth

0:54

Read by Kerry Adams

To Milton, by William Wordsworth

1:32

Read by Kerry Adams

On Westminster Bridge, by William Wordsworth

1:19

Read by Alan Mapstone

By The Sea, by William Wordsworth

1:11

Read by Samantha Anne Robertson

The World Is Too Much With Us, by William Wordsworth

1:17

Read by Samantha Anne Robertson

The Rover, by Sir Walter Scott

1:14

Read by Alan Mapstone

Rebecca's Hymn, by Sir Walter Scott

1:54

Read by Tim Juang

Sound, Sound The Clarion, by Sir Walter Scott

0:30

Read by Krista Zaleski

The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

27:24

Read by Cavaet

Kubla Khan, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

3:26

Read by Alan Mapstone

Love, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

4:01

Read by Cavaet

Hester, by Charles Lamb

1:52

Read by Alan Mapstone

Mother, I Cannot Mind My Wheel, by Walter Savage Landor

0:39

Read by Lee Vogler

Dirce, by Walter Savage Landor

0:32

Read by minstrel

Finis, by Walter Savage Landor

0:36

Read by Tim Juang

Ye Mariners Of England, by Thomas Campbell

2:05

Read by Alan Mapstone

The War Song Of Dinas Vawr, by Thomas Love Peacock

1:36

Read by Cavaet

She Walks In Beauty, by George Gordon, Lord Byron

1:24

Read by Alan Mapstone

To A Skylark, by Percy Bysshe Shelley

6:05

Read by Alan Mapstone

Ode To The West Wind, by Percy Bysshe Shelley

5:23

Read by Alan Mapstone

To Night, by Percy Bysshe Shelley

2:14

Read by redfalcon1009

The Poet's Dream, by Percy Bysshe Shelley

0:56

Read by Tim Juang

The Invitation, by Percy Bysshe Shelley

3:45

Read by Samantha Anne Robertson

Hymn To The Spirit Of Nature, by Percy Bysshe Shelley

1:29

Read by Allegra LittleCole

Sonnet, by John Keats

1:08

Read by Winnifred Assmann

On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer, by John Keats

1:19

Read by Alan Mapstone

La Belle Dame Sans Merci, by John Keats

2:44

Read by Alan Mapstone

Ode To Autumn, by John Keats

2:16

Read by Winnifred Assmann

Ode To A Nightingale, by John Keats

5:18

Read by Samantha Anne Robertson

Ode On A Grecian Urn, by John Keats

3:34

Read by Winnifred Assmann

The Bridge Of Sighs, by Thomas Hood

3:18

Read by Lee Vogler

Dream Pedlary, by Thomas Lovell Beddoes

2:06

Read by Vin Cramer

A Musical Instrument, by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

2:16

Read by Winnifred Assmann

Grief, by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

1:14

Read by Larry Wilson

To Helen, by Edgar Allan Poe

4:34

Read by Larry Wilson

The Lady Of Shalott, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

9:22

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Lotos Eaters, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

9:51

Read by Cavaet

St Agnes' Eve, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

2:16

Read by Alan Mapstone

Come Down, O Maid, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

2:28

Read by Kanoland94

The Year's At The Spring, by Robert Browning

0:40

Read by Garfield Dsouza

You'll Love Me Yet, by Robert Browning

0:58

Read by Garfield Dsouza

The Lost Mistress, by Robert Browning

1:26

Read by Garfield Dsouza

The Last Ride Together, by Robert Browning

6:46

Read by Garfield Dsouza

Home-Thoughts From Abroad, by Robert Browning

1:33

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Sands Of Dee, by Charles Kingsley

1:47

Read by Kerry Adams

Say Not The Struggle Nought Availeth, by Arthur Hugh Clough

1:14

Read by Larry Wilson

The Forsaken Merman, by Matthew Arnold

6:31

Read by Krista Zaleski

Requiescat, by Matthew Arnold

1:09

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Scholar Gipsy, by Matthew Arnold

15:36

Read by Winnifred Assmann

Heraclitus, by William Cory

1:01

Read by Larry Wilson