Sonnets

Astrophil and Stella

Read by Elizabeth Klett


Sir Philip Sidney


Astrophil and Stella is a sonnet sequence written by Philip Sidney, an Elizabethan poet and courtier. It details the frustrated love of Astr…

Sonnets from the Portuguese

Read by Kirsten Ferreri


Elizabeth Barrett Browning


Sonnets from the Portuguese, written ca. 1845–1846 and first published in 1850, is a collection of forty-four love sonnets written by Elizab…

The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella

Read by Mary J


Michelangelo Buonarroti


Michael Angelo and Campanella represent widely sundered, though almost contemporaneous, moments in the evolution of the Italian genius. Mich…

Pamphilia to Amphilanthus

Read by Elizabeth Klett


Lady Mary Wroth


Pamphilia to Amphilanthus is the first sonnet sequence written by an Englishwoman. Published in 1621, the poems invert the usual format of s…

The Growth of Love

Read by Algy Pug


Robert Bridges


Robert Bridges, who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1913, published three versions of his sonnet sequence, The Growth of Love:1876 - 24 sonn…

Psyche

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Hugo von Blomberg and Hugo Von Blomberg


Von Blomberg beschreibt, wohl angeregt durch Bilder Raphaels, die Geschichte von Amor und Psyche im Oktavsatz. Diese wird durch Sonette &uum…

Impresiones, Poesías.

Read by KendalRigans


José Campo Arana


Poesias escritas por José Campo Arana según los criticos de su obra tiene una marcada influencia de Bécquer. (Summary b…

The River Duddon: A Series of Sonnets

Read by Phil Benson


William Wordsworth


Located in a part of Cumbria that was once part of Lancashire, the River Duddon rises in the high fells of the Lake District and flows for 2…

The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke

Read by Graham Redman


Rupert Brooke


Rupert Chawner Brooke was an English poet known for his idealistic War Sonnets written during the First World War (especially The Soldier), …

Holy Sonnets (version 2)

Read by Michael Armenta


John Donne


The Holy Sonnets—also known as the Divine Meditations or Divine Sonnets—are a series of nineteen poems by the English poet John Donne (1572–…

35 Sonnets

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Fernando Pessoa


While Portuguese author Fernando Pessoa is internationally now known mostly for his masterpiece The Book of Disquiet, he was also an outstan…

Sonnets from the Portuguese (version 2)

Read by Sam Stinson


Elizabeth Barrett Browning


Sonnets from the Portuguese chronicles one of the most famous romances in history. The renowned Victorian poet Elizabeth Barrett wrote the s…

A Calendar of Sonnets

Read by Fox in the Stars


Helen Hunt Jackson


Helen Hunt Jackson is probably most famous for her work on behalf of Native Americans’ rights. However, this short volume presents a sonnet …

Seaside

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Rupert Brooke


LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 recordings of Seaside by Rupert Brooke. This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 19, 2012.Rupert Chawn…

Shakespeare Sonnet 29

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William Shakespeare


LibriVox volunteers bring you 32 recordings of Sonnet 29 by William Shakespeare.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for April 23, 2019.…

Sonnets from the Portuguese (version 3)

Read by Newgatenovelist


Elizabeth Barrett Browning


Sonnets from the Portuguese chronicles the deeply personal stages of courtship. (Summary by Newgatenovelist)

Mother and Daughter

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Augusta Webster


Uncompleted at her death, Augusta Webster's posthumously published sonnet sequence Mother and Daughter celebrates the relationship between a…

Sonnets to a Lover

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Myrtle Reed


This is a book of poetry by Myrtle Reed. Ms. Reed is most famous for her love stories such as A Spinner in the Sun and Old Rose and Silver, …

A Selection from the Sonnets of William Wordsworth

Read by Bruce Kachuk


William Wordsworth


This is a very impressive collection of some of the best sonnets from the pen of the incomparable William Wordsworth. The appreciation that …

Sonnets

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Constance Naden


Naden's sonnets have topics as diverse as astronomy, classical mythology and Shakespeare's birthplace. This collection is taken from Naden's…

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