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02 - The Reading Public
Read by TriciaG
Stephen Leacock
In Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy
Humorous, ironic, and sometimes cynical observations of life in 1915 from Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by TriciaG)
The Fellowship of Books
Read by Krista Zaleski
Edgar A. Guest
In When Day is Done
Edgar A. Guest is sometimes known as the "people's poet," noted for his homespun verses of everyday American life and traditional …
The Heron
Read by Anthony Will
Madison Cawein
In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 1: Lyrics and Old World Idylls
A collection of poems by Madison Cawein. It has been said that his vocation to poetry was irresistible. - Summary by Michele Eaton
Arcanna
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Madison Cawein
In The Garden of Dreams
Madison Cawein from Kentucky, displays a wider range of his poetic dreams, from the bright to the dark. - Summary by Larry Wilson
My Native Simile
Read by KevinS
Robert Frost
In West-Running Brook
A collection of 38 of Robert Frost's early poems apparently compiled in 1923 but not published until 1928. This was not Frost's most popular…
Sonnet XXVII - Reading
Read by heeheekitty
James Russell Lowell
In Early Poems
This is a volume of the early poems by James Russell Lowell, including a brief biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole. - Summary by Caro…
The Sonnet by Richard Watson Gilder
Read by Leanne Yau
Richard Watson Gilder
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 6: Fancy and Sentiment (Part 2)
The sixth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, incl…
Year 7 - Section 40: Seventh Annual Message, Part I
Read by TriciaG
James D. Richardson and Ulysses S. Grant
In A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Ulysses S. Grant
The Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents is an eleven-volume series of tomes comprising of proclamations, special messag…
Jonah
Read by sdaeley17
Aldous Huxley
In Leda
Though he gained recognition for his later essays and novels, Aldous Huxley started his writing career as a poet. Published in 1920, Leda is…
Answer Me
Read by Newgatenovelist
Adah Isaacs Menken
In Infelicia
Adah Isaacs Menken's short life was full and eventful. Probably born in the American South, she travelled, wrote journalism, became famous a…
Bertrand De Born
Read by Ellies
Madison Cawein
In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 5
This is Volume 5: Poems of Meditation and of Forest and Field of the collected works of Madison Julius Cawein, an American poet from Kentuck…
To the Reader
Read by MaryAnn
Charlotte Elliott
In Hours of Sorrow
Poems from the author of the beloved hymn, "Just as I Am", chiefly adapted to seasons of sickness, depression and bereavement. Ell…
Twilight
Read by Nemo
Olive Custance
In Opals
At age 16, London blueblood Olive Custance already figured in literary circles shared by Oscar Wilde and John Gray. She later wrote for the …
Intimations
Read by Larry Wilson
Madison Cawein
In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 4
This is Volume 4: Poems of Mystery and of Myth and Romance of the collected works of Madison Julius Cawein, an American poet from Kentucky. …
Hawke
Read by Alan Mapstone
Sir Henry Newbolt
In Admirals All
A short collection of poems on Naval and other military themes by the English poet and military historian Sir Henry Newbolt published in1897…
The Shower of Gold
Read by Newgatenovelist
Marion Cummings
In Selected Poems
Marion Cummings was an American poet and academic. Born in San Jose, she graduated from the University of California and taught at the Unive…
Reminiscent
Read by Amy Gramour
Walter Crane
In Renascence: A Book of Verse
Walter Crane is better known as an artist and illustrator of children’s books. His illustrations defined a whole genre which influenced the…