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To the Lord Chancellor Hyde

Read by Peter Tucker


John Dryden


In The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 1

The first of two volumes of collected poetry by this revered and highly influential English restoration poet and playwright. The poems, many…

To the Lord-General Cromwell by John Milton

Read by Jason in Panama


Various


In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 7: Descriptive and Narrative (Part 1)

The seventh of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, con…

Lines 229-541

Read by Alan Mapstone


George Gordon, Lord Byron


In English Bards and Scotch Reviewers

English Bards and Scotch Reviewers was first published anonymously in 1809 with Byron only identified as the author in the 2nd edition. Byro…

Lord Roberts

Read by Tomas Peter


George Murray


In Poems

George Murray was a British poet, translator and scholar who lived out most of his life in Canada, where he was a classics master at a Montr…

Elegy on Newstead Abbey

Read by Alan Mapstone


George Gordon, Lord Byron


In Hours of Idleness

Hours of Idleness was Byron's first book of poems published when he was only 19. In it he experiments with various poetic styles and provid…

The British Church

Read by Alan Mapstone


George Herbert


In The Temple

George Herbert was one of the so-called Metaphysical Poets, along with John Donne and Andrew Marvel, and The Temple: Sacred Poems and Privat…

A Visitor

Read by Ian King


George Sterling


In A Wine of Wizardry

A dark and moody collection of poems, influenced by the author's experience of nature, rather than an idealized notion of it. "The uncr…

The Lords Prayer

Read by Larry Wilson


Alice Meynell


In A Father of Women and Other Poems

Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' S…

To ——

Read by Foon


Alfred, Lord Tennyson


In The Suppressed Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson

To those unacquainted with Tennyson's conscientious methods, it may seem strange that a volume of 160 pages is necessary to contain those po…

The Exposure of Lord Stansford

Read by Roger Melin


Robert Barr


In Revenge!

A collection of 20 short stories of the crime, detective, and thriller variety, sharing a common theme of .... you guessed it, revenge, and …

The History of Britain

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


John Milton



A reader of this history, encountering the frequent references to “my author,” meaning the current source, will be reminded of DON QUIXOTE a…

To the Earl of Chesterfield by Samuel Johnson

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)


Samuel Johnson, Variousandcharles William Eliot and Various And Charles William Eliot


In Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books

Charles W. Eliot, 21st President of Harvard University, edited this volume of prefaces ... authored by a Who's Who of World Literature: Baco…

My Lord the Book

Read by Sarah Brown


John Kendrick Bangs


In Cobwebs from a Library Corner

This is a book of 57 sections divided into 2 parts. The first part is comprised of 26 poems & the second part concludes with 31 assorted…

Psalm 14

Read by Greg Giordano


Isaac Watts


In Psalms of David

Isaac Watts was a poet, hymn-writer and musician. He wrote many of what we regard as "classical hymns" such as "Joy to the Wo…

The Story of the late Mr. Elvesham

Read by Peter Yearsley


H. G. Wells


In The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories

A collection of Wells' short stories, with a short introductory essay by the author- "Essentially it is a miscellany of inventions, man…

Section 8

Read by Bruce Kachuk


Alfred, Lord Tennyson


In Enoch Arden

In the poem "Enoch Arden," Tennyson's epic narrative of the enduring power of love in the face of insurmountable odds, is found a …

Thoughts

Read by Alan Mapstone


Alfred Castner King


In Mountain Idylls, and Other Poems

"The author of this unpretentious volume has long questioned the advisability of adding a book to our already inflated and overloaded l…

The Letters

Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)


Alfred, Lord Tennyson


In Maud, and Other Poems

A collection of poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, his first book of poetry after having become poet laureate in 1850. Among the "other po…

Medieval English

Read by Stuart Lee


Stuart Lee



University of Oxford Podcasts

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Read by Andrew Gaunce


Lord Alfred Douglas


In The Collected Poems of Lord Alfred Douglas

This is a chronologically arranged collection of poems compiled by the author in his late 40s, after he had discarded the Uranian themes of …

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