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War poems and other verses

Read by KevinS


Robert Ernest Vernède


Vernède enlisted with the British Army as a second lieutenant at the start of World War I, even though he was over the maximum age of…

State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1978 - 1981)

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Jimmy Carter


The State of the Union address is a speech or report presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States…

Picture-Show

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Siegfried Sassoon


One of Sassoon's earlier collections of poems. This book is particularly interesting as Sassoon begins a transition toward poetry unrelated …

Gold Galore that Takes to Itself Wings

In The Sword Maker

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Robert Barr


Times are hard in Frankfort. Defeat in war, weak leadership, trade blockades and a starving population lead to a restive and unhappy citizen…

After Long Grief - Read by KC

In After Long Grief

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Madison Cawein


LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of After Long Grief by Madison Cawein. This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 22, 2012.Madi…

On Passing Deadman's Island - Read by KC

In On Passing Deadman’s Island

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Thomas Moore


LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of On Passing Deadman’s Island by Thomas Moore. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for July…

Our Kind of People

In The American Newspaper

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Will Irwin


The American Newspaper is a critical study of journalism conducted by Will Irwin from 1909 to 1910 spanning fifteen articles that discuss th…

An Instructive Object Lesson (Parts 1-2)

In The Bible Under Trial

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James Orr


The papers composing this volume were prepared in response to urgent request as a popular apologetic series in defence of the Bible from the…

Book 2, Part 1: Methods of Propagation; The Labour Required; Treatment Of Indiv…

In Georgics

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Virgil


Virgil's Georgics are the second of the three major poetic works ascribed to the poet. It was published probably around 29 BC and, as the na…

Of Presentiments

In The Myths and Fables of To-day

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Samuel Adams Drake


Samuel Adams was born in 1833, began journalism in 1858, served in the Army for 10 years & returned home to continue with his journalism…

A Runnable Stag

In Short Poetry Collection 204

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John Davidson


This is a collection of 54 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for May 2020.

The Poor Man

In The Black Dog and Other Stories

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A. E. Coppard


Coppard was renowned for his influence on the English short story and here we present a collection, first published in 1923, featuring 18 of…

Evidence

In Mars and Its Canals

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Percival Lowell


In the days before telescope photography, astronomers had to draw what they thought they saw through the eyepiece throughout the long dark n…

Poem 197 - 自夏口至鹦鹉洲夕望岳阳寄源中丞 (Mandarin)

In 唐诗三百首 卷四 Three Hundred Tang Poems, Volume 4

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Liu Chang Qing


Compiled around 1763, 'Three Hundred Tang Poems' is the standard collection of the poetic art of the Tang Dynasty (618 to 907). Volume Four …

Previous to the Baptism of a Child

In A Collection of Family Prayers

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Samuel Palmer


That Family-prayer is an indispensible duty, and an important means of religion, are points which are here taken for granted. Among the many…

Knowledge - Read by KH

In Knowledge

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox


LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Knowledge by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 22, 2024. …

Stand by the Engines - Read by KH

In Stand by the Engines

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Henry Lawson


LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of Stand by the Engines by Henry Lawson.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for September 1…

Middle English - The Fox and the Wolf

In Multilingual Short Works Collection 020 - Poetry & Prose

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Anonymous


This is a collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages (except standard English). Al…

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