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Preface
Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
Kenneth Grahame
In The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children
A collection of poems, many well-known or by famous writers for children, celebrating the joys of life for children and avoiding the all-too…
Answered
Read by Larry Wilson
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…
Double Take
Read by Timo B.
Richard Wilson
In Short Science Fiction Collection 033
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…
Redemption
Read by Larry Wilson
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…
After
Read by Larry Wilson
Francis Ledwidge
In The Complete Poems of Francis Ledwidge
Francis Ledwidge, Irish poet, served in an Irish battalion ("The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers") of the British Army during World W…
Selected excerpts
Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
Phillips Brooks
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 06
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
Selected excerpts, part 2
Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
Charles Dudely Warner, ed. and Augustine Birrell
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 04
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
11. The Welcome
Read by Larry Wilson
Gilbert Parker
In A Lover's Diary
A collection of 83 rather besotted love sonnets by Gilbert Parker, written early in his career, with an accompanying interesting and someone…
William Wilson
Read by Bill Cissna
Edgar Allan Poe
In Short Ghost and Horror Collection 007
A collection of fifteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up…
Noel
Read by Larry Wilson
Hilaire Belloc
In Verses
A collection of poetry by Hilaire Belloc ranging from religious verses to drinking songs. - Summary by Larry Wilson
Fourth Book: Summary
Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
Francis T. Palgrave
In The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Pieces In the English Language
Palgrave's principal contribution to the development of literary taste was contained in his Golden Treasury of English Songs and Lyrics (186…
On Perfection
Read by Larry Wilson
John Wesley
In Sermons on Several Occasions, Second Series
John Wesley, along with his brother Charles, are credited with founding the Methodist denomination. "The following Sermons contain the …
Epilogue
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. …
My Request
Read by Larry Wilson
James W. Whilt
In Rhymes of the Rockies
The author worked as a dude wrangler Glacier National Park and lived on his ranch near Eureka, Monatana. This is the first book of his poem…
A Dirge
Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
Percy Bysshe Shelley
In Shelley: Selected Poems and Prose
The English Romantic Period in literature featured a towering group of excellent poets: Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats. If …
At Parting
Read by Larry Wilson
E. Nesbit
In The Rainbow and the Rose
A collection of poetry in the whimsical style of Edith Nesbit, author of "The Five Children and It" and "The Railway Children…
A Poor Rule
Read by Larry Wilson
O. Henry
In Options
O. Henry needs no introduction of course; the man who made the short story with the surprise ending famous. These 16 stories are all wonder…
William Wilson
Read by Stéphanie
Edgar Allan Poe
In Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires
Voici le second volume des Histoires extraordinaires d'Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), traduites par Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867). Cette comp…
Invocation
Read by Larry Wilson
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…
Contentment
Read by Larry Wilson
Alexander Wilmot
In The Poetry of South Africa
Alexander Wilmot was a Cape Town politician and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He is the author of the History of the Zulu War 1…