Search Results
12 - Grin
Read by Becky Cook
Robert W. Service
In The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses
Known as the Bard of the Yukon and as a people's poet, Robert Service immortalized his experience with the Yukon and its gold rush and this …
Abraham Lincoln
Read by Aaron Bennett
Various
In Mount Rushmore National Memorial
This publication of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Society of the Black Hills presents the history and description of one of the most …
Robert of Lincoln, by William Cullen Bryant
Read by C. B. Seyfarth
Various
In Twilight Stories
A collection of broad-ranging, mostly American stories and poems for children by various authors, including Margaret Sidney, Susan Coolidge,…
Book V, Chapter I
Read by Greg Giordano
Washington Irving
In Knickerbocker's History of New York, Vol. 2
Washington Irving, an author, biographer, historian, and diplomat, completed his first major work, a satire of contemporary local history an…
Epilogue
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Robert Browning
In The Hundred Best English Poems
This wonderful collection of poems showcases the incredible talent of the some of the greatest poets in the world. These creative masterpiec…
Unforgotten
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Robert Service and Robert W. Service
In Ottawa Folk Festival Robert Service Collection (from The Spell of the Yukon)
On August 13-15, 2010, A hearty band of Librivox volunteers, led by Bob Ledrew and Sean McGaughey, recorded selections from the Spell of the…
THE GARLAND
Read by VfkaBT
Maurice Baring
In Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches
In this urbane collection of short stories by Maurice Baring, characters ranging from legendary figures to schoolboys find themselves in ste…
An Encounter
Read by Phil Schempf
Robert Frost
In Mountain Interval
Originally published in 1916 and revised in 1920, Mountain Interval is Robert Frost's third collection of solo poetry. In it, Frost reflects…
Chapter 30
Read by VfkaBT
Louis Joseph Vance
In Joan Thursday
Minor potboiler is a change of pace from the author of the Lone Wolf detective series. Tenement beauty (and wannabe stage-star) Joan Thursb…
Soldier, Rest
Read by Sibella Denton
Sir Walter Scott
In The Ontario Readers: Third Book
The Ontario Readers is a school book first published in 1919, by the Ontario Ministry of Education, containing short excerpts of literary wo…
Note
Read by Rob Marland
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 …
The Ranger and the Bear
Read by Melissa De Santis
Henry Herbert Knibbs
In Riders of the Stars: A Book of Western Verse
A collection of poems by novelist, short story writer and poet Henry Herbert Knibbs. Another of his books of verse, "Songs of the Outla…
Lincoln by Wendell Phillips Stafford
Read by Cassie Davidson
William Stanley Braithwaite
In Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1915
William Stanley Braithwaite, a talented poet in his own right, was most notable for his anthologies of poetry including these annual collect…
XII. LINCOLN THE STATESMAN
Read by KevinS
Robert G. Ingersoll
In Ingersoll on ABRAHAM LINCOLN, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 3, …
Col. Ingersoll begins his popular lecture series on famous persons as follows: "It is hard to overstate the debt we owe to the men and …
Version 11
Read by Robert Garrison
William Butler Yeats
In Where My Books Go
LibriVox volunteers bring you thirteen different readings of the short poem Where My Books Go by William Butler Yeats, a weekly poetry proje…
Mystery
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Theodore Harding Rand
In Short Poetry Collection 178
This is a collection of 44 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for March 2018
The Garden Plot and Sid Hamet's Rod
Read by Arthur Krolman
Jonathan Swift
In The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume Two
He lived simply, loved his walks and craved the company of fellow poetical wits as they craved his company in return. With his pal Dr. Sheri…
Over Back
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…
Chapter IX
Read by Rob Marland
Lord Alfred Douglas
In The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas
Lord Alfred “Bosie” Douglas wrote his autobiography in his late fifties, some 29 years after the death of Oscar Wilde. Since the publication…
Lincoln as a Typical American - Phillips Brooks
Read by Gloria Loughry
Various
In The World's Best Orations, Volume 2
Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an ordinary speaker! How often is a jury swayed and controlled by the appeals of…