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Imitation of Horace, Epist. I, vii
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…
The Younger Brutus
Read by Ken Masters
Giacomo Leopardi
In The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi
This is a volume of poems by Giacomo Leopardi. - Summary by Carolin
Boeser Markt
Read by Hans Otto Kroeger
Johann Peter Hebel
In Schatzkästlein des Rheinischen Hausfreundes (Auswahl)
Der Kalender "Rheinländischer Hausfreund" erschien erstmals 1807, in dem „lehrreiche Nachrichten und lustige Geschichten“ ve…
Chapter 2. "Therefore to Rome with the clear case"
Read by Tony Oliva
Robert Browning
In The Ring and the Book
"Better translate--"A Roman murder-case:"Position of the entire criminal cause"Of Guido Franceschini, nobleman,"Wit…
Sonnet XXI - On Reading Spenser Again
Read by Matthew Smith
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…
Heinrich von Ofterdingen
Read by seito
Novalis
Die sprichwörtliche „blaue Blume “ der Poesie hat ihren Ursprung in diesem Roman Novalis'. Novalis verwebt in diesem Bildungsroman M&a…
February in Rome by Edmund Gosse
Read by Tomas Peter
Various
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 7: Descriptive and Narrative (Part 2)
The seventh of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, co…
Episode of Nisus and Euryalus
Read by Inkell
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…
Cicero Viewed as a Collector
Read by Jim Locke
Isaac D'Israeli
In Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2
This is the second volume of the collected Curiosities of Literature by Isaac D'Israeli. As in volume one, D'Isreali again takes us on a tou…
VIII. The Kings of Orion Part 2
Read by Donald Warren
John Buchan
In The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies
Celebrated Scottish author John Buchan, creator of the Richard Hannay series of thrillers (including The Thirty-Nine Steps and Greenmantle) …
The Religious Experience of the Roman People
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
W. Warde Fowler
A series of lectures delivered by Professor Fowler at Edinburgh University for a public audience, concerning the development and decay of t…
The Boys' and Girls' Pliny Vol. 4
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Pliny the Elder and John S. White
The Natural History of Pliny the Elder is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman Empire. The full work consists of …
Selected epistles by Cicero
Read by Colleen McMahon
Marcus Tullius Cicero
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 09
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…
Roman Antiquities
Read by Bruce Kachuk
William Wordsworth
In A Selection from the Sonnets of William Wordsworth
This is a very impressive collection of some of the best sonnets from the pen of the incomparable William Wordsworth. The appreciation that …
Part 3. Scene in the time of the Romans; The city child's complaint; The first spring flowers; To Editha; Editha; The oak tree; I do not love the night; Thinking and dreaming
Read by Phil Benson
Ann Hawkshaw
In Poems for my Children
Published in 1847, five years after her epic poem, 'Dionysus the Areopagite', 'Poems For My Children' was Ann Hawkshaw's second collection o…
Rienzi to the Romans: From "Rienzi," by Mary Russell Mitford
Read by Tomas Peter
Various
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 8: National Spirit (Part 1)
The eighth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, incl…
Lariat Bill by G W H
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
G. W. H.
In The Coo-ee Reciter
Recitation was a vital part of the curriculum in education in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. It not only enabled students to gain practic…
Idem Latine Redditum
Read by Ann Boulais
E. L. Blanchard and 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…
"The Ascent of Ararat" and "The Work of the Roman Empire"
Read by DJRickyV
James Bryce
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…