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Old Boats - Read by MSD

In Old Boats

Read by Matthew Datcher


Theodosia Garrison


There is little information on Theodosia Garrison available. This poem is taken from The Dreamers and Other Poems, George H. Doran Company, …

To His Mistress Going to Bed - Read by MSD

In To His Mistress Going to Bed

Read by Matthew Datcher


John Donne


John Donne was an English poet and cleric in the Church of England.He is considered the pre-eminent representative of the metaphysical poets…

The Usher's Charge - Read by MSD

In The Usher's Charge

Read by Matthew Datcher


W. S. Gilbert


Sir William Schwenck Gilbert was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for the fourteen comic operas (known as t…

I Keep Six Honest Serving-men - Read by MSD

In I Keep Six Honest Serving-men

Read by Matthew Datcher


Rudyard Kipling


This poem about a child's inquisitiveness, follows the short story The Elephant's Child in Rudyard KIpling's Just So Stories. (1902) - Summ…

A Thunderstorm at Night - Read by MSD

In A Thunderstorm at Night

Read by Matthew Datcher


Eric Mackay


George Eric Mackay was an English minor poet, now remembered as the sponging half-brother of Marie Corelli, the best-selling novelist. Macka…

Canada, My Land - Read by MSD

In Canada, My Land

Read by Matthew Datcher


William Mackay MacKeracher


W. M. MacKeracher was a Canadian poet. This poem celebrating Canada's 150th year of Confederation is taken from Canada, My Land; and Other C…

The Crocuses - Read by MSD

In The Crocuses

Read by Matthew Datcher


Frances E. W. Harper


Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was an African-American abolitionist, suffragist, poet and author. She was also active in other types of socia…

At the Piano - Read by MSD

In At the Piano

Read by Matthew Datcher


Anna Katharine Green


Anna Katharine Green was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished h…

I Have a Rendezvous with Death - Read by MSD

In I Have a Rendezvous with Death

Read by Matthew Datcher


Alan Seeger


This book .... contains the record of a short life, into which was crowded far more of keen experience and high aspiration—of the thrill of …

My Lot - Read by MSD

In My Lot

Read by Matthew Datcher


Joseph Horatio Chant


Joseph Horatio Chant was born at Stoke Underham, Somersetshire, England. His parents moved to Canada in 1840, and settled in Niagara-on-the…

Sonnet I. To A.C.L.

In Sonnets

Read by Matthew Datcher


James Russell Lowell


James Russell Lowell's extensive poetic work also includes a series of Sonnets. Some of those have already been included in the volumes Earl…