Famous Poems: A New Anthology Of Lyrics And Ballads
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Length 5 h 47 min
Chapters 116
First published 1909
A collection of famous poems by various authors who wrote during the period 1550 to 1892, including works by Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth, Browning and more. - Summary by Krista Zaleski
Chapters
1
Sir Patrick Spence, by Anonymous Read by Kerry Adams 2:56
2
The Lyke-Wake Dirge, by Anonymous Read by czandra 1:58
3
Cradle Song, by Anonymous Read by czandra 2:49
4
Fragment, by Anonymous Read by czandra 1:44
5
Song, by Anonymous Read by Lee Vogler 1:11
6
Epithalamion, by Edmund Spenser Read by Cavaet 21:18
7
To Sleep, by Sir Philip Sidney Read by Alan Mapstone 1:18
8
Sonnet, by Michael Drayton Read by Garfield Dsouza 1:15
9
Where The Bee Sucks, by William Shakespeare Read by Emily 0:44
10
Full Fathom Five, by William Shakespeare Read by Kerry Adams 1:00
11
Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind, by William Shakespeare Read by Brize C 1:05
12
When Daisies Pied And Violets Blue, by William Shakespeare Read by Emily 1:16
13
When Icicles Hang By The Wall, by William Shakespeare Read by Emily 1:17
14
O Mistress Mine, by William Shakespeare Read by Garfield Dsouza 0:59
15
It Was A Lover And His Lass, by William Shakespeare Read by Brize C 1:25
16
Take, O Take Those Lips Away, by William Shakespeare Read by Kerry Adams 0:54
17
Hark ! Hark ! The Lark, by William Shakespeare Read by Emily 0:50
18
Fear No More The Heat O' The Sun, by William Shakespeare Read by Alan Mapstone 1:44
19
Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day?, by William Shakespeare Read by Nakita Pedro 1:13
20
When In Disgrace With Fortune And Men's Eyes, by William Shakespeare Read by KCAudible 1:15
21
When To The Sessions Of Sweet Silent Thought, by William Shakespeare Read by Patrick Randall 1:33
22
That Time Of Year Thou Mayst In Me Behold, by William Shakespeare Read by Patrick Randall 1:35
23
When In The Chronicle Of Wasted Time, by William Shakespeare Read by James K. White 1:16
24
Let Me Not To The Marriage Of True Minds, by William Shakespeare Read by Andrea Atwood 1:40
25
Th' Expense Of Spirit In A Waste Of Shame, by William Shakespeare Read by Nakita Pedro 1:20
26
Follow Your Saint, Follow With Accents Sweet, by Thomas Campion Read by Gvbriel 1:19
27
Kind Are Her Answers, by Thomas Campion Read by Brize C 1:00
28
Now Winter Nights Enlarge, by Thomas Campion Read by Brize C 1:09
29
Elizabeth Of Bohemia, by Sir Henry Wotton Read by Alan Mapstone 1:28
30
Hymn To Diana, by Ben Jonson Read by Kerry Adams 1:23
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To Celia, by Ben Jonson Read by Andrea Atwood 1:14
32
The Ecstacy, by John Donne Read by czandra 3:43
33
The Dream, by John Donne Read by czandra 2:08
34
Pack Clouds Away, And Welcome Day, by Thomas Heywood Read by Gvbriel 1:43
35
To Daffodils, by Robert Herrick Read by Gvbriel 1:12
36
Corinna Going A-Maying, by Robert Herrick Read by Larry Wilson 3:52
37
Death's Final Conquest, by James Shirley Read by Kerry Adams 1:40
38
On A Girdle, by Edmund Waller Read by Kerry Adams 1:10
39
Ode On The Morning Of Christ's Nativity, by John Milton Read by Alan Mapstone 2:13
40
The Hymn, by John Milton Read by minstrel 10:37
41
At A Solemn Music, by John Milton Read by Kerry Adams 2:21
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L'allegro, by John Milton Read by minstrel 7:34
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Il Penseroso, by John Milton Read by J. Thurgood 8:30
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Lycidas, by John Milton Read by Joanna Michal Hoyt 9:50
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On His Deceased Wife, by John Milton Read by Kerry Adams 1:32
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On His Blindness, by John Milton Read by Alan Mapstone 1:21
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On The Late Massacre In Piedmont, by John Milton Read by Alan Mapstone 1:23
48
To Lucasta, Going To The Wars, by Richard Lovelace Read by Kerry Adams 1:05
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To Althea, From Prison, by Richard Lovelace Read by SJ R. 1:34
50
The Wish, by Abraham Cowley Read by SJ R. 2:05
51
The Garden, by Andrew Marvell Read by SJ R. 3:19
52
An Ode, by Matthew Prior Read by Brize C 0:59
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The Progress Of Poesy, by Thomas Gray Read by SJ R. 5:51
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Hymn To Adversity, by Thomas Gray Read by SJ R. 2:26
55
Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard, by Thomas Gray Read by Alan Mapstone 9:15
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To Evening, by William Collins Read by Krista Zaleski 2:43
57
Introduction To "Songs Of Innocence", by William Blake Read by Andrea Atwood 1:22
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The Tiger, by William Blake Read by Larry Wilson 1:29
59
Of A' The Airts The Wind Can Blaw, by Robert Burns Read by Brize C 0:55
60
The Banks O' Doon, by Robert Burns Read by Alan Mapstone 2:11
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Ae Fond Kiss, by Robert Burns Read by Kerry Adams 2:02
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A Red, Red Rose, by Robert Burns Read by Kerry Adams 1:22
63
Ode To Duty, by William Wordsworth Read by Samantha Anne Robertson 3:11
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Ode On Intimations Of Immortality, by William Wordsworth Read by Alan Mapstone 11:58
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The Solitary Reaper, by William Wordsworth Read by Winnifred Assmann 1:43
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The Daffodils, by William Wordsworth Read by Samantha Anne Robertson 1:35
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My Heart Leaps Up, by William Wordsworth Read by Kerry Adams 0:54
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To Milton, by William Wordsworth Read by Kerry Adams 1:32
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On Westminster Bridge, by William Wordsworth Read by Alan Mapstone 1:19
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By The Sea, by William Wordsworth Read by Samantha Anne Robertson 1:11
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The World Is Too Much With Us, by William Wordsworth Read by Samantha Anne Robertson 1:17
72
The Rover, by Sir Walter Scott Read by Alan Mapstone 1:14
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Rebecca's Hymn, by Sir Walter Scott Read by Tim Juang 1:54
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Sound, Sound The Clarion, by Sir Walter Scott Read by Krista Zaleski 0:30
75
The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Read by Cavaet 27:24
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Kubla Khan, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Read by Alan Mapstone 3:26
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Love, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Read by Cavaet 4:01
78
Hester, by Charles Lamb Read by Alan Mapstone 1:52
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Mother, I Cannot Mind My Wheel, by Walter Savage Landor Read by Lee Vogler 0:39
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Dirce, by Walter Savage Landor Read by minstrel 0:32
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Finis, by Walter Savage Landor Read by Tim Juang 0:36
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Ye Mariners Of England, by Thomas Campbell Read by Alan Mapstone 2:05
83
The War Song Of Dinas Vawr, by Thomas Love Peacock Read by Cavaet 1:36
84
She Walks In Beauty, by George Gordon, Lord Byron Read by Alan Mapstone 1:24
85
To A Skylark, by Percy Bysshe Shelley Read by Alan Mapstone 6:05
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Ode To The West Wind, by Percy Bysshe Shelley Read by Alan Mapstone 5:23
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To Night, by Percy Bysshe Shelley Read by redfalcon1009 2:14
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The Poet's Dream, by Percy Bysshe Shelley Read by Tim Juang 0:56
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The Invitation, by Percy Bysshe Shelley Read by Samantha Anne Robertson 3:45
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Hymn To The Spirit Of Nature, by Percy Bysshe Shelley Read by Allegra LittleCole 1:29
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Sonnet, by John Keats Read by Winnifred Assmann 1:08
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On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer, by John Keats Read by Alan Mapstone 1:19
93
La Belle Dame Sans Merci, by John Keats Read by Alan Mapstone 2:44
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Ode To Autumn, by John Keats Read by Winnifred Assmann 2:16
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Ode To A Nightingale, by John Keats Read by Samantha Anne Robertson 5:18
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Ode On A Grecian Urn, by John Keats Read by Winnifred Assmann 3:34
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The Bridge Of Sighs, by Thomas Hood Read by Lee Vogler 3:18
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Dream Pedlary, by Thomas Lovell Beddoes Read by Vin Cramer 2:06
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A Musical Instrument, by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Read by Winnifred Assmann 2:16
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Grief, by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Read by Larry Wilson 1:14
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To Helen, by Edgar Allan Poe Read by Larry Wilson 4:34
102
The Lady Of Shalott, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Read by Alan Mapstone 9:22
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The Lotos Eaters, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Read by Cavaet 9:51
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St Agnes' Eve, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Read by Alan Mapstone 2:16
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Come Down, O Maid, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Read by Kanoland94 2:28
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The Year's At The Spring, by Robert Browning Read by Garfield Dsouza 0:40
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You'll Love Me Yet, by Robert Browning Read by Garfield Dsouza 0:58
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The Lost Mistress, by Robert Browning Read by Garfield Dsouza 1:26
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The Last Ride Together, by Robert Browning Read by Garfield Dsouza 6:46
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Home-Thoughts From Abroad, by Robert Browning Read by Alan Mapstone 1:33
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The Sands Of Dee, by Charles Kingsley Read by Kerry Adams 1:47
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Say Not The Struggle Nought Availeth, by Arthur Hugh Clough Read by Larry Wilson 1:14
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The Forsaken Merman, by Matthew Arnold Read by Krista Zaleski 6:31
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Requiescat, by Matthew Arnold Read by Alan Mapstone 1:09
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The Scholar Gipsy, by Matthew Arnold Read by Winnifred Assmann 15:36
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Heraclitus, by William Cory Read by Larry Wilson 1:01
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