It Can Be Done
Various
Play
Length 7 h 16 min
Chapters 239
First published 1921
This book contains many poems of inspiration, joy and hope. Just the thing to encourage our spirits and strengthen our backbone when troubles seem too much. The purpose of this volume is to bring men courage and resolution, to cheer them, to fire them with new confidence when they grow dispirited, to strengthen their faith that THINGS CAN BE DONE. It is better for this purpose than the entire works of any one poet, for it takes the cream of many and has greater diversity than any one writer can show. Besides the poems themselves, the volume contains helps to their understanding and enjoyment. The pieces are introduced by short comments; these serve the same purpose as the strain played by the pianist before the singer begins to sing; they create a mood, give a point of view, throw light on the meaning of what follows. - Summary by Phil chenevert and the editors
Chapters
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BE THE BEST OF WHATEVER YOU ARE - by Douglas Malloch Read by Phil Chenevert 2:07
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THE HOUSE BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD - by Sam Walter Foss Read by Phil Chenevert 2:33
3
FOUR THINGS - by Henry Van Dyke Read by Phil Chenevert 0:56
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IF - by Rudyard Kipling Read by Tony Addison 2:58
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INVICTUS - by William Ernest Henley Read by Scotty Smith 1:26
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IT COULDN'T BE DONE - by Edgar A. Guest Read by Phil Chenevert 2:50
7
THE WELCOME MAN - by Walt Mason Read by Phil Chenevert 1:54
8
THE QUITTER - by Robert W. Service Read by Jason in Panama 2:05
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FRIENDS OF MINE - by James W. Foley Read by RecordingPerson 1:08
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THE WOMAN WHO UNDERSTANDS - by Everard Jack Appleton Read by Phil Chenevert 3:56
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WANTED - A MAN - by St. Clair Adams Read by Sarah Jump 1:54
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IF I SHOULD DIE - by Ben King Read by RecordingPerson 1:32
13
JUST BE GLAD - by James Whitcomb Riley Read by RecordingPerson 1:14
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OPPORTUNITY - by Berton Braley Read by Sarah Jump 1:48
15
SOLITUDE - by Ella Wheeler Wilcox Read by RecordingPerson 1:29
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UNSUBDUED - by S.E. Kiser Read by SK 1:36
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WORK - by Angela Morgan Read by SK 3:00
18
HOW DID YOU DIE? - by Edmund Vance Cooke Read by Phil Chenevert 2:19
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A LESSON FROM HISTORY - by Joseph Morris Read by SK 1:38
20
RABBI BEN EZRA - by Robert Browning Read by Phil Chenevert 2:22
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TO MELANCHOLY - by John Kendrick Bangs Read by RecordingPerson 0:57
22
THE LION PATH - by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Read by Melvin Lee 2:15
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THE ANSWER - by Grantland Rice Read by Phil Chenevert 2:20
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THE WORLD IS AGAINST ME - by Edgar A. Guest Read by DrPGould 2:09
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SAY NOT THE STRUGGLE NAUGHT AVALETH - by Arthur Hugh Clough Read by Jason in Panama 2:13
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WORTH WHILE - by Ella Wheeler Wilcox Read by RecordingPerson 1:39
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HOPE - by Anonymous Read by Melvin Lee 1:41
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I'M GLAD - by Anonymous Read by Melvin Lee 0:29
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THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS - by Oliver Wendell Holmes Read by JennaMock 2:17
30
PIPPA'S SONG - by Robert Browning Read by Jason in Panama 1:05
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OWNERSHIP - by St. Clair Adams Read by Melvin Lee 3:06
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A SMILING PARADOX - by John Kendrick Bangs Read by Michele Eaton 0:52
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THE NEW DUCKLING - by Alfred Noyes Read by Melvin Lee 2:28
34
CAN YOU SING A SONG? - by Joseph Morris Read by Melvin Lee 1:06
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KNOW THYSELF - by Angela Morgan Read by Melvin Lee 3:59
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JUST WHISTLE - by Frank L. Stanton Read by RecordingPerson 1:16
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''MIGHT HAVE BEEN'' - by Grantland Rice Read by Phil Chenevert 1:46
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THE ONE - by Everard Jack Appleton Read by Phil Chenevert 3:13
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THE JOY OF LIVING - by Gamaliel Bradford Read by Phil Chenevert 1:23
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THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOMETHING TO DO - by Edgar A. Guest Read by Phil Chenevert 2:15
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GOOD INTENTIONS - by St. Clair Adams Read by SK 1:46
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PHILOSOPHY FOR CROAKERS - by Joseph Morris Read by Jason in Panama 2:59
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THE FIGHTING FAILURE - by Everard Jack Appleton Read by SK 2:54
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DUTY - by Ralph Waldo Emerson Read by RecordingPerson 0:40
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THE CALL OF THE UNBEATEN - by Grantland Rice Read by SK 1:51
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POLONIUS'S ADVICE TO LAERTES - by William Shakespeare Read by Melvin Lee 2:22
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HOW DO YOU TACKLE YOUR WORK? - by Edgar A. Guest Read by SK 2:02
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MAN OR MANIKIN - by Richard Butler Glaenzer Read by Melvin Lee 1:52
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HAVING DONE AND DOING - by William Shakespeare Read by RecordingPerson 2:48
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FAITH - by S.E. Kiser Read by Jason in Panama 0:54
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OPPORTUNITY - by John James Ingalls Read by Mahima 2:15
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OPPORTUNITY - by William Shakespeare Read by SK 0:38
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OPPORTUNITY - by Walter Malone Read by SK 1:57
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OPPORTUNITY - by Edward Rowland Sill Read by Melvin Lee 1:58
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MY PHILOSOPHY - by James Whitcomb Riley Read by Melvin Lee 1:56
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ULYSSES - by Alfred Tennyson Read by Kasper 7:08
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PREPAREDNESS - by Edwin Markham Read by SK 0:28
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THE WISDOM OF FOLLY - by Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler Read by Melvin Lee 1:33
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SEE IT THROUGH - by Edgar A. Guest Read by realisticspeakers 2:16
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DECEMBER 31 - by S.E. Kiser Read by Sarah Jump 1:33
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RING OUT, WILD BELLS - by Alfred Tennyson Read by Jason in Panama 2:10
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WORK - by Henry Van Dyke Read by Melvin Lee 1:21
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START WHERE YOU STAND - by Berton Braley Read by SK 1:44
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A HOPEFUL BROTHER - by Frank L. Stanton Read by Jason in Panama 1:25
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A SONG OF THANKSGIVING - by Angela Morgan Read by Elizabeth P. 2:58
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LOSE THE DAY LOITERING - by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Read by SK 1:10
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PLAYING THE GAME - by Berton Braley Read by Larry Wilson 2:21
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RESOLVE - by Berton Braley Read by realisticspeakers 1:07
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WHEN NATURE WANTS A MAN - by Angela Morgan Read by Melvin Lee 5:05
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ORDER AND THE BEES - by William Shakespeare Read by Melvin Lee 2:09
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SELF DEPENDENCE - by Matthew Arnold Read by Melvin Lee 3:05
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A LITTLE PRAYER - by S.E. Kiser Read by SK 1:12
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A MAN'S A MAN FOR A' THAT - by Robert Burns Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 3:53
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LIFE AND DEATH - by Anna Barbauld Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 1:08
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LIFE AND DEATH - by Ernest H. Crosby Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 2:07
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ON BEING READY - by Grantland Rice Read by Jason in Panama 1:47
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TWO AT A FIRESIDE - by Edwin Markham Read by Jason in Panama 0:32
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TO-DAY - by Douglas Malloch Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 2:06
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THE ARROW AND THE SONG - by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Read by Kathleen Moore 1:12
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THE INNER LIGHT - by John Milton Read by Kathleen Moore 0:51
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THE THINGS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN DONE BEFORE - by Edgar A. Guest Read by SK 2:23
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THE HAS-BEENS - by Walt Mason Read by Jason in Panama 1:41
83
WISHING - by Ella Wheeler Wilcox Read by Kathleen Moore 1:41
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AWARENESS - by Miriam Teichner Read by SK 1:46
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ONE OF THESE DAYS - by James W. Foley Read by SK 2:42
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GOD - by Gamaliel Bradford Read by Sarah Jump 0:58
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MY TRIUMPH - by John Greenleaf Whittier Read by Larry Wilson 2:54
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TO ALTHEA FROM PRISON - by Richard Lovelace Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 3:01
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GRIEF - by Angela Morgan Read by madison02 1:17
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THE RECTIFYING YEARS - by St. Clair Adams Read by madison02 2:07
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TO THOSE WHO FAIL - by Joaquin Miller Read by madison02 1:44
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HELPING' OUT - by William Judson Kibby Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 3:29
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OPENING PARADISE - by Thomas Gray Read by Jason in Panama 0:49
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TO THE MEN WHO LOSE - by Anonymous Read by Melvin Lee 2:07
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IT MAY BE - by S.E. Kiser Read by Melvin Lee 1:05
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LIFE - by Edward Rowland Sill Read by Melvin Lee 0:56
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THE GRUMPY GUY - by Griffith Alexander Read by Melvin Lee 3:41
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THE FIGHTER - by S.E. Kiser Read by Melvin Lee 2:05
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TO YOUTH AFTER PAIN - by Margaret Widdemer Read by Joelee Pasztor 1:34
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CAN'T - by Edgar A. Guest Read by SK 2:34
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THE STRUGGLE - by Miriam Teichner Read by Sarah Jump 1:30
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HOLD FAST - by Everard Jack Appleton Read by realisticspeakers 2:16
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WILL - by Ella Wheeler Wilcox Read by Kathleen Moore 1:33
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THE GAME - by Grantland Rice Read by Jason in Panama 2:17
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COURAGE - by Florence Earle Coates Read by Melvin Lee 0:55
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A GOOD NAME - by William Shakespeare Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 1:41
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SWELLITIS - by Joseph Morris Read by Joelee Pasztor 2:37
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CARES - by Elisabeth Barrett Browning Read by Kathleen Moore 1:18
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FAITH - by Edward Rowland Sill Read by Melvin Lee 2:26
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PLAYING THE GAME - by Anonymous Read by SK 1:34
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WHAT DARK DAYS DO - by Everard Jack Appleton Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 2:04
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GLADNESS - by Anna Hempstead Branch Read by Melvin Lee 1:25
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IT WON'T STAY BLOWED - by St. Clair Adams Read by Sarah Jump 2:14
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THE RAINBOW - by William Wordsworth Read by SK 1:01
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THE FIRM OF GRIN AND BARRETT - by Sam Walter Foss Read by Donald Gilmore 2:10
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CHALLENGE - by Jean Nette Read by SK 1:07
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YOUR MISSION - by Ellen M.H. Gates Read by SK 2:12
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VICTORY - by Miriam Teichner Read by SK 1:11
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TIMES GO BY TURNS - by Robert Southwell Read by Naduplants 2:21
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TO-DAY - by Thomas Carlyle Read by DrPGould 0:55
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UNAFRAID - by Everard Jack Appleton Read by Jason in Panama 0:33
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BORROWED FEATHERS - by Joseph Morris Read by Melvin Lee 2:16
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KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON - by Anonymous Read by Melvin Lee 1:24
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THE DISAPPOINTED - by Ella Wheeler Wilcox Read by Kathleen Moore 1:41
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LET ME LIVE OUT MY YEARS - by John G. Neihardt Read by Melvin Lee 1:13
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COLUMBUS - by Joaquin Miller Read by Melvin Lee 3:23
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PER ASPERA - by Florence Earle Coates Read by madison02 0:54
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TIT FOR TAT - by St. Clair Adams Read by Jason in Panama 3:26
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THE KINGDOM OF MAN - by John Kendrick Read by Jason in Panama 1:36
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ABOU BEN ADHEM - by Leigh Hunt Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 2:13
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THIS WORLD - by Frank L. Stanton Read by madison02 0:39
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GRAY DAYS - by Griffith Alexander Read by madison02 2:17
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LAUGH A LITTLE BIT - by Edmund Vance Cooke Read by madison02 1:26
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A SONG OF LIFE - by Angela Morgan Read by Jason in Panama 1:54
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A POOR UNFORTUNATE - by Frank L. Stanton Read by Sarah Jump 1:39
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THE TRAINERS - by Grantland Rice Read by Jason in Panama 2:50
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LIFE - by Etta Wheeler Wilcox Read by SK 1:14
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A TOAST TO MERRIMENT - by James W. Foley Read by Michael Fassio 2:04
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MISTRESS FATE - by William Rose Benét Read by Jason in Panama 1:34
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SLEEP AND THE MONARCH - by William Shakespeare Read by Larry Wilson 2:22
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NEVER TROUBLE TROUBLE - by St. Clair Adams Read by Michael Fassio 1:16
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CLEAR THE WAY - by Charles Mackay Read by Michael Fassio 1:55
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ONE FIGHT MORE - by Theodosia Garrison Read by Sarah Jump 1:25
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A PSALM OF LIFE - by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Read by Kathleen Moore 2:26
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A CREED - by Edwin Markham Read by madison02 0:50
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BATTLE CRY - by John G. Neihardt Read by Jason in Panama 1:57
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THE HAPPY HEART - by Thomas Dekker Read by Jason in Panama 1:59
148
IF YOU CAN'T GO OVER OR UNDER, GO ROUND - by Joseph Morris Read by Shana Burns 1:38
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THICK IS THE DARKNESS - by William Ernest Henley Read by madison02 0:42
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THE BELLY AND THE MEMBERS - by William Shakespeare Read by Jason in Panama 2:42
151
THE CELESTIAL SURGEON - by Robert Louis Stevenson Read by SK 1:05
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MAN, BIRD, AND GOD - by Robert Browning Read by Larry Wilson 1:09
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HIS ALLY - by William Rose Benét Read by Melvin Lee 1:34
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SUBMISSION - by Miriam Teichner Read by Melvin Lee 1:55
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A PRAYER - by Theodosia Garrison Read by SK 1:48
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STABILITY - by William Shakespeare Read by Michael Fassio 1:18
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THE BARS OF FATE - by Ellen M.H. Gates Read by Larry Wilson 2:07
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ULTIMATE ACT - by Henry Bryan Binns Read by Jason in Panama 1:26
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HE WHOM A DREAM HATH POSSESSED - by Sheamus O Sheel Read by Naduplants 2:04
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SUCCESS - by Berton Braley Read by Jason in Panama 1:25
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PLAY THE GAME - by Henry Newbolt Read by Naduplants 2:04
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THE MAN WHO FRETS AT WORLDLY STRIFE - by Joseph Rodman Drake Read by Michael Fassio 1:21
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SERENITY - by Lord Byron Read by Larry Wilson 0:34
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HERE'S HOPIN' - by Frank L. Stanton Read by Sarah Jump 1:21
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CLEON AND I - by Charles Mackay Read by Jason in Panama 2:17
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THE PESSIMIST - by Ben King Read by SK 1:38
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A PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED - by St. Clair Adams Read by Jason in Panama 1:49
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PROSPICE - by Robert Browning Read by Michael Fassio 2:11
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THE GREATNESS OF THE SOUL - by Alfred Tennyson Read by Jason in Panama 1:25
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HEINELET - by Gamaliel Bradford Read by Sarah Jump 0:48
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STAND FORTH! - by Angela Morgan Read by SK 1:48
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LIONS AND ANTS - by Walt Mason Read by SK 1:20
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LIFE, NOT DEATH - by Alfred Tennyson Read by Larry Wilson 0:46
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THE UNMUSICAL SOLOIST - by Joseph Morris Read by realisticspeakers 3:27
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ON DOWN THE ROAD - by Grantland Rice Read by Michael Fassio 1:21
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MEETIN' TROUBLE - by Everard Jack Appleton Read by Melvin Lee 2:21
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PRESS ON - by Park Benjamin Read by Melvin Lee 2:01
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MY CREED - by S.E. Kiser Read by SK 1:53
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CO-OPERATION - by J. Mason Knox Read by DrPGould 0:43
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THE NOBLE NATURE - by Ben Jonson Read by Jason in Panama 1:22
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DAYS OF CHEER - by James W. Foley Read by Alec Larson 2:08
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DE SUNFLOWER AIN'T DE DAISY - by Anonymous Read by Jordan Watts 1:37
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THE DAFFODILS - by William Wordsworth Read by Kathleen Moore 1:47
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A LITTLE THANKFUL SONG - by Frank L. Stanton Read by Jason in Panama 1:34
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TWO RAINDROPS - by Joseph Morris Read by SK 1:54
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MY WAGE - by Jessie B. Rittenhouse Read by SK 1:02
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THE GIFT - by Robert Burns Read by Melvin Lee 1:08
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PROMETHEUS UNBOUND - by Percy Bysshe Shelley Read by Kasper 1:25
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VICTORY IN DEFEAT - by Edwin Markham Read by Larry Wilson 1:06
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THE RICHER MINES - by John Kendrick Bangs Read by Kathleen Moore 1:03
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BRAVE LIFE - by Grantland Rice Read by Michael Fassio 2:42
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A SONG OF TO-MORROW - by Frank L. Stanton Read by Jason in Panama 0:48
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THE GLAD SONG - by Joseph Morris Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020) 0:54
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PAINTING THE LILY - by William Shakespeare Read by Larry Wilson 1:06
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A PRETTY GOOD WORLD - by Frank L. Stanton Read by Jason in Panama 1:36
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ODE TO DUTY - by William Wordsworth Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020) 3:49
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THE SYNDICATED SMILE - by St. Clair Adams Read by Jason in Panama 2:00
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FAIRY SONG - by John Keats Read by Donald Gilmore 1:26
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PRAISE THE GENEROUS GODS FOR GIVING - by William Ernest Henley Read by Melvin Lee 1:24
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COWARDS - by William Shakespeare Read by Larry Wilson 0:45
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THE WORD - by John Kendrick Bangs Read by DrPGould 2:03
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ENVOI - by John G. Neihardt Read by Jason in Panama 1:35
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JAW - by St. Clair Adams Read by Corrinne LePage 1:29
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THE CONQUEROR - by Berton Braley Read by Corrinne LePage 2:29
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IS IT RAINING, LITTLE FLOWER? - by Anonymous Read by realisticspeakers 1:17
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GRADATIM - by J.G. Holland Read by Jason in Panama 3:05
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RULES FOR THE ROAD - by Edwin Markham Read by SK 0:53
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LIFE - by Griffith Alexander Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020) 1:38
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HOE YOUR ROW - by Frank L. Stanton Read by DrPGould 0:51
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BORROWING TROUBLE - by Robert Burns Read by Jason in Panama 1:10
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UNDISMAYED - by James W. Foley Read by DrPGould 1:52
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A HERO - by Florence Earle Coates Read by Jason in Panama 1:07
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WILL - by Alfred Tennyson Read by Jason in Panama 1:47
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FABLE - by Ralph Waldo Emerson Read by SK 1:29
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DUTY - by Edwin Markham Read by Jason in Panama 0:31
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PRAYER FOR PAIN - by John G. Neihardt Read by Melvin Lee 2:15
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STEADFAST - by Everard Jack Appleton Read by Melvin Lee 1:41
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IF - by John Kendrick Bangs Read by Melvin Lee 2:21
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THE GIFTS OF GOD - by George Herbert Read by Melvin Lee 1:49
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A PHILOSOPHER - by John Kendrick Bangs Read by Kathleen Moore 1:23
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THE LIFE WITHOUT PASSION - by William Shakespeare Read by Jason in Panama 1:55
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CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE - by Sir Henry Wotton Read by SK 2:13
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ESSENTIALS - by St. Clair Adams Read by SK 1:07
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THE STONE REJECTED - by Edwin Markham Read by heart2voice2heart 2:12
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GOOD DEEDS - by William Shakespeare Read by SK 0:46
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YOU MAY COUNT THAT DAY - by George Eliot Read by SK 2:06
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SADNESS AND MERRIMENT - by William Shakespeare Read by Melvin Lee 2:42
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APPRECIATION - by William Judson Kibby Read by Melvin Lee 1:30
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KEEP SWEET - by Strickland W. Gillilan Read by Jason in Panama 1:58
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MORALITY - by Matthew Arnold Read by SK 1:29
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A HYMN TO HAPPINESS - by James W. Foley Read by Melvin Lee 2:07
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OPPORTUNITY - by Edwin Markham Read by SK 1:08
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TO A YOUNG MAN - by Edgar A. Guest Read by SK 2:24
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SLOGAN - by Jane M'Lean Read by Jason in Panama 0:58
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SMILES - by Ella Wheeler Wilcox Read by Kathleen Moore 1:31
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SIT DOWN, SAD SOUL - by Bryan Waller Procter Read by tovarisch 1:24
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SONG OF ENDEAVOR - by James W. Foley Read by tovarisch 1:58
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KEEP A-GOIN'! - by Frank L. Stanton Read by tovarisch 1:26
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WHEN EARTH'S LAST PICTURE IS PAINTED - by Rudyard Kipling Read by tovarisch 3:02
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