This is a collection of familiar poems from beloved poets from Tennyson and Shakespeare to Longfellow and Emerson. Some are fragments but will resonate with all poetry lovers, and convey sentiments of hope and inspiration. - Summary by Larry Wilson
Chapters
1
Introduction Read by Larry Wilson 2:02
2
"There are loyal hearts..." Read by MorphineLolly 1:07
3
Press On by Park Benjamin Read by Tom Shoesmith 1:20
4
Daffodils by William Wordsworth Read by AliceStein 1:36
5
Serenity by Lord Byron Read by Anthony Will 0:26
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Onward by Arthur Cleveland Coxe Read by Larry Wilson 1:24
7
To Live by William Cullen Bryant Read by Phoenix Quitse 1:17
8
Concord Hymn by Ralph Waldo Emerson Read by Phoenix Quitse 1:36
9
"Wouldst shape a noble kife?" by Goethe and "Though to-day may mot fulfill" by P. Gerhardt Read by Phoenix Quitse 1:34
10
At the End of all Desire by Swinburne Read by Alan Mapstone 1:44
11
Judge Not by Adelaide A. Proctor Read by Nathan Rausch 1:20
12
Be Strong? by Maltbie Davenport Babcock Read by Nathan Rausch 0:52
13
"Who looks to heaven..." by Henry Van Dyke Read by Nathan Rausch 0:28
14
Where Ignorance Is Bliss by Thomas Gray Read by Amanda Bationaud 0:50
15
The Brave at Home by Thomas Buchanan Read Read by Phoenix Quitse 2:16
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Love of Country by Sir Walter Scott Read by Madison Hackman 1:03
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Fair Ines by Thomas Hood Read by Madison Hackman 1:52
18
"Be though the rainbow..." by Byron and "Action" by Shakespeare Read by Phoenix Quitse 1:27
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"Westward the star of empire..." Read by Stefan Von Blon 0:43
20
On the Prospect of Planting Arts and Learning in America Read by Phoenix Quitse 2:08
21
The Arrow and the Song by Longfellow Read by Violeta Umi 0:56
22
"The summer vanishes..." Read by Violeta Umi 0:38
23
Courage by Thomas F. Porter and "All is of God" by John G. Whittier Read by Phoenix Quitse 2:45
24
Loss of the Royal George by W. Cowper Read by Larry Wilson 1:37
25
Character by Emerson Read by kevinHolm 0:37
26
O, Captain! My Captain! By Walt Whitman Read by Alan Mapstone 2:18
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Forbearance by Emerson Read by kevinHolm 0:40
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L'Envoi by Rudyard Kipling Read by Alan Mapstone 1:45
29
"If you and I..." Read by kevinHolm 0:33
30
Pippa's Song by Robert Browning Read by ShrimpPhish 0:31
31
Song by Aubrey de Vere Read by Faith Abiola-Ellison 1:52
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"The Common Problem..." by Browning Read by David Lawrence 0:52
33
At Nightfall by Charles Harrison Towne Read by Anthony Will 0:37
34
"Ah, be not false" by Richard Watson Gilder Read by Anthony Will 0:35
35
"Let us love so well" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and My Creed by Alice Creed Read by emmaweigham 2:11
36
Victory by Ellsworth Kaye and A Prayer by Amora Fitch Read by Bruce Kachuk 1:20
37
A Psalm of Life by H. W. Longfellow Read by Anita Hibbard 2:06
38
"High thoughts and noble in all lands" by Richard Burton Read by Phoenix Quitse 1:01
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"So I will trudge with heart elate" by Alice Cary Read by Phoenix Quitse 0:45
40
Service by Whittier Read by Phoenix Quitse 1:47
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"Whichever way the wind doth blow" by Caroline A. Mason Read by Phoenix Quitse 0:46
42
Faith by Tennyson Read by Phoenix Quitse 1:32
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The World Over by Lowell Read by Pleb 0:31
44
It's Raining Violets by Robert Loveman Read by ShrimpPhish 0:53
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Action by Omar Khayyam Read by jenno 0:33
46
"Westward the star of empire takes its way" by George Bishop Berkeley Read by jenno 0:34
47
Clear the Way by Charles Mackay Read by Pleb 1:48
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"If you have gracious words to say" Read by Faith Abiola-Ellison 0:42
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How Sleep the Brave by William Collins Read by Bruce Kachuk 1:00
50
Warren's Address by John Pierpont Read by Ellies 1:42
51
Worth by Alexander Pope Read by Alan Mapstone 1:20
52
The Chambered Nautilus by Oliver Wendell Holmes Read by Alan Mapstone 2:49
53
"If I can stop one heart from breaking" by Emily Dickinson Read by AliceStein 0:46
54
"He taught us" by John Ruskin and The Task of Happiness by Robert Louis Stevenson Read by Amanda Bationaud 1:22
55
Three Kinds of Courage by Roy Farrell Greene Read by emmaweigham 0:54
56
Friendship by Emerson Read by ShrimpPhish 1:06
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"O! joyous Day! O! Smile of God" by Thomas Augustin Daly Read by Ellies 0:46
58
Friends by James Montgomery Read by Pleb 0:53
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"We just shake hands at meeting" by Gerald Massey Read by emmaweigham 0:50
60
The Rosary of my Years by Father Ryan Read by Nichole Evans 2:18
61
Mercy by Shakespeare Read by Larry Wilson 1:20
62
Haste Not, Rest Not by Goethe Read by Alan Mapstone 1:45
63
Freedom by James Russell Lowell Read by Nathan Rausch 0:35
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Character of a Happy Life by Sir N. Wotton Read by emmaweigham 1:51
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The Splendor Falls by Alfred Tennyson Read by Alan Mapstone 1:53
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Lead Kindly Light by John Henry (Cardinal) Newman Read by Alan Mapstone 1:41
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The Rosary Read by Nichole Evans 0:56
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The Spring of Love by Stopford A. Brooks Read by Emma Donaldson 0:45
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Times Go by Turns by Robert Southwell Read by emmaweigham 2:13
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Opportunity by John James Ingalls Read by Bruce Kachuk 1:15
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"The star of the unconquered will" by H. W. Longfellow Read by Hannah 0:31
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Service by John Milton Read by Larry Wilson 1:08
73
When the Birds go North Again by Ella Higginson Read by AliceStein 1:18
74
Balancing by Wilbur D. Nesbit and "Believe not each accusing tongue" by Sheridan Read by Emma Donaldson 0:42
75
The Inevitable by Sarah Knowles Bolton Read by Larry Wilson 1:03
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Sympathy by Sir Thomas N. Talfourd Read by emmaweigham 1:35
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Come Good or Evil by William Makepeace Thackeray and "Then let us smile" Read by Nathan Rausch 0:59
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Resolve by Charlotte Perkins Stetson Read by AliceStein 1:03
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The Sluggard by Isaac Watts Read by Alan Mapstone 2:01
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Crossing the Bar by Tennyson Read by Larry Wilson 0:58
81
Young and Old by Charles Kingsley Read by Thomas White 1:06
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"Yes, they whose feet..." by Edwin Markham Read by emmaweigham 1:05
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When in Disgrace by Shakespeare and "But in the mud . . ." by Ralph Waldo Emerson Read by Nathan Rausch 1:22
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Mizpah by Julia A. Baker Read by docdlmartin 2:08
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Twenty Years Ago by A. J. Gault Read by docdlmartin 3:06
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"'Tis not the weight of jewel or plate..." Read by docdlmartin 0:43
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