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Severn and Somme by Ivor Gurney. Read in English by Librivox Volunteers. The English poet Ivor Gurney wrote these poems while serving in the First World War. In them he contrasts the wartime desolation of the area around the River Somme in northern France with the natural beauty of the valley of the River Severn in his native Gloucestershire. –
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The Shipwreck by William Falconer.Read in English by Phil Schempf A semi-autobiographical poem in three cantos recounts the wreck of the merchant ship Britannia. Written by William Falconer, a seaman of some experience, who survived one shipwreck himself with only two others of the 50 man crew and eventually perished in the loss of a second ship, the frigate Aurora,
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“To His Coy Mistress” is a metaphysical poem written by the English author and politician Andrew Marvell (1621–1678) either during or just before the English Interregnum (1649–60). It was published posthumously in 1681.[2] This poem is considered one of Marvell’s finest and is possibly the best recognised carpe diem poem in English. Although the date of its composition is not
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Antymonachomachia, by Ignacy Krasicki. Read by Piotr Nater. Poemat opowiada o reakcjach mnichów do których klasztoru Niezgoda podrzuciła Monachomachię. Pozornie odwołując zarzuty wypowiedziane w Monachomachii, autor ponownie dokonuje krytyki sposobu życia zakonników, którzy w obliczu ataku przybierają różne postawy począwszy od otwarcie wojowniczej do ugodowej. (Summary by Piotr Nater) Click to rate this post! [Total: 0 Average: 0]
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As a young apprentice architect, the British poet and novelist Thomas Hardy once visited a parish to supervise the restoration of a church. On his return from the parish, people noticed two things about him — a new glow in his eyes and a crumpled piece of paper sticking out of his coat pocket. That paper, it is recorded in
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LibriVox readers have cast their nets wide to create this small collection of letters and poems, from fiction and from life, from heart to heart and from soul to soul. With love for St Valentine. (Summary by Peter Yearsley) Readers include:Rhonda FedermanPeter YearsleyAlan Davis-DrakeCaitlin TeresaEzwa Click to rate this post! [Total: 0 Average: 0]
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The Divine Comedy (Italian: Divina Commedia [diˈviːna komˈmɛːdja]) is a long Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. 1308 and completed in 1320, a year before his death in 1321. It is widely considered to be the pre-eminent work in Italian literature and one of the greatest works of world literature. The poem’s imaginative vision of the afterlife is
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Read in English by Adrian Stephens; Brize C; BenDowling; Bruce Kachuk; Bill Mosley; David Lawrence; Darrell Nobles; Greg Giordano; yourbookvoice; Larry Wilson; Phil Schempf and Peter Yearsley. This Weekly Poem is taken from Verses Popular and Humorous (pub 1900). This was the second collection of poems by Australian poet Henry Lawson. – Summary by David Lawrence Click to rate this
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A look at the year 1891 through literature and non-fiction essays first published that year, including works by Mary E Wilkins, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sara Orne Jewett, and Oscar Wilde. Click to rate this post! [Total: 0 Average: 0]
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