Poems: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Poems, credited to Lady Jane Francesca Wilde, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Poems by Lady Jane Francesca Wilde. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers. Jane Wilde, the mother of Oscar Wilde, was an Irish poet who wrote under the pen name Speranza. She was politically active as an Irish nationalist, a passion which may be seen in her writing. Poems is a collection of her poetic works. (Summary by Julian Pratley)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Poems
• Author credits: Lady Jane Francesca Wilde
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 93
• Listed recording duration: 4:52:33

Catalogue topics

• poetry
• Irish
• Ireland

Opening tracks: first 24 of 93

1. 01 - Dedication,—To Ireland — 2:22
2. 02 - The Brothers — 4:12
3. 03 - The Famine Year — 4:17
4. 04 - The Enigma — 3:10
5. 05 - The Voice Of The Poor — 3:08
6. 06 - A Supplication — 2:50
7. 07 - Foreshadowings — 5:06
8. 08 - To A Despondent Nationalist — 2:25
9. 09 - Signs Of The Times — 4:16
10. 10 - The Old Man's Blessing — 2:41
11. 11 - Man's Mission — 2:45
12. 12 - A Lament — 2:35
13. 13 - The Young Patriot Leader — 2:44
14. 14 - Attendite Popule — 1:30
15. 15 - Forward! — 2:58
16. 16 - Have Ye Counted The Cost? — 2:58
17. 17 - The Year Of Revolutions — 3:13
18. 18 - Ruins — 5:54
19. 19 - Discipline — 2:01
20. 20 - The Exodus — 3:38
21. 21 - The Faithless Shepherds — 4:53
22. 22 - Work While It Is Called To-Day — 4:15
23. 23 - To-Day! — 3:17
24. 24 - A Remonstrance — 2:58

Listen to this recording

Open the complete recording and player on Internet Archive. The player includes the full track list and available download formats.

Source and rights

This is a record from LibriVox's official Internet Archive collection, with a public-domain licence recorded in its metadata. LibriVox's policy includes its catalogue summaries as well as its recordings. Its public-domain assessment follows United States law; copyright status can differ elsewhere. The summary and track facts are reproduced and reformatted from that record. Dates attached to the archive upload are not treated as original book publication dates.