Short Poetry Collection 114: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Short Poetry Collection 114, credited to Various, 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 Short Poetry Collection 114. This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for November 2012. 01 - Ah Sunflower by William Blake (1757-1827) 02 - The Auld Wife by Charles Stuart Calverley (1831-1884) 03 - An Autumn Rain-Scene by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) 04 - La Belle Dame Sans Merci by John Keats (1795-1821) 05 - Betty by Lola Ridge (1883-1941) 06 - Companions - A Tale of a Grandfather by Charles Stuart Calverley (1831-1884) 07 - A Coronet for his Mistress Philosophy by George Chapman (1559-1634) 08 - The Death of the Hired Man by Robert Frost (1874-1963) 09 - Drinking Song by John Fletcher (1579-1625) 10 - Fairies by Rose Fyleman (1877-1957) 11 - A Farewell to Arms (to Queen Elizabeth) by George Peele (1558–1597) 12 - L'Homme de l'Ennui by Matilda Betham (1776-1852) 13 - A Hungry Day by Isabella Crawford (1850-1887) 14 - In School Days by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-92) 15 - The Life Beyond by Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) 16 - Lines Written in Early Spring by William Wordsworth (1770-1850) 17 - The Long Small Room by Edward Thomas (1878-1917) 18 - Longing by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) 19 - Love Not Me for my Comely Grace by Unknown 20 - The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes (1902-1967) 21 - The Night by Emily Bronte (1820 – 1849) 22 - Not to Keep by Robert Frost (1874-1963) 23 - An Old Memory by Paul Laurence Dunbar 24 - The Poet by Thomas Randolph (1605-1635) 25 - Rain by Edward Thomas (1878-1917) 26 - The Sirens' Song by William Browne, of Tavistock (1588-1643) 27 - Song of Myself by Walt Whitman (1819-1892) 28 - Terminus by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) 29 - Transience by Sarojini Naidu (1879-1949) 30 - Were I A King I Could Command Content by Edward de Vere (1550-1604) 31 - Work Gangs by Carl Sandburg (1878-1967)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Short Poetry Collection 114
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 31
• Listed recording duration: 1:25:26

Catalogue topics

• poetry
• poem

Opening tracks: first 24 of 31

1. 01 - Ah Sunflower — 0:54
2. 02 - The Auld Wife — 3:02
3. 03 - An Autumn Rain-Scene — 1:10
4. 04 - La Belle Dame Sans Merci — 2:56
5. 05 - Betty — 10:52
6. 06 - Companions - A Tale of a Grandfather — 3:17
7. 07 - A Coronet for his Mistress Philosophy — 10:43
8. 08 - The Death of the Hired Man — 8:45
9. 09 - Drinking Song — 0:56
10. 10 - Fairies — 1:36
11. 11 - A Farewell to Arms (to Queen Elizabeth) — 1:37
12. 12 - L'Homme de l'Ennui — 4:11
13. 13 - A Hungry Day — 6:38
14. 14 - In School Days — 2:16
15. 15 - The Life Beyond — 1:56
16. 16 - Lines Written in Early Spring — 1:48
17. 17 - The Long Small Room — 1:25
18. 18 - Longing — 1:11
19. 19 - Love Not Me For Comely Grace — 0:35
20. 20 - The Negro Speaks Of Rivers — 1:19
21. 21 - The Night — 1:02
22. 22 - Not to Keep — 1:33
23. 23 - An Old Memory — 2:27
24. 24 - The Poet — 0:29

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