The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Pieces In the English Language: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Pieces In the English Language, credited to Francis T. Palgrave, 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 The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Pieces In the English Language by Francis T. Palgrave. Read in English by Joe Brenneman; Frances Brown; Leonard Wilson; KHand; Peter Tucker; Tad E.; CaprishaPage; knightgr3; Eriqa; Diplomacy; Neil Aitken; Kanta; HollyRenae; alanmapstone; Kadier Carter; Bruce Pirie; and Josh Kirsh. Palgrave's principal contribution to the development of literary taste was contained in his Golden Treasury of English Songs and Lyrics (1861), an anthology of the best poetry in the language constructed upon a plan sound and spacious, and followed out with a delicacy of feeling which could scarcely be surpassed. This book is a delightful one to listen to with family or friends. You're sure to find something to relate to in these wonderful poems. Summary by WoollyBee / Wikipedia.

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Pieces In the English Language
• Author credits: Francis T. Palgrave
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 53
• Listed recording duration: 9:50:48

Catalogue topics

• poetry
• Shakespeare
• Wordsworth
• burns
• shelley
• byron
• Keats
• Milton

Opening tracks: first 24 of 53

1. 01 - Preface — 9:24
2. 02 - First Book: Summary — 2:28
3. 03 - First Book: Poems 1 - 9 — 9:58
4. 04 - First Book: Poems 10 - 20 — 14:36
5. 05 - First Book: Poems 21 - 32 — 13:51
6. 06 - First Book: Poems 33 - 42 — 9:33
7. 07 - First Book: Poems 43 - 52 — 7:08
8. 08 - First Book: Poem 53 — 8:51
9. 09 - First Book: Poems 54 - 61 — 10:09
10. 10 - Second Book: Summary — 2:28
11. 11 - Second Book: Poem 62 — 10:09
12. 12 - Second Book: Poems 63-65 — 9:32
13. 13 - Second Book: Poem 66 — 13:23
14. 14 - Second Book: Poems 67-77 — 12:44
15. 15 - Second Book: Poems 78-85 — 11:56
16. 16 - Second Book: Poems 86-95 — 10:41
17. 17 - Second Book: Poems 96-105 — 14:03
18. 18 - Second Book: Poems 106-111 — 12:49
19. 19 - Second Book: Poems 112-113 — 17:49
20. 20 - Second Book: Poems 114-116 — 9:52
21. 21 - Third Book: Summary — 3:10
22. 22 - Third Book: Poems 117-121 — 7:22
23. 23 - Third Book: Poems 122-126 — 11:44
24. 24 - Third Book: Poems 127-131 — 9:14

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