Classic Poetry

A collection of classic erotic poetry including "The Kiss", "A Woman Waits for Me", and "Between Your Sheets".

Distinguished actor and six-time Academy Award nominee Richard Burton reads a selection of his favourite poetry. Volume 2 in this dramatic audiobook series includes selections from William Shakespeare, John Donne, and Thomas Hardy....

These poems by celebrated women authors inspired the narrator and will inspire you! Enjoy the musical connections, the bonus poem that resonates with one of the holiday classics, and a poem improvised by the narrator, who is an award-winning poet.

English Poetry, Volume 2 – An Introduction. The English language has grown into the Worlds pre-dominant spoken language. It’s estimated there are over one million words with which to do this. Its sources are rich and diverse, absorbing from other cultures and times without hesitation.

One of the foremost classicists of his age this collection of Housman's poetry is read by V.C. Clinton-Baddeley, C. Day Lewis, Robert Donat and David Moore.

Beatrice Lillie, Boris Karloff and Cyril Ritchard amongst others read Lewis Carroll's finest poetry including Jabberwocky, The Hunting of the Snark and The Mock Turtle's Song

A selection of Alexander Pope's finest poetry read by George Rylands, Peggy Ashcroft, and Emma Topping.

Whilst best remembered as the author of Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë was also a celebrated poet. Here, Emma Topping reads her finest poetry.

Robert Speaight, Anthony Quayle, and others read a selection of poetry by William Blake, Rudyard Kipling, John Gay, and D. H. Lawrence.

William Wordsworth was amongst the greatest of English Poets. Included here are selections that put into perspective his great talent. The works are brought beautifully to life by Sir Cedric Hardwicke.

With classics such as ‘My Last Duchess’ and ‘The Pied Piper of Hamelin’ Robert Browning’s status as one of the great Victorian poets will always be secure in popular culture, while for the more literary he is considered a master of dramatic verse and dramatic monologues. It is interesting to note that his career bloomed late. Indeed, it was only after the death of his wife Elizabeth in 1861 and his return to England from their life in Italy that his work came into wider acceptance and critical acclaim.

World famous 26 prose poetry fables written in English by the Lebanese-American poet and writer. It was originally published in 1923. It is Gibran's best known work. The Prophet has been translated into over 100 different languages, making it one of the most translated books in history.

Digger Smith is an Australian soldier who has fought at Gallipoli. An old mate of Ginger Mick's (The Moods of Ginger Mick), he returns from the war to visit the family of a fellow solder, Jim Flood. Narrated by Bill (the protagonist of The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke and a neighbour of the Floods), the story is woven together with sobering reflections and emotive dynamics expressed within a community of neighbours - friends and families of Australia's soldiers.

The Prophet is a book of 26 simple prose fables written in by the fabled Lebanese-American poet and writer Kahlil Gibran. It was originally published in 1923 by Alfred A. Knopf and is Gibran's best known work.

La parole de Gaston Couté est à la fois ciselée, mordante, drôle ou lyrique... Elle sait encore nous toucher à un siècle de distance. Le poète tisse de si belle manière un lien entre un patrimoine qui nous est encore proche et les rêves d'aujourd'hui vers un monde plus humain. Cette langue, patois ou français est simple, vivante, colorée faites pour le plaisir de la dire ou de la chanter. Ce livre audio comprend un choix de textes proposé par Bernard Meulien.

やは肌のあつき血汐にふれも見でさびしからずや道を説く君　　　おもいのままに鮮やかに、愛しい気持ちをうたいあげた本書は、発表当時「猥行醜態を記したる所多し人心に害あり世教に毒あるもの」（「歌の華」明治34年9月号）として糾弾されるほどのものであった。　　　むねの清水あふれてつひに濁りけり君の罪の子我も罪の子

「この裏まちのぬかるみに青いお空がありました」の『ぬかるみ』をはじめ、『芝草』、『ゆびきり』、『月と泥棒』、『学校へゆくみち』など、みすゞ中期の作品を、（１）（２）あわせて94作品収録。

「・・・みんなちがって、みんないい」の『私と小鳥と鈴と』をはじめ、『芒とお日さま』、『りんご畑』、『こころ』、『世界中の王様』など。みずゞ後期の作品を（１）（２）あわせて8３作品収録。

「おてんとさまのお使いが、揃って空をたちました」の『日の光』をはじめ、『転校生』、『まつりの太鼓』、『大人のおもちゃ』、『きのうの山車』など。みすゞ初期の作品を（１）（２）あわせて85作品収録。

「おてんとさまのお使いが、揃って空をたちました」の『日の光』をはじめ、『転校生』、『まつりの太鼓』、『大人のおもちゃ』、『きのうの山車』など。みすゞ初期の作品を（１）（２）あわせて85作品収録。