O Captain! My Captain! by Walt WHITMAN (1819 - 1892) Genre(s): Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry) Read by: Ben Adams, elliot, Bruce Kachuk, Donald Cummings, Joy Baker, Jason Mills, J Korth, Jesse Liwag, Julia Niedermaier, KHand, Lee Ann Howlett, Laurie Anne Walden, Leonard Wilson, MaryAnn, MEita, michellejoseph, Rosslyn Carlyle, Winston Tharp in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - O Captain! My Captain! - Read by BA 00:02:01 - 02 - O Captain! My Captain! - Read by BAG 00:03:58 - 03 - O Captain! My Captain! - Read by BK 00:06:03 - 04 - O Captain! My Captain! - Read by DAC 00:07:51 - 05 - O Captain! My Captain! - Read by JCB 00:10:08 - 06 - O Captain! My Captain! - Read by JCM 00:12:03 - 07 - O Captain! My Captain! - Read by JK 00:14:01 - 08 - O Captain! My Captain! - Read by JL 00:16:02 - 09 - O Captain! My Captain! - Read by JN 00:18:20 - 10 - O Captain! My Captain! - Read by KJH 00:19:54 - 11 - O Captain! My Captain! - Read by LAH 00:21:51 - 12 - O Captain! My Captain! - Read by LAW 00:23:37 - 13 - O Captain! My Captain! - Read by LLW 00:25:58 - 14 - O Captain! My Captain! - Read by MAS 00:28:49 - 15 - O Captain! My Captain! - Read by ME 00:30:54 - 16 - O Captain! My Captain! - Read by MJ 00:32:49 - 17 - O Captain! My Captain! - Read by RC 00:34:43 - 18 - O Captain! My Captain! - Read by WT LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of 'O Captain! My Captain!' This was the Weekly Poetry for the week of August 17, 2014.'O Captain! My Captain!' is an elegy for Abraham Lincoln written by Walt Whitman, who worked as a clerk and army hospital nurse during the Civil War. The Captain of the poem is Lincoln, and the ship represents the United States, brought safely through the storm of war. In the poem, Whitman juxtaposes the people's joy at the end of the war with his grief at the assassination of the President. (Summary by Laurie Anne Walden) More information: http://librivox.org/o-captain-my-captain-by-walt-whitman-2/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

Lost Illusions: Two Poets by Honoré de BALZAC (1799 - 1850), translated by Ellen MARRIAGE (1865 - 1946) Genre(s): Literary Fiction Read by: Bruce Pirie in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Chapter 1 00:32:38 - 02 - Chapter 2 00:59:35 - 03 - Chapter 3 01:26:23 - 04 - Chapter 4 02:05:11 - 05 - Chapter 5 02:29:52 - 06 - Chapter 6 02:52:34 - 07 - Chapter 7 03:18:27 - 08 - Chapter 8 03:46:57 - 09 - Chapter 9 04:22:56 - 10 - Chapter 10 04:53:28 - 11 - Chapter 11 05:17:04 - 12 - Chapter 12 05:46:10 - 13 - Chapter 13 Two Poets (1837) is the first book in Balzac's Lost Illusions trilogy, which is part of his sweeping set of novels collectively titled La Comédie Humaine. The story is set in post-Napoleonic France, when the new bourgeoisie was jostling for position alongside the old aristocracy. We meet Lucien Chardon, a young provincial who romantically aspires to be a poet, and his friend David Séchard, who struggles to manage his father's printing shop and falls in love with Lucien's sister Ève. The picture of provincial life that emerges is laced with greed, ambition, and duplicity.Balzac's work was hugely influential in the development of realism in fiction, and indeed in creating our sense of 19th-century European culture. Oscar Wilde archly said, 'The 19th century, as we know it, is largely an invention of Balzac's.' The Lost Illusions trilogy is one of his greatest achievements, and is named in the reference work 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. The two other volumes in the trilogy are A Distinguished Provincial at Paris (1839) and Ève and David (1843). (Summary by Bruce Pirie) Other volumes in this series:Lost Illusions: A Distinguished Provincial At ParisLost Illusions: Ève and David More information: http://librivox.org/lost-illusions-two-poets-by-honore-de-balzac/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

Ottawa Folk Festival Robert Service Collection by Robert W. SERVICE (1874 - 1958) Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction, Poetry Read by: Sean McGaughey in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - The Land God Forgot 00:01:04 - 02 - The Spell of the Yukon 00:04:40 - 03 - The Three Voices 00:06:02 - 04 - The Call of the Wild 00:08:33 - 05 - The Pines 00:11:12 - 06 - Grin 00:13:14 - 07 - The Shooting of Dan McGrew 00:18:37 - 08 - The Cremation of Sam McGee 00:24:15 - 09 - My Madonna 00:25:26 - 10 - Unforgotten 00:26:18 - 11 - The Reckoning 00:27:38 - 12 - Quatrains 00:29:27 - 13 - The Men That Don't Fit In 00:31:15 - 14 - Music in the Bush 00:33:56 - 15 - The Low-Down White 00:38:23 - 16 - The Woman and the Angel 00:40:24 - 17 - New Year's Eve 00:44:54 - 18 - Comfort 00:45:58 - 19 - The Harpy 00:48:25 - 20 - The Tramps 00:49:58 - 21 - L'Envoi On August 13-15, 2010, A hearty band of Librivox volunteers, led by Bob Ledrew and Sean McGaughey, recorded selections from the Spell of the Yukon by Robert Service with patrons, musicians and organizers of the festival. We chose Robert Service because he is an iconic Canadian poet. It was our intention to record the whole volume, but the festival was disrupted by torrential rains on its final day. For more information on the Ottawa Folk Festival, check out http://www.ottawafolk.org/. Sean McGaughey also prepared a behind the scenes podcast of this project at http://www.ductapeguy.net/2010/12/for-the-sake-of-the-song-live-from-the-ottawa-folk-festival/ (Summary by Sean McGaughey) More information: http://librivox.org/ottawa-folk-festival-robert-service-collection/

When My Ship Comes In by Robert Jones Burdette (1844 - 1914) Genre(s): Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry) Read by: Alysson Light, Alan Mapstone, Brize C, Bruce Kachuk, Christopher Saint Germain, Devvon Eubanks, Darrell Nobles, fshort, Graham Scott, Larry Wilson, LeeSalter, Phil Schempf, Scotty Smith, William Bruce McFadden in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - When My Ship Comes In - Read by AEL 00:02:27 - 02 - When My Ship Comes In - Read by ASM 00:04:53 - 03 - When My Ship Comes In - Read by BC 00:07:00 - 04 - When My Ship Comes In - Read by BK 00:09:53 - 05 - When My Ship Comes In - Read by CSG 00:12:13 - 06 - When My Ship Comes In - Read by DME 00:14:59 - 07 - When My Ship Comes In - Read by DN 00:17:15 - 08 - When My Ship Comes In - Read by FS 00:19:54 - 09 - When My Ship Comes In - Read by GRS 00:22:28 - 10 - When My Ship Comes In - Read by LCW 00:24:38 - 11 - When My Ship Comes In - Read by LS 00:26:54 - 12 - When My Ship Comes In - Read by PS 00:29:10 - 13 - When My Ship Comes In - Read by SWS 00:31:33 - 14 - When My Ship Comes In - Read by WBM More information: https://librivox.org/when-my-ship-comes-in-by-robert-jones-burdette/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)