The World's Best Poetry, Volume 7: Descriptive and Narrative (Part 1)

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LibriVox recording of The World's Best Poetry, Volume 7: Descriptive and Narrative (Part 1) by Various. Read in English by Sonia; Tomas Peter; Jason in Panama; Craig Franklin; Adrian Stephens The seventh of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, contains a variety of odes, elegies, addresses, epitaphs and dedications that praise, mourn and remember some of history's greatest and most memorable statesmen (such as Napoleon Bonaparte, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln) and writers (such as William Shakespeare, John Milton, Charles Dickens and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow). The collection also includes an introductory essay by author and poet Richard Le Gallienne (1866-1947). - Summary by Tomas Peter For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook (105MB)

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librivox; audiobooks;poetry; Charles Dickens; George Washington; john milton; Abraham Lincoln; writers; William Shakespeare; napoleon bonaparte; praise; mourning; rulers; odes; world's best poetry; statesmen; elegies; narrative poems; descriptive poems; memorials; dedications; epitaphs

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