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210 poems read aloud, 649 readings in all, by the volunteers of LibriVox. Where a poem has several readers, the clearest recording comes first; choose another on the poem's own page.

Crossways (1889)

The Song of the Happy ShepherdKasper3 min
The Sad ShepherdKasper2 min
The Cloak, the Boat, and the ShoesKasper1 min
Anashuya and VijayaKasper8 min
The Indian upon GodKasper2 min
The Indian to his LoveKazbek1 min
The Falling of the LeavesIan King1 min
EphemeraKazbek2 min
The Madness of King GollKazbek4 min
The Stolen ChildTomewing2 min
To an Isle in the WaterKazbek1 min
Down by the Salley GardensTomas Peter1 min
The Meditation of the Old FishermanAlan Davis Drake2 min
The Ballad of Father O'HartKazbek2 min
The Ballad of Moll MageeKazbek3 min
The Ballad of the FoxhunterKazbek3 min

The Rose (1893)

To the Rose upon the Rood of TimeKazbek2 min
Fergus and the DruidKazbek3 min
Cuchulain's Fight with the SeaKazbek7 min
The Rose of the WorldKazbek1 min
The Rose of PeaceKazbek1 min
The Rose of BattleKazbek3 min
A Faery SongKazbek1 min
The Lake Isle of InnisfreeWinston Tharp1 min
A Cradle SongAngela Holden1 min
The Pity of LoveKazbek1 min
The Sorrow of LoveWinston Tharp1 min
When You are OldNeeru Iyer1 min
The White BirdsCaitlin Teresa2 min
A Dream of DeathWinston Tharp1 min
The Countess Cathleen in ParadiseKazbek1 min
Who goes with Fergus?Daniel W.1 min
The Man who dreamed of FaerylandRapunzelina3 min
The Dedication to a Book of Stories selected from the Irish NovelistsKazbek2 min
The Lamentation of the Old PensionerRonald Gardella1 min
The Ballad of Father GilliganLarry Wilson2 min
The Two TreesKazbek2 min
To Some I have Talked with by the FireKazbek2 min
To Ireland in the Coming TimesKazbek3 min

The Wind Among the Reeds (1899)

The Hosting of the SidheNewgatenovelist2 min
The Everlasting VoicesNewgatenovelist1 min
The MoodsNewgatenovelist1 min
The Lover tells of the Rose in his HeartNewgatenovelist1 min
The Host of the AirWinston Tharp2 min
The FishNewgatenovelist1 min
Into the TwilightNewgatenovelist1 min
The Song of Wandering AengusRobert Garrison2 min
The Song of the Old MotherNewgatenovelist1 min
The Heart of the WomanNewgatenovelist1 min
The Lover mourns for the Loss of LoveNewgatenovelist1 min
He mourns for the Change that has come upon Him and his Beloved, and longs for the End of the WorldNewgatenovelist1 min
He bids his Beloved be at PeaceNewgatenovelist2 min
He reproves the CurlewNewgatenovelist1 min
He remembers forgotten BeautyNewgatenovelist2 min
A Poet to his BelovedNewgatenovelist1 min
He gives his Beloved certain RhymesNewgatenovelist1 min
To his Heart, bidding it have no FearNewgatenovelist1 min
The Cap and BellsDiana Majlinger2 min
The Valley of the Black PigNewgatenovelist1 min
The Lover asks Forgiveness because of his Many MoodsNewgatenovelist2 min
He tells of a Valley full of LoversNewgatenovelist1 min
He tells of the Perfect BeautyNewgatenovelist1 min
He hears the Cry of the SedgeNewgatenovelist1 min
He thinks of those who have Spoken Evil of his BelovedNewgatenovelist1 min
The BlessedNewgatenovelist3 min
The Secret RoseNewgatenovelist3 min
Maid QuietNewgatenovelist1 min
The Travail of Passionkonstantin2 min
The Lover pleads with his Friend for Old FriendsNewgatenovelist1 min
The Poet pleads with the Elemental PowersNewgatenovelist2 min
He wishes his Beloved were DeadNewgatenovelist1 min
He wishes for the Cloths of HeavenJustin S Barrett1 min
He thinks of his Past Greatness when a Part of the Constellations of HeavenNewgatenovelist1 min
The Fiddler of DooneyNewgatenovelist2 min

In the Seven Woods (1903)

In the Seven WoodsKalynda1 min
The ArrowKazbek1 min
The Folly of being ComfortedBruce Kachuk1 min
Old MemoryKazbek1 min
Never give all the HeartDave Silva1 min
The Withering of the BoughsKazbek2 min
Adam's CursePhil Schempf2 min
Red Hanrahan's Song about IrelandKazbek2 min
The Old Men admiring Themselves in the WaterWyn Stewart1 min
Under the MoonKazbek2 min
The Ragged WoodKazbek1 min
O do not Love Too LongKazbek1 min
The Players ask for a Blessing on the Psalteries and on ThemselvesKazbek2 min
The Happy TownlandKazbek3 min

The Green Helmet and Other Poems (1910)

His DreamKazbek1 min
A Woman Homer sungKazbek1 min
No Second TroyMiss Avarice1 min
ReconciliationKazbek1 min
King and no KingKazbek1 min
PeaceKazbek1 min
Against Unworthy PraiseKazbek1 min
The Fascination of What's DifficultKazbek1 min
A Drinking SongFloyd Wilde1 min
The Coming of Wisdom with TimeKazbek1 min
To a Poet, who would have me Praise certain Bad Poets, Imitators of His and Minemleigh1 min
The MaskKazbek1 min
Upon a House shaken by the Land AgitationKazbek1 min
At the Abbey TheatreKazbek1 min
These are the CloudsKazbek1 min
At Galway RacesKazbek1 min
A Friend's IllnessKazbek1 min
All Things can tempt MeChance D. Ervin1 min
Brown PennyEdmond Aggabao1 min

Responsibilities (1914)

Introductory RhymesKazbek2 min
The Grey RockKazbek8 min
To a Wealthy Man who promised a Second Subscription to the Dublin Municipal Gallery if it were proved the People wanted PicturesKazbek2 min
September 1913Kazbek2 min
To a Friend whose Work has come to NothingKazbek1 min
PaudeenKazbek1 min
To a ShadeKazbek2 min
When Helen livedKazbek1 min
On those that hated 'The Playboy of the Western World', 1907Kazbek1 min
The Three BeggarsKazbek4 min
The Three HermitsKazbek2 min
Beggar to Beggar criedKazbek1 min
Running to ParadiseKazbek2 min
The Hour before DawnKazbek7 min
The RealistsKazbek1 min
The WitchKazbek1 min
The PeacockKazbek1 min
The Mountain TombKazbek1 min
To a Child dancing in the WindAlan Davis Drake1 min
A Memory of YouthKazbek1 min
Fallen MajestyKazbek1 min
FriendsKazbek2 min
The Cold HeavenAlan Davis Drake1 min
That the Night comeKazbek1 min
An AppointmentKazbek1 min
The MagiJimmyLogan1 min
The DollsBruce Kachuk1 min
A CoatKazbek1 min

The Wild Swans at Coole (1917)

The Wild Swans at CooleStephenC2 min
In Memory of Major Robert GregoryPeter Tucker5 min
An Irish Airman foresees his DeathElli1 min
Men improve with the YearsWinston Tharp1 min
The Collar-bone of a HarePeter Tucker1 min
Under the Round TowerPeter Tucker2 min
Solomon to ShebaPeter Tucker1 min
The Living BeautyPeter Tucker1 min
A SongPeter Tucker1 min
To a Young BeautyPeter Tucker1 min
To a Young GirlPeter Tucker1 min
The ScholarsPeter Tucker1 min
Tom O'RoughleyPeter Tucker1 min
Shepherd and GoatherdPeter Tucker7 min
Lines written in DejectionPeter Tucker1 min
The DawnPeter Tucker1 min
On WomanRobert Hespe2 min
The FishermanPeter Tucker2 min
The HawkPeter Tucker1 min
MemoryShona1 min
Her PraisePeter Tucker1 min
The PeoplePeter Tucker2 min
His PhoenixPeter Tucker2 min
A Thought from PropertiusPeter Tucker1 min
Broken DreamsPeter Tucker2 min
A Deep-sworn VowLee Ann Howlett1 min
PresencesPeter Tucker1 min
The Balloon of the MindPeter Tucker1 min
To a Squirrel at Kyle-na-noClarica1 min
On being asked for a War PoemPeter Tucker1 min
In Memory of Alfred PollexfenPeter Tucker2 min
Ego Dominus TuusPeter Tucker5 min
A Prayer on going into my HouseKalynda1 min
The Phases of the MoonKazbek10 min
The Cat and the MoonPeter Tucker1 min
The Saint and the HunchbackPeter Tucker1 min
Two Songs of a FoolPeter Tucker2 min
Another Song of a FoolPeter Tucker1 min
The Double Vision of Michael RobartesPeter Tucker3 min

Michael Robartes and the Dancer (1921)

Michael Robartes and the DancerKazbek3 min
Solomon and the WitchKazbek3 min
An Image from a Past LifeKazbek2 min
Under SaturnKazbek1 min
Easter, 1916Alan Davis Drake4 min
Sixteen Dead MenKazbek1 min
The Rose TreeKazbek1 min
On a Political PrisonerKazbek2 min
The Leaders of the CrowdKazbek1 min
Towards Break of DayEdmond Aggabao2 min
Demon and BeastKazbek3 min
The Second ComingJason Mills2 min
A Prayer for my DaughterZachary Brewster-Geisz4 min
A Meditation in Time of WarKazbek1 min

The Tower (1928)

Sailing to ByzantiumAlan Mapstone3 min
The TowerAlan Mapstone12 min
Meditations in Time of Civil WarDavid George Kennedy11 min
Nineteen Hundred and Nineteenearl9 min
The WheelCaitlin Teresa1 min
Youth and AgeSagarika1 min
The New FacesEhsan Ahmed Mehedi1 min
A Prayer for my SonEhsan Ahmed Mehedi2 min
Two Songs from a PlayAgnes Robert Behr1 min
Leda and the SwanKevinS1 min
Among School ChildrenKevinS4 min
Colonus' PraiseKevinS2 min
WisdomBruce Kachuk1 min
From 'Oedipus at Colonus'Larry Wilson1 min
The Three MonumentsAgnes Robert Behr1 min
All Souls' NightAlan Mapstone7 min

The Winding Stair and Other Poems (1933)

Blood and the MoonCaitlin Teresa3 min
Oil and BloodCaitlin Teresa1 min

Narrative and Dramatic Poems

The Two KingsKazbek16 min
The Gift of Harun Al-RashidAlan Mapstone14 min

Early and uncollected poems

Where My Books GoClarica1 min
The Well and the TreeAlgy Pug1 min

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