Foreword

2:32

Read by Larry Wilson

Abou Ben Adhem BY Leigh Hunt

2:39

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Answer BY Grantland Rice

2:58

Read by Alan Mapstone

Appreciation BY William Judson Kibby

2:33

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Arrow and the Song BY Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1:31

Read by Nina Lily

Awareness BY Miriam Teichner

2:12

Read by proboomer

The Bars of Fate BY Ellen M.H. Gates

2:48

Read by AliceStein

Battle Cry BY John G. Neihardt

2:04

Read by proboomer

The Belly and the Members BY William Shakespeare

3:33

Read by Alan Mapstone

Be the Best of Whatever You Are BY Douglas Malloch

2:28

Read by proboomer

Borrowed Feathers BY Joseph Morris

2:37

Read by Kenneth the Teller

Borrowing Trouble BY Robert Burns

1:03

Read by proboomer

Brave Life BY Grantland Rice

3:34

Read by proboomer

The Call of the Unbeaten BY Grantland Rice

2:16

Read by proboomer

Can't BY Edgar A. Guest

3:31

Read by Gloria Loughry

Can You Sing a Song? BY Joseph Morris

1:17

Read by ShrimpPhish

Cares BY Elizabeth Barrett Browning

1:38

Read by Nina Lily

The Celestial Surgeon BY Robert Louis Stevenson

1:25

Read by Will

Challenge BY Jean Nette

1:15

Read by Nina Lily

The Chambered Nautilus BY Oliver Wendell Holmes

3:49

Read by Gloria Loughry

Character of a Happy Life BY Sir Henry Wotton

2:57

Read by Gloria Loughry

Clear the Way BY Charles Mackay

2:19

Read by April6090

Cleon and I BY Charles Mackay

2:39

Read by proboomer

Columbus BY Joaquin Miller

3:35

Read by Kenneth the Teller

The Conqueror BY Berton Braley

3:20

Read by Gloria Loughry

Co-operation BY J. Mason Knox

1:03

Read by Kenneth the Teller

Courage BY Florence Earle Coates

1:20

Read by Ingrid Falck

Cowards BY William Shakespeare

1:07

Read by Gloria Loughry

A Creed BY Edwin Markham

1:14

Read by Patrick the sleep inducer

The Daffodils BY William Wordsworth

2:08

Read by Amy Gramour

Days of Cheer BY James W. Foley

2:34

Read by Dixie-Ann S. Dedier

December 31 BY S.E. Kiser

2:05

Read by Patrick the sleep inducer

De Sunflower Ain't de Daisy BY Anonymous

2:30

Read by Papa Phish

The Disappointed BY Ella Wheeler Wilcox

2:39

Read by AliceStein

Duty BY Ralph Waldo Emerson

1:07

Read by Kenneth the Teller

Duty BY Edwin Markham

0:46

Read by ShrimpPhish

Envoi BY John G. Neihardt

1:46

Read by Phil Schempf

Essentials BY St. Clair Adams

1:16

Read by Nina Lily

Fable BY Ralph Waldo Emerson

1:32

Read by Nina Lily

Fairy Song BY John Keats

1:46

Read by ShrimpPhish

Faith BY S.E. Kiser

1:07

Read by Larry Wilson

Faith BY Edward Rowland Sill

2:36

Read by Larry Wilson

The Fighter BY S.E. Kiser

2:32

Read by proboomer

The Fighting Failure BY Everard Jack Appleton

3:45

Read by John Biebel

The Firm of Grin and Barrett BY Sam Walter Foss

3:12

Read by Brian Fullen

Four Things BY Henry Van Dyke

1:15

Read by Mike R

Friends of Mine BY James W. Foley

1:48

Read by Brian Fullen

The Game BY Grantland Rice

2:49

Read by proboomer

The Gifts of God BY George Herbert

2:07

Read by KevinS

The Gift BY Robert Burns

1:21

Read by proboomer

Gladness BY Anna Hempstead Branch

1:58

Read by AliceStein

The Glad Song BY Joseph Morris

1:17

Read by proboomer

God BY Gamaliel Bradford

1:21

Read by proboomer

Good Deeds BY William Shakespeare

1:15

Read by PaulGrancio

Good Intentions BY St. Clair Adams

1:58

Read by Nina Lily

A Good Name BY William Shakespeare

1:51

Read by Ingrid Falck

Gradatim BY G. Holland

2:52

Read by Carl Thomas

Gray Days BY Griffith Alexander

2:10

Read by ShrimpPhish

The Greatness of the Soul BY Alfred Tennyson

1:55

Read by John Biebel

Grief BY Angela Morgan

1:39

Read by Ingrid Falck

The Grumpy Guy BY Griffith Alexander

4:01

Read by Larry Wilson

The Happy Heart BY Thomas Dekker

1:57

Read by ShrimpPhish

The Has-Beens BY Walt Mason

1:46

Read by ShrimpPhish

Having Done and Doing BY William Shakespeare

4:05

Read by Gloria Loughry

Heinelet BY Gamaliel Bradford

1:02

Read by Carl Thomas

Helpin' Out BY William Judson Kibby

3:27

Read by ShrimpPhish

Here's Hopin' BY Frank L. Stanton

1:31

Read by Carl Thomas

A Hero BY Florence Earle Coates

1:41

Read by John Biebel

He Whom a Dream Hath Possessed BY Sheamus O Sheel

2:03

Read by ShrimpPhish

His Ally BY William Rose Benét

1:42

Read by Carl Thomas

Hoe Your Row BY Frank L. Stanton

1:09

Read by ShrimpPhish

Hold Fast BY Everard Jack Appleton

2:51

Read by Gloria Loughry

Hope BY Anonymous

1:49

Read by Carl Thomas

A Hopeful Brother BY Frank L. Stanton

1:41

Read by Toby Reed

The House by the Side of the Road BY Sam Walter Foss

2:56

Read by Tamara Kuppa

How Did You Die? BY Edmund Vance Cooke

2:09

Read by Carl Thomas

How Do You Tackle Your Work? BY Edgar A. Guest

2:09

Read by Carl Thomas

A Hymn to Happiness BY James W. Foley

2:14

Read by ShrimpPhish

If BY John Kendrick Bangs

2:36

Read by Carl Thomas

If BY Rudyard Kipling

4:28

Read by Asher Veyn

If I Should Die BY Ben King

1:51

Read by Carl Thomas

If You Can't Go Over or Under, Go Round BY Joseph Morris

3:00

Read by Phil Schempf

I'm Glad BY Anonymous

0:50

Read by Gloria Loughry

The Inner Light BY John Milton

1:12

Read by Christopher Fried

Invictus BY William Ernest Henley

1:25

Read by Carl Thomas

Is It Raining, Little Flower? By Anonymous

1:20

Read by ShrimpPhish

It Couldn't Be Done BY Edgar A. Guest

2:46

Read by Nina Lily

It May Be BY S.E. Riser

1:23

Read by Carl Thomas

It Won't Stay Blowed BY St. Clair Adams

2:39

Read by ShrimpPhish

Jaw BY St. Clair Adams

1:36

Read by ShrimpPhish

The Joy of Living BY Gamaliel Bradford

1:31

Read by ShrimpPhish

Just Be Glad BY James Whitcomb Riley

1:49

Read by Tamara Kuppa

Just Whistle BY Frank L. Stanton

1:53

Read by Phil Schempf

Keep A-Goin'! BY Frank L. Stanton

1:50

Read by Gloria Loughry

Keep On Keepin' On BY Anonymous

1:47

Read by Gloria Loughry

Keep Sweet BY Strickland W. Gillilan

1:56

Read by ShrimpPhish

The Kingdom of Man BY John Kendrick Bangs

1:37

Read by ShrimpPhish

Know Thyself BY Angela Morgan

4:35

Read by John Biebel

Laugh a Little Bit BY Edmund Vance Cooke

2:11

Read by Mike R

A Lesson from History BY Joseph Morris

1:52

Read by Amy Gramour

Let Me Live Out My Years BY John G. Neihardt

1:36

Read by Phil Schempf

Life BY Griffith Alexander

1:48

Read by Carl Thomas

Life BY Edward Rowland Sill

1:05

Read by Carl Thomas

Life BY Ella Wheeler Wilcox

1:29

Read by Carl Thomas

Life and Death BY Anna Barbauld

1:20

Read by AliceStein

Life and Death BY Ernest H. Crosby

2:09

Read by Phil Schempf

Life, not Death BY Alfred Tennyson

1:09

Read by Ingrid Falck

The Life Without Passion BY William Shakespeare

2:16

Read by Phil Schempf

The Lion Path BY Charlotte Perkins Gilman

2:47

Read by AliceStein

Lions and Ants BY Walt Mason

1:30

Read by Christine Phelps

A Little Prayer BY S.E. Kiser

1:23

Read by Christine Phelps

A Little Thankful Song BY Frank L. Stanton

1:36

Read by ShrimpPhish

Lose the Day Loitering BY Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

1:23

Read by Carl Thomas

Man, Bird, and God BY Robert Browning

1:28

Read by Will

Man or Manikin BY Richard Butler Glaenzer

2:05

Read by Adrian Stephens

A Man's a Man for A' That BY Robert Burns

3:54

Read by Adrian Stephens

The Man Who Frets at Worldly Strife BY Joseph Rodman Drake

1:52

Read by Adrian Stephens

Meetin' Trouble BY Everard Jack Appleton

2:31

Read by Adrian Stephens

"Might Have Been" BY Grantland Rice

2:09

Read by Adrian Stephens

Mistress Fate BY William Rose Benét

1:41

Read by Carl Thomas

Morality BY Matthew Arnold

1:50

Read by Narrative Nate

My Creed BY S.E. Kiser

2:03

Read by ShrimpPhish

My Philosophy BY James Whitcomb Riley

2:10

Read by Dixie-Ann S. Dedier

My Triumph BY John Greenleaf Whittier

3:52

Read by John Biebel

My Wage BY Jessie B. Rittenhouse

1:12

Read by ShrimpPhish

Never Trouble Trouble BY St. Clair Adams

1:38

Read by ShrimpPhish

The New Duckling BY Alfred Noyes

3:32

Read by mleigh

The Noble Nature BY Ben Jonson

1:25

Read by Christopher Fried

Ode to Duty BY William Wordsworth

4:10

Read by ShrimpPhish

On Being Ready BY Grantland Rice

2:00

Read by ShrimpPhish

On Down the Road BY Grantland Rice

1:39

Read by ShrimpPhish

One Fight More BY Theodosia Garrison

1:57

Read by AliceStein

One of These Days BY James W. Foley

2:46

Read by ShrimpPhish

The One BY Everard Jack Appleton

2:58

Read by ShrimpPhish

Opening Paradise BY Thomas Gray

0:59

Read by Carl Thomas

Opportunity BY Berton Braley

2:37

Read by Gloria Loughry

Opportunity BY John James Ingalls

2:22

Read by John Biebel

Opportunity BY Walter Malone

2:15

Read by Carl Thomas

Opportunity BY Edwin Markham

1:32

Read by Carl Thomas

Opportunity BY William Shakespeare

1:02

Read by Ingrid Falck

Opportunity BY Edward Rowland Sill

2:08

Read by Carl Thomas

Order and the Bees BY William Shakespeare

2:32

Read by Phil Schempf

Ownership BY St. Clair Adams

2:58

Read by Carl Thomas

Painting the Lily BY William Shakespeare

1:19

Read by ShrimpPhish

Per Aspera BY Florence Earle Coates

1:17

Read by Carl Thomas

The Pessimist BY Ben King

1:54

Read by Dixie-Ann S. Dedier

A Philosopher BY John Kendrick Bangs

1:33

Read by Carl Thomas

Philosophy for Croakers BY Joseph Morris

2:48

Read by Carl Thomas

Pippa's Song BY Robert Browning

1:25

Read by Asher Veyn

Playing the Game BY Anonymous

1:52

Read by Dixie-Ann S. Dedier

Playing the Game BY Berton Braley

2:35

Read by ShrimpPhish

Play the Game BY Henry Newbolt

2:18

Read by ShrimpPhish

Polonius's Advice to Laertes BY William Shakespeare

2:35

Read by Phil Schempf

A Poor Unfortunate BY Frank L. Stanton

2:05

Read by ShrimpPhish

Praise the Generous Gods for Giving BY William Ernest Henley

1:30

Read by Amy Gramour

A Prayer BY Theodosia Garrison

2:31

Read by Harini Shankar

Prayer for Pain BY John G. Neihardt

2:15

Read by ShrimpPhish

Preparedness BY Edwin Markham

1:01

Read by Avern Williams

Press On BY Park Benjamin

2:22

Read by Harini Shankar

A Pretty Good World BY Frank L. Stanton

2:11

Read by Vincent Spring

A Problem to Be Solved BY St. Clair Adams

1:39

Read by Lia Lallo

Prometheus Unbound BY Percy Bysshe Shelley

1:36

Read by James Kruk

Prospice BY Robert Browning

2:09

Read by Lia Lallo

A Psalm of Life BY Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

3:38

Read by annuntio202

The Quitter BY Robert W. Service

2:27

Read by Phil Schempf

Rabbi Ben Ezra BY Robert Browning

2:19

Read by Carl Thomas

The Rainbow BY William Wordsworth

1:17

Read by ShrimpPhish

The Rectifying Years BY St. Clair Adams

2:19

Read by MexIrishBrian

Resolve BY Charlotte Perkins Gilman

1:31

Read by AliceStein

The Richer Mines BY John Kendrick Bangs

1:40

Read by Phil Schempf

Ring Out, Wild Bells BY Alfred Tennyson

2:33

Read by John Biebel

Rules for the Road BY Edwin Markham

1:14

Read by Narrative Nate

Sadness and Merriment BY William Shakespeare

2:28

Read by Lia Lallo

Say Not the Struggle Nought Availeth BY Arthur Hugh Clough

2:56

Read by kathasears

See It Through BY Edgar A. Guest

2:28

Read by Larry Wilson

Self-Dependence BY Matthew Arnold

3:45

Read by kathasears

Serenity BY Lord Byron

0:52

Read by ShrimpPhish

Sit Down, Sad Soul BY Bryan Waller Procter

1:54

Read by John Biebel

Sleep and the Monarch BY William Shakespeare

2:37

Read by April6090

Slogan BY Jane M'Lean

1:15

Read by ShrimpPhish

Smiles BY Ella Wheeler Wilcox

1:58

Read by LotusSeven

A Smiling Paradox BY John Kendrick Bangs

1:30

Read by kathasears

Solitude BY Ella Wheeler Wilcox

2:42

Read by Gloria Loughry

Song of Endeavor BY James W. Foley

2:19

Read by LotusSeven

A Song of Life BY Angela Morgan

1:51

Read by ShrimpPhish

A Song of Thanksgiving BY Angela Morgan

3:03

Read by ShrimpPhish

A Song of To-morrow BY Frank L. Stanton

0:58

Read by ShrimpPhish

Stability BY William Shakespeare

2:27

Read by Faith Abiola-Ellison

Stand Forth! BY Angela Morgan

2:16

Read by Ingrid Falck

Start Where You Stand BY Berton Braley

2:44

Read by Avern Williams

Steadfast BY Everard Jack Appleton

1:57

Read by Phil Schempf

The Stone Rejected BY Edwin Markham

1:42

Read by Larry Wilson

The Struggle BY Miriam Teichner

2:06

Read by AliceStein

Submission BY Miriam Teichner

2:24

Read by AliceStein

Success BY Berton Braley

2:03

Read by Harini Shankar

Swellitis BY Joseph Morris

2:37

Read by MexIrishBrian

The Syndicated Smile BY St. Clair Adams

2:30

Read by Brian Fullen

There Will Always Be Something to Do BY Edgar A. Guest

2:25

Read by April6090

Thick Is the Darkness BY William Ernest Henley

1:03

Read by MexIrishBrian

The Things That Haven't Been Done Before BY Edgar A. Guest

2:39

Read by Patrick the sleep inducer

This World BY Frank L. Stanton

0:47

Read by MexIrishBrian

Times Go By Turns BY Robert Southwell

3:04

Read by kathasears

Tit for Tat BY St. Clair Adams

3:43

Read by Rachel Whitehorn

To Althea from Prison BY Richard Lovelace

2:41

Read by Christopher Fried

A Toast to Merriment BY James W. Foley

2:29

Read by Phil Schempf

To a Young Man BY Edgar A. Guest

2:50

Read by Phil Schempf

To-day BY Thomas Carlyle

1:17

Read by Phil Schempf

To-day BY Douglas Malloch

2:15

Read by John Biebel

To Melancholy BY John Kendrick Bangs

1:58

Read by Asher Veyn

To the Men Who Lose BY Anonymous

2:36

Read by John Biebel

To Those Who Fail BY Joaquin Miller

2:02

Read by Larry Wilson

To Youth After Pain BY Margaret Widdemer

2:04

Read by AliceStein

The Trainers BY Grantland Rice

3:15

Read by Brian Fullen

Two at a Fireside BY Edwin Markham

0:46

Read by April6090

Two Raindrops BY Joseph Morris

2:14

Read by April6090

Ultimate Act BY Henry Bryan Binns

1:39

Read by Owlivia

Ulysses BY Alfred Tennyson

7:25

Read by John Biebel

Unafraid BY Everard Jack Appleton

1:05

Read by Vincent Spring

Undismayed BY James W. Foley

2:31

Read by Harini Shankar

The Unmusical Soloist BY Joseph Morris

3:53

Read by Vincent Spring

Unsubdued BY S.E. Kiser

2:13

Read by Ingrid Falck

Victory BY Miriam Teichner

1:45

Read by John Biebel

Victory in Defeat BY Edwin Markham

1:27

Read by Larry Wilson

Wanted—a Man BY St. Clair Adams

2:29

Read by Owlivia

The Welcome Man BY Walt Mason

1:55

Read by Amy Gramour

What Dark Days Do BY Everard Jack Appleton

2:24

Read by Harini Shankar

When Earth's Last Picture Is Painted BY Rudyard Kipling

3:34

Read by Gloria Loughry

When Nature Wants a Man BY Angela Morgan

6:25

Read by Harini Shankar

Will BY Alfred Tennyson

1:53

Read by Christopher Fried

Will BY Ella Wheeler Wilcox

2:02

Read by AliceStein

The Wisdom of Folly BY Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler

2:01

Read by AliceStein

Wishing BY Ella Wheeler Wilcox

2:14

Read by AliceStein

The Woman Who Understands BY Everard Jack Appleton

3:58

Read by Brian Fullen

The Word BY John Kendrick Bangs

2:07

Read by MamaPhish

Work BY Angela Morgan

4:37

Read by Harini Shankar

Work BY Henry Van Dyke

1:40

Read by Larry Wilson

The World Is Against Me BY Edgar A. Guest

2:30

Read by Tamara Kuppa

Worth While BY Ella Wheeler Wilcox

2:20

Read by AliceStein

You May Count That Day BY George Eliot

2:54

Read by AliceStein

Your Mission BY Ellen M.H. Gates

2:47

Read by AliceStein