Multilingual Poetry Collection 010

by Various

In LibriVox’s Multilingual Poetry Collection, LibriVox volunteers read their favourite public-domain poems in languages other than English (or in specific regional accents in English). (Summary by David Barnes).

• LibriVox’s Multilingual Poetry Collection 010 Internet Archive page
• Zip file of the entire book

Total running time: 1:02:45

mp3 and ogg files

• Afrikaans – Slampamperliedjies by C Louis Leipoldt (1880-1947) – 00:15:34
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps – 7.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps – 14.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 8.1 MBB]
  Read by: GerryR
• Chinese – Chi Bi Huai Gu by Su Shi (1037-1101) – 00:01:11
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps – 0.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps – 1.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 571 KBB]
  Read by: Dubbo Feng
• Dutch – De laatste zomerroos by J.J.L. ten Kate (1819-1889) – 00:01:13
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps – 0.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps – 1.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 641 KBB]
  Read by: Ernst Pattynama
• Dutch – De wilgen by C.S. Adama van Scheltema (1877-1924) – 00:02:46
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps – 1.3MB]
  [mp3@128kbps – 2.6MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 1.4 MBB]
  Read by: Ernst Pattynama
• French – L’etranger by Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) – 00:01:11
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps – 0.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps – 1.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 579 KBB]
  Read by: Sergio Baldelli
• French – L’heure du berger by Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) – 00:00:57
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps – 0.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps – 0.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 455 KBB]
  Read by: Sergio Baldelli
• French – Le peuple juif by Auguste Barthelemy (1796-1867) – 00:15:53
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps – 7.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps – 15.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 8.3 MBB]
  Read by: Ezwa
• French – Le revenant by Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) – 00:00:59
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps – 0.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps – 0.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 510 KBB]
  Read by: Ernst Pattynama
• German – Die schlesischen Weber by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) – 00:01:50
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps – 0.8MB]
  [mp3@128kbps – 1.7MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 1.0 MBB]
  Read by: Joseph Finkberg
• Italian – Alla luna by Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837) – 00:01:13
  Source: E-text
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  [mp3@128kbps – 1.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 609 KBB]
  Read by: Sergio Baldelli
• Italian – La sera del di di festa by Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837) – 00:03:05
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps – 1.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps – 2.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 1.6 MBB]
  Read by: Sergio Baldelli
• Latin – Carmen 101 by Gaius Valerius Catullus (ca.84-54 BC) – 00:01:09
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps – 0.5MB]
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  [ogg vorbis – 612 KBB]
  Read by: Daniel W.
• Latin – Carmen 2 by Gaius Valerius Catullus (ca.84-54 BC) – 00:00:52
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps – 0.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps – 0.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 463 KBB]
  Read by: Daniel W.
• Portuguese – A Boneca by Olavo Bilac (1865-1918) – 00:01:14
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps – 0.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps – 1.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 659 KBB]
  Read by: Ariane Ribeiro
• Portuguese – Aqui Esta-se Sossegado by Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) – 00:02:17
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps – 1.0MB]
  [mp3@128kbps – 2.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 1.0 MBB]
  Read by: Lucas M.
• Portuguese – Ela by Machado de Assis (1839-1908) – 00:01:33
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps – 0.7MB]
  [mp3@128kbps – 1.5MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 733 KBB]
  Read by: Lucas M.
• Portuguese – Estatua by Camilo Pessanha (1867-1926) – 00:00:49
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps – 0.3MB]
  [mp3@128kbps – 0.7MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 381 KBB]
  Read by: Daniel Barbosa
• Portuguese – Maraba by Goncalves Dias (1823-1864) – 00:02:13
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps – 1.0MB]
  [mp3@128kbps – 2.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 1.1 MBB]
  Read by: Leni Ribeiro
• Yiddish – Tsu di arbeter froyen by Dovid Edelshtat (1866-1892) – 00:02:21
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps – 1.1MB]
  [mp3@128kbps – 2.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 1.3 MBB]
  Read by: Joseph Finkberg
• Yorkshire – The Collingham Ghost by Anonymous – 00:04:25
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps – 2.1MB]
  [mp3@128kbps – 4.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 2.3 MBB]
  Read by: Joseph Finkberg

Cataloged on September 14, 2008

Early Kings of Norway

by Thomas Carlyle

“The Icelanders, in their long winter, had a great habit of writing; and were, and still are, excellent in penmanship. It is to this fact, that any little history there is of the Norse Kings and their old tragedies, crimes and heroisms, is almost all due. The Icelanders, it seems, not only made beautiful letters on their paper or parchment, but were laudably observant and desirous of accuracy; and have left us such a collection of narratives (Sagas, literally “Says”) as, for quantity and quality, is unexampled among rude nations. Snorro Sturleson’s History of the Norse Kings is built out of these old Sagas; and has in it a great deal of poetic fire,. . . and deserves to be reckoned among the great history-books of the world. It is from these sources that the following rough notes of the early Norway Kings are hastily thrown together.” (Excerpted from Thomas Carlyle’s preface by Karen Merline)

• Gutenberg e-text
• Wikipedia – Thomas Carlyle
• Wikipedia – List of Norwegian Monarchs
• LibriVox’s Early Kings of Norway Internet Archive page
• Zip file of the entire book 118.4 MB

Total running time: 4:06:32

mp3 and ogg files

• 01-Preface, Ch 1: Harald Haarfagr & Ch 2: Eric Blood-Axe & Brothers – 00:21:21
  [mp3@64kbps – 10.2MB]
  [mp3@128kbps – 20.5MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 11.5MB]
  Read by: Laura Koskinen
• 02-Ch 3: Hakon the Good & 4: Harald Greyfell and Brothers – 00:22:43
  [mp3@64kbps – 10.9MB]
  [mp3@128kbps – 21.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 11.6MB]
  Read by: Sibella Denton
• 03-Ch 5: Hakon Jarl & Ch 6: Olaf Tryggveson – 00:24:46
  [mp3@64kbps – 11.8MB]
  [mp3@128kbps – 23.7MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 12.3MB]
  Read by: Kristine Bekere
• 04-Ch 7: Reign of Olaf Tryggveson – 00:34:47
  [mp3@64kbps – 16.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps – 33.3MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 18.5MB]
  Read by: Sibella Denton
• 05-Ch 8: Jarls Eric and Svein & 9: King Olaf the Thick-Set’s Viking Days – 00:26:33
  [mp3@64kbps – 12.7MB]
  [mp3@128kbps – 25.5MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 14.2MB]
  Read by: Sibella Denton
• 06-Ch 10: Reign of King Olaf the Saint pt 1 – 00:29:19
  [mp3@64kbps – 14.0MB]
  [mp3@128kbps – 28.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 14.9MB]
  Read by: Kristine Bekere
• 07-Ch 10: Reign of King Olaf the Saint pt 2 – 00:27:51
  [mp3@64kbps – 13.3MB]
  [mp3@128kbps – 26.7MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 13.9MB]
  Read by: Kristine Bekere
• 08-Ch 11: Magnus the Good and Others – 00:27:55
  [mp3@64kbps – 13.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps – 26.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 14.1MB]
  Read by: Kristine Bekere
• 09-Ch 12: Olaf the Tranquil, Magnus Barefoot, and Sigurd the Crusader & Ch 13: Magnus the Blind, Harald Gylle, and Mutual Extinction of the Haarfagrs – 00:14:18
  [mp3@64kbps – 6.8MB]
  [mp3@128kbps – 13.7MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 11.3MB]
  Read by: Sibella Denton
• 10-Ch 14: Sverrir and Descendants to Hakon the Old, Ch 15: Hakon the Old at Largs & Ch 16: Epilogue – 00:16:59
  [mp3@64kbps – 8.1MB]
  [mp3@128kbps – 16.3MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 13.2MB]
  Read by: Sibella Denton

Cataloged on July 08, 2008

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