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World's Best Poetry, Volume 3: Sorrow and Consolation (Part 1)

The third of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection includes a range of famous poems relating to such topics as disappointment in love; parting and absence; adversity; comfort and cheer; death and bereavement; and consolation. It also includes an introductory essay by American theologian Lyman Abbott (1835-1922). There are links to sung versions of some of the poems on the Internet Archive page. Summary by Tomas Peter

Year of Publication: 1904Genres: Anthologies

Running Time: 06 hours 05 minutes 54 seconds

#	Chapter Name
	An Interpreter of Life by Lyman Abbott Sonia	30:31
	The Course of True Love: From "Midsummer Night's Dream," Act I. Sc. 1 by William Shakespeare Gaby	1:30
	Lady Clara Vere de Vere by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Tomas Peter	3:26
	Linda to Hafed: From "The Fire-Worshippers" by Thomas Moore Sonia	2:19
	Love Not by Caroline Elizabeth Sheridan (Hon. Mrs. Norton) Lian Pang	1:34
	The Princess by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Sonia	1:14
	Unrequited Love: From "Twelfth Night," Act I. Sc. 4 by William Shakespeare Lian Pang	1:27
	Fair Ines by Thomas Hood Gaby	2:34
	The Banks o' Doon by Robert Burns Tomas Peter	1:46
	Sonnet: From "Astrophel and Stella" by Sir Philip Sidney Lian Pang	1:23
	Agatha by Alfred Austin Sonia	2:01
	The Sun-Dial by Austin Dobson Lian Pang	3:48
	Locksley Hall by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Tomas Peter	16:28
	Song by Sir Walter Scott Lian Pang	1:12
	Auld Robin Gray by Lady Anne Barnard Tomas Peter	3:27
	To a Portrait by Arthur Symons Lian Pang	1:05
	Maud Muller by John Greenleaf Whittier Gaby	6:35
	The Palm and the Pine by Heinrich Heine Gaby	1:22
	Cumnor Hall by William Julius Mickle Sonia	6:08
	Waly, Waly by Anonymous Tomas Peter	3:27
	Lady Ann Bothwell's Lament: A Scottish Song by Anonymous Lian Pang	3:18
	My Heid Is Like to Rend, Willie by William Motherwell Tomas Peter	3:34
	Ashes of Roses by Elaine Goodale Eastman Lian Pang	0:54
	A Woman's Love by John Hay Lian Pang	2:30
	The Shadow Rose by Robert Cameron Rogers Gaby	0:55
	Has Summer Come without the Rose? by Arthur O'Shaughnessy Gaby	2:05
	The Dirty Old Man: A Lay of Leadenhall by William Allingham Sonia	4:19
	Home, Wounded by Sydney Dobell Tomas Peter	8:10
	Divided by Jean Ingelow Gaby	8:18
	To Diane de Poitiers by Clément Marot Gaby	1:16
	The Spinner by Mary Ainge De Vere (Madeline Bridges) Sonia	1:22
	Take, O, Take Those Lips Away by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher Gaby	1:38
	Woman's Inconstancy by Sir Robert Ayton Lian Pang	1:52
	Time's Revenge by Agathias Sonia	0:58
	The Dream by Lord Byron Gaby	12:44
	Alas! How Light a Cause May Move: From "The Light of the Harem" by Thomas Moore Gaby	2:43
	Blighted Love by Luís de Camões Lian Pang	1:14
	The Nevermore by Dante Gabriel Rossetti Tomas Peter	1:13
	The Portrait by Robert Bulwer-Lytton (Owen Meredith) Gaby	5:26
	Only a Woman by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik Lian Pang	4:54
	Dorothy in the Garret by John Townsend Trowbridge Gaby	7:22
	The Nun and Harp by Harriet Prescott Spofford Sonia	2:01
	Fidelity in Doubt by Guiraud Le Roux Lian Pang	1:15
	Faith by Frances Anne Kemble-Butler Lian Pang	0:48
	Parting by Coventry Patmore Sonia	1:15
	To Lucasta, On Going to the Wars by Richard Lovelace Tomas Peter	0:57
	Good-bye by Anonymous Gaby	2:13
	Ae Fond Kiss before We Part by Robert Burns Tomas Peter	2:11
	O, My Luve's Like a Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns Tomas Peter	1:34
	Maid of Athens, Ere We Part by Lord Byron Gaby	2:04
	Song of the Young Highlander Summoned from His Bride by the "Fiery Cross of Roderick Dhu": From "The Lady of the Lake" by Sir Walter Scott Tomas Peter	2:01
	Black-Eyed Susan by John Gay Gaby	3:24
	The Parting Lovers by Anonymous Sonia	1:01
	Lochaber No More by Allan Ramsay Tomas Peter	2:11
	As Slow Our Ship by Thomas Moore Gaby	2:13
	Qua Cursum Ventus by Arthur Hugh Clough Sonia	1:52
	Adieu, Adieu! My Native Shore by Lord Byron Gaby	1:21
	Farewell to His Wife by Lord Byron Tomas Peter	2:58
	Come, Let Us Kisse and Parte by Michael Drayton Sonia	1:18
	Farewell! Thou Art Too Dear: Sonnet LXXXVII by William Shakespeare Gaby	1:36
	Kathleen Mavourneen by Julia (or Louisa Macartney) Crawford Lian Pang	1:32
	We Parted in Silence by Julia (or Louisa Macartney) Crawford Lian Pang	1:46
	Auf Wiedersehen: Summer by James Russell Lowell Gaby	1:54
	Palinode: Autumn by James Russell Lowell Gaby	1:53
	Farewell!—But Whenever by Thomas Moore Sonia	1:53
	Parting of Hector and Andromache: From "The Iliad," Book VI by Homer Sonia	8:44
	Hector to His Wife: From "The Iliad," Book VI by Homer Tomas Peter	1:55
	To Lucasta by Richard Lovelace Lian Pang	1:21
	To Her Absent Sailor: From "The Tent on the Beach" by John Greenleaf Whittier Sonia	2:27
	I Love My Jean by Robert Burns Tomas Peter	1:12
	Jeanie Morrison by William Motherwell Tomas Peter	4:39
	O, Saw Ye Bonnie Leslie? by Robert Burns Tomas Peter	1:23
	The Rustic Lad's Lament in the Town by David Macbeth Moir Tomas Peter	2:18
	Absence by Frances Anne Kemble Lian Pang	2:17
	Robin Adair by Lady Caroline Keppel Sonia	1:50
	Daisy by Francis Thompson Gaby	3:26
	Song of Egla by Maria Gowen Brooks (Maria del Occidente) Sonia	1:49
	What Ails This Heart o' Mine? by Susanna Blamire Tomas Peter	1:42
	Love's Memory: From "All's Well That Ends Well," Act I. Sc. 1 by William Shakespeare Lian Pang	1:21
	Absence by Anonymous Lian Pang	0:43
	Thinkin' Long by Anna MacManus (Ethna Carbery) Sonia	1:19
	"Tears, Idle Tears": From "The Princess" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Lian Pang	1:44
	The Old Familiar Faces by Charles Lamb Tomas Peter	1:54
	Come to Me, Dearest by Joseph Brenan Gaby	3:18
	The Wife to Her Husband by Anonymous Sonia	1:49
	My Old Kentucky Home: Negro Song by Stephen Collins Foster Lian Pang	2:44
	Old Folks at Home by Stephen Collins Foster Lian Pang	2:12
	The Present Good: From "The Task," Book VI by William Cowper Sonia	0:40
	Man by Walter Savage Landor Lian Pang	0:37
	The World by Francis, Lord Bacon Sonia	1:45
	Moan, Moan, Ye Dying Gales by Henry Neele Sonia	1:24
	The Vanity of the World by Francis Quarles Tomas Peter	2:34
	Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind: From "As You Like It," Act II. Sc. 7 by William Shakespeare Lian Pang	1:23
	The Wail of Prometheus Bound: From "Prometheus" by Aeschylus Sonia	2:51
	Samson on His Blindness: From "Samson Agonistes" by John Milton Lian Pang	1:28
	Lines by Chidiock Tichborne Gaby	1:50
	Hence, All Ye Vain Delights: From "The Nice Valour," Act III. Sc. 3 by John Fletcher Lian Pang	1:21
	The Fall of Cardinal Wolsey: From "King Henry VIII," Act III. Sc. 2 by William Shakespeare Tomas Peter	3:50
	The Approach of Age: From "Tales of the Hall" by George Crabbe Sonia	1:59
	Stanzas Written in Dejection near Naples by Percy Bysshe Shelley Gaby	3:11
	Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats Tomas Peter	5:29
	Perished: Catskill Mountain House by Mary Louise Ritter Sonia	1:16
	Byron's Latest Verses by Lord Byron Sonia	2:15
	A Doubting Heart by Adelaide Anne Procter Lian Pang	1:41
	The Voiceless by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sonia	1:30
	A Lament by Percy Bysshe Shelley Tomas Peter	0:57
	"What Can an Old Man Do but Die?" by Thomas Hood Gaby	1:36
	Over the Hill to the Poor-house by Will Carleton Gaby	7:31
	Old by Ralph Hoyt Tomas Peter	7:20
	The Last Leaf by Oliver Wendell Holmes Gaby	2:27
	The Last Leaf: Ya Perezhil Svoï Zhelanya by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin Sonia	1:02
	The Old Vagabond by Pierre-Jean de Béranger Sonia	2:41
	The Beggar by Thomas Moss Tomas Peter	2:51
	A Rough Rhyme on a Rough Matter: The English Game Laws by Charles Kingsley Gaby	5:08
	"They Are Dear Fish to Me" by Anonymous Tomas Peter	2:24
	Give Me Three Grains of Corn, Mother: The Irish Famine by Amelia Blandford Edwards Lian Pang	2:51
	The Song of the Shirt by Thomas Hood Lian Pang	3:48
	The Pauper's Drive by Thomas Noel Sonia	2:18
	Unseen Spirits by Nathaniel Parker Willis Tomas Peter	1:51
	Beautiful Snow by James W. Watson Sonia	3:30
	London Churches by Richard Monckton Milnes (Lord Houghton) Lian Pang	1:33
	The Bridge of Sighs by Thomas Hood Gaby	4:39
	Guilty, or Not Guilty? by Anonymous Tomas Peter	3:09
	The Female Convict by Letitia Elizabeth Landon Gaby	4:39
	Hopeless Grief by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Sonia	1:15