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