Audiobook

World's Best Poetry, Volume 2: Love (Part 1)

The second of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, includes a range of famous and influential love poems relating to such topics as admiration; love's nature; love's beginnings; and wooing and winning. It also includes an introductory essay by American poet John Vance Cheney (1848-1922). Summary by Tomas Peter.

Year of Publication: 1904Genres: Anthologies

Running Time: 06 hours 00 minute 46 seconds

#	Chapter Name
	The Future of Poetry by John Vance Cheney Anusha Iyer	19:00
	When in the Chronicle of Wasted Time: Sonnet CVI by William Shakespeare Tomas Peter	1:14
	Daybreak by Sir William Davenant Sonia	1:04
	Shall I Compare Thee?: Sonnet XVIII by William Shakespeare Lian Pang	1:15
	The Portrait by Thomas Heywood Anusha Iyer	2:33
	Give Place, Ye Lovers by Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey John Burlinson (1950-2024)	2:09
	To His Mistress, Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia by Sir Henry Wotton cathar maiden	1:28
	The Forward Violet Thus Did I Chide: Sonnet XCIX by William Shakespeare Sonia	1:23
	There Is a Garden in Her Face: From 'An Houre's Recreation in Musicke,' 1606 by Anonymous Gaby	1:45
	Olivia: From 'Twelfth Night,' Act I. Sc. 5 by William Shakespeare Lian Pang	0:44
	Portia's Picture: From 'The Merchant of Venice,' Act III. Sc. 2 by William Shakespeare Tomas Peter	1:09
	Song by Mark Akenside Gaby	1:54
	Triumph of Charis by Ben Jonson John Burlinson (1950-2024)	2:25
	Belinda: From 'The Rape of the Lock' by Alexander Pope Lian Pang	1:06
	Hero's Beauty: From the First Sestiad of 'Hero and Leander' by Christopher Marlowe Tomas Peter	2:58
	Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes: From 'The Forest' by Ben Jonson Tomas Peter	1:09
	Eros Is Missing by Meleager Sonia	1:15
	A Violet in Her Hair by Charles Swain Anusha Iyer	1:16
	To Dianeme by Robert Herrick Lian Pang	0:53
	Rosalynd by Thomas Lodge John Burlinson (1950-2024)	3:13
	Disdain Returned by Thomas Carew Sonia	0:56
	To a Lady Admiring Herself in a Looking-Glass by Thomas Randolph Gaby	2:36
	Phillis Is My Only Joy by Sir Charles Sedley Tomas Peter	1:20
	Constancy by Sir John Suckling Anusha Iyer	1:04
	A Vision of Beauty by Ben Jonson Lian Pang	0:50
	To the Princess Lucretia by Torquato Tasso John Burlinson (1950-2024)	1:42
	My Lady by Dante Alighieri Anusha Iyer	1:22
	Vision of a Fair Woman, from the Ancient Erse of Elizabeth A. Sharp's 'Lyra Celtica' Tomas Peter	1:25
	Spring by Meleager Sonia	1:05
	Song by Walther von der Vogelweide Gaby	1:59
	The Girl of Cadiz by Lord Byron Anusha Iyer	3:27
	I Fear Thy Kisses, Gentle Maiden by Percy Bysshe Shelley Lian Pang	0:45
	A Budget of Paradoxes by John Martley cathar maiden	1:17
	Love Dissembled: From 'As You Like It,' Act III. Sc. 5 by William Shakespeare Anusha Iyer	2:15
	Her Likeness by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik Sonia	1:16
	She Walks in Beauty: From 'Hebrew Melodies' by Lord Byron Gaby	1:39
	She Is Not Fair to Outward View by Hartley Coleridge John Burlinson (1950-2024)	1:12
	Verses Written in an Album by Thomas Moore Sonia	0:53
	To Roses in the Bosom of Castara by William Habington Tomas Peter	1:17
	To Helen by Edgar Allan Poe Tomas Peter	1:02
	On a Girdle by Edmund Waller John Burlinson (1950-2024)	1:09
	The White Rose (Sent by a Yorkish Lover to His Lancastrian Mistress) by Anonymous Lian Pang	0:47
	A Song by Thomas Carew Sonia	1:22
	Go, Lovely Rose by Edmund Waller Tomas Peter	1:21
	Whenas in Silks My Julia Goes by Robert Herrick Lian Pang	0:44
	O, Do Not Wanton with Those Eyes by Ben Jonson Sonia	1:00
	Black and Blue Eyes by Thomas Moore Anusha Iyer	1:23
	Blue Eyes by John Keats John Burlinson (1950-2024)	1:46
	O, Saw Ye the Lass? by Richard Ryan Tomas Peter	1:19
	A Health by Edward Coote Pinkney Tomas Peter	1:55
	My Sweetheart's Face by John Allan Wyeth Lian Pang	1:00
	Her Guitar by Frank Dempster Sherman Anusha Iyer	2:25
	On Some Buttercups by Frank Dempster Sherman John Burlinson (1950-2024)	1:19
	O, Fairest of the Rural Maids! by William Cullen Bryant Gaby	1:47
	To a Lady (On Her Art of Growing Old Gracefully) by John James Piatt Lian Pang	0:39
	On the Road to Chorrera by Arlo Bates Sonia	1:23
	The Milking-Maid by Christina Georgina Rossetti Anusha Iyer	3:48
	Lovely Mary Donnelly by William Allingham Tomas Peter	2:48
	The Irish Spinning-Wheel by Alfred Perceval Graves Craig Franklin	2:05
	The Low-Backed Car by Samuel Lover Gaby	2:59
	A Gage d'Amour by Austin Dobson Anusha Iyer	3:45
	An Experience and a Moral by Frederick Swartwout Cozzens Gaby	2:50
	At the Church Gate by William Makepeace Thackeray Craig Franklin	1:35
	Love: From 'The Merchant of Venice,' Act III. Sc. 2 by William Shakespeare Lian Pang	0:48
	Love Is a Sickness by Samuel Daniel Lian Pang	1:00
	The Shepherd and the King by Robert Greene Sonia	2:26
	Love: From 'Hero and Leander' by Christopher Marlowe Gaby	1:18
	Love and Woman: From 'Love's Labour's Lost,' Act IV. Sc. 3 by William Shakespeare Anusha Iyer	5:09
	Ah, How Sweet: From 'Tyrannic Love,' Act IV. Sc. 1 by John Dryden Tomas Peter	1:35
	Welcome, Welcome, Do I Sing by William Browne Lian Pang	1:40
	Love: From the 'Lay of the Last Minstrel,' Canto III by Sir Walter Scott Sonia	1:57
	Song by Sir Charles Sedley cathar maiden	1:42
	If It Be True That Any Beauteous Thing by Michelangelo Craig Franklin	1:32
	Sonnet by George Chapman Anusha Iyer	1:22
	Love's Silence by Sir Philip Sidney Craig Franklin	1:16
	When Will Love Come? by Pakenham Beatty cathar maiden	1:08
	Why? by Mary Louise Ritter Anusha Iyer	1:24
	The Annoyer by Nathaniel Parker Willis Tomas Peter	1:59
	Three Loves by Lucy H. Hooper Sonia	1:07
	Love Scorns Degrees: From 'The Mountain of the Lovers' by Paul Hamilton Hayne Lian Pang	0:56
	Love Not Me for Comely Grace by Anonymous Anusha Iyer	1:03
	Light by Francis W. Bourdillon Anusha Iyer	0:49
	O Mistress Mine: From 'Twelfth Night,' Act II. Sc. 3 by William Shakespeare Tomas Peter	1:28
	Philomela's Ode (That She Sung in Her Arbor) by Robert Greene Sonia	2:04
	A Fiction: How Cupid Made a Nymph Wound Herself with His Arrow by 'A.W.' Tomas Peter	3:01
	Wishes for the Supposed Mistress by Richard Crashaw Anusha Iyer	3:19
	A Match by Algernon Charles Swinburne cathar maiden	2:20
	My Choice by William Browne Craig Franklin	1:48
	A Maiden's Ideal of a Husband: From 'The Contrivances' by Henry Carey cathar maiden	1:05
	Rosalynd's Complaint by Thomas Lodge Lian Pang	1:46
	Cupid Swallowed by Leigh Hunt Craig Franklin	1:09
	Green Grow the Rashes O by Robert Burns Tomas Peter	1:48
	Perfume by Edmund William Gosse Sonia	1:15
	Life by Lizzie M. Little Anusha Iyer	1:25
	Kate Temple's Song by Sir James Carnegie, Earl of Southesk cathar maiden	1:10
	The First Kiss by Thomas Campbell Sonia	1:35
	Tell Me, My Heart, If This Be Love by George, Lord Lyttelton Craig Franklin	1:29
	Athulf and Ethilda by Sir Henry Taylor John Burlinson (1950-2024)	2:24
	Blest as the Immortal Gods by Sappho Lian Pang	1:17
	I Dreamt I Saw Great Venus by Bion Anusha Iyer	1:39
	Francesca da Rimini: From the 'Divina Commedia: Inferno' by Dante Alighieri Anusha Iyer	2:21
	Dinna Ask Me by John Dunlop Tomas Peter	1:12
	O Swallow, Swallow, Flying South: From 'The Princess' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson cathar maiden	1:58
	Song: From 'The Miller's Daughter' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Lian Pang	1:09
	If Doughty Deeds My Lady Please by Robert Graham of Gartmore Craig Franklin	1:44
	The Kiss by Robert Herrick Anusha Iyer	1:51
	An Opal by Ednah Procter Clarke Hayes Sonia	1:07
	Cupid and Campaspe: From 'Alexander and Campaspe,' Act III. Sc. 5 by John Lyly Tomas Peter	1:11
	Kisses by William Strode Anusha Iyer	0:50
	Love's Philosophy by Percy Bysshe Shelley Sonia	1:03
	Kissing's No Sin by Anonymous Craig Franklin	0:51
	Song of the Milkmaid: From 'Queen Mary' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson cathar maiden	1:15
	Comin' Through the Rye by Robert Burns Tomas Peter	1:36
	Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad by Robert Burns Tomas Peter	2:17
	Sonnet Upon a Stolen Kiss by George Wither Craig Franklin	1:21
	Caprice by William Dean Howells Anusha Iyer	2:24
	Sly Thoughts by Coventry Patmore Anusha Iyer	0:48
	The Whistle by Robert Story Anusha Iyer	1:47
	Behave Yoursel' Before Folk by Alexander Rodger Tomas Peter	2:28
	Smile and Never Heed Me by Charles Swain cathar maiden	1:07
	The Dule's I' This Bonnet o' Mine (Lancashire Dialect) by Edwin Waugh Craig Franklin	2:14
	A Spinster's Stint by Alice Cary Anusha Iyer	1:50
	The Telltale by Elizabeth Akers Anusha Iyer	4:13
	Love in the Valley by George Meredith Sonia	5:45
	Thoughts on the Commandments by George Augustus Baker Tomas Peter	1:27
	The Love-Knot by Nora Perry Anusha Iyer	2:21
	The Chess-board by Robert Bulwer Lytton (Owen Meredith) Anusha Iyer	2:14
	Her Letter by Bret Harte Sonia	4:02
	The Plaidie by Charles Sibley Tomas Peter	1:05
	Kitty of Coleraine by Charles Dawson Shanly Sonia	1:22
	Kitty Neil by John Francis Waller Sonia	2:13
	The Little Milliner by Robert Buchanan cathar maiden	12:58
	Atalanta's Race: From 'The Earthly Paradise' by William Morris Sonia	9:06
	The Passionate Shepherd to His Love by Christopher Marlowe Tomas Peter	1:32
	The Nymph's Reply by Sir Walter Raleigh cathar maiden	1:40
	Golden Eyes by Rufinus Craig Franklin	1:10
	Phillida and Corydon by Nicholas Breton Anusha Iyer	1:40
	The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington by Anonymous Sonia	2:47
	Where Are You Going, My Pretty Maid? by Anonymous Sonia	1:04
	My Eyes! How I Love You by John Godfrey Saxe Craig Franklin	1:31
	The Brookside by Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton Sonia	1:41
	The Little Red Lark by Alfred Perceval Graves Sonia	1:16
	Love by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Tomas Peter	4:30
	Somebody by Anonymous Tomas Peter	1:37
	The Exchange by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Tomas Peter	0:46
	Love's Logic by Anonymous Anusha Iyer	2:06
	The Night-piece by Robert Herrick Craig Franklin	1:16
	Sweet Meeting of Desires: From 'The Angel in the House' by Coventry Patmore Tomas Peter	1:59
	Story of the Gate by T.H. Robertson Anusha Iyer	2:32
	Doris: A Pastoral by Arthur Joseph Munby Sonia	3:40
	Among the Heather by William Allingham cathar maiden	1:36
	Rory O'More; or, All for Good Luck by Samuel Lover cathar maiden	2:38
	Cooking and Courting by Anonymous Sonia	2:53
	Ca' the Yowes by Isabel Pagan Tomas Peter	1:45
	The Siller Croun by Susanna Blamire Tomas Peter	1:22
	Duncan Gray Cam' Here to Woo by Robert Burns Craig Franklin	2:05
	How to Ask and Have by Samuel Lover Tomas Peter	1:35
	Live in My Heart and Pay No Rent by Samuel Lover Sonia	1:34
	Widow Machree by Samuel Lover Tomas Peter	1:59
	Widow Malone by Charles Lever Sonia	2:11
	I'm Not Myself at All by Samuel Lover Craig Franklin	2:35
	I Prithee Send Me Back My Heart by Sir John Suckling Anusha Iyer	1:31
	Love Me Little, Love Me Long by Anonymous Sonia	2:13
	The Courtin' by James Russell Lowell Sonia	4:52
	Popping Corn by Anonymous cathar maiden	2:11
	The Friar of Orders Gray by Thomas Percy Anusha Iyer	5:00
	The Hermit: From 'The Vicar of Wakefield' by Oliver Goldsmith Anusha Iyer	7:48
	The Laird o' Cockpen by Carolina Oliphant, Baroness Nairne Sonia	2:23
	Othello's Defence: From 'Othello,' Act I. Sc. 3 by William Shakespeare Tomas Peter	3:37
	The Earl o' Quarterdeck: A New Old Ballad by George MacDonald Anusha Iyer	6:05
	Aux Italiens by Robert Bulwer Lytton (Owen Meredith) Sonia	6:19