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