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World's Best Poetry, Volume 1: Home and Friendship (Part 1)

The first of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, includes a trove of poetry about home and family life, focusing especially on verses about children, verses for children, and fun for little folk. It also includes a general introduction to the series by Carman himself, as well as an introductory essay to the volume by University of Chicago English professor William Darnall MacClintock (1858-1936). (Summary by Tomas Peter)

Year of Publication: 1904Genres: Anthologies

Running Time: 06 hours 28 minutes 30 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	The Purpose of Poetry by Bliss Carman Anusha Iyer	39:50
2	Young People and the Poets by William Darnall MacClintock Anusha Iyer	35:40
3	The Baby by Kalidasa Anusha Iyer	0:50
4	Birth by Annie R. Stillman (Grace Raymond) Anusha Iyer	1:24
5	The Baby by George MacDonald Sonia	1:51
6	Weighing the Baby by Ethelinda Elliott Beers (Ethel Lynn) Sonia	2:14
7	Laus Infantium by William Canton Jason in Panama	1:35
8	Étude réaliste by Algernon Charles Swinburne Sonia	2:05
9	The Babie by Jeremiah Eames Rankin Craig Franklin	1:26
10	The Angel's Whisper by Samuel Lover Sonia	1:38
11	Lullaby: From 'The Princess' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Leanne Yau	1:24
12	The Happy Hour by Mary Frances Butts Tomas Peter	1:28
13	Cradle Song by Anonymous Jason in Panama	1:15
14	Cradle Song: From 'Bitter-Sweet' by Josiah Gilbert Holland Sonia	2:52
15	Japanese Lullaby by Eugene Field Leanne Yau	1:34
16	Philip, My King by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik Tomas Peter	2:26
17	Baby May by William Cox Bennett Craig Franklin	2:57
18	Little Feet by Elizabeth Akers Jason in Panama	2:47
19	Baby Louise by Margaret Eytinge Craig Franklin	1:31
20	Silent Baby by Ellen Bartlett Currier Anusha Iyer	1:53
21	The Household Sovereign: From 'The Hanging of the Crane' by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Tomas Peter	1:56
22	On the Picture of an Infant (Playing Near a Precipice) by Leonidas of Alexandria Anusha Iyer	1:06
23	The Mother's Sacrifice by Seba Smith Anusha Iyer	1:43
24	Mother and Child by William Gilmore Simms Sonia	2:07
25	Children by Walter Savage Landor Sonia	1:01
26	Polly by William Brighty Rands Leanne Yau	1:32
27	To My Infant Son by Thomas Hood Sonia	3:22
28	Letty's Globe by Charles Tennyson Turner Anusha Iyer	1:26
29	Willie Winkie by William Miller Tomas Peter	1:40
30	To J. H. (Four Years Old: A Nursery Song) by Leigh Hunt Sonia	4:34
31	Seven Times Four: Maternity by Jean Ingelow Craig Franklin	1:47
32	The Mother's Hope by Laman Blanchard Jason in Panama	2:55
33	Bedtime by Francis, Earl of Rosslyn Tomas Peter	1:20
34	To Hartley Coleridge (Six Years Old) by William Wordsworth Craig Franklin	2:21
35	My Little Girl by Samuel Minturn Peck Leanne Yau	1:22
36	Little Goldenhair by Mrs. F. Burge Smith Leanne Yau	2:24
37	The Unfinished Prayer by Anonymous Sonia	1:29
38	Cuddle Doon by Alexander Anderson Sonia	2:33
39	The Witch in the Glass by Sarah M. B. Piatt Anusha Iyer	1:05
40	Small and Early by Tudor Jenks Anusha Iyer	2:29
41	Seven Times One by Jean Ingelow Anusha Iyer	2:09
42	The Lost Heir by Thomas Hood Sonia	8:51
43	The Gambols of Children by George Darley Jason in Panama	1:07
44	The Child in the Garden by Henry van Dyke Tomas Peter	1:21
45	A Portrait by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Anusha Iyer	3:34
46	To a Child During Sickness by Leigh Hunt Sonia	2:33
47	Baby Bell by Thomas Bailey Aldrich Leanne Yau	5:05
48	Our Wee White Rose by Gerald Massey Tomas Peter	2:26
49	Baby's Shoes by William Cox Bennett Jason in Panama	1:48
50	Baby Zulma's Christmas Carol by Augustus Julian Requier Tomas Peter	4:12
51	On the Death of an Infant by Dirk Smits Craig Franklin	1:41
52	She Came and Went by James Russell Lowell Jason in Panama	1:35
53	Three Years She Grew by William Wordsworth Anusha Iyer	2:29
54	We Are Seven by William Wordsworth Leanne Yau	3:09
55	Boyhood by Washington Allston Craig Franklin	1:11
56	Pictures of Memory by Alice Cary Sonia	2:01
57	The Mitherless Bairn by William Thom Craig Franklin	2:48
58	My Mother's Picture by William Cowper Sonia	7:24
59	I Remember, I Remember by Thomas Hood Leanne Yau	1:41
60	The Barefoot Boy by John Greenleaf Whittier Jason in Panama	5:04
61	Rain on the Roof by Coates Kinney Leanne Yau	2:21
62	Whittling (A National Portrait) by John Pierpont Tomas Peter	2:45
63	The Old Oaken Bucket by Samuel Woodworth Craig Franklin	2:30
64	The Old Arm-chair by Eliza Cook Leanne Yau	2:11
65	Woodman, Spare That Tree by George Pope Morris Sonia	1:39
66	A Parable by Mathilde Blind Anusha Iyer	1:30
67	The Piper by William Blake Tomas Peter	1:26
68	Choosing a Name by Mary Lamb Sonia	1:35
69	What Does Little Birdie Say?: From 'Sea Dreams' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Leanne Yau	1:16
70	A Cradle Hymn by Isaac Watts Tomas Peter	4:05
71	Go Sleep, Ma Honey by Edward D. Barker Tomas Peter	2:33
72	No Baby in the House by Clara G. Dolliver Jason in Panama	1:25
73	A Dutch Lullaby by Eugene Field Anusha Iyer	2:34
74	Half-Waking by William Allingham Sonia	1:15
75	Twinkle, Twinkle by Anonymous Leanne Yau	2:40
76	Pretty Cow by Jane Taylor Craig Franklin	1:00
77	The Three Little Kittens (A Cat's Tale, with Additions) by Eliza Lee Follen Anusha Iyer	2:09
78	The Land of Counterpane by Robert Louis Stevenson Jason in Panama	1:07
79	How Doth the Little Busy Bee by Isaac Watts Leanne Yau	1:09
80	Try Again by Anonymous Sonia	1:10
81	Good Night and Good Morning by Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton Anusha Iyer	2:01
82	The Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt Anusha Iyer	4:08
83	Thread and Song by John Williamson Palmer Tomas Peter	1:24
84	Let Dogs Delight to Bark and Bite by Isaac Watts Craig Franklin	1:28
85	The Children's Church by Karl von Gerok Jason in Panama	2:32
86	Child's Evening Hymn by Sabine Baring-Gould Tomas Peter	3:39
87	'It Is Finished' by Christina Georgina Rossetti Craig Franklin	2:31
88	A Little Child's Hymn (For Night and Morning) by Francis Turner Palgrave Jason in Panama	1:32
89	Sheep and Lambs by Katharine Tynan Hinkson Jason in Panama	1:22
90	'By Cool Siloam's Shady Rill' by Reginald Heber Tomas Peter	2:57
91	The Romance of the Swan's Nest by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Anusha Iyer	5:06
92	A Good Play by Robert Louis Stevenson Anusha Iyer	1:09
93	A Life-Lesson by James Whitcomb Riley Leanne Yau	1:22
94	The Dead Doll by Margaret Vandegrift Anusha Iyer	3:14
95	Foreign Children by Robert Louis Stevenson Sonia	1:15
96	The Unseen Playmate by Robert Louis Stevenson Craig Franklin	1:41
97	The Shadows by Frank Dempster Sherman Sonia	1:26
98	The Dancers by Michael Field Anusha Iyer	1:07
99	My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson Leanne Yau	1:32
100	Little Bell by Thomas Westwood Sonia	4:05
101	Wings by Mary Louise Ritter Anusha Iyer	1:03
102	Foreign Lands by Robert Louis Stevenson Leanne Yau	1:17
103	Under My Window by Thomas Westwood Leanne Yau	1:45
104	The Land of Story-books by Robert Louis Stevenson Anusha Iyer	1:44
105	Fairy Days by William Makepeace Thackeray Leanne Yau	2:49
106	The Wind in a Frolic by William Howitt Anusha Iyer	3:01
107	The Wind by Robert Louis Stevenson Sonia	1:16
108	The Man in the Moon by James Whitcomb Riley Tomas Peter	2:51
109	The Fairies of the Caldon Low (A Midsummer Legend) by Mary Howitt Anusha Iyer	4:39
110	The Elf and the Dormouse by Oliver Herford Anusha Iyer	1:24
111	A Little Dutch Garden by Harriet Whitney Durbin Jason in Panama	1:24
112	The First Rose of Summer by Oliver Herford Sonia	1:05
113	A Belated Violet by Oliver Herford Anusha Iyer	2:17
114	The Frost by Hannah Flagg Gould Anusha Iyer	2:22
115	A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore Tomas Peter	3:51
116	Little Orphant Annie by James Whitcomb Riley Craig Franklin	2:43
117	Old-School Punishment by Anonymous Sonia	1:07
118	In School-Days by John Greenleaf Whittier Leanne Yau	2:35
119	Seein' Things by Eugene Field Tomas Peter	2:30
120	A Mortifying Mistake by Anna Maria Pratt Anusha Iyer	1:49
121	The Smack in School by William Pitt Palmer Sonia	2:28
122	There Was a Little Girl by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Jason in Panama	1:07
123	The Story of Cruel Frederick: From 'The English Struwwelpeter' by Heinrich Hoffmann Sonia	1:50
124	The Dreadful Story about Harriet and the Matches: From 'The English Struwwelpeter' by Heinrich Hoffmann Sonia	3:18
125	The Story of Johnny-Head-in-Air: From 'The English Struwwelpeter' by Heinrich Hoffmann Leanne Yau	2:52
126	The Three Children by Anonymous Craig Franklin	0:57
127	The Owl and the Pussy-cat by Edward Lear Anusha Iyer	2:14
128	Mr. and Mrs. Spikky Sparrow by Edward Lear Anusha Iyer	3:47
129	The Walrus and the Carpenter: From 'Alice in Wonderland' by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) Anusha Iyer	5:01
130	Good King Arthur by Anonymous Leanne Yau	0:55
131	From 'Max and Maurice' by Wilhelm Busch Anusha Iyer	10:32
132	The Jumblies by Edward Lear Tomas Peter	3:37
133	The History Lesson by Anonymous Tomas Peter	1:20
134	Sage Counsel by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch Craig Franklin	1:29
135	Limericks: From 'A Book of Nonsense' by Edward Lear Anusha Iyer	6:18
136	There Was a Small Boy of Quebec by Rudyard Kipling Anusha Iyer	0:41
137	More Limericks by Anonymous Anusha Iyer	0:53
138	Finis by Anonymous Anusha Iyer	0:47