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World's Best Poetry, Volume 5: Nature (Part 1)

The fifth 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 poems dealing with the natural world, covering subjects such as nature's influence on the poetic mind; daylight and nighttime; the seasons; inland waters; and highlands. It also includes an introductory essay to the volume by the "Father of Canadian Poetry" Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts (1860-1943). - Summary by Tomas Peter

Year of Publication: 1904Genres: Anthologies

Running Time: 06 hours 28 minutes 17 seconds

#	Chapter Name
	The Poetry of Nature by Charles George Douglas Roberts Sonia	12:29
	The World Is Too Much with Us (Sonnet) by William Wordsworth Leanne Yau	1:25
	Earth, Ocean, Air: From the Preface of 'Alastor' by Percy Bysshe Shelley Leanne Yau	3:34
	On a Beautiful Day by John Sterling Sonia	1:32
	God in Nature: From 'Paracelsus' by Robert Browning Craig Franklin	4:02
	My Heart Leaps Up by William Wordsworth Tomas Peter	0:57
	Each and All by Ralph Waldo Emerson Jason in Panama	3:09
	The Country Faith by Norman Gale Tomas Peter	1:01
	Tintern Abbey by William Wordsworth Craig Franklin	9:43
	Great Nature Is an Army Gay by Richard Watson Gilder Sonia	1:41
	Come to These Scenes of Peace by William Lisle Bowles Leanne Yau	1:13
	Ode on the Pleasure Arising from Vicissitude by Thomas Gray Tomas Peter	2:52
	Nature by Jones Very Jason in Panama	1:18
	Influence of Natural Objects: From 'The Prelude' I by William Wordsworth Craig Franklin	4:11
	An Indian Song by William Butler Yeats Leanne Yau	1:52
	The Tables Turned by William Wordsworth Tomas Peter	2:07
	Rus in Urbe by Clement Scott Tomas Peter	2:45
	The Faun (A Fragment) by Richard Hovey Leanne Yau	5:26
	Invocation to Light: From 'Paradise Lost,' Book III by John Milton Tomas Peter	3:55
	Light: From 'Paradise Lost,' Book VII by John Milton Craig Franklin	1:03
	Light by George MacDonald Jason in Panama	3:58
	The Northern Lights by Benjamin Franklin Taylor Leanne Yau	0:50
	From the 'Hymn to Light' by Abraham Cowley Craig Franklin	3:41
	Daybreak by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Sonia	1:37
	Dawn by Richard Watson Gilder Leanne Yau	2:11
	Morning Song by Joanna Baillie Tomas Peter	1:33
	Morning by John Cunningham Tomas Peter	2:14
	Pack Clouds Away by Thomas Heywood Leanne Yau	1:23
	Morning: From 'The Minstrel' by James Beattie Craig Franklin	1:32
	Summer Rain by Hartley Coleridge Sonia	1:26
	The Oasis of Sidi Khaled by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt Craig Franklin	1:34
	A Midsummer's Noon in the Australian Forest by Charles Harpur Jason in Panama	2:26
	Noontide by John Leyden Sonia	1:31
	A Summer Noon by William Howitt Leanne Yau	1:52
	The Midges Dance Aboon the Burn by Robert Tannahill Tomas Peter	1:26
	Sunset: From 'Queen Mab' by Percy Bysshe Shelley Leanne Yau	2:17
	Fancy in Nubibus by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Craig Franklin	1:25
	Day Is Dying: From 'The Spanish Gypsy' by Marian Evans Lewes Cross (George Eliot) Tomas Peter	1:46
	The End of the Day by Duncan Campbell Scott Sonia	1:35
	Evening by Archibald Lampman Jason in Panama	1:20
	A Twilight Fancy by Dora Read Goodale Craig Franklin	2:00
	To the Evening Star by Thomas Campbell Leanne Yau	1:16
	The Evening Wind by William Cullen Bryant Sonia	3:18
	Evening in Paradise: From 'Paradise Lost,' Book IV by John Milton Leanne Yau	1:18
	Evening: From 'Don Juan' by Lord Byron Tomas Peter	3:51
	Moonlight on the Prairie: From 'Evangeline' by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Sonia	3:16
	To Delia by Samuel Daniel Craig Franklin	1:16
	The Camp at Night: From 'The Iliad,' Book VIII by Homer Jason in Panama	1:47
	To Night by Percy Bysshe Shelley Sonia	2:13
	Night by Joseph Blanco White Sonia	1:25
	Night: From 'Childe Harold,' Canto II by Lord Byron Craig Franklin	3:09
	Night: From 'Queen Mab' by Percy Bysshe Shelley Leanne Yau	2:47
	Hymn to the Night by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Sonia	1:50
	In the Wide Awe and Wisdom of the Night by Charles G.D. Roberts Craig Franklin	1:27
	A Hymn: From the Conclusion of 'The Seasons' by James Thomson Tomas Peter	7:52
	March by William Morris Sonia	1:57
	When the Hounds of Spring by Algernon Charles Swinburne Tomas Peter	3:57
	March by William Wordsworth Sonia	1:09
	Spring, the Sweet Spring by Thomas Nashe Jason in Panama	1:25
	Return of Spring by Pierre de Ronsard Craig Franklin	1:43
	Spring by Thomas Gray Jason in Panama	2:47
	Summer Longings by Denis Florence MacCarthy Tomas Peter	3:54
	Sweetly Breathing, Vernal Air by Thomas Carew Jason in Panama	1:36
	Home Thoughts from Abroad by Robert Browning Leanne Yau	1:35
	May Morning by Celia Thaxter Sonia	2:23
	Song (On May Morning) by John Milton Jason in Panama	1:04
	Spring in Carolina by Henry Timrod Leanne Yau	2:45
	Spring by Ebenezer Elliott Leanne Yau	1:21
	Die Down, O Dismal Day by David Gray Jason in Panama	1:21
	Morning in May: From 'The Canterbury Pilgrims: The Knightes Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer Sonia	1:50
	Cuckoo Song by Anonymous Sonia	1:11
	Spring: From 'In Memoriam' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Tomas Peter	2:32
	Betrothed Anew by Edmund Clarence Stedman Leanne Yau	2:15
	The Ploughman by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jason in Panama	4:14
	The Plough by Richard Hengist Horne Craig Franklin	1:22
	They Come! The Merry Summer Months by William Motherwell Tomas Peter	3:43
	Song of the Summer Winds by George Darley Leanne Yau	1:36
	A Drop of Dew by Andrew Marvell Jason in Panama	2:24
	June by William Cullen Bryant Sonia	2:51
	The Story of a Summer Day by Alexander Hume Jason in Panama	6:15
	Knee-Deep in June by James Whitcomb Riley Tomas Peter	4:20
	Ballade of Midsummer Days and Nights by William Ernest Henley Tomas Peter	2:15
	Invocation to Rain in Summer by William Cox Bennett Leanne Yau	1:21
	Rain in Summer by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Sonia	4:10
	Before the Rain by Thomas Bailey Aldrich Sonia	1:04
	Signs of Rain by Dr. Edward Jenner Leanne Yau	3:27
	Summer Storm by James Russell Lowell Tomas Peter	5:41
	After the Rain by Thomas Bailey Aldrich Jason in Panama	1:01
	A Storm in the Distance by Paul Hamilton Hayne Craig Franklin	2:15
	Rain by Ebenezer Jones Leanne Yau	1:44
	The Dancing of the Air by Sir John Davies Sonia	2:27
	Wicklow Winds: From 'Wicklow' by George Francis Savage-Armstrong Craig Franklin	1:47
	Ode to the West Wind by Percy Bysshe Shelley Tomas Peter	5:24
	The Cloud Chorus: From 'The Clouds' by Aristophanes Leanne Yau	2:55
	The Cloud by Percy Bysshe Shelley Leanne Yau	4:36
	Summer Moods by John Clare Sonia	1:21
	In Praise of Angling by Sir Henry Wotton Tomas Peter	3:32
	The Angler's Wish by Izaak Walton Jason in Panama	1:47
	The Angler by John Chalkhill Craig Franklin	2:02
	Swimming: From 'The Two Foscari' by Lord Byron Jason in Panama	1:28
	The Pleasure-Boat by Richard Henry Dana Jason in Panama	3:18
	The Solitary Woodsman by Charles G.D. Roberts Tomas Peter	2:50
	September by George Arnold Craig Franklin	2:20
	The Latter Rain by Jones Very Jason in Panama	1:15
	To Autumn by John Keats Tomas Peter	2:34
	Harvest Song by Ludwig H.C. Hölty Sonia	1:26
	Life in the Autumn Woods (Virginia) by Philip Pendleton Cooke Leanne Yau	4:50
	Hunting Song by Sir Walter Scott Craig Franklin	1:46
	The Hunter's Song by Bryan Waller Procter (Barry Cornwall) Tomas Peter	2:41
	The Hunted Squirrel: From 'Britannia's Pastorals,' Book I, Song 5 by William Browne Sonia	1:38
	A Hunting We Will Go by Henry Fielding Leanne Yau	2:00
	The Stag Hunt: From 'The Lady of the Lake,' Canto I by Sir Walter Scott Tomas Peter	7:27
	The Stag Hunt: From 'The Seasons: Autumn' by James Thomson Jason in Panama	2:29
	The Old Squire by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt Craig Franklin	3:40
	Indian Summer by John Banister Tabb Jason in Panama	0:47
	No! by Thomas Hood Leanne Yau	1:22
	When the Frost Is on the Punkin by James Whitcomb Riley Tomas Peter	2:20
	Autumn: A Dirge by Percy Bysshe Shelley Tomas Peter	1:48
	When Icicles Hang by the Wall: From 'Love's Labour's Lost,' Act V. Sc. 2 by William Shakespeare Jason in Panama	1:25
	Winter (A Song to Be Sung Behind the Stove) by Matthias Claudius Jason in Panama	1:59
	Frost by Edith Matilda Thomas Jason in Panama	1:19
	Snow-Flakes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Sonia	1:23
	December by Joel Benton Craig Franklin	1:27
	Snow-Flakes by Mary Mapes Dodge Sonia	1:07
	The Snow-Storm by Ralph Waldo Emerson Tomas Peter	2:14
	The Snow-Storm by Ethelwyn Wetherald Craig Franklin	1:18
	The Snow-Shower by William Cullen Bryant Leanne Yau	3:23
	'The Snowing of the Pines' by Thomas Wentworth Higginson Leanne Yau	1:24
	A Snow-Storm: Scene in a Vermont Winter by Charles Gamage Eastman Sonia	4:48
	Winter by John Howard Bryant Craig Franklin	1:36
	Winter Scenes: From 'The Seasons: Winter' by James Thomson Leanne Yau	2:58
	Winter Song by Ludwig H.C. Hölty Tomas Peter	1:33
	Winter Morning: From 'The Winter Morning Walk: 'The Task,' Book V' by William Cowper Jason in Panama	4:10
	Sleigh Song by G.W. Pettee Sonia	1:35
	Our Skater Belle by Anonymous Craig Franklin	1:42
	O Winter! Wilt Thou Never Go? by David Gray Jason in Panama	1:19
	A Song of Seasons by Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald Sonia	1:57
	The Valley Brook by John Howard Bryant Sonia	2:29
	Song of the Brook: From 'The Brook: An Idyl' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Sonia	2:44
	The Shaded Water by William Gilmore Simms Leanne Yau	3:41
	A Farewell by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Sonia	1:12
	The Birch Stream by Anna Boynton Averill Craig Franklin	3:02
	Song of the River by Charles Kingsley Jason in Panama	1:57
	Afton Water by Robert Burns Tomas Peter	4:14
	The Snows by Charles Sangster Tomas Peter	2:02
	My River by Eduard Mörike Leanne Yau	3:27
	On the Rhine by William Lisle Bowles Sonia	1:18
	Oxus: From 'Sohrab and Rustum' by Matthew Arnold Craig Franklin	1:32
	The Fall of Niagara by John Gardiner Calkins Brainard Jason in Panama	1:38
	To Seneca Lake by James Gates Percival Tomas Peter	1:53
	The Bugle: From 'The Princess' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Sonia	1:42
	The Lake Isle of Innisfree by William Butler Yeats Tomas Peter	1:39
	Calm on Lake Leman: From 'Childe Harold,' Canto III by Lord Byron Jason in Panama	2:06
	The Silence of the Hills by William Prescott Foster Sonia	1:23
	Storm in the Alps: From 'Childe Harold,' Canto III by Lord Byron Craig Franklin	1:43
	Dover Cliff: From 'King Lear,' Act IV. Sc. 6 by William Shakespeare Jason in Panama	1:21
	Choral Song: From 'The Bacchae' by Euripides Sonia	2:38
	An Alpine Descent by Samuel Rogers Craig Franklin	1:21
	From 'Mont Blanc' by Percy Bysshe Shelley Sonia	1:43