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