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World's Best Poetry, Volume 5: Nature (Part 2)

The fifth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, includes a range of poems dealing with the natural world, covering subjects such as trees; flowers; plants; birds; insects; mammals; and the sea. - Summary by Tomas Peter

Year of Publication: 1904Genres: Anthologies

Running Time: 06 hours 18 minutes 04 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	The Primeval Forest: From the Introduction of 'Evangeline' by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Jason in Panama	1:14
2	The Greenwood Tree: From 'As You Like It,' Act II. Sc. 5 by William Shakespeare Leanne Yau	1:34
3	The Wind and the Pine-Tree: From 'Edwin the Fair' by Sir Henry Taylor Leanne Yau	1:42
4	The Brave Old Oak by Henry Fothergill Chorley Tomas Peter	2:34
5	The Holly-Tree by Robert Southey Leanne Yau	2:26
6	A Forest Hymn by William Cullen Bryant Craig Franklin	7:15
7	The Arab to the Palm by Bayard Taylor Jason in Panama	2:42
8	The Palm-Tree by John Greenleaf Whittier Sonia	2:39
9	The Grape-Vine Swing by William Gilmore Simms Craig Franklin	1:46
10	The Planting of the Apple-Tree by William Cullen Bryant Leanne Yau	4:27
11	Among the Redwoods by Edward Rowland Sill Sonia	4:25
12	The Voice of the Grass by Sarah Roberts Tomas Peter	3:15
13	Flowers by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Leanne Yau	3:51
14	The Use of Flowers by Mary Howitt Craig Franklin	1:26
15	Hymn to the Flowers by Horace Smith Leanne Yau	3:43
16	The Life of Flowers by Walter Savage Landor Craig Franklin	1:25
17	The Early Primrose by Henry Kirke White Jason in Panama	1:22
18	To Daffodils by Robert Herrick Sonia	1:07
19	Daffodils by William Wordsworth Leanne Yau	1:42
20	To the Dandelion by James Russell Lowell Craig Franklin	3:24
21	Trailing Arbutus by Rose Terry Cooke Sonia	1:48
22	The Woodspurge by Dante Gabriel Rossetti Leanne Yau	1:32
23	The Rhodora: Lines on Being Asked, Whence Is the Flower? by Ralph Waldo Emerson Jason in Panama	1:19
24	Early June: From 'Thyrsis' by Matthew Arnold Tomas Peter	1:51
25	To Violets by Robert Herrick Jason in Panama	0:50
26	A September Violet by Robert Underwood Johnson Sonia	1:46
27	The Wreath by Meleager Leanne Yau	0:55
28	The Death of the Flowers by William Cullen Bryant Tomas Peter	3:36
29	Sunrise: A Hymn of the Marshes by Sidney Lanier Sonia	8:54
30	The Ivy Green by Charles Dickens Jason in Panama	1:46
31	The Mountain Fern by Arthur Gerald Geoghegan Sonia	3:34
32	The Maize by William W. Fosdick Jason in Panama	4:24
33	The Pumpkin by John Greenleaf Whittier Jason in Panama	3:06
34	The Question by Percy Bysshe Shelley Tomas Peter	3:15
35	Sassafras by Samuel Minturn Peck Tomas Peter	1:58
36	The Daisy: From the 'Legend of Good Women' by Geoffrey Chaucer Sonia	3:24
37	To a Mountain Daisy by Robert Burns Tomas Peter	2:56
38	To Blossoms by Robert Herrick Craig Franklin	1:05
39	The Mariposa Lily by Ina Donna Coolbrith Jason in Panama	1:15
40	The Water-Lily by John Banister Tabb Craig Franklin	0:54
41	Copa de Oro (California Poppy) by Ina Donna Coolbrith Tomas Peter	1:28
42	The Moss Rose by F.W. Krummacher Sonia	1:32
43	Flowers by Thomas Hood Tomas Peter	1:41
44	'T Is the Last Rose of Summer: From 'Irish Melodies' by Thomas Moore Sonia	2:33
45	To the Fringed Gentian by William Cullen Bryant Jason in Panama	1:27
46	The Sea-Poppy by Robert Seymour Bridges Craig Franklin	1:01
47	Goldenrod by Elaine Goodale Eastman Jason in Panama	1:57
48	The First Blue-Bird by James Whitcomb Riley Tomas Peter	1:25
49	Birds: From 'The Pelican Island' by James Montgomery Tomas Peter	3:19
50	To the Cuckoo by John Logan Sonia	1:39
51	To the Cuckoo by William Wordsworth Leanne Yau	1:54
52	Hark, Hark! The Lark: From 'Cymbeline,' Act II. Sc. 3 by William Shakespeare Jason in Panama	0:57
53	The Lark Ascending by George Meredith Jason in Panama	6:11
54	To the Skylark by William Wordsworth Craig Franklin	1:23
55	To the Skylark by Percy Bysshe Shelley Sonia	4:59
56	The Skylark by James Hogg Tomas Peter	2:25
57	The Little Beach Bird by Richard Henry Dana Sonia	1:49
58	The Sandpiper by Celia Thaxter Craig Franklin	2:00
59	To a Waterfowl by William Cullen Bryant Jason in Panama	2:06
60	To the Nightingale by John Milton Leanne Yau	1:22
61	The Nightingale's Song: From 'Music's Duel' by Richard Crashaw Sonia	4:05
62	Philomena by Matthew Arnold Tomas Peter	2:22
63	Unmusical Birds: From 'The Task,' Book I by William Cowper Leanne Yau	1:14
64	Robert of Lincoln by William Cullen Bryant Tomas Peter	3:28
65	The O'Lincoln Family by Wilson Flagg Sonia	2:16
66	To the Lapland Longspur by John Burroughs Tomas Peter	3:04
67	The Bobolinks by Christopher Pearse Cranch Jason in Panama	3:46
68	The Mocking-Bird by Frank Lebby Stanton Leanne Yau	1:32
69	The Blackbird by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Craig Franklin	1:36
70	The Eagle (A Fragment) by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Leanne Yau	0:49
71	The Owl by Bryan Waller Procter (Barry Cornwall) Sonia	2:36
72	The Dying Swan by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Leanne Yau	2:52
73	The Heath-Cock by Joanna Baillie Jason in Panama	1:38
74	The Belfry Pigeon by Nathaniel Parker Willis Tomas Peter	3:22
75	The English Robin by Harrison Weir Leanne Yau	1:09
76	Asian Birds by Robert Seymour Bridges Leanne Yau	1:53
77	The Scarlet Tanager by Joel Benton Sonia	1:12
78	The Winged Worshippers by Charles Sprague Leanne Yau	1:58
79	The Departure of the Swallow by William Howitt Jason in Panama	1:00
80	The Flight of the Geese by Charles G.D. Roberts Craig Franklin	1:18
81	Lines to the Stormy Petrel by Anonymous Sonia	1:23
82	Ode to Mother Carey's Chicken by Theodore Watts Sonia	8:42
83	The Grasshopper and Cricket by John Keats Jason in Panama	1:13
84	To the Grasshopper and Cricket by Leigh Hunt Leanne Yau	1:24
85	A Soliloquy: Occasioned by the Chirping of a Grasshopper by Walter Harte Tomas Peter	1:55
86	To an Insect by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jason in Panama	1:23
87	The Fly: Occasioned by a Fly Drinking Out of the Author's Cup by William Oldys Craig Franklin	1:03
88	To the Humblebee by Ralph Waldo Emerson Jason in Panama	3:24
89	Wild Honey by Maurice Thompson Tomas Peter	1:52
90	A More Ancient Mariner by Bliss Carman Sonia	4:07
91	To a Louse by Robert Burns Sonia	2:28
92	To a Mouse by Robert Burns Craig Franklin	2:33
93	The Housekeeper by Charles Lamb Jason in Panama	1:17
94	Remonstrance with the Snails by Anonymous Craig Franklin	2:39
95	The Tiger by William Blake Tomas Peter	1:58
96	The Lion's Ride by Ferdinand Freiligrath Leanne Yau	4:10
97	Fodder-Time: From 'Songs of Toil' by Carmen Sylva, Queen of Roumania Craig Franklin	1:48
98	The Ox: From the 'Poesie' by Giosuè Carducci Sonia	1:28
99	Folding the Flocks by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher Jason in Panama	1:57
100	Beth Gêlert by William Robert Spencer Tomas Peter	3:22
101	To a Dog's Memory by Louise Imogen Guiney Tomas Peter	2:13
102	Helvellyn by Sir Walter Scott Craig Franklin	3:26
103	The Arab to his Favorite Steed by Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton Craig Franklin	4:38
104	The Blood Horse by Bryan Waller Procter (Barry Cornwall) Jason in Panama	2:11
105	The Chariot of Cuchullin: From 'The Breach of the Plain of Muirhevney' by Anonymous Sonia	1:35
106	Chiquita by Bret Harte Tomas Peter	3:26
107	The Sea by Ralph Waldo Emerson Leanne Yau	1:52
108	The Sea: From 'Childe Harold,' Canto IV by Lord Byron Tomas Peter	4:53
109	The Sea by Bernard Barton Craig Franklin	1:23
110	The Disappointed Lover: From 'The Triumph of Time' by Algernon Charles Swinburne Leanne Yau	2:36
111	Ocean: From 'The Course of Time,' Book I by Robert Pollok Craig Franklin	1:28
112	The Sea by Bryan Waller Procter (Barry Cornwall) Sonia	2:20
113	Address to the Ocean by Bryan Waller Procter (Barry Cornwall) Jason in Panama	2:38
114	The Gravedigger by Bliss Carman Craig Franklin	2:59
115	The Treasures of the Deep by Felicia Hemans Sonia	2:47
116	Flotsam and Jetsam by Anonymous Tomas Peter	2:36
117	A Forsaken Garden by Algernon Charles Swinburne Tomas Peter	5:16
118	Gulf-Weed by Cornelius George Fenner Craig Franklin	1:37
119	Sea-Weed by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Tomas Peter	2:35
120	The Coral Insect by Lydia Huntley Sigourney Craig Franklin	2:48
121	The Coral Reef: From 'The Pelican Island' by James Montgomery Leanne Yau	3:12
122	The Chambered Nautilus by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jason in Panama	2:26
123	A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea by Allan Cunningham Sonia	1:25
124	Song of the Emigrants in Bermuda by Andrew Marvell Sonia	2:29
125	My Brigantine: From 'The Water Witch' by James Fenimore Cooper Craig Franklin	1:20
126	The Heaving of the Lead by Charles Dibdin Sonia	1:49
127	The Minute-Gun by R.S. Sharpe Sonia	1:12
128	All's Well: From 'The British Fleet' by Thomas Dibdin Leanne Yau	1:27
129	The Bay of Biscay by Andrew Cherry Tomas Peter	2:40
130	Tom Bowling by Charles Dibdin Sonia	1:36
131	Ye Mariners of England by Thomas Campbell Tomas Peter	2:07
132	The White Squall by Bryan Waller Procter (Barry Cornwall) Sonia	1:26
133	Our Boat to the Waves by William Ellery Channing Craig Franklin	0:55
134	A Life on the Ocean Wave by Epes Sargent Leanne Yau	1:35
135	To Sea! by Thomas Lovell Beddoes Jason in Panama	1:23
136	Twilight at Sea by Amelia B. Welby Tomas Peter	1:42
137	Tacking Ship Off Shore by Walter Mitchell Sonia	4:03
138	The Storm by George Alexander Stevens Craig Franklin	3:22
139	The Wreck: From 'Don Juan,' Canto II by Lord Byron Leanne Yau	1:35
140	The Shipwreck by William Falconer Sonia	3:16
141	The Rock and the Sea by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Leanne Yau	4:22
142	The Polar Quest by Richard Burton Craig Franklin	1:14
143	The Shore: From 'Ariadne' by Charles G.D. Roberts Leanne Yau	0:57
144	The Kearsarge by James Jeffrey Roche Leanne Yau	1:59
145	The Buoy-Bell by Charles Tennyson Turner Sonia	1:14
146	Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold Leanne Yau	2:37
147	With a Nantucket Shell by Charles Henry Webb Leanne Yau	1:57
148	The Sea Shell: From 'The Excursion,' Book IV by William Wordsworth Jason in Panama	1:24
149	The Shell: From 'Gebir,' Book I by Walter Savage Landor Sonia	1:21
150	Hampton Beach by John Greenleaf Whittier Tomas Peter	4:56
151	Among the Rocks by Robert Browning Sonia	1:12
152	The Inchcape Rock by Robert Southey Leanne Yau	4:20
153	How's My Boy? by Sydney Dobell Sonia	2:08
154	The Sailor's Consolation by William Pitt Sonia	1:52
155	Poor Jack by Charles Dibdin Jason in Panama	3:09
156	The Mariner's Dream by William Dimond Tomas Peter	4:20
157	The Sea-Limits by Dante Gabriel Rossetti Leanne Yau	2:14