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World's Best Poetry, Volume 6: Fancy and Sentiment (Part 1)

The sixth 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 notable poems that deal with both the realm of the fantastic and our own sensibilities, covering subjects such as the imagination; fairies; elves; sprites; myths; mysticism; legends; time; and human life. It also includes an introductory essay to the volume by poet and literary historian Charles Francis Richardson (1851-1913). - Summary by Tomas Peter

Year of Publication: 1904Genres: Anthologies

Running Time: 08 hours 59 minutes 21 seconds(133 chapters)

Language: EnglishRead by: Sonia, Leanne Yau, Tomas Peter

#	Chapter Name
	The Place of Poetry in Life by Charles Francis Richardson Sonia	34:29
	Fantasy: From 'The Vision of Delight' by Ben Jonson Leanne Yau	1:02
	Hallo, My Fancy by William Cleland Tomas Peter	6:52
	Ideality by Hartley Coleridge Tomas Peter	1:18
	Fancy by John Keats Jason in Panama	4:31
	Imagination: From 'A Midsummer Night's Dream,' Act V. Sc. 2 by William Shakespeare Jason in Panama	1:11
	Queen Mab: From 'Romeo and Juliet,' Act I. Sc. 4 by William Shakespeare Leanne Yau	3:04
	Oberon's Feast by Robert Herrick Craig Franklin	3:13
	Fairy's Song: From 'A Midsummer Night's Dream,' Act II. Sc. 1 by William Shakespeare Leanne Yau	1:13
	Compliment to Queen Elizabeth: From 'A Midsummer Night's Dream,' Act II. Sc. 2 by William Shakespeare Jason in Panama	1:48
	The Fairies' Lullaby: From 'A Midsummer Night's Dream,' Act II. Sc. 3 by William Shakespeare Sonia	2:56
	Fairies' Song by Thomas Randolph Jason in Panama	1:09
	The Fairies by William Allingham Tomas Peter	2:40
	Kilmeny: From 'The Queen's Wake' by James Hogg Sonia	17:17
	The Fairy Child by John Anster Jason in Panama	1:55
	Garden Fairies by Philip Bourke Marston Sonia	3:39
	The Culprit Fay by Joseph Rodman Drake Sonia	34:05
	Oh! Where Do Fairies Hide Their Heads? by Thomas Haynes Bayly Leanne Yau	1:30
	Songs of Ariel: From 'The Tempest,' Act I. Sc. 2 by William Shakespeare Tomas Peter	3:23
	Airy Nothings: From 'The Tempest,' Act IV. Sc. 1 by William Shakespeare Craig Franklin	1:13
	The Erl-King by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Sonia	3:15
	The Djinns by Victor Marie Hugo Sonia	5:10
	The Lady Lost in the Wood: From 'Comus' by John Milton Leanne Yau	3:55
	The Nymph of the Severn: From 'Comus' by John Milton Leanne Yau	8:39
	Tam o' Shanter: A Tale by Robert Burns Sonia	11:52
	The Lore-Lei by Heinrich Heine Jason in Panama	1:26
	The Fisher by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Leanne Yau	2:01
	The Sirens' Song: From 'Inner Temple Masque' by William Browne Leanne Yau	1:20
	The Forsaken Merman by Matthew Arnold Sonia	7:33
	The Flitting of the Fairies: From 'The End of Elfintown' by Jane Barlow Leanne Yau	1:16
	A Musical Instrument by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Sonia	2:46
	A Transformation: From 'The Metamorphoses' by Ovid Tomas Peter	2:00
	The Comet by Charles Sangster Craig Franklin	3:16
	The Ballad of Judas Iscariot by Robert Buchanan Sonia	9:49
	The Blessèd Damozel by Dante Gabriel Rossetti Leanne Yau	7:32
	The King's Highway by Harriet Waters Preston Sonia	1:51
	Rhœcus by James Russell Lowell Sonia	8:28
	Una and the Red Crosse Knight: From 'The Faërie Queene,' Book I. Canto I by Edmund Spenser Leanne Yau	4:12
	Una and the Lion: From 'The Faërie Queene,' Book I. Canto III by Edmund Spenser Leanne Yau	3:54
	The Bower of Bliss: From 'The Faërie Queene,' Book II. Canto XII by Edmund Spenser Jason in Panama	4:38
	The Cave of Sleep: From 'The Faërie Queene,' Book I. Canto I by Edmund Spenser Craig Franklin	1:35
	The Castle of Indolence (from Canto I) by James Thomson Tomas Peter	16:20
	Outward Bound by Thomas Bailey Aldrich Sonia	1:20
	The Lady of Shalott by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Sonia	8:37
	Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Sonia	33:49
	Ulalume by Edgar Allan Poe Sonia	5:59
	The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Sonia	8:35
	Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Tomas Peter	5:24
	The Haunted Palace by Edgar Allan Poe Sonia	2:35
	The Sunken City by Wilhelm Müller Sonia	2:04
	The Walker of the Snow by Charles Dawson Shanly Craig Franklin	3:05
	The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning Sonia	16:39
	Quatrains by William Hamilton Hayne Leanne Yau	1:18
	A Yellow Pansy by Helen Gray Cone Leanne Yau	1:17
	Echo and Silence by Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges Leanne Yau	1:27
	Sherwood by Alfred Noyes Jason in Panama	4:16
	Far-Away by Dr. George Sigerson Sonia	2:02
	Time the Supreme: From 'Night Thoughts,' Night I by Dr. Edward Young Tomas Peter	4:11
	To-morrow: From 'Irene' by Samuel Johnson Sonia	1:24
	Three Days by James Roberts Gilmore Tomas Peter	1:13
	Procrastination: From 'Night Thoughts,' Night I by Dr. Edward Young Leanne Yau	3:06
	Ave atque Vale by Rosamund Marriott Watson Sonia	1:49
	The Ballad of Dead Ladies by François Villon Tomas Peter	2:10
	The Approach of Age: Sonnet XII by William Shakespeare Craig Franklin	1:24
	The Old Year and the New by William Cleaver Wilkinson Jason in Panama	3:02
	The Death of the Old Year by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Tomas Peter	3:35
	A Fancy from Fontenelle by Austin Dobson Leanne Yau	1:26
	What Is the Grass?: From 'The Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman Tomas Peter	3:38
	The Petrified Fern by Mary L. Bolles Branch Leanne Yau	2:38
	The Making of Man by John White Chadwick Jason in Panama	1:25
	The Ascent of Man by Rossiter W. Raymond Sonia	2:00
	Rubáiyát by Omar Khayyám Sonia	24:52
	Time (An Enigma) by Jonathan Swift Craig Franklin	0:43
	This Life by William Drummond Sonia	1:01
	The Character of a Happy Life by Sir Henry Wotton Jason in Panama	1:44
	Retribution by Friedrich von Logau Tomas Peter	0:53
	The Lye by Sir Walter Raleigh Craig Franklin	3:31
	The Generous Air by Palladas Leanne Yau	1:03
	Good Life, Long Life by Ben Jonson Sonia	0:59
	Life by Richard Henry Wilde Leanne Yau	1:41
	Where Lies the Land? by Arthur Hugh Clough Tomas Peter	2:10
	Life by George Herbert Jason in Panama	1:25
	Life by Ella Wheeler Wilcox Sonia	1:23
	The Rose-Bush by Johann Ludwig Uhland Craig Franklin	1:38
	History of a Life by Bryan Waller Procter (Barry Cornwall) Craig Franklin	1:25
	My Quaker Grandmothers by Oliver Huckel Jason in Panama	1:00
	Address to the Mummy at Belzoni's Exhibition by Horace Smith Sonia	5:17
	London Bridge by Frederic Edward Weatherly Craig Franklin	2:06
	The Crowded Street by William Cullen Bryant Sonia	2:50
	L'Allegro by John Milton Jason in Panama	7:36
	Dining: From 'Lucile' by Robert, Earl of Lytton (Owen Meredith) Craig Franklin	2:01
	The Family Skeleton: From 'Modern Love' by George Meredith Tomas Peter	1:40
	The Epicure by Anacreon Craig Franklin	2:16
	The Indian Weed by Anonymous Jason in Panama	1:30
	Smoking Spiritualized by Ralph Erskine Craig Franklin	1:30
	Without and Within by Pietro Metastasio Jason in Panama	0:51
	Il Penseroso by John Milton Tomas Peter	9:02
	Excelsior by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Sonia	2:56
	The Wild Ride by Louise Imogen Guiney Jason in Panama	2:18
	The Vagabonds by John Townsend Trowbridge Craig Franklin	6:12
	Fame: From 'An Essay on Man,' Epistle IV by Alexander Pope Sonia	1:48
	Pelters of Pyramids by Richard Henry Hengist Horne Tomas Peter	2:31
	Enid's Song: From 'Idyls of the King' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Leanne Yau	1:22
	Fortune: From 'Fanny' by Fitz-Greene Halleck Leanne Yau	2:00
	Opportunity by William Blake Sonia	0:50
	Opportunity by John James Ingalls Leanne Yau	1:23
	Undeveloped Lives by William E.H. Lecky Sonia	2:03
	Augury by Edith M. Thomas Craig Franklin	1:17
	'Keep Sweet and Keep Movin'' by Robert J. Burdette Tomas Peter	2:41
	A Tear by Samuel Rogers Tomas Peter	1:47
	The Jester's Sermon by George Walter Thornbury Tomas Peter	3:47
	The Fool's Prayer by Edward Rowland Sill Sonia	2:44
	At Midsummer by Louise Chandler Moulton Leanne Yau	1:34
	A Sunrise Song by Sidney Lanier Craig Franklin	1:17
	Illusions by Robert Underwood Johnson Sonia	1:20
	Proem: From 'The Isles of the Amazons,' Part III by Joaquin Miller Tomas Peter	1:40
	A California Christmas by Joaquin Miller Jason in Panama	1:19
	Yussouf by James Russell Lowell Sonia	2:33
	Beauty: From 'An Hymne in Honor of Beautie' by Edmund Spenser Sonia	2:35
	Beauty Unadorned: From 'Elegies,' Book I, II by Propertius Craig Franklin	1:55
	Fortune by Sophocles Jason in Panama	1:00
	Greatness: From 'An Essay on Man,' Epistle IV by Alexander Pope Sonia	2:20
	Perseverance by Leonardo da Vinci Craig Franklin	1:03
	The One White Hair by Walter Savage Landor Leanne Yau	1:33
	Growing Gray by Austin Dobson Tomas Peter	2:01
	Healthful Old Age: From 'As You Like It,' Act II. Sc. 2 by William Shakespeare Jason in Panama	1:02
	Quack Medicines: From 'The Borough' by George Crabbe Leanne Yau	4:03
	The Three Warnings by Hester Lynch Thrale Sonia	7:02
	Old Age and Death: From 'Verses Upon His Divine Poesy' by Edmund Waller Sonia	1:16
	The Ruling Passion: From 'Moral Essays,' Epistle I by Alexander Pope Sonia	3:53
	The Will by Dr. John Donne Tomas Peter	3:56
	To a Skeleton by Anonymous Jason in Panama	2:53
	The True Philosophy of Life by William Dunbar Craig Franklin	2:36