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World's Best Poetry, Volume 4: The Higher Life (Part 2)

The fourth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, includes many notable religious and devotional poems and hymns from across the centuries, covering subjects such as the human experience; death; immortality; and Heaven. It also includes notable excerpts from John Milton's Paradise Lost and Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy. - Summary by Tomas Peter

Year of Publication: 1904Genres: Anthologies

Running Time: 05 hours 20 minutes 59 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	The Poet's Theme: From 'Paradise Lost,' Book I by John Milton Craig Franklin	2:10
2	The Temptation: From 'Paradise Lost,' Book IX by John Milton Sonia	11:13
3	The Fall: From 'Paradise Lost,' Book IX by John Milton Leanne Yau	4:06
4	Intercession and Redemption: From 'Paradise Lost,' Book XI by John Milton Tomas Peter	4:53
5	Eve's Lament: From 'Paradise Lost,' Book XI by John Milton Sonia	1:45
6	Eve to Adam: From 'Paradise Lost,' Book XI by John Milton Leanne Yau	1:14
7	The Departure from Paradise: From 'Paradise Lost,' Book XII by John Milton Craig Franklin	1:28
8	A Psalm of Life by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Craig Franklin	2:18
9	The Gifts of God by George Herbert Leanne Yau	1:39
10	Duty by Ellen Sturgis Hooper Leanne Yau	0:47
11	Ode to Duty by William Wordsworth Sonia	3:40
12	Self-Inquiry by Isaac Watts Leanne Yau	1:05
13	The Three Enemies by Christina Georgina Rossetti Sonia	2:42
14	Said I Not So? by George Herbert Leanne Yau	1:42
15	Nothing but Leaves by Lucy E. Akerman Tomas Peter	1:45
16	The World by Frederick William Faber Jason in Panama	3:14
17	The Cry of the Human by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Sonia	7:03
18	The Sifting of Peter (A Folk-Song) by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Tomas Peter	2:26
19	Vanity by Anonymous Leanne Yau	1:25
20	Different Minds by Richard Chenevix Trench Leanne Yau	1:09
21	My Recovery by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock Craig Franklin	2:01
22	The Ladder of Saint Augustine by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Craig Franklin	3:05
23	Saint Christopher by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik Sonia	2:46
24	Scorn Not the Least by Robert Southwell Craig Franklin	2:05
25	The Right Must Win by Frederick William Faber Jason in Panama	2:03
26	The Cost of Worth: From 'Bitter Sweet' by Josiah Gilbert Holland Jason in Panama	2:01
27	The Laborer by William D. Gallagher Tomas Peter	2:41
28	A True Lent by Robert Herrick Leanne Yau	1:09
29	From 'The Church Porch' by George Herbert Sonia	3:17
30	Briefs by Richard Crashaw Tomas Peter	1:14
31	Jewish Hymn in Babylon by Henry Hart Milman Jason in Panama	3:42
32	Example by John Keble Leanne Yau	1:10
33	Small Beginnings by Charles Mackay Sonia	2:36
34	The Rise of Man by John White Chadwick Sonia	1:18
35	I Would I Were an Excellent Divine by Nicholas Breton Craig Franklin	2:24
36	The Pastor's Reverie by Washington Gladden Jason in Panama	4:37
37	The Two Rabbis by John Greenleaf Whittier Sonia	5:40
38	Judge Not by Adelaide Anne Procter Leanne Yau	1:38
39	To the Unco Guid by Robert Burns Craig Franklin	4:19
40	Stone the Woman, Let the Man Go Free by Anonymous (Frances Marcella Attie O'Brien) Sonia	2:14
41	In Prison by May Riley Smith Sonia	2:58
42	Conscience and Remorse by Paul Laurence Dunbar Leanne Yau	1:05
43	Found Wanting by Emily Dickinson Leanne Yau	0:44
44	Dallying with Temptation: From the First Part of 'Wallenstein,' Act III. Sc. 4 by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Tomas Peter	2:13
45	Easy to Drift by Oliver Huckel Leanne Yau	1:33
46	Frankford's Soliloquy: From 'A Woman Killed with Kindness' by Thomas Heywood Jason in Panama	1:06
47	Conscience: From Satire XIII by Juvenal Leanne Yau	4:08
48	The Foolish Virgins: From 'Idylls of the King: Guinevere' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Sonia	2:12
49	Up Hill by Christina G. Rossetti Sonia	1:29
50	Per Pacem ad Lucem by Adelaide Anne Procter Sonia	1:30
51	On his Blindness by John Milton Leanne Yau	1:18
52	The Martyrs' Hymn by Martin Luther Sonia	1:06
53	The Pilgrimage by Sir Walter Raleigh Jason in Panama	3:42
54	The Master's Touch by Horatius Bonar Leanne Yau	1:17
55	The Faithful Angel: From 'Paradise Lost,' Book V by John Milton Leanne Yau	1:15
56	Low Spirits by Frederick William Faber Tomas Peter	2:55
57	I Saw Thee by Ray Palmer Jason in Panama	2:08
58	Losse in Delayes by Robert Southwell Sonia	2:36
59	The Seed Growing Secretly by Henry Vaughan Leanne Yau	1:08
60	Patience by Paul Hamilton Hayne Craig Franklin	2:01
61	Sometime by May Riley Smith Craig Franklin	3:06
62	Father, Thy Will be Done! by Sarah Flower Adams Jason in Panama	1:33
63	The Prospect by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Tomas Peter	1:19
64	The Lost Pleiad by William Gilmore Craig Franklin	3:53
65	Passing Away by John Pierpont Leanne Yau	4:22
66	Lines found in his Bible in the Gate-house at Westminster by Sir Walter Raleigh Leanne Yau	1:02
67	My Ain Countree by Mary Lee Demarest Tomas Peter	2:47
68	Coming by Barbara Miller MacAndrew Sonia	5:46
69	Euthanasia by Willis Gaylord Clark Tomas Peter	2:09
70	The Last Man by Thomas Campbell Leanne Yau	4:20
71	When by Sarah Woolsey (Susan Coolidge) Sonia	2:57
72	Burial of Moses by Cecil Frances Alexander Jason in Panama	4:26
73	The Resignation by Thomas Chatterton Tomas Peter	2:13
74	'Only Waiting' by Frances Laughton Mace Jason in Panama	2:00
75	Hopefully Waiting by Anson D.F. Randolph Tomas Peter	3:10
76	Sit Down, Sad Soul by Bryan Waller Procter (Barry Cornwall) Leanne Yau	1:28
77	It Kindles All My Soul by Casimir of Poland Tomas Peter	1:34
78	Epilogue by Robert Browning Sonia	1:37
79	Crossing the Bar by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Leanne Yau	1:14
80	The Dying Christian to His Soul by Alexander Pope Sonia	1:29
81	Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood by William Wordsworth Sonia	11:29
82	Soliloquy: On Immortality (from 'Cato,' Act V. Sc. 1) by Joseph Addison Sonia	3:05
83	Edwin and Paulinus: The Conversion of Northumbria by Anonymous Sonia	2:52
84	The Undiscovered Country by Edmund Clarence Stedman Jason in Panama	1:31
85	Song of the Silent Land by Johann Gaudenz von Salis Jason in Panama	1:32
86	The Other World by Harriet Beecher Stowe Craig Franklin	2:33
87	Heaven by Emily Dickinson Leanne Yau	0:48
88	Thoughts of Heaven by Robert Nicoll Tomas Peter	3:29
89	Nearer Home by Phoebe Cary Jason in Panama	1:36
90	Meeting Above by William Leggett Leanne Yau	1:55
91	My Days among the Dead by Robert Southey Craig Franklin	1:43
92	The Future Life by William Cullen Bryant Jason in Panama	2:39
93	Heaven by Anonymous Craig Franklin	2:33
94	The Two Worlds by Mortimer Collins Jason in Panama	3:20
95	The Answer by Anonymous Sonia	2:01
96	Forever with the Lord by James Montgomery Jason in Panama	2:46
97	To Heaven Approached a Sufi Saint by Jalal ad-Din Rumi Leanne Yau	1:44
98	Matter and Man Immortal: From 'Night Thoughts,' Night VI by Dr. Edward Young Craig Franklin	3:37
99	Life: From 'Festus,' Scene: 'A Country Town' by Philip James Bailey Sonia	2:27
100	Heaven by Jeremy Taylor Jason in Panama	1:49
101	The Spirit-Land by Jones Very Sonia	1:19
102	Heaven by Nancy Amelia Woodbury Priest Tomas Peter	1:56
103	Tell Me, Ye Wingèd Winds by Charles Mackay Sonia	2:46
104	Heaven by Isaac Watts Sonia	1:37
105	Peace by Henry Vaughan Tomas Peter	1:22
106	Star-Mist: From 'Stars' by John Keble Leanne Yau	1:20
107	The Ministry of Angels: From 'The Faërie Queene,' Book II. Canto 8 by Edmund Spenser Tomas Peter	1:43
108	Saint Agnes by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Sonia	2:06
109	Praise of the Celestial Country by Bernard de Morlaix Sonia	10:27
110	The New Jerusalem; or, The Soul's Breathing after the Heavenly Country by Anonymous Sonia	12:00
111	Paradise by Frederick William Faber Tomas Peter	3:24
112	Inscription over the Gate: From 'The Divine Comedy: Hell,' Canto III by Dante Alighieri Craig Franklin	1:20
113	Prayer: From 'The Divine Comedy: Purgatory,' Canto VI by Dante Alighieri Jason in Panama	2:18
114	Prayer of Penitents: From 'The Divine Comedy: Purgatory,' Canto XI by Dante Alighieri Jason in Panama	2:12
115	Man's Free-Will: From 'The Divine Comedy: Purgatory,' Canto XVI by Dante Alighieri Craig Franklin	1:52
116	Fire of Purification: From 'The Divine Comedy: Purgatory,' Canto XXVII by Dante Alighieri Sonia	4:23
117	Sin and Redemption: From 'The Divine Comedy: Paradise,' Canto VII by Dante Alighieri Tomas Peter	4:35
118	The Triumph of Christ: From 'The Divine Comedy: Paradise,' Canto XIV by Dante Alighieri Sonia	4:07
119	The Saints in Glory: From 'The Divine Comedy: Paradise,' Canto XXXI by Dante Alighieri Craig Franklin	4:10