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World's Best Poetry, Volume 9: Tragedy and Humor (Part 1)

The ninth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, includes a trove of famous tragic poems set in different regions of the world, including Greece, Rome, the Orient, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Russia, Scotland, Ireland, England, America, and the sea. It ends off with a selection of mischievous poems about women and their proclivities. The collection also includes an introductory essay by folklore scholar Francis Barton Gummere (1855-1919). - Summary by Tomas Peter

Year of Publication: 1904Genres: Anthologies

Running Time: 06 hours 25 minutes 58 seconds(57 chapters)

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

#	Chapter Name
	The Old Case of Poetry in a New Court by Francis Barton Gummere Sonia	22:25
	Iphigeneia and Agamemnon by Walter Savage Landor Sonia	4:07
	The Sacrifice of Polyxena: From 'Hecuba' by Euripides Sonia	6:21
	Parrhasius by Nathaniel Parker Willis Tomas Peter	10:01
	Lucius Junius Brutus over the Body of Lucretia: From 'Brutus' by John Howard Payne Craig Franklin	4:47
	The Roman Father: From 'Virginia' by Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay Leanne Yau	6:06
	Mark Antony, over the Body of Cæsar: From 'Julius Cæsar,' Act III. Sc. 2 by William Shakespeare Sonia	10:57
	The Sack of the City by Victor-Marie Hugo Tomas Peter	2:10
	The Slaying of Sohrab: From 'Sohrab and Rustum' by Matthew Arnold Tomas Peter	26:40
	Khamsin by Clinton Scollard Sonia	2:41
	The Diver by Johann C.F. Schiller Sonia	11:22
	God's Judgment on a Wicked Bishop by Robert Southey Sonia	5:08
	Countess Laura by George Henry Boker Sonia	21:28
	Othello's Remorse: From 'Othello,' Act V. Sc. 2 by William Shakespeare Foon	2:02
	The Trial of Beatrice: From 'The Cenci,' Act V by Percy Bysshe Shelley Sonia	13:35
	Fra Giacomo by Robert Buchanan Jason in Panama	7:33
	Ginevra by Samuel Rogers Sonia	6:30
	Bernardo Del Carpio by Felicia Hemans Tomas Peter	5:14
	The Prisoner of Chillon by Lord Byron Foon	19:12
	Before Sedan by Austin Dobson Foon	1:52
	Ivàn Ivànovitch by Robert Browning Sonia	26:10
	A Dagger of the Mind: From 'Macbeth,' Act II. Sc. 1 by William Shakespeare Tomas Peter	2:56
	The Murder: From 'Macbeth,' Act II. Sc. 2 by William Shakespeare Leanne Yau	5:39
	The Twa Corbies by Anonymous Sonia	1:44
	The Sack of Baltimore by Thomas Osborne Davis Sonia	6:04
	The Rose and the Gauntlet by John Sterling Sonia	2:22
	The Young Gray Head by Caroline Bowles Southey Sonia	21:56
	High-Tide on the Coast of Lincolnshire (Time, 1571) by Jean Ingelow Leanne Yau	9:00
	Rizpah (17—) by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Leanne Yau	8:16
	The Dream of Eugene Aram by Thomas Hood Sonia	10:03
	In the Engine-Shed by William Wilkins Craig Franklin	7:01
	Revelry of the Dying by Bartholomew Dowling Craig Franklin	3:29
	The Drummer-Boy's Burial by Anonymous Leanne Yau	4:32
	Ramon (Refugio Mine, Northern Mexico) by Bret Harte Sonia	3:31
	At the Cedars by Duncan Campbell Scott Sonia	2:52
	The Sands o' Dee by Charles Kingsley Sonia	1:33
	On the Loss of the Royal George (Written When the News Arrived, 1782) by William Cowper Jason in Panama	2:08
	The Three Fishers by Charles Kingsley Leanne Yau	1:33
	Casabianca by Felicia Hemans Leanne Yau	2:50
	The Wreck of the Hesperus by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Sonia	4:49
	The Second Mate by Fitz-James O'Brien Sonia	4:48
	A Sea Story by Emily Henrietta Hickey Sonia	1:48
	Woman by Anonymous Sonia	0:47
	The Women Fo'k by James Hogg Craig Franklin	2:41
	Of a Certaine Man by Sir John Harrington Tomas Peter	1:24
	Women's Chorus by Aristophanes Leanne Yau	1:20
	The Wives of Weinsberg by Gottfried Augüst Bürger Sonia	4:54
	Sorrows of Werther by William Makepeace Thackeray Jason in Panama	1:12
	The Well of St. Keyne by Robert Southey Sonia	3:20
	The Belle of the Ball by Winthrop Mackworth Praed Tomas Peter	5:41
	Echo and the Lover by Anonymous Jason in Panama	1:55
	Echo by John Godfrey Saxe Craig Franklin	2:14
	'Nothing to Wear' by William Allen Butler Tomas Peter	19:34
	The Sea by Eva L. Ogden Leanne Yau	1:40
	The Proud Miss MacBride: A Legend of Gotham by John Godfrey Saxe Leanne Yau	9:56
	On an Old Muff by Frederick Locker-Lampson Leanne Yau	3:15
	How Paddy Got 'Under Government' by Anonymous Jason in Panama	0:50