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World's Best Poetry, Volume 7: Descriptive and Narrative (Part 2)

The seventh of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, contains a series of odes and addresses to the natural and artistic realms, as well as various geographic places in the world, from Egypt and India, all the way to England and America. It concludes with popular narrative poetry originating from the Greek, Roman, Norse, German, East Asian, Spanish, French, English, Scottish and American literary traditions. - Summary by Tomas Peter

Year of Publication: 1904Genres: Elegies & Odes , Narratives , Anthologies

Running Time: 08 hours 07 minutes 59 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Adam and Eve: From 'Paradise Lost,' Book IV by John Milton Craig Franklin	4:22
2	Seven Ages of Man: From 'As You Like It,' Act II. Sc. 7 by William Shakespeare Jason in Panama	2:30
3	Cleopatra: From 'Antony and Cleopatra,' Act II. Sc. 2 by William Shakespeare Sonia	3:08
4	To Ianthe, Sleeping: From 'Queen Mab,' Part I by Percy Bysshe Shelley Adrian Stephens	3:00
5	Freedom in Dress: From 'Epicœne; or, the Silent Woman,' Act I. Sc. 1 by Ben Jonson Katharina Glowalla	1:17
6	Cousin Lucrece by Edmund Clarence Stedman Tomas Peter	3:36
7	Delight in Disorder by Robert Herrick Adam Bielka	1:18
8	The Toilet: From 'The Rape of the Lock,' Canto I by Alexander Pope Adam Bielka	2:06
9	Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats Jason in Panama	3:42
10	Laus Veneris (A Picture by Burne-Jones) by Louise Chandler Moulton Sonia	1:32
11	On Hearing a little Music-Box by Leigh Hunt Adrian Stephens	2:21
12	Those Evening Bells by Thomas Moore Katharina Glowalla	1:10
13	The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe Craig Franklin	5:25
14	The Bells of Shandon by Francis Sylvester Mahony (Father Prout) Sonia	2:32
15	City Bells: From 'The Lay of St. Aloy's' by Richard Harris Barham Tomas Peter	1:27
16	The Cuckoo Clock: From 'The Birthday' by Caroline Bowles Southey Katharina Glowalla	1:25
17	An Etruscan Ring by John William Mackail Adam Bielka	2:18
18	Leonardo's 'Monna Lisa' by Edward Dowden Tomas Peter	1:25
19	The Hurricane by William Cullen Bryant Sonia	3:10
20	Mist by Henry David Thoreau Jason in Panama	1:03
21	The Coasters by Thomas Fleming Day Adrian Stephens	3:44
22	Smoke by Henry David Thoreau Adam Bielka	1:10
23	The Evening Cloud by John Wilson (Christopher North) Sonia	1:17
24	A Still Day in Autumn by Sarah Helen Whitman Jason in Panama	2:39
25	The Sunset City by Henry Sylvester Cornwell Adam Bielka	1:51
26	The Nile by Leigh Hunt Katharina Glowalla	1:18
27	Ozymandias of Egypt by Percy Bysshe Shelley Jason in Panama	1:34
28	Christmas in India by Rudyard Kipling Jason in Panama	3:53
29	The Orient: From 'The Bride of Abydos' by Lord Byron Adrian Stephens	1:44
30	The Vale of Cashmere: From 'The Light of the Harem' by Thomas Moore Katharina Glowalla	2:28
31	Carillon by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Sonia	3:28
32	The Rhine (To His Sister): From 'Childe Harold,' Canto III by Lord Byron Katharina Glowalla	2:22
33	The Cataract of Lodore: Described in 'Rhymes for the Nursery' by Robert Southey Sonia	5:00
34	The Old Bridge at Florence by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Adrian Stephens	1:18
35	The White Peacock: From 'Sospiri di Roma' by William Sharp Adam Bielka	3:16
36	To Rome (Buried in its Ruins) by Francisco de Quevedo y Villegas Sonia	1:28
37	The Coliseum: From 'Childe Harold,' Canto IV by Lord Byron Adrian Stephens	5:26
38	The Pantheon: From 'Childe Harold,' Canto IV by Lord Byron Adrian Stephens	1:40
39	A Day in the Pamfili Doria, Near Rome by Harriet Beecher Stowe Craig Franklin	4:56
40	February in Rome by Edmund Gosse Tomas Peter	1:19
41	Saint Peter's at Rome: From 'Childe Harold,' Canto IV by Lord Byron Jason in Panama	1:25
42	A View across the Roman Campagna (1861) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Adrian Stephens	2:40
43	Venice by John Addington Symonds Tomas Peter	1:25
44	Venice: From 'Italy' by Samuel Rogers Katharina Glowalla	3:10
45	The Gondola by Arthur Hugh Clough Tomas Peter	2:11
46	Venice: From 'View from the Euganean Hills' by Percy Bysshe Shelley Jason in Panama	3:00
47	Naples: From 'Italy' by Samuel Rogers Adam Bielka	2:59
48	Drifting by Thomas Buchanan Read Sonia	3:32
49	England: From 'The Traveller' by Oliver Goldsmith Adrian Stephens	1:43
50	That England: From 'Aurora Leigh' by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Adrian Stephens	3:08
51	The Knight: From 'Marmion,' Canto I by Sir Walter Scott Sonia	5:57
52	O, the Pleasant Days of Old! by Frances Browne Katharina Glowalla	2:41
53	Melrose Abbey: From 'The Lay of the Last Minstrel,' Canto II by Sir Walter Scott Tomas Peter	4:21
54	An Old Time Christmas: From 'Marmion,' Introduction to Canto VI by Sir Walter Scott Katharina Glowalla	4:10
55	The Castle Ruins by William Barnes Tomas Peter	2:23
56	The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith Sonia	26:27
57	Sonnet Composed upon Westminster Bridge, London, 1802 by William Wordsworth Adrian Stephens	1:26
58	London by John Davidson Sonia	1:17
59	The Village Schoolmistress: From 'The Schoolmistress' by William Shenstone Sonia	5:37
60	The Forging of the Anchor by Samuel Ferguson Craig Franklin	7:32
61	Newport-Beach by Henry Theodore Tuckerman Jason in Panama	1:12
62	The Settler by Alfred B. Street Tomas Peter	3:44
63	Song of the Chattahoochee by Sidney Lanier Sonia	3:12
64	Weehawken and the New York Bay: From 'Fanny' by Fitz-Greene Halleck Tomas Peter	2:36
65	Mannahatta by Walt Whitman Adam Bielka	2:48
66	The Brooklyn Bridge by Edna Dean Proctor Adam Bielka	2:39
67	Scythe Song by Andrew Lang Sonia	1:15
68	The Mowers by Myron B. Benton Sonia	5:38
69	Château Papineau by S. Frances Harrison ('Seranus') Tomas Peter	5:39
70	In Mexico by Evaleen Stein Katharina Glowalla	2:16
71	The Fall of Troy: From the 'Æneid' by Virgil Katharina Glowalla	5:22
72	Horatius at the Bridge by Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay Sonia	22:06
73	Thor recovers his Hammer from Thrym, from Sæmund's Edda Sonia	7:42
74	Frithiof at the Court of Angantyr: From the 'Frithiof Saga,' Canto XI by Esaias Tegnér Tomas Peter	9:22
75	The Skeleton in Armor by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Sonia	8:05
76	The Baron's Last Banquet by Albert G. Greene Jason in Panama	3:54
77	The Nobleman and the Pensioner by Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffel Jason in Panama	3:52
78	Mahmoud by Leigh Hunt Sonia	4:44
79	Prince Adeb by George Henry Boker Sonia	13:06
80	The Leper by Nathaniel Parker Willis Tomas Peter	6:28
81	Erminia and the Wounded Tancred by Torquato Tasso Tomas Peter	5:03
82	Alonzo the Brave and the Fair Imogine by Matthew Gregory Lewis Sonia	5:37
83	The Broken Pitcher by William Edmondstoune Aytoun Sonia	3:12
84	The Ballad of Guibour: From 'Calendau' by Frédéric Mistral Sonia	4:43
85	The Glove and the Lions by Leigh Hunt Tomas Peter	2:44
86	The Glove by Robert Browning Sonia	9:31
87	Louis XV by John Sterling Tomas Peter	2:47
88	Hervé Riel by Robert Browning Sonia	8:06
89	Napoleon and the British Sailor by Thomas Campbell Tomas Peter	3:15
90	How they brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix by Robert Browning Sonia	4:23
91	Mort D'Arthur by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Jason in Panama	17:33
92	Godiva by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Sonia	5:26
93	The Canterbury Pilgrims: From 'The Canterbury Tales: Prologue' by Geoffrey Chaucer Sonia	15:52
94	Lord Lovel by Anonymous Sonia	3:13
95	Robin Hood and Allan-a-Dale by Anonymous Sonia	5:35
96	The Greenwood Shrift: George III and a Dying Woman in Windsor Forest by Robert and Caroline Southey Sonia	5:43
97	The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Tomas Peter	9:01
98	England: From 'King John,' Act V. Sc. 7 by William Shakespeare Adrian Stephens	0:48
99	Jock Johnstone, the Tinkler by James Hogg Sonia	11:51
100	Lord Ullin's Daughter by Thomas Campbell Sonia	3:06
101	Marmion and Douglas: From 'Marmion,' Canto VI by Sir Walter Scott Adrian Stephens	4:41
102	Fitz-James and Roderick Dhu: From 'The Lady of the Lake,' Canto V by Sir Walter Scott Craig Franklin	14:40
103	Fitz-James and Ellen: From 'The Lady of the Lake,' Canto VI by Sir Walter Scott Tomas Peter	7:53
104	Muckle-Mou'd Meg by James Ballantine Sonia	3:22
105	The Heart of the Bruce by William Edmondstoune Aytoun Tomas Peter	10:20
106	Barclay of Ury by John Greenleaf Whittier Sonia	5:47
107	The Fight of the 'Armstrong' Privateer by James Jeffrey Roche Sonia	7:04
108	Drifted out to Sea by Rose Hartwick Thorpe Sonia	3:21