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World's Best Poetry, Volume 8: National Spirit (Part 1)

The eighth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, includes poems of national pride, heroism and the quest for freedom. The collection also includes an introductory essay by American scholar Francis Hovey Stoddard (1847-1936). - Summary by Tomas Peter

Year of Publication: 1904Genres: Anthologies

Running Time: 05 hours 06 minutes 54 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	The Study of Poetry, by Francis Hovey Stoddard Sonia	29:14
2	What Constitutes a State?, by Sir William Jones Craig Franklin	2:08
3	Breathes There a Man? From "The Lay of the Last Minstrel," Canto VI, by Sir Walter Scott Adrian Stephens	1:16
4	My Country, by James Montgomery Sonia	2:44
5	Father Land and Mother Tongue, by Samuel Lover Tomas Peter	1:35
6	East, West, Home's Best: From "The Traveller," by Oliver Goldsmith Adrian Stephens	2:28
7	Gifts, by Emma Lazarus Sonia	2:53
8	England: From "The Timepiece": "The Task," Book II, by William Cowper Adrian Stephens	2:23
9	Rule, Britannia: From "Alfred," Act II Scene 5, by James Thomson Sonia	2:22
10	The Bowman's Song: From "The White Company," by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Adrian Stephens	1:29
11	The Roast Beef of Old England, by Henry Fielding, with four added stanzas by Richard Loveridge Tomas Peter	2:15
12	The Snug Little Island, by Thomas Dibdin Sonia	3:22
13	The Jacobite on Tower Hill, by George Walter Thornbury Tomas Peter	1:53
14	God Save the King, by Henry Carey Craig Franklin	1:47
15	Veteran and Recruit, by Edward Wentworth Hazewell Tomas Peter	1:33
16	The Private of the Buffs; or The British Soldier in China, by Sir Francis Hastings Doyle Adrian Stephens	2:55
17	The Turk in Armenia: From "The Purple East," by William Watson Tomas Peter	1:16
18	Ave Imperatrix, by Oscar Wilde Adrian Stephens	7:34
19	America to Great Britain, by Washington Allston Craig Franklin	2:17
20	Hands All Round, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Adrian Stephens	3:34
21	Recessional, by Rudyard Kipling Tomas Peter	1:56
22	England and her Colonies, by William Watson Sonia	1:18
23	Scotland: From "The Lay of the Last Minstrel," Canto VI, by Sir Walter Scott Sonia	1:31
24	The Bard: A Pindaric Ode, by Thomas Gray Sonia	9:13
25	My Heart's in the Highlands, by Robert Burns Adrian Stephens	1:27
26	Heather Ale: A Galloway Legend, by Robert Louis Stevenson Sonia	3:58
27	The Execution of Montrose, by William Edmondstoune Ayton Sonia	10:53
28	Border Ballad, by Sir Walter Scott Craig Franklin	1:16
29	The Exile's Song, by Robert Gilfillan Tomas Peter	1:43
30	The Irishman, by James Orr Sonia	2:28
31	Turlough MacSweeney, by Anna MacManus (Ethna Carbery) Craig Franklin	2:40
32	A Spinning Song, by John Francis O'Donnell Sonia	1:54
33	The Wearing of the Green, by Anonymous Adrian Stephens	2:17
34	My Native Land, by John Boyle O'Reilly Tomas Peter	2:20
35	Bless the Dear Old Verdant Land, by Denis Florence MacCarthy Craig Franklin	2:50
36	Ireland (1847), by Denis Florence MacCarthy Sonia	4:36
37	Ireland: A Seaside Portrait, by John James Piatt Sonia	1:39
38	Exile of Erin, by Thomas Campbell Adrian Stephens	3:14
39	After Death, by Frances Isabel Parnell Craig Franklin	1:50
40	Canada Not Last, by William Douw Schuyler-Lighthall Tomas Peter	3:08
41	Canada, by Charles G. D. Roberts Tomas Peter	3:08
42	What is the German's Fatherland?, from the German of Ernst Moritz Arndt Adrian Stephens	3:15
43	Patriotic Song, from the German of Ernst Moritz Arndt Craig Franklin	2:21
44	Men and Boys, from the German of Karl Theodor Körner, translation of Charles Timothy Brooks Sonia	3:53
45	The Watch on the Rhine, from the German of Max Schneckenburger Tomas Peter	2:05
46	Proem: From "The Kalevala" (Land of Heroes), the National Epic of Finland, from the Finnish, translation of John Martin Crawford Sonia	5:27
47	Parting Lovers, by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Sonia	4:06
48	America, by William Cullen Bryant Craig Franklin	2:36
49	Columbia, by Timothy Dwight Tomas Peter	3:26
50	On the Prospect of Planting Arts and Learning in America, by Bishop George Berkeley Sonia	1:56
51	England to America, by Sydney Dobell Adrian Stephens	1:21
52	Our State, by John Greenleaf Whittier Craig Franklin	1:55
53	The Republic: From "The Building of the Ship," by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Tomas Peter	1:31
54	America (1832), by Samuel Francis Smith Adrian Stephens	2:26
55	"Old Ironsides," by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sonia	1:33
56	Men of the North and West (April, 1861), by Richard Henry Stoddard Tomas Peter	1:33
57	Our Country's Call (1861), by William Cullen Bryant Craig Franklin	3:14
58	A Cry to Arms (1861), by Henry Timrod Sonia	2:35
59	The Nation's Prayer (1861), by Crammond Kennedy Adrian Stephens	1:47
60	My Maryland (1861), by James Ryder Randall Tomas Peter	3:13
61	Dixie (1861), by Albert Pike Craig Franklin	2:40
62	The Flag Goes By, by Henry Holcomb Bennett Tomas Peter	1:35
63	The Brave at Home, by Thomas Buchanan Read Sonia	1:38
64	The Place Where Man Should Die, by Michael Joseph Barry Adrian Stephens	2:10
65	Liberty, by John Hay Tomas Peter	2:01
66	Patience: From "Poems of Freedom," by William James Linton Sonia	1:56
67	The Antiquity of Freedom, by William Cullen Bryant Craig Franklin	4:30
68	Hallowed Ground, by Thomas Campbell Adrian Stephens	4:50
69	The Wolf and the Dog, from the French of Jean de la Fontaine, translation of Elizur Wright Sonia	3:15
70	Rienzi to the Romans: From "Rienzi," by Mary Russell Mitford Tomas Peter	3:24
71	Fallen Greece: From "The Giaour," by Lord Byron Craig Franklin	2:47
72	Greece Enslaved: From "Childe Harold," Canto II, by Lord Byron Tomas Peter	4:51
73	Song of the Greek Poet: From "Don Juan," Canto III, by Lord Byron Adrian Stephens	5:31
74	To Althea from Prison, by Richard Lovelace Craig Franklin	1:43
75	Slavery: From "The Timepiece": "The Task," Book II, by William Cowper Tomas Peter	2:52
76	Song of the Western Men, by Robert Stephen Hawker Craig Franklin	2:26
77	The Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls, by Thomas Moore Sonia	1:18
78	As by the Shore at Break of Day, by Thomas Moore Adrian Stephens	1:00
79	The Hills Were Made for Freedom, by William Goldsmith Brown Craig Franklin	1:08
80	Switzerland: From "William Tell," by James Sheridan Knowles Tomas Peter	1:18
81	Make Way for Liberty (Battle of Sempach, fourteenth century), by James Montgomery Adrian Stephens	5:25
82	Poland: From "The Pleasures of Hope," Part I, by Thomas Campbell Sonia	2:49
83	The Marseillaise, from the French of Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle Sonia	3:23
84	A Court Lady, by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Sonia	4:54
85	The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers in New England, by Felicia Hemans Tomas Peter	2:01
86	The American Flag, by Joseph Rodman Drake Craig Franklin	3:19
87	The Star-Spangled Banner, by Francis Scott Key Adrian Stephens	3:07
88	New England's Dead, by Isaac M'Lellan Sonia	2:33
89	The Reformer, by John Greenleaf Whittier Sonia	4:43
90	Freedom of the Mind: Written while in Prison for Denouncing the Domestic Slave-Trade, by William Lloyd Garrison Sonia	1:33
91	The Present Crisis, by James Russell Lowell Craig Franklin	7:53
92	The Little Cloud (1853), by John Howard Bryant Adrian Stephens	2:23
93	Brown of Ossawatomie, by John Greenleaf Whittier Craig Franklin	2:22
94	Words for the "Hallelujah Chorus," by Henry Howard Brownell Tomas Peter	2:34
95	Battle-Hymn of the Republic, by Julia Ward Howe Sonia	3:14
96	John Charles Frémont, by John Greenleaf Whittier Craig Franklin	2:20
97	Heroes, by Edna Dean Proctor Tomas Peter	2:41
98	Laus Deo!, by John Greenleaf Whittier Tomas Peter	2:45
99	A Holy Nation, by Richard Realf Sonia	1:32