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World's Best Poetry, Volume 8: National Spirit (Part 2)

The eighth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, includes poems about the upheaving times of war and the calls for peace. - Summary by Sonia

Year of Publication: 1904Genres: Anthologies

Running Time: 06 hours 55 minutes 16 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Battle of the Angels, from "Paradise Lost", Book VI, by Milton Tomas Peter	6:36
2	The destruction of Sennacherib, from "Hebrew Melodies", by Lord Byron Adrian Stephens	2:05
3	The School of War, from "Tamburlaine", by Christopher Marlowe Sonia	5:43
4	Catiline to the Roman Army, from "Catiline", Act V. Scene 2, by George Croly Sonia	2:55
5	Caractacus, by Bernard Barton Sonia	4:29
6	Sempronius' Speech for War, from "Cato", Act II. Scene 1, by Joseph Addison Craig Franklin	1:47
7	The Death of Leonidas, by George Croly Sonia	4:33
8	Song of the Greeks, 1821, by Thomas Campbell Tomas Peter	3:07
9	Marco Bozzaris, by Fitz-Greene Halleck Sonia	5:59
10	Harmosan, by Richard Chenevix Trench Tomas Peter	2:19
11	Battle Scene, from "The Cid", translated from the Spanish by John Ormsby Tomas Peter	1:58
12	The Lord of Butrago, translated from the Spanish by John Gibson Lockhart Tomas Peter	2:29
13	Hakon's Defiance, from "Hakon Jarl", translated from the Danish of Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger by Sir Frank C. Lascelles Sonia	8:22
14	A Danish Barrow on the East Devon Coast, by Francis Turner Palgrave Sonia	2:25
15	Hermann and Thusnelda, from the German of Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock Sonia	2:05
16	The Battle Song of Gustavus Adolphus, from the German of Michael Altenburg Craig Franklin	1:40
17	Sword Song, translated from the German of Karl Theodor Körner by Charles Timothy Brooks Sonia	3:42
18	The Trooper's Death, translated from the German of Georg Herwegh by Rossiter W. Raymond Adrian Stephens	1:34
19	Bingen on the Rhine, by Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton Sonia	5:19
20	Hohenlinden, 1800, by Thomas Campbell Sonia	2:06
21	Ivry, 1590, by Lord Macaulay Tomas Peter	5:51
22	Incident of the French Camp, by Robert Browning Tomas Peter	2:25
23	The Bronze Statue of Napoleon, from the French of Auguste Barbier Craig Franklin	8:39
24	On the Warres in Ireland, from "Epigrams", Book IV Epigram 6, by Sir John Harrington Tomas Peter	1:55
25	Alfred the Harper, by John Sterling Sonia	8:01
26	Chevy-Chace, by Anonymous Sonia	13:02
27	Sir Patrick Spens, by Anonymous Sonia	5:18
28	The Douglas Tragedy, by Anonymous Sonia	5:13
29	The Last Hunt, by William Roscoe Thayer (Paul Hermes) Sonia	3:22
30	The Ballad of Agincourt, 1415, by Michael Drayton Sonia	4:47
31	The King to his Soldiers before Harfleur, 1415, from "King Henry V.", Act III Scene 1, by Shakespeare Craig Franklin	2:33
32	The Cavalier's Song, by William Motherwell Sonia	1:36
33	Give a Rouse, by Robert Browning Tomas Peter	1:24
34	Naseby, June 1645, by Obadiah Bind-Their-Kings-In-Chains-And-Their-Nobles-With-Links-Of-Iron, Sergeant in Ireton's Regiment, by Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay Adrian Stephens	5:42
35	The Three Scars, by George Walter Thornbury Craig Franklin	1:46
36	Fontenoy, May 11, 1745, by Thomas Osborne Davis Sonia	5:42
37	Battle of the Baltic, April 2, 1801, by Thomas Campbell Sonia	3:37
38	Burial of Sir John Moore, by Charles Wolfe Tomas Peter	2:10
39	"Picciola", by Robert Henry Newell Sonia	3:25
40	Waterloo, June 15, 1815, from "Childe Harold", Canto III, by Lord Byron Adrian Stephens	8:40
41	By the Alma River, September 20, 1854, by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik Sonia	3:04
42	Charge of the Light Brigade, October 25, 1854, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Tomas Peter	2:20
43	The Relief of Lucknow, September 25, 1857, by Robert T. S. Lowell Sonia	4:03
44	Danny Deever, by Rudyard Kipling Sonia	2:54
45	Where Are the Men, translated from the Welsh of Taliessin by Thomas Oliphant Craig Franklin	1:35
46	Bruce and the Spider, about 1307, by Bernard Barton Sonia	2:49
47	Bannockburn, June 24, 1314, by Robert Burns Adrian Stephens	1:35
48	Song of Clan-Alpine, from "The Lady of the Lake", Canto II, by Sir Walter Scott Craig Franklin	3:03
49	Beal' an Dhuine, 1411, from "The Lady of the Lake", Canto VI, by Sir Walter Scott Tomas Peter	6:17
50	Pibroch of Donuil Dhu, 1431, by Sir Walter Scott Tomas Peter	1:57
51	Flodden Field, September 1513, from "Marmion", Canto VI, by Sir Walter Scott Sonia	15:04
52	The Bonnets of Bonnie Dundee, about 1688, by Sir Walter Scott Sonia	4:15
53	Liberty Tree, 1775, by Thomas Paine Sonia	2:12
54	Hymn, sung at the Completion of the Concord Monument, April 19, 1836, by Ralph Waldo Emerson Adrian Stephens	1:22
55	Warren's Address, by John Pierpont Tomas Peter	1:37
56	"The Lonely Bugle Grieves", from an "Ode on the Celebration of the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1825", by Grenville Mellen Craig Franklin	1:09
57	Nathan Hale, by Francis Miles Finch Sonia	3:08
58	Song of Marion's Men, by William Cullen Bryant Adrian Stephens	3:14
59	Carmen Bellicosum, by Guy Humphrey M'Master Tomas Peter	2:09
60	The Dance, published soon after the Surrender of Cornwallis, by Anonymous Craig Franklin	2:45
61	Monterey, Mexico, September 19, 1846, by Charles Fenno Hoffman Sonia	1:58
62	Coming, April, 1861, by Henry Howard Brownell Adrian Stephens	1:04
63	In State, by Forceythe Willson Sonia	7:28
64	Brother Jonathan's Lament for Sister Caroline, March 25, 1861, South Carolina having adopted the Ordinance of Secession, by Oliver Wendell Holmes Craig Franklin	2:57
65	Jonathan to John, by James Russell Lowell Craig Franklin	5:57
66	All Quiet Along the Potomac. by Ethelinda Ellitt Beers Tomas Peter	2:48
67	The Countersign, by Anonymous Sonia	2:26
68	Civil War, by Charles Dawson Shanly Sonia	2:00
69	The Two Wives, by William Dean Howells Sonia	1:39
70	Three Hundred Thousand More, September, 1861, by Anonymous Adrian Stephens	2:23
71	The Old Man and Jim, by James Whitcomb Riley Tomas Peter	3:40
72	Stonewall Jackson's Way, by John Williamson Palmer Craig Franklin	2:47
73	Barbara Frietchie, by John Greenleaf Whittier Sonia	3:12
74	Cavalry Song, from "Alice of Monmouth", by Edmund Clarence Stedman Craig Franklin	1:41
75	Cavalry song, by Rossiter W. Raymond Tomas Peter	2:07
76	Kearny at Seven Pines, by Edmund Clarence Stedman Sonia	2:47
77	The General's Death, by Joseph O'Connor Craig Franklin	1:21
78	Dirge for a Soldier, by George Henry Boker Adrian Stephens	1:55
79	Bay Billy, December 15, 1862, by Frank H. Gassaway Tomas Peter	5:29
80	Wounded to Death, by John W. Watson Craig Franklin	4:12
81	Somebody's Darling, by Maria La Conte Sonia	2:31
82	Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, by Anonymous Adrian Stephens	2:15
83	Our Orders, by Julia Ward Howe Sonia	1:39
84	When This Cruel War is Over, by Anonymous Sonia	2:24
85	Sheridan's Ride, September 19, 1864, by Thomas Buchanan Read Tomas Peter	3:40
86	Left on the Battle Field, by Sarah Tittle Bolton Sonia	2:41
87	Requiem for One Slain in Battle, by George Lunt Craig Franklin	1:33
88	Music in Camp, by John Randolph Thompson Tomas Peter	3:38
89	Under the Shade of the Trees, by Margaret Junkin Preston Adrian Stephens	2:32
90	The Black Regiment, May 27, 1863, by George Henry Boker Tomas Peter	3:26
91	The C.S. Army's Commissary, by Ed. Porter Thompon Adrian Stephens	3:18
92	The High Tide at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863, by Will Henry Thompson Craig Franklin	4:08
93	Lee to the Rear, by John Randolph Thompson Sonia	4:55
94	Driving Home the Cows, by Kate Putnam Osgood Adrian Stephens	2:50
95	Sherman's March to the Sea, May 4 to December 21, 1864, by Samuel H. M. Byers Craig Franklin	3:23
96	Army Correspondent's Last Ride, Five Forks, April 1, 1865, by George Alfred Townsend Tomas Peter	4:36
97	The Year of Jubilee, by Anonymous Adrian Stephens	2:49
98	The Conquered Banner, by Abram Joseph Ryan Tomas Peter	2:48
99	All, by Francis Alexander Durivage Sonia	1:19
100	The Closing Scene, by Thomas Buchanan Read Sonia	5:01
101	The Men Behind the Guns, the Spanish-American War, 1898, by John Jerome Rooney Craig Franklin	2:52
102	The Battle of Manila, a Fragment, May 1, 1898, by Richard Hovey Adrian Stephens	2:17
103	Ode to Peace, by William Tennant Sonia	2:05
104	End of the Civil War, from King Richard III., Act I. Scene 1, by Shakespeare Tomas Peter	1:16
105	Disarmament, by John Greenleaf Whittier Sonia	2:29
106	Tubal Cain, by Charles Mackay Sonia	3:03
107	The Knight's Tomb, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Craig Franklin	1:08
108	Not on the Battle Field, by John Pierpont Adrian Stephens	3:55
109	The Day is Coming, by William Morris Tomas Peter	4:54
110	The Grave of Bonaparte, by Leonard Heath Adrian Stephens	2:12
111	The Battle of Blenheim, by Robert Southey Sonia	3:42
112	At Gibraltar, by George Edward Woodberry Tomas Peter	2:08
113	The Bivouac of the Dead, by Theodore O'Hara Craig Franklin	4:45
114	The Arsenal at Springfield, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Adrian Stephens	3:26
115	An Old Battle Field, by Frank Lebby Stanton Tomas Peter	1:08
116	The Battle-Field, by William Cullen Bryant Sonia	2:44
117	How Sleep the Brave, by William Collins Adrian Stephens	1:02
118	Our Fallen Heroes, by George Bancroft Griffith Tomas Peter	2:01
119	The Cause of the South, from "Sentinel Songs", by Abram Joseph Ryan Sonia	2:10
120	Sentinel Songs, by Abram Joseph Ryan Craig Franklin	2:20
121	Ode, by Henry Timrod Adrian Stephens	1:31
122	The Blue and the Gray, by Francis Miles Finch Sonia	2:47
123	Centennial Hymn, 1876, by John Greenleaf Whittier Craig Franklin	2:16
124	Hymn of the West, World's Fair, St. Louis, 1904, by Edmund Clarence Stedman Tomas Peter	2:55