The World's Best Poetry, Volume 7: Descriptive and Narrative (Part 1)
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The seventh of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, contains a variety of odes, elegies, addresses, epitaphs and dedications that praise, mourn and remember some of history's greatest and most memorable statesmen (such as Napoleon Bonaparte, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln) and writers (such as William Shakespeare, John Milton, Charles Dickens and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow). The collection also includes an introductory essay by author and poet Richard Le Gallienne (1866-1947). - Summary by Tomas Peter (3 hr 52 min)
Chapters
To the Spring: From 'Hymnes of Astræa, in Acrosticke Verse' by Sir John Davies
1:22
Read by Craig Franklin
Abraham Lincoln: From the Harvard Commemoration Ode, July 21, 1865 by James Rus…
4:23
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Albert, Prince Consort of England: From 'Idyls of the King' by Alfred, Lord Ten…
3:41
Read by Craig Franklin
Sir Philip Sidney: From 'An Elegy on a Friend's Passion for His Astrophill' by …
1:34
Read by Craig Franklin
An Epitaph on the Admirable Dramatic Poet, W. Shakespeare by John Milton
1:33
Read by Craig Franklin
Walton's Book of Lives: From 'Ecclesiastical Sonnets,' Part III by William Word…
1:23
Read by Jason in Panama
On the Departure of Sir Walter Scott from Abbotsford, for Naples by William Wor…
1:23
Read by Tomas Peter
On a Portrait of Wordsworth (By B.R. Haydon) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
1:22
Read by Adrian Stephens
Joseph Rodman Drake (Died in New York, September, 1820) by Fitz-Greene Halleck
1:37
Read by Jason in Panama
Out from Behind This Mask: To Confront His Own Portrait for 'The Wound Dresser'…
2:47
Read by Adrian Stephens
To Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (On His Birthday, 27th February, 1867) by James R…
2:48
Read by Jason in Panama
Anne Hathaway (To the Idol of My Eye and Delight of My Heart, Anne Hathaway) by…
2:59
Read by Tomas Peter