The World's Best Poetry, Volume 7: Descriptive and Narrative (Part 2)
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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 (8 hr 7 min)
Chapters
Seven Ages of Man: From 'As You Like It,' Act II. Sc. 7 by William Shakespeare
2:30
Read by Jason in Panama
Cleopatra: From 'Antony and Cleopatra,' Act II. Sc. 2 by William Shakespeare
3:08
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Freedom in Dress: From 'Epicœne; or, the Silent Woman,' Act I. Sc. 1 by Ben Jon…
1:17
Read by Katharina Glowalla
The Rhine (To His Sister): From 'Childe Harold,' Canto III by Lord Byron
2:22
Read by Katharina Glowalla
Melrose Abbey: From 'The Lay of the Last Minstrel,' Canto II by Sir Walter Scott
4:21
Read by Tomas Peter
An Old Time Christmas: From 'Marmion,' Introduction to Canto VI by Sir Walter S…
4:10
Read by Katharina Glowalla
Sonnet Composed upon Westminster Bridge, London, 1802 by William Wordsworth
1:26
Read by Adrian Stephens
Frithiof at the Court of Angantyr: From the 'Frithiof Saga,' Canto XI by Esaias…
9:22
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
How they brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix by Robert Browning
4:23
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
The Canterbury Pilgrims: From 'The Canterbury Tales: Prologue' by Geoffrey Chau…
15:52
Read by Sonia
The Greenwood Shrift: George III and a Dying Woman in Windsor Forest by Robert …
5:43
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Fitz-James and Roderick Dhu: From 'The Lady of the Lake,' Canto V by Sir Walter…
14:40
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Fitz-James and Ellen: From 'The Lady of the Lake,' Canto VI by Sir Walter Scott
7:53
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