World's Best Poetry, Volume 1: Home and Friendship (Part 1)
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Length 6 h 29 min
Chapters 137
First published 1904
The first of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, includes a trove of poetry about home and family life, focusing especially on verses about children, verses for children, and fun for little folk. It also includes a general introduction to the series by Carman himself, as well as an introductory essay to the volume by University of Chicago English professor William Darnall MacClintock (1858-1936). (Summary by Tomas Peter)
Chapters
1
The Purpose of Poetry by Bliss Carman Read by Anusha Iyer and 5 others 39:50
2
The Baby by Kalidasa Read by Anusha Iyer 0:50
3
Birth by Annie R. Stillman (Grace Raymond) Read by Anusha Iyer 1:24
4
The Baby by George MacDonald Read by Sonia and 1 other 1:51
5
Weighing the Baby by Ethelinda Elliott Beers (Ethel Lynn) Read by Sonia and 2 others 2:14
6
Laus Infantium by William Canton Read by Jason in Panama 1:35
7
Étude réaliste by Algernon Charles Swinburne Read by Sonia 2:05
8
The Babie by Jeremiah Eames Rankin Read by Craig Franklin 1:26
9
The Angel's Whisper by Samuel Lover Read by Sonia and 1 other 1:38
10
Lullaby: From 'The Princess' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Read by Leanne Yau 1:24
11
The Happy Hour by Mary Frances Butts Read by Tomas Peter 1:28
12
Cradle Song by Anonymous Read by Jason in Panama 1:15
13
Cradle Song: From 'Bitter-Sweet' by Josiah Gilbert Holland Read by Sonia 2:52
14
Japanese Lullaby by Eugene Field Read by Leanne Yau 1:34
15
Philip, My King by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik Read by Tomas Peter 2:26
16
Baby May by William Cox Bennett Read by Craig Franklin 2:57
17
Little Feet by Elizabeth Akers Read by Jason in Panama 2:47
18
Baby Louise by Margaret Eytinge Read by Craig Franklin 1:31
19
Silent Baby by Ellen Bartlett Currier Read by Anusha Iyer 1:53
20
The Household Sovereign: From 'The Hanging of the Crane' by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Read by Tomas Peter 1:56
21
On the Picture of an Infant (Playing Near a Precipice) by Leonidas of Alexandria Read by Anusha Iyer 1:06
22
The Mother's Sacrifice by Seba Smith Read by Anusha Iyer and 1 other 1:43
23
Mother and Child by William Gilmore Simms Read by Sonia 2:07
24
Children by Walter Savage Landor Read by Sonia 1:01
25
Polly by William Brighty Rands Read by Leanne Yau 1:32
26
To My Infant Son by Thomas Hood Read by Sonia and 1 other 3:22
27
Letty's Globe by Charles Tennyson Turner Read by Anusha Iyer and 1 other 1:26
28
Willie Winkie by William Miller Read by Tomas Peter 1:40
29
To J. H. (Four Years Old: A Nursery Song) by Leigh Hunt Read by Sonia 4:34
30
Seven Times Four: Maternity by Jean Ingelow Read by Craig Franklin 1:47
31
The Mother's Hope by Laman Blanchard Read by Jason in Panama 2:55
32
Bedtime by Francis, Earl of Rosslyn Read by Tomas Peter 1:20
33
To Hartley Coleridge (Six Years Old) by William Wordsworth Read by Craig Franklin 2:21
34
My Little Girl by Samuel Minturn Peck Read by Leanne Yau 1:22
35
Little Goldenhair by Mrs. F. Burge Smith Read by Leanne Yau and 2 others 2:24
36
The Unfinished Prayer by Anonymous Read by Sonia and 1 other 1:29
37
Cuddle Doon by Alexander Anderson Read by Sonia and 3 others 2:33
38
The Witch in the Glass by Sarah M. B. Piatt Read by Anusha Iyer and 1 other 1:05
39
Small and Early by Tudor Jenks Read by Anusha Iyer and 1 other 2:29
40
Seven Times One by Jean Ingelow Read by Anusha Iyer 2:09
41
The Lost Heir by Thomas Hood Read by Sonia and 1 other 8:51
42
The Gambols of Children by George Darley Read by Jason in Panama 1:07
43
The Child in the Garden by Henry van Dyke Read by Tomas Peter and 1 other 1:21
44
A Portrait by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Read by Anusha Iyer 3:34
45
To a Child During Sickness by Leigh Hunt Read by Sonia 2:33
46
Baby Bell by Thomas Bailey Aldrich Read by Leanne Yau 5:05
47
Our Wee White Rose by Gerald Massey Read by Tomas Peter 2:26
48
Baby's Shoes by William Cox Bennett Read by Jason in Panama 1:48
49
Baby Zulma's Christmas Carol by Augustus Julian Requier Read by Tomas Peter 4:12
50
On the Death of an Infant by Dirk Smits Read by Craig Franklin 1:41
51
She Came and Went by James Russell Lowell Read by Jason in Panama 1:35
52
Three Years She Grew by William Wordsworth Read by Anusha Iyer and 1 other 2:29
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We Are Seven by William Wordsworth Read by Leanne Yau and 1 other 3:09
54
Boyhood by Washington Allston Read by Craig Franklin 1:11
55
Pictures of Memory by Alice Cary Read by Sonia 2:01
56
The Mitherless Bairn by William Thom Read by Craig Franklin 2:48
57
My Mother's Picture by William Cowper Read by Sonia 7:24
58
I Remember, I Remember by Thomas Hood Read by Leanne Yau 1:41
59
The Barefoot Boy by John Greenleaf Whittier Read by Jason in Panama 5:04
60
Rain on the Roof by Coates Kinney Read by Leanne Yau 2:21
61
Whittling (A National Portrait) by John Pierpont Read by Tomas Peter 2:45
62
The Old Oaken Bucket by Samuel Woodworth Read by Craig Franklin 2:30
63
The Old Arm-chair by Eliza Cook Read by Leanne Yau 2:11
64
Woodman, Spare That Tree by George Pope Morris Read by Sonia 1:39
65
A Parable by Mathilde Blind Read by Anusha Iyer 1:30
66
The Piper by William Blake Read by Tomas Peter and 1 other 1:26
67
Choosing a Name by Mary Lamb Read by Sonia 1:35
68
What Does Little Birdie Say?: From 'Sea Dreams' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Read by Leanne Yau 1:16
69
A Cradle Hymn by Isaac Watts Read by Tomas Peter 4:05
70
Go Sleep, Ma Honey by Edward D. Barker Read by Tomas Peter 2:33
71
No Baby in the House by Clara G. Dolliver Read by Jason in Panama 1:25
72
A Dutch Lullaby by Eugene Field Read by Anusha Iyer and 3 others 2:34
73
Half-Waking by William Allingham Read by Sonia 1:15
74
Twinkle, Twinkle by Anonymous Read by Leanne Yau 2:40
75
Pretty Cow by Jane Taylor Read by Craig Franklin 1:00
76
The Three Little Kittens (A Cat's Tale, with Additions) by Eliza Lee Follen Read by Anusha Iyer and 2 others 2:09
77
The Land of Counterpane by Robert Louis Stevenson Read by Jason in Panama 1:07
78
How Doth the Little Busy Bee by Isaac Watts Read by Leanne Yau 1:09
79
Try Again by Anonymous Read by Sonia 1:10
80
Good Night and Good Morning by Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton Read by Anusha Iyer and 3 others 2:01
81
The Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt Read by Anusha Iyer and 2 others 4:08
82
Thread and Song by John Williamson Palmer Read by Tomas Peter 1:24
83
Let Dogs Delight to Bark and Bite by Isaac Watts Read by Craig Franklin 1:28
84
The Children's Church by Karl von Gerok Read by Jason in Panama 2:32
85
Child's Evening Hymn by Sabine Baring-Gould Read by Tomas Peter 3:39
86
'It Is Finished' by Christina Georgina Rossetti Read by Craig Franklin 2:31
87
A Little Child's Hymn (For Night and Morning) by Francis Turner Palgrave Read by Jason in Panama 1:32
88
Sheep and Lambs by Katharine Tynan Hinkson Read by Jason in Panama 1:22
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'By Cool Siloam's Shady Rill' by Reginald Heber Read by Tomas Peter 2:57
90
The Romance of the Swan's Nest by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Read by Anusha Iyer and 3 others 5:06
91
A Good Play by Robert Louis Stevenson Read by Anusha Iyer 1:09
92
A Life-Lesson by James Whitcomb Riley Read by Leanne Yau 1:22
93
The Dead Doll by Margaret Vandegrift Read by Anusha Iyer 3:14
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Foreign Children by Robert Louis Stevenson Read by Sonia 1:15
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The Unseen Playmate by Robert Louis Stevenson Read by Craig Franklin 1:41
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The Shadows by Frank Dempster Sherman Read by Sonia 1:26
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The Dancers by Michael Field Read by Anusha Iyer 1:07
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My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson Read by Leanne Yau 1:32
99
Little Bell by Thomas Westwood Read by Sonia and 3 others 4:05
100
Wings by Mary Louise Ritter Read by Anusha Iyer 1:03
101
Foreign Lands by Robert Louis Stevenson Read by Leanne Yau 1:17
102
Under My Window by Thomas Westwood Read by Leanne Yau 1:45
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The Land of Story-books by Robert Louis Stevenson Read by Anusha Iyer 1:44
104
Fairy Days by William Makepeace Thackeray Read by Leanne Yau and 1 other 2:49
105
The Wind in a Frolic by William Howitt Read by Anusha Iyer and 1 other 3:01
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The Wind by Robert Louis Stevenson Read by Sonia 1:16
107
The Man in the Moon by James Whitcomb Riley Read by Tomas Peter 2:51
108
The Fairies of the Caldon Low (A Midsummer Legend) by Mary Howitt Read by Anusha Iyer and 5 others 4:39
109
The Elf and the Dormouse by Oliver Herford Read by Anusha Iyer and 1 other 1:24
110
A Little Dutch Garden by Harriet Whitney Durbin Read by Jason in Panama 1:24
111
The First Rose of Summer by Oliver Herford Read by Sonia and 1 other 1:05
112
A Belated Violet by Oliver Herford Read by Anusha Iyer and 4 others 2:17
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The Frost by Hannah Flagg Gould Read by Anusha Iyer and 1 other 2:22
114
A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore Read by Tomas Peter and 1 other 3:51
115
Little Orphant Annie by James Whitcomb Riley Read by Craig Franklin 2:43
116
Old-School Punishment by Anonymous Read by Sonia and 1 other 1:07
117
In School-Days by John Greenleaf Whittier Read by Leanne Yau and 1 other 2:35
118
Seein' Things by Eugene Field Read by Tomas Peter 2:30
119
A Mortifying Mistake by Anna Maria Pratt Read by Anusha Iyer and 3 others 1:49
120
The Smack in School by William Pitt Palmer Read by Sonia and 3 others 2:28
121
There Was a Little Girl by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Read by Jason in Panama 1:07
122
The Story of Cruel Frederick: From 'The English Struwwelpeter' by Heinrich Hoffmann Read by Sonia 1:50
123
The Dreadful Story about Harriet and the Matches: From 'The English Struwwelpeter' by Heinrich Hoffmann Read by Sonia and 2 others 3:18
124
The Story of Johnny-Head-in-Air: From 'The English Struwwelpeter' by Heinrich Hoffmann Read by Leanne Yau and 2 others 2:52
125
The Three Children by Anonymous Read by Craig Franklin 0:57
126
The Owl and the Pussy-cat by Edward Lear Read by Anusha Iyer and 3 others 2:14
127
Mr. and Mrs. Spikky Sparrow by Edward Lear Read by Anusha Iyer and 3 others 3:47
128
The Walrus and the Carpenter: From 'Alice in Wonderland' by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) Read by Anusha Iyer and 4 others 5:01
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Good King Arthur by Anonymous Read by Leanne Yau 0:55
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From 'Max and Maurice' by Wilhelm Busch Read by Anusha Iyer and 4 others 10:32
131
The Jumblies by Edward Lear Read by Tomas Peter and 2 others 3:37
132
The History Lesson by Anonymous Read by Tomas Peter 1:20
133
Sage Counsel by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch Read by Craig Franklin 1:29
134
Limericks: From 'A Book of Nonsense' by Edward Lear Read by Anusha Iyer and 5 others 6:18
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There Was a Small Boy of Quebec by Rudyard Kipling Read by Anusha Iyer 0:41
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More Limericks by Anonymous Read by Anusha Iyer 0:53
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Finis by Anonymous Read by Anusha Iyer 0:47
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