World's Best Poetry, Volume 4: The Higher Life (Part 1)
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Length 7 h 49 min
Chapters 152
First published 1904
The fourth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, includes many notable religious and devotional poems and hymns from across the centuries, covering subjects such as God; Christ; the Holy Spirit; prayer and aspiration; faith; hope; love; service; the Sabbath; worship; and creed. It also includes an introductory essay to the volume by Congregational pastor and progressive writer Washington Gladden (1836-1918). - Summary by Tomas Peter
Chapters
1
Religion and Poetry by Washington Gladden Read by Sonia and 4 others 19:58
2
A Passage in the Life of Saint Augustine by Anonymous Read by Tomas Peter and 2 others 2:45
3
Meditations of a Hindu Prince by Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall Read by Tomas Peter 5:17
4
Brahma by Ralph Waldo Emerson Read by Craig Franklin 1:18
5
Hymn to Zeus by Cleanthes Read by Sonia 4:23
6
Te Deum Laudamus: A Version from the American Episcopal Church Prayer-Book by Anonymous Read by Tomas Peter 4:11
7
The Universal Prayer by Alexander Pope Read by Tomas Peter 3:12
8
Ode: From 'The Spectator' by Joseph Addison Read by Leanne Yau 1:32
9
Lord! When Those Glorious Lights I See (Hymn and Prayer for the Use of Believers) by George Wither Read by Leanne Yau 1:54
10
Hymn before Sunrise, in the Vale of Chamouni by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Read by Jason in Panama 6:09
11
The Hills of the Lord by William Channing Gannett Read by Sonia 2:20
12
Sunrise by Charles Tennyson Turner Read by Tomas Peter 1:25
13
God and Man: From the 'Essay on Man,' Epistles I and IV by Alexander Pope Read by Jason in Panama 5:22
14
Light Shining out of Darkness by William Cowper Read by Leanne Yau 1:25
15
God by Gavriíl Románovitch Dershávin Read by Craig Franklin 6:34
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God Is Everywhere by Robert Nicoll Read by Leanne Yau 2:19
17
Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep by Emma Hart Willard Read by Tomas Peter 2:23
18
Good-bye by Ralph Waldo Emerson Read by Craig Franklin 2:06
19
Our God, Our Help in Ages Past by Isaac Watts Read by Leanne Yau 2:34
20
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God ('Ein' Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott') by Martin Luther Read by Jason in Panama 1:24
21
Delight in God by Francis Quarles Read by Jason in Panama 3:42
22
The Will of God by Frederick William Faber Read by Leanne Yau 2:42
23
The Voyage by Caroline Atherton Mason Read by Sonia 1:39
24
The Love of God by Eliza Scudder Read by Jason in Panama 1:45
25
Praise to God by Anna Lætitia Barbauld Read by Leanne Yau 3:12
26
Lead, Kindly Light by John Henry Newman Read by Craig Franklin 1:32
27
The Eternal Goodness by John Greenleaf Whittier Read by Craig Franklin 4:21
28
Strong Son of God, Immortal Love: From the Introduction of 'In Memoriam' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Read by Leanne Yau 4:54
29
O Little Town of Bethlehem by Phillips Brooks Read by Leanne Yau 3:04
30
The Angels' Song by Edmund Hamilton Sears Read by Leanne Yau 2:01
31
Epiphany by Reginald Heber Read by Craig Franklin 1:44
32
On the Morning of Christ's Nativity by John Milton Read by Leanne Yau 11:44
33
A Christmas Hymn by Alfred Domett Read by Jason in Panama 2:54
34
Tryste Noël by Louise Imogen Guiney Read by Sonia 1:37
35
The Flight into Egypt (A Ballad) by Francis Mahony (Father Prout) Read by Sonia and 2 others 4:15
36
Cana by James Freeman Clarke Read by Sonia 1:23
37
The Lost Sheep ('The Ninety and Nine') by Elizabeth Cecilia Clephane Read by Sonia and 3 others 2:13
38
De Sheepfol' by Sarah Pratt McLean Greene Read by Tomas Peter and 2 others 1:49
39
The Good Shepherd with the Kid by Matthew Arnold Read by Leanne Yau and 1 other 1:21
40
Two Sayings by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Read by Jason in Panama 1:19
41
A Ballad of Trees and the Master by Sidney Lanier Read by Leanne Yau 1:11
42
Stabat Mater Dolorosa by Fra Jacopone Read by Craig Franklin 3:22
43
Myrrh-Bearers by Margaret Junkin Preston Read by Craig Franklin 2:57
44
Litany by Sir Robert Grant Read by Sonia 2:08
45
The Christ by Richard Chenevix Trench Read by Craig Franklin 1:20
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Abide with Me by Henry Francis Lyte Read by Tomas Peter 5:27
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The Disciples after the Ascension by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley Read by Sonia and 4 others 3:20
48
Wrestling Jacob by Charles Wesley Read by Tomas Peter 4:43
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The Conversion of Saint Paul by John Keble Read by Leanne Yau and 3 others 5:01
50
'Rock of Ages' by Edward H. Rice Read by Sonia and 4 others 3:49
51
Art Thou Weary? by Saint Stephen the Sabaite Read by Tomas Peter and 1 other 1:51
52
When Gathering Clouds around I View by Sir Robert Grant Read by Tomas Peter 3:19
53
The Star of Bethlehem by Henry Kirke White Read by Sonia 1:44
54
Love to Christ: From 'An Hymne of Heavenly Love' by Edmund Spenser Read by Craig Franklin 2:21
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The Way, the Truth, and the Life by Theodore Parker Read by Jason in Panama 1:24
56
Knocking, Ever Knocking by Harriet Beecher Stowe Read by Sonia and 2 others 3:30
57
To-morrow by Lope de Vega Read by Leanne Yau and 1 other 1:29
58
I Gave My Life for Thee by Frances Ridley Havergal Read by Tomas Peter 3:06
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Jesus Shall Reign by Isaac Watts Read by Leanne Yau 1:14
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Messiah: A Sacred Eclogue, in Imitation of Virgil's Pollio by Alexander Pope Read by Tomas Peter 8:10
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Dies Iræ by Thomas à Celano Read by Sonia 3:41
62
My God, I Love Thee by Saint Francis Xavier Read by Jason in Panama 1:42
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Veni Creator Spiritus by Saint Gregory Read by Tomas Peter 3:01
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Veni Sancte Spiritus by King Robert II of France Read by Sonia 2:17
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O Fire of God, the Comforter ('O Ignis Spiritus Paracliti') by Saint Hildegard Read by Jason in Panama 2:34
66
The Holy Spirit by Robert Herrick Read by Tomas Peter 4:02
67
Hope of the Human Heart: From 'Anima Mundi' by Richard Monckton Milnes (Lord Houghton) Read by Leanne Yau 1:11
68
What is Prayer? by James Montgomery Read by Leanne Yau and 1 other 2:02
69
The Time for Prayer by Georgiana Bennett Read by Craig Franklin 2:07
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Seasons of Prayer by Henry Ware, Jr. Read by Tomas Peter 4:11
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Exhortation to Prayer by Margaret Mercer Read by Jason in Panama 2:54
72
Prayer and Repentance: From 'Hamlet,' Act III. Sc. 3 by William Shakespeare Read by Sonia and 1 other 3:19
73
The Caliph and Satan (Versified from Tholuck's Translation out of the Persian) by James Freeman Clarke Read by Tomas Peter and 2 others 5:12
74
Darkness Is Thinning by Saint Gregory the Great Read by Craig Franklin 1:14
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Praise by George Herbert Read by Leanne Yau 1:15
76
Prayer by Mary, Queen of Hungary Read by Craig Franklin 1:37
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Desire by Matthew Arnold Read by Tomas Peter 3:24
78
Why Thus Longing? by Harriet Winslow Sewall Read by Sonia 2:48
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Prayer and Answer by Oliver Huckel Read by Jason in Panama 2:16
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The Aim by Charles G.D. Roberts Read by Sonia 1:13
81
The Love of God Supreme by Gerhard Tersteegen Read by Sonia 2:57
82
In a Lecture-Room by Arthur Hugh Clough Read by Tomas Peter 1:19
83
From the Recesses of a Lowly Spirit by Sir John Bowring Read by Craig Franklin 1:26
84
The Higher Good by Theodore Parker Read by Leanne Yau 1:14
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Ascription by Charles G.D. Roberts Read by Tomas Peter 1:33
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O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee by Washington Gladden Read by Leanne Yau 1:37
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Faith by George Santayana Read by Sonia 1:16
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The Fight of Faith by Anne Askewe Read by Sonia 3:04
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Doubt and Faith: From 'In Memoriam,' XCV by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Read by Tomas Peter 2:01
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My Times Are in Thy Hand by Christopher Newman Hall Read by Craig Franklin 2:45
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A Mystical Ecstasy by Francis Quarles Read by Sonia 1:34
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The Mystic's Vision by Mathilde Blind Read by Tomas Peter 3:14
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The Call by George Herbert Read by Leanne Yau 0:59
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Hope: From 'The Pleasures of Hope' by Thomas Campbell Read by Craig Franklin 2:48
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A Query by Edmund Whytehead Howson Read by Sonia 2:23
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Humility by James Montgomery Read by Leanne Yau 1:19
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King Robert of Sicily by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Read by Sonia and 4 others 13:00
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Service: From 'Pippa Passes' by Robert Browning Read by Tomas Peter 1:18
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The Two Angels by John Greenleaf Whittier Read by Sonia and 1 other 2:30
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The Self-Exiled by Walter C. Smith Read by Sonia and 3 others 6:27
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Sympathy: From 'Ion,' Act I. Sc. 2 by Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd Read by Tomas Peter 1:31
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Sir Galahad by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Read by Craig Franklin 4:29
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Flowers without Fruit by John Henry Newman Read by Sonia 1:02
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Santa Filomena (Florence Nightingale) by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Read by Sonia 2:28
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In the Air by Lucy Larcom Read by Sonia 1:35
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Soggarth Aroon by John Banim Read by Sonia 2:20
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The Vision of Sir Launfal by James Russell Lowell Read by Sonia and 4 others 19:34
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The Sister of Charity by Gerald Joseph Griffen Read by Tomas Peter 4:37
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What I Live For by George Linnæus Banks Read by Sonia 2:07
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If We Had but a Day by Mary Lowe Dickinson Read by Sonia 1:28
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Abou Ben Adhem by Leigh Hunt Read by Sonia and 2 others 1:39
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Love by Charles Francis Richardson Read by Sonia and 1 other 1:22
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Sunday Morning Bells by Dinah M. Mulock Craik Read by Craig Franklin 1:23
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Sabbath Hymn on the Mountains by John Stuart Blackie Read by Tomas Peter 2:58
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The Sabbath Morning by John Leyden Read by Tomas Peter 1:31
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The Poor Man's Day: From 'The Sabbath' by James Grahame Read by Sonia 3:31
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The Sabbath of the Soul by Anna Lætitia Barbauld Read by Craig Franklin 1:04
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Vesper Hymn by Samuel Longfellow Read by Leanne Yau 1:12
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Vesper Hymn by Eliza Scudder Read by Leanne Yau 2:08
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Amazing, Beauteous Change! by Philip Doddridge Read by Craig Franklin 2:11
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The Word by William Walsham How Read by Leanne Yau 1:36
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The Chimes of England by Arthur Cleveland Coxe Read by Tomas Peter 3:24
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The Old Village Choir by Benjamin F. Taylor Read by Leanne Yau and 1 other 3:16
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A Lancashire Doxology by Dinah M. Mulock Craik Read by Craig Franklin 1:55
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Rebecca's Hymn: From 'Ivanhoe' by Sir Walter Scott Read by Sonia and 1 other 2:13
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The Book of God by Horatius Bonar Read by Leanne Yau 2:10
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The Meeting by John Greenleaf Whittier Read by Sonia and 3 others 12:09
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The Living Temple by Oliver Wendell Holmes Read by Sonia 3:10
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Of Hym that Togyder wyll Serve Two Maysters by Sebastian Brandt Read by Craig Franklin 2:43
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Religion and Doctrine by John Hay Read by Leanne Yau and 2 others 2:56
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Rabbi Ben Ezra by Robert Browning Read by Sonia and 4 others 11:11
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The Religion of Hudibras: From 'Hudibras,' Part I by Samuel Butler Read by Craig Franklin 1:54
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The Problem by Ralph Waldo Emerson Read by Tomas Peter 4:21
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On an Infant (Which Died before Baptism) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Read by Sonia and 1 other 0:53
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What Was His Creed? by Anonymous Read by Sonia and 1 other 2:33
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The Philosopher Toad by Rebecca S. Nichols Read by Sonia 3:36
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Her Creed by Sarah Knowles Bolton Read by Sonia and 2 others 1:53
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My Creed by Alice Cary Read by Leanne Yau 1:33
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Give Me Thy Heart by Adelaide Anne Procter Read by Sonia and 2 others 4:38
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O, May I Join the Choir Invisible! by Marian Evans Lewes Cross (George Eliot) Read by Tomas Peter 3:05
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O Yet We Trust that Somehow Good: From 'In Memoriam,' LIII by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Read by Craig Franklin 1:34
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Day Breaks by Charles Mackay Read by Tomas Peter and 1 other 4:33
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My Home: A Thanksgiving to God for a House in the Green Parish of Devonshire by Robert Herrick Read by Craig Franklin 2:42
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Peace by George Herbert Read by Sonia and 2 others 2:39
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Peace by Frances Ridley Havergal Read by Sonia and 1 other 2:50
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Living Waters by Caroline S. Spencer Read by Tomas Peter 1:53
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Devotion by Philip Massinger Read by Leanne Yau 0:44
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The Seaside Well by Anonymous Read by Craig Franklin 3:43
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Ultima Veritas by Washington Gladden Read by Sonia 1:48
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The End of the Play by William Makepeace Thackeray Read by Sonia 4:53
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The New Year: From 'In Memoriam,' CV by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Read by Craig Franklin 2:00
152
Life by Jones Very Read by Leanne Yau 1:16
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