World's Best Poetry, Volume 5: Nature (Part 2)
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Length 6 h 18 min
Chapters 157
First published 1904
The fifth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, includes a range of poems dealing with the natural world, covering subjects such as trees; flowers; plants; birds; insects; mammals; and the sea. - Summary by Tomas Peter
Chapters
1
The Primeval Forest: From the Introduction of 'Evangeline' by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Read by Jason in Panama 1:14
2
The Greenwood Tree: From 'As You Like It,' Act II. Sc. 5 by William Shakespeare Read by Leanne Yau 1:34
3
The Wind and the Pine-Tree: From 'Edwin the Fair' by Sir Henry Taylor Read by Leanne Yau 1:42
4
The Brave Old Oak by Henry Fothergill Chorley Read by Tomas Peter 2:34
5
The Holly-Tree by Robert Southey Read by Leanne Yau 2:26
6
A Forest Hymn by William Cullen Bryant Read by Craig Franklin 7:15
7
The Arab to the Palm by Bayard Taylor Read by Jason in Panama 2:42
8
The Palm-Tree by John Greenleaf Whittier Read by Sonia and 1 other 2:39
9
The Grape-Vine Swing by William Gilmore Simms Read by Craig Franklin 1:46
10
The Planting of the Apple-Tree by William Cullen Bryant Read by Leanne Yau and 2 others 4:27
11
Among the Redwoods by Edward Rowland Sill Read by Sonia 4:25
12
The Voice of the Grass by Sarah Roberts Read by Tomas Peter 3:15
13
Flowers by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Read by Leanne Yau 3:51
14
The Use of Flowers by Mary Howitt Read by Craig Franklin 1:26
15
Hymn to the Flowers by Horace Smith Read by Leanne Yau and 1 other 3:43
16
The Life of Flowers by Walter Savage Landor Read by Craig Franklin 1:25
17
The Early Primrose by Henry Kirke White Read by Jason in Panama 1:22
18
To Daffodils by Robert Herrick Read by Sonia 1:07
19
Daffodils by William Wordsworth Read by Leanne Yau 1:42
20
To the Dandelion by James Russell Lowell Read by Craig Franklin 3:24
21
Trailing Arbutus by Rose Terry Cooke Read by Sonia 1:48
22
The Woodspurge by Dante Gabriel Rossetti Read by Leanne Yau 1:32
23
The Rhodora: Lines on Being Asked, Whence Is the Flower? by Ralph Waldo Emerson Read by Jason in Panama 1:19
24
Early June: From 'Thyrsis' by Matthew Arnold Read by Tomas Peter 1:51
25
To Violets by Robert Herrick Read by Jason in Panama 0:50
26
A September Violet by Robert Underwood Johnson Read by Sonia 1:46
27
The Wreath by Meleager Read by Leanne Yau 0:55
28
The Death of the Flowers by William Cullen Bryant Read by Tomas Peter 3:36
29
Sunrise: A Hymn of the Marshes by Sidney Lanier Read by Sonia 8:54
30
The Ivy Green by Charles Dickens Read by Jason in Panama 1:46
31
The Mountain Fern by Arthur Gerald Geoghegan Read by Sonia 3:34
32
The Maize by William W. Fosdick Read by Jason in Panama 4:24
33
The Pumpkin by John Greenleaf Whittier Read by Jason in Panama 3:06
34
The Question by Percy Bysshe Shelley Read by Tomas Peter 3:15
35
Sassafras by Samuel Minturn Peck Read by Tomas Peter 1:58
36
The Daisy: From the 'Legend of Good Women' by Geoffrey Chaucer Read by Sonia 3:24
37
To a Mountain Daisy by Robert Burns Read by Tomas Peter 2:56
38
To Blossoms by Robert Herrick Read by Craig Franklin 1:05
39
The Mariposa Lily by Ina Donna Coolbrith Read by Jason in Panama 1:15
40
The Water-Lily by John Banister Tabb Read by Craig Franklin 0:54
41
Copa de Oro (California Poppy) by Ina Donna Coolbrith Read by Tomas Peter 1:28
42
The Moss Rose by F.W. Krummacher Read by Sonia and 2 others 1:32
43
Flowers by Thomas Hood Read by Tomas Peter 1:41
44
'T Is the Last Rose of Summer: From 'Irish Melodies' by Thomas Moore Read by Sonia 2:33
45
To the Fringed Gentian by William Cullen Bryant Read by Jason in Panama 1:27
46
The Sea-Poppy by Robert Seymour Bridges Read by Craig Franklin 1:01
47
Goldenrod by Elaine Goodale Eastman Read by Jason in Panama 1:57
48
The First Blue-Bird by James Whitcomb Riley Read by Tomas Peter 1:25
49
Birds: From 'The Pelican Island' by James Montgomery Read by Tomas Peter 3:19
50
To the Cuckoo by John Logan Read by Sonia 1:39
51
To the Cuckoo by William Wordsworth Read by Leanne Yau 1:54
52
Hark, Hark! The Lark: From 'Cymbeline,' Act II. Sc. 3 by William Shakespeare Read by Jason in Panama 0:57
53
The Lark Ascending by George Meredith Read by Jason in Panama 6:11
54
To the Skylark by William Wordsworth Read by Craig Franklin 1:23
55
To the Skylark by Percy Bysshe Shelley Read by Sonia 4:59
56
The Skylark by James Hogg Read by Tomas Peter 2:25
57
The Little Beach Bird by Richard Henry Dana Read by Sonia 1:49
58
The Sandpiper by Celia Thaxter Read by Craig Franklin 2:00
59
To a Waterfowl by William Cullen Bryant Read by Jason in Panama 2:06
60
To the Nightingale by John Milton Read by Leanne Yau 1:22
61
The Nightingale's Song: From 'Music's Duel' by Richard Crashaw Read by Sonia 4:05
62
Philomena by Matthew Arnold Read by Tomas Peter 2:22
63
Unmusical Birds: From 'The Task,' Book I by William Cowper Read by Leanne Yau 1:14
64
Robert of Lincoln by William Cullen Bryant Read by Tomas Peter and 1 other 3:28
65
The O'Lincoln Family by Wilson Flagg Read by Sonia and 2 others 2:16
66
To the Lapland Longspur by John Burroughs Read by Tomas Peter 3:04
67
The Bobolinks by Christopher Pearse Cranch Read by Jason in Panama 3:46
68
The Mocking-Bird by Frank Lebby Stanton Read by Leanne Yau 1:32
69
The Blackbird by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Read by Craig Franklin 1:36
70
The Eagle (A Fragment) by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Read by Leanne Yau 0:49
71
The Owl by Bryan Waller Procter (Barry Cornwall) Read by Sonia 2:36
72
The Dying Swan by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Read by Leanne Yau 2:52
73
The Heath-Cock by Joanna Baillie Read by Jason in Panama 1:38
74
The Belfry Pigeon by Nathaniel Parker Willis Read by Tomas Peter 3:22
75
The English Robin by Harrison Weir Read by Leanne Yau 1:09
76
Asian Birds by Robert Seymour Bridges Read by Leanne Yau 1:53
77
The Scarlet Tanager by Joel Benton Read by Sonia 1:12
78
The Winged Worshippers by Charles Sprague Read by Leanne Yau 1:58
79
The Departure of the Swallow by William Howitt Read by Jason in Panama 1:00
80
The Flight of the Geese by Charles G.D. Roberts Read by Craig Franklin 1:18
81
Lines to the Stormy Petrel by Anonymous Read by Sonia 1:23
82
Ode to Mother Carey's Chicken by Theodore Watts Read by Sonia and 3 others 8:42
83
The Grasshopper and Cricket by John Keats Read by Jason in Panama 1:13
84
To the Grasshopper and Cricket by Leigh Hunt Read by Leanne Yau 1:24
85
A Soliloquy: Occasioned by the Chirping of a Grasshopper by Walter Harte Read by Tomas Peter 1:55
86
To an Insect by Oliver Wendell Holmes Read by Jason in Panama 1:23
87
The Fly: Occasioned by a Fly Drinking Out of the Author's Cup by William Oldys Read by Craig Franklin 1:03
88
To the Humblebee by Ralph Waldo Emerson Read by Jason in Panama 3:24
89
Wild Honey by Maurice Thompson Read by Tomas Peter 1:52
90
A More Ancient Mariner by Bliss Carman Read by Sonia 4:07
91
To a Louse by Robert Burns Read by Sonia 2:28
92
To a Mouse by Robert Burns Read by Craig Franklin 2:33
93
The Housekeeper by Charles Lamb Read by Jason in Panama 1:17
94
Remonstrance with the Snails by Anonymous Read by Craig Franklin 2:39
95
The Tiger by William Blake Read by Tomas Peter 1:58
96
The Lion's Ride by Ferdinand Freiligrath Read by Leanne Yau 4:10
97
Fodder-Time: From 'Songs of Toil' by Carmen Sylva, Queen of Roumania Read by Craig Franklin 1:48
98
The Ox: From the 'Poesie' by Giosuè Carducci Read by Sonia 1:28
99
Folding the Flocks by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher Read by Jason in Panama 1:57
100
Beth Gêlert by William Robert Spencer Read by Tomas Peter and 1 other 3:22
101
To a Dog's Memory by Louise Imogen Guiney Read by Tomas Peter 2:13
102
Helvellyn by Sir Walter Scott Read by Craig Franklin 3:26
103
The Arab to his Favorite Steed by Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton Read by Craig Franklin 4:38
104
The Blood Horse by Bryan Waller Procter (Barry Cornwall) Read by Jason in Panama 2:11
105
The Chariot of Cuchullin: From 'The Breach of the Plain of Muirhevney' by Anonymous Read by Sonia 1:35
106
Chiquita by Bret Harte Read by Tomas Peter 3:26
107
The Sea by Ralph Waldo Emerson Read by Leanne Yau 1:52
108
The Sea: From 'Childe Harold,' Canto IV by Lord Byron Read by Tomas Peter 4:53
109
The Sea by Bernard Barton Read by Craig Franklin 1:23
110
The Disappointed Lover: From 'The Triumph of Time' by Algernon Charles Swinburne Read by Leanne Yau 2:36
111
Ocean: From 'The Course of Time,' Book I by Robert Pollok Read by Craig Franklin 1:28
112
The Sea by Bryan Waller Procter (Barry Cornwall) Read by Sonia 2:20
113
Address to the Ocean by Bryan Waller Procter (Barry Cornwall) Read by Jason in Panama 2:38
114
The Gravedigger by Bliss Carman Read by Craig Franklin 2:59
115
The Treasures of the Deep by Felicia Hemans Read by Sonia 2:47
116
Flotsam and Jetsam by Anonymous Read by Tomas Peter 2:36
117
A Forsaken Garden by Algernon Charles Swinburne Read by Tomas Peter and 1 other 5:16
118
Gulf-Weed by Cornelius George Fenner Read by Craig Franklin 1:37
119
Sea-Weed by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Read by Tomas Peter 2:35
120
The Coral Insect by Lydia Huntley Sigourney Read by Craig Franklin 2:48
121
The Coral Reef: From 'The Pelican Island' by James Montgomery Read by Leanne Yau 3:12
122
The Chambered Nautilus by Oliver Wendell Holmes Read by Jason in Panama 2:26
123
A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea by Allan Cunningham Read by Sonia 1:25
124
Song of the Emigrants in Bermuda by Andrew Marvell Read by Sonia and 1 other 2:29
125
My Brigantine: From 'The Water Witch' by James Fenimore Cooper Read by Craig Franklin 1:20
126
The Heaving of the Lead by Charles Dibdin Read by Sonia and 1 other 1:49
127
The Minute-Gun by R.S. Sharpe Read by Sonia 1:12
128
All's Well: From 'The British Fleet' by Thomas Dibdin Read by Leanne Yau and 2 others 1:27
129
The Bay of Biscay by Andrew Cherry Read by Tomas Peter 2:40
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Tom Bowling by Charles Dibdin Read by Sonia 1:36
131
Ye Mariners of England by Thomas Campbell Read by Tomas Peter 2:07
132
The White Squall by Bryan Waller Procter (Barry Cornwall) Read by Sonia 1:26
133
Our Boat to the Waves by William Ellery Channing Read by Craig Franklin 0:55
134
A Life on the Ocean Wave by Epes Sargent Read by Leanne Yau 1:35
135
To Sea! by Thomas Lovell Beddoes Read by Jason in Panama 1:23
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Twilight at Sea by Amelia B. Welby Read by Tomas Peter 1:42
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Tacking Ship Off Shore by Walter Mitchell Read by Sonia and 3 others 4:03
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The Storm by George Alexander Stevens Read by Craig Franklin 3:22
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The Wreck: From 'Don Juan,' Canto II by Lord Byron Read by Leanne Yau 1:35
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The Shipwreck by William Falconer Read by Sonia 3:16
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The Rock and the Sea by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Read by Leanne Yau and 1 other 4:22
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The Polar Quest by Richard Burton Read by Craig Franklin 1:14
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The Shore: From 'Ariadne' by Charles G.D. Roberts Read by Leanne Yau 0:57
144
The Kearsarge by James Jeffrey Roche Read by Leanne Yau and 1 other 1:59
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The Buoy-Bell by Charles Tennyson Turner Read by Sonia 1:14
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Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold Read by Leanne Yau 2:37
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With a Nantucket Shell by Charles Henry Webb Read by Leanne Yau 1:57
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The Sea Shell: From 'The Excursion,' Book IV by William Wordsworth Read by Jason in Panama 1:24
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The Shell: From 'Gebir,' Book I by Walter Savage Landor Read by Sonia and 1 other 1:21
150
Hampton Beach by John Greenleaf Whittier Read by Tomas Peter 4:56
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Among the Rocks by Robert Browning Read by Sonia 1:12
152
The Inchcape Rock by Robert Southey Read by Leanne Yau and 2 others 4:20
153
How's My Boy? by Sydney Dobell Read by Sonia and 1 other 2:08
154
The Sailor's Consolation by William Pitt Read by Sonia and 1 other 1:52
155
Poor Jack by Charles Dibdin Read by Jason in Panama and 1 other 3:09
156
The Mariner's Dream by William Dimond Read by Tomas Peter and 1 other 4:20
157
The Sea-Limits by Dante Gabriel Rossetti Read by Leanne Yau 2:14
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