World's Best Poetry, Volume 9: Tragedy and Humor (Part 1)
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Length 6 h 26 min
Chapters 56
First published 1904
The ninth 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 famous tragic poems set in different regions of the world, including Greece, Rome, the Orient, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Russia, Scotland, Ireland, England, America, and the sea. It ends off with a selection of mischievous poems about women and their proclivities. The collection also includes an introductory essay by folklore scholar Francis Barton Gummere (1855-1919). - Summary by Tomas Peter
Chapters
1
The Old Case of Poetry in a New Court by Francis Barton Gummere Read by Sonia and 5 others 22:25
2
The Sacrifice of Polyxena: From 'Hecuba' by Euripides Read by Sonia and 4 others 6:21
3
Parrhasius by Nathaniel Parker Willis Read by Tomas Peter and 1 other 10:01
4
Lucius Junius Brutus over the Body of Lucretia: From 'Brutus' by John Howard Payne Read by Craig Franklin 4:47
5
The Roman Father: From 'Virginia' by Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay Read by Leanne Yau and 2 others 6:06
6
Mark Antony, over the Body of Cæsar: From 'Julius Cæsar,' Act III. Sc. 2 by William Shakespeare Read by Sonia and 5 others 10:57
7
The Sack of the City by Victor-Marie Hugo Read by Tomas Peter 2:10
8
The Slaying of Sohrab: From 'Sohrab and Rustum' by Matthew Arnold Read by Tomas Peter and 2 others 26:40
9
Khamsin by Clinton Scollard Read by Sonia 2:41
10
The Diver by Johann C.F. Schiller Read by Sonia and 4 others 11:22
11
God's Judgment on a Wicked Bishop by Robert Southey Read by Sonia and 3 others 5:08
12
Countess Laura by George Henry Boker Read by Sonia and 5 others 21:28
13
Othello's Remorse: From 'Othello,' Act V. Sc. 2 by William Shakespeare Read by Foon 2:02
14
The Trial of Beatrice: From 'The Cenci,' Act V by Percy Bysshe Shelley Read by Sonia and 5 others 13:35
15
Fra Giacomo by Robert Buchanan Read by Jason in Panama 7:33
16
Ginevra by Samuel Rogers Read by Sonia and 3 others 6:30
17
Bernardo Del Carpio by Felicia Hemans Read by Tomas Peter and 2 others 5:14
18
The Prisoner of Chillon by Lord Byron Read by Foon 19:12
19
Before Sedan by Austin Dobson Read by Foon 1:52
20
Ivàn Ivànovitch by Robert Browning Read by Sonia and 5 others 26:10
21
A Dagger of the Mind: From 'Macbeth,' Act II. Sc. 1 by William Shakespeare Read by Tomas Peter and 1 other 2:56
22
The Murder: From 'Macbeth,' Act II. Sc. 2 by William Shakespeare Read by Leanne Yau and 2 others 5:39
23
The Twa Corbies by Anonymous Read by Sonia and 2 others 1:44
24
The Sack of Baltimore by Thomas Osborne Davis Read by Sonia 6:04
25
The Rose and the Gauntlet by John Sterling Read by Sonia and 2 others 2:22
26
The Young Gray Head by Caroline Bowles Southey Read by Sonia and 4 others 21:56
27
High-Tide on the Coast of Lincolnshire (Time, 1571) by Jean Ingelow Read by Leanne Yau and 4 others 9:00
28
Rizpah (17—) by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Read by Leanne Yau and 1 other 8:16
29
The Dream of Eugene Aram by Thomas Hood Read by Sonia and 3 others 10:03
30
In the Engine-Shed by William Wilkins Read by Craig Franklin and 1 other 7:01
31
Revelry of the Dying by Bartholomew Dowling Read by Craig Franklin 3:29
32
The Drummer-Boy's Burial by Anonymous Read by Leanne Yau 4:32
33
Ramon (Refugio Mine, Northern Mexico) by Bret Harte Read by Sonia and 3 others 3:31
34
At the Cedars by Duncan Campbell Scott Read by Sonia and 1 other 2:52
35
The Sands o' Dee by Charles Kingsley Read by Sonia and 1 other 1:33
36
On the Loss of the Royal George (Written When the News Arrived, 1782) by William Cowper Read by Jason in Panama 2:08
37
The Three Fishers by Charles Kingsley Read by Leanne Yau 1:33
38
Casabianca by Felicia Hemans Read by Leanne Yau and 1 other 2:50
39
The Wreck of the Hesperus by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Read by Sonia and 3 others 4:49
40
The Second Mate by Fitz-James O'Brien Read by Sonia and 1 other 4:48
41
A Sea Story by Emily Henrietta Hickey Read by Sonia and 2 others 1:48
42
Woman by Anonymous Read by Sonia 0:47
43
The Women Fo'k by James Hogg Read by Craig Franklin 2:41
44
Of a Certaine Man by Sir John Harrington Read by Tomas Peter 1:24
45
Women's Chorus by Aristophanes Read by Leanne Yau 1:20
46
The Wives of Weinsberg by Gottfried Augüst Bürger Read by Sonia and 4 others 4:54
47
Sorrows of Werther by William Makepeace Thackeray Read by Jason in Panama 1:12
48
The Well of St. Keyne by Robert Southey Read by Sonia and 2 others 3:20
49
The Belle of the Ball by Winthrop Mackworth Praed Read by Tomas Peter 5:41
50
Echo and the Lover by Anonymous Read by Jason in Panama and 1 other 1:55
51
Echo by John Godfrey Saxe Read by Craig Franklin and 1 other 2:14
52
'Nothing to Wear' by William Allen Butler Read by Tomas Peter and 1 other 19:34
53
The Sea by Eva L. Ogden Read by Leanne Yau and 1 other 1:40
54
The Proud Miss MacBride: A Legend of Gotham by John Godfrey Saxe Read by Leanne Yau and 3 others 9:56
55
On an Old Muff by Frederick Locker-Lampson Read by Leanne Yau and 1 other 3:15
56
How Paddy Got 'Under Government' by Anonymous Read by Jason in Panama 0:50
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