World's Best Poetry, Volume 9: Tragedy and Humor (Part 2)

Various

Play

Length

5 h 36 min

Chapters

123

Language

English

Genre

Anthologies

First published

1904

Chapters

1. 1 Saint Anthony's Sermon to the Fishes by AnonymousRead by Craig Franklin 2:22
2. 2 King John and the Abbot of Canterbury: From 'Percy's Reliques' by AnonymousRead by Sonia and 3 others 6:42
3. 3 Gluggity Glug: From 'The Myrtle and the Vine' by George Colman the YoungerRead by Leanne Yau and 1 other 1:58
4. 4 I Am a Friar of Orders Gray: From the Opera of 'Robin Hood' by John O'KeeffeRead by Jason in Panama 1:33
5. 5 Good Ale by John StillRead by Leanne Yau and 1 other 2:35
6. 6 The Pilgrims and the Peas by Dr. John Wolcot (Peter Pindar)Read by Tomas Peter and 2 others 3:36
7. 7 The Vicar of Bray by AnonymousRead by Tomas Peter 4:52
8. 8 Hudibras' Sword and Dagger: From 'Hudibras,' Part I by Dr. Samuel ButlerRead by Sonia 2:09
9. 9 The Fine Old English Gentleman by AnonymousRead by Foon 2:48
10. 10 Toby Tosspot by George Colman the YoungerRead by Sonia and 2 others 4:02
11. 11 The Milkmaid by Jeffreys TaylorRead by Leanne Yau and 1 other 2:47
12. 12 Morning Meditations by Thomas HoodRead by Craig Franklin 2:23
13. 13 Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog by Oliver GoldsmithRead by Leanne Yau 1:34
14. 14 Old Grimes by Albert G. GreeneRead by Tomas Peter 2:34
15. 15 Elegy on Madam Blaize by Oliver GoldsmithRead by Foon 1:46
16. 16 The Grave-Yard: From 'A Fable for Critics' by James Russell LowellRead by Tomas Peter 2:05
17. 17 Faithless Nelly Gray (A Pathetic Ballad) by Thomas HoodRead by Sonia and 2 others 3:30
18. 18 Faithless Sally Brown by Thomas HoodRead by Sonia and 4 others 3:31
19. 19 Orator Puff by Thomas MooreRead by Sonia and 3 others 2:11
20. 20 The Gouty Merchant and the Stranger by Horace SmithRead by Sonia and 2 others 2:40
21. 21 The Diverting History of John Gilpin by William CowperRead by Sonia and 5 others 11:13
22. 22 Epigrams by Samuel Taylor ColeridgeRead by Foon 2:22
23. 23 The Razor-Seller by Dr. John Wolcot (Peter Pindar)Read by Leanne Yau and 2 others 3:51
24. 24 Paper (A Conversational Pleasantry) by Benjamin FranklinRead by Craig Franklin 3:48
25. 25 Epitaph: For the Tombstone Erected over the Marquis of Anglesea's Leg, Lost at Waterloo by George CanningRead by Tomas Peter 2:07
26. 26 Rudolph the Headsman: From 'This Is It' by Oliver Wendell HolmesRead by Leanne Yau and 2 others 1:28
27. 27 Song of One Eleven Years in Prison by George CanningRead by Tomas Peter and 1 other 3:12
28. 28 Little Billee by William Makepeace ThackerayRead by Sonia and 3 others 2:14
29. 29 Captain Reece by William Schwenck GilbertRead by Sonia and 3 others 4:48
30. 30 The Yarn of the 'Nancy Bell': From 'The Bab Ballads' by William Schwenck GilbertRead by Leanne Yau and 2 others 4:59
31. 31 The Art of Book-Keeping by Thomas HoodRead by Tomas Peter 4:06
32. 32 Address to the Toothache by Robert BurnsRead by Leanne Yau 1:56
33. 33 To the Terrestrial Globe (By a Miserable Wretch) by William Schwenck GilbertRead by Jason in Panama 1:19
34. 34 The Nose and the Eyes by William CowperRead by Leanne Yau and 1 other 2:18
35. 35 The Vowels: An Enigma by Jonathan SwiftRead by Leanne Yau 0:47
36. 36 Alnwick Castle by Fitz-Greene HalleckRead by Leanne Yau 4:39
37. 37 The Latest Decalogue by Arthur Hugh CloughRead by Sonia 1:32
38. 38 The New Church Organ by Will CarletonRead by Sonia 4:21
39. 39 Tonis ad Resto Mare by Jonathan SwiftRead by Leanne Yau 1:30
40. 40 The Irishman and the Lady by William MaginnRead by Tomas Peter 2:36
41. 41 The Recruit by Robert William ChambersRead by Tomas Peter and 1 other 3:16
42. 42 Ritter Hugo by Charles Godfrey LelandRead by Sonia and 2 others 2:22
43. 43 Hans Breitmann's Party by Charles Godfrey LelandRead by Tomas Peter 2:50
44. 44 Leedle Yawcob Strauss by Charles Follen AdamsRead by Leanne Yau 2:13
45. 45 Dot Long-Handled Dipper by Charles Follen AdamsRead by Sonia 3:02
46. 46 The Jackdaw of Rheims by Richard Harris Barham (Thomas Ingoldsby, Esq.)Read by Sonia and 3 others 7:53
47. 47 America: From 'A Fable for Critics' by James Russell LowellRead by Leanne Yau 2:21
48. 48 What Mr. Robinson Thinks: From 'The Biglow Papers,' No. III by James Russell LowellRead by Craig Franklin 3:40
49. 49 Swell's Soliloquy by AnonymousRead by Tomas Peter 1:44
50. 50 The Compliment by Eugene FieldRead by Leanne Yau and 1 other 1:19
51. 51 The Nantucket Skipper by James Thomas FieldsRead by Tomas Peter and 2 others 2:29
52. 52 The One-Hoss Shay; or, The Deacon's Masterpiece (A Logical Story) by Oliver Wendell HolmesRead by Tomas Peter and 2 others 7:04
53. 53 Griggsby's Station by James Whitcomb RileyRead by Craig Franklin 2:56
54. 54 He'd Had No Show by Sam Walter FossRead by Sonia and 2 others 1:59
55. 55 The Mystified Quaker in New York by AnonymousRead by Sonia and 3 others 4:47
56. 56 To the 'Sextant' by Arabella M. WillsonRead by Foon 4:09
57. 57 Jim Bludso of the Prairie Belle: Pike County Ballads by John HayRead by Sonia and 1 other 2:50
58. 58 To the Pliocene Skull (A Geological Address) by Bret HarteRead by Tomas Peter and 2 others 4:35
59. 59 Little Breeches: A Pike County View of Special Providence by John HayRead by Jason in Panama and 1 other 2:56
60. 60 Jim by Bret HarteRead by Jason in Panama 2:05
61. 61 Banty Tim by John HayRead by Foon 2:57
62. 62 Dow's Flat by Bret HarteRead by Craig Franklin 4:00
63. 63 The Society upon the Stanislaus by Bret HarteRead by Jason in Panama 3:03
64. 64 Plain Language from Truthful James (Popularly Known as 'The Heathen Chinee') by Bret HarteRead by Leanne Yau and 1 other 2:35
65. 65 A Plantation Ditty by Frank Lebby StantonRead by Leanne Yau and 1 other 1:12
66. 66 De Fust Banjo by Irwin RussellRead by Tomas Peter and 2 others 4:00
67. 67 Perils of Thinking by AnonymousRead by Jason in Panama 0:45
68. 68 Nebuchadnezzar by Irwin RussellRead by Foon 2:04
69. 69 A Life's Love by AnonymousRead by Craig Franklin 1:36
70. 70 Darwin by Mortimer CollinsRead by Craig Franklin 0:36
71. 71 Ode for a Social Meeting (With Slight Alterations by a Teetotaller) by Oliver Wendell HolmesRead by Sonia 2:26
72. 72 Hollow Hospitality: From 'Satires,' Book III, Satire 3 by Dr. Joseph HallRead by Sonia and 1 other 2:31
73. 73 A Recipe: Roasted Sucking-Pig (from 'Punch's Poetical Cookery Book') by AnonymousRead by Foon 2:17
74. 74 A Recipe for Salad by Sydney SmithRead by Leanne Yau and 1 other 1:44
75. 75 Ode to Tobacco by Charles S. CalverleyRead by Tomas Peter 1:56
76. 76 A Farewell to Tobacco by Charles LambRead by Foon 7:23
77. 77 Too Great a Sacrifice by AnonymousRead by Leanne Yau and 1 other 0:58
78. 78 From 'Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum' by Wallace IrwinRead by Tomas Peter 2:02
79. 79 A Saddened Tramp by AnonymousRead by Jason in Panama and 1 other 0:52
80. 80 The Modern House That Jack Built by AnonymousRead by Foon 4:14
81. 81 The Friend of Humanity and the Knife-Grinder by George CanningRead by Sonia and 2 others 2:42
82. 82 Deborah Lee by William H. BurleighRead by Leanne Yau 2:47
83. 83 The Cock and the Bull by Charles Stuart CalverleyRead by Sonia and 1 other 7:34
84. 84 The Auld Wife by Charles Stuart CalverleyRead by Leanne Yau and 2 others 2:37
85. 85 Lovers, and a Reflection by Charles Stuart CalverleyRead by Sonia 4:03
86. 86 Nephelidia by Algernon Charles SwinburneRead by Sonia 3:30
87. 87 The Arab by Charles Stuart CalverleyRead by Sonia 2:17
88. 88 The Modern Hiawatha by AnonymousRead by Foon 0:58
89. 89 Poems Received in Response to an Advertised Call for a National Anthem by Robert H. Newell (Orpheus C. Kerr)Read by Sonia and 5 others 8:19
90. 90 Belagcholly Days by AnonymousRead by Leanne Yau 1:50
91. 91 Sneezing by Leigh HuntRead by Sonia and 1 other 1:09
92. 92 To My Nose by Alfred A. Forrester (Alfred Crowquill)Read by Sonia 0:51
93. 93 Lapsus Calami by James Kenneth StephenRead by Sonia 1:10
94. 94 A Conservative by Charlotte Perkins GilmanRead by Leanne Yau and 1 other 2:22
95. 95 'Forever' by Charles Stuart CalverleyRead by Sonia 2:04
96. 96 Siege of Belgrade by AnonymousRead by Tomas Peter 2:06
97. 97 My Love by AnonymousRead by Leanne Yau 1:39
98. 98 Ode to the Human Heart by Laman BlanchardRead by Craig Franklin 1:39
99. 99 Metrical Feet by Samuel Taylor ColeridgeRead by Tomas Peter 1:03
100. 100 Nocturnal Sketch (Blank Verse in Rhyme) by Thomas HoodRead by Sonia and 2 others 2:42
101. 101 Railroad Rhyme by John Godfrey SaxeRead by Craig Franklin 2:34
102. 102 Physics (The Unconscious Poetizing of a Philosopher) by William WhewellRead by Foon 0:47
103. 103 The Collegian to His Bride: Being a Mathematical Madrigal in the Simplest Form by AnonymousRead by Craig Franklin 1:11
104. 104 The Lawyer's Invocation to Spring by Henry Howard BrownellRead by Leanne Yau 1:07
105. 105 The Cosmic Egg by AnonymousRead by Foon 1:17
106. 106 The Hen by Matthias ClaudiusRead by Sonia and 2 others 1:45
107. 107 Ode—To the Roc by William John CourthopeRead by Sonia and 1 other 3:48
108. 108 Motherhood by Charles Stuart CalverleyRead by Leanne Yau and 1 other 3:05
109. 109 Disaster by Charles Stuart CalverleyRead by Foon 2:38
110. 110 Lines Written in an Album by Willis GaylordRead by Tomas Peter 1:01
111. 111 On the Brink by Charles Stuart CalverleyRead by Leanne Yau 2:50
112. 112 The V-A-S-E by James Jeffrey RocheRead by Sonia and 4 others 2:23
113. 113 Larks and Nightingales by Nathan Haskell DoleRead by Leanne Yau 1:30
114. 114 Of Blue China by Andrew LangRead by Leanne Yau 1:37
115. 115 A Riddle: The Letter 'H' by Catherine FanshaweRead by Craig Franklin 2:07
116. 116 A Threnody by George Thomas LaniganRead by Sonia and 1 other 2:44
117. 117 Lines to Miss Florence Huntington by AnonymousRead by Sonia 2:35
118. 118 Nonsense by Thomas MooreRead by Craig Franklin 1:02
119. 119 The Purple Cow by Gelett BurgessRead by Tomas Peter 0:36
120. 120 Psycholophon by Gelett BurgessRead by Tomas Peter 0:58
121. 121 The Baker's Tale: From 'The Hunting of the Snark' by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll)Read by Sonia and 3 others 3:55
122. 122 Jabberwocky by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll)Read by Leanne Yau and 1 other 1:46
123. 123 For a Novel of Hall Caine's (After Kipling) by Robert Bridges (Droch)Read by Sonia 0:48

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