The World's Best Poetry, Volume 08: National Spirit by Stoddard and Carman

 

by Various

 

 THE WORLD'S BEST POETRY

    I Home: Friendship
    II Love
   III Sorrow and Consolation
    IV The Higher Life
     V Nature
    VI Fancy: Sentiment
   VII Descriptive: Narrative
  VIII National Spirit
    IX Tragedy: Humor
     X Poetical Quotations

 

 

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The World's Best Poetry, Volume 7: Descriptive and Narrative (eBook)

 

The World's Best Poetry, Volume 7: Descriptive and Narrative

 

by Various

 
 
 Part 1 - Part 2 - eBook

 THE WORLD'S BEST POETRY

    I Home: Friendship
    II Love
   III Sorrow and Consolation
    IV The Higher Life
     V Nature
    VI Fancy: Sentiment
   VII Descriptive: Narrative
  VIII National Spirit
    IX Tragedy: Humor
     X Poetical Quotations

 

Excerpt from The World's Best Poetry, Vol. 7: Descriptive Poems, Narrative Poems; Introductory Essay, What's the Use of Poetry?

There is no doubt that many - one might ai most say most - people are firmly convinced that they do not care for poetrv. They have no use for it, they tell you. Either it bores them, as a fantastic, highflown method of saying something that, to their way of thinking, could be better said in plain prose, or thev look upon it as the senti mental nonsense of the moonstruck and lovesick young, - a kind' of intellectual candy all very well for women and children, but of no value to grown men With the serious work of the world on their shoulders.

It is not at all difficult to account for, and, in deed, to sympathize with, this attitude. To begin With, of course, there is a large class outside our present consideration which does not care for poetry, simply because it does not care for any literature whatsoever. 

 

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The World's Best Poetry, Volume 7: Descriptive and Narrative (Part 2) (Audio Book)

 

The World's Best Poetry, Volume 7: Descriptive and Narrative (Part 2)

 

 

by Various

 

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The seventh of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, contains a series of odes and addresses to the natural and artistic realms, as well as various geographic places in the world, from Egypt and India, all the way to England and America. It concludes with popular narrative poetry originating from the Greek, Roman, Norse, German, East Asian, Spanish, French, English, Scottish and American literary traditions. - Summary by Tomas Peter

Genre(s): Anthologies, Elegies & Odes

Language: English

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The World's Best Poetry, Volume 7: Descriptive and Narrative (Part 1) (Audio Book)

 

The World's Best Poetry, Volume 7: Descriptive and Narrative (Part 1)

 

 

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The seventh of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, contains a variety of odes, elegies, addresses, epitaphs and dedications that praise, mourn and remember some of history's greatest and most memorable statesmen (such as Napoleon Bonaparte, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln) and writers (such as William Shakespeare, John Milton, Charles Dickens and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow). The collection also includes an introductory essay by author and poet Richard Le Gallienne (1866-1947). - Summary by Tomas Peter

Genre(s): Anthologies, Elegies & Odes

Language: English

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The World's Best Poetry, Volume 6: Fancy and Sentiment (eBook)

 

by Various

 

 Part 1 - Part 2 - eBook

 

 THE WORLD'S BEST POETRY

    I Home: Friendship
    II Love
   III Sorrow and Consolation
    IV The Higher Life
     V Nature
    VI Fancy: Sentiment
   VII Descriptive: Narrative
  VIII National Spirit
    IX Tragedy: Humor
     X Poetical Quotations

 

The sixth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, includes a range of notable poems that deal with both the realm of the fantastic and our own sensibilities, covering subjects such as the imagination; fairies; elves; sprites; myths; mysticism; legends; time; and human life. It also includes an introductory essay to the volume by poet and literary historian Charles Francis Richardson (1851-1913). - Summary by Tomas Peter

Genre(s): Anthologies
Language: English

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The World's Best Poetry, Volume 6: Fancy and Sentiment (Part 2) (Audio Book)

The World's Best Poetry, Volume 6: Fancy and Sentiment (Part 2)

 

by Various

 

 

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The sixth 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 notable poems that deal with our own sensibilities and human qualities, covering subjects such as memory; thoughts and dreams; the figure of the poet; books; music; the arts; work and labor; contentment; rest; and sleep. - Summary by Tomas Peter

Genre(s): Anthologies
Language: English

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The World's Best Poetry, Volume 6: Fancy and Sentiment (Part 1) (Audio Book)

 

The World's Best Poetry, Volume 6: Fancy and Sentiment (Part 1)

 

by Various

 

 Part 1 - Part 2 - eBook

 

 

 The sixth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, includes a range of notable poems that deal with both the realm of the fantastic and our own sensibilities, covering subjects such as the imagination; fairies; elves; sprites; myths; mysticism; legends; time; and human life. It also includes an introductory essay to the volume by poet and literary historian Charles Francis Richardson (1851-1913). - Summary by Tomas Peter

 

Genre(s): Anthologies
Language: English

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