Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1915


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William Stanley Braithwaite, a talented poet in his own right, was most notable for his anthologies of poetry including these annual collections that spanned at least twelve years from 1913 to 1924. These were composed of poems written in that year, and included a wide range of poetry from classical to avant-garde. As an African American, he also included many selections from other African American poets. He is recognized as a significant publisher of Harlem Renaissance poets.

This volume includes poets such as Robert Frost, Vachel Lindsay, Amy Lowell, Sara Teasdale, Louis Untermeyer, Edgar Lee Masters, James Weldon Johnson, and many others. A special feature of this volume are several dramatic, collaborative presentations including Robert Frost’s “The Death of the Hired Man,” Vachel Lindsay’s “The Chinese Nightingale,” and “Gayheart” by Dana Burnet.
- Summary by Larry Wilson (8 hr 5 min)

Chapters

Introduction 27:41 Read by Larry Wilson
Invocation by Wendell Phillips Stafford 1:28 Read by Agnes Robert Behr
Cradle Song by Josephine Preston Peabody 2:47 Read by Cassie Davidson
The Haunting Face by Robert Underwood Johnson 2:12 Read by Kerry Kavita
The Bacchante to Her Babe by Eunice Tietjens 2:51 Read by Cassie Davidson
The Musicmaker's Child by Miriam Allen de Ford 2:05 Read by Cbteddy
To Imagination by Dorothea Lawrence Mann 3:06 Read by Amanda Goins
Heritage by Theresa Virginia Beard 3:54 Read by Kerry Kavita
A Spring Symphony by Amelia Josephine Burr 3:12 Read by C. B. Seyfarth
Peter Quince at the Clavier by Wallace Stevens 3:41 Read by Alan Mapstone
Joy by Sara Teasdale 0:46 Read by Michael MacTaggert
Ballad of Amaryllis in the Shade by Richard Le Gallienne 2:15 Read by Bruce Kachuk
Sunset Balconies by Thomas Walsh 1:49 Read by Vanessa Kristin Fernandez
La Gitana by John Curtis Underwood 3:11 Read by Alan Mapstone
Patterns by Amy Lowell 4:41 Read by Kerry Kavita
Ulysses in Ithaca by Amelia Josephine Burr 3:16 Read by Alan Mapstone
Song by Ruth Guthrie Harding 1:19 Read by Cbteddy
The New Platonist by Cuthbert Wright 2:13 Read by mleigh
A Cyprian Woman: Greek Folk Song by Margaret Widdemer 1:11 Read by Stunning
From a Car-Window by Ruth Guthrie Harding 0:58 Read by Michael MacTaggert
We Who Have Loved by Corinne Roosevelt Robinson 1:14 Read by Laura Eckhoff
Cave Talk by Joseph Warren Beach 3:06 Read by Laura Eckhoff
The Chinese Nightingale by Vachel Lindsay 12:47 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Spring by Clement Wood 1:58 Read by Robert Gordon
Needle Travel by Margaret French Patton 2:37 Read by C. B. Seyfarth
The Fairy Fort by Abbie Farwell Brown 1:59 Read by C. B. Seyfarth
Song by Edward J. O'Brien 0:48 Read by Addison Cooper
For the Dedication of a Toy Theatre by Benjamin R.C. Low 2:26 Read by Agnes Robert Behr
The Courtyard Pigeons by Caroline Giltinan 1:16 Read by mleigh
The Barberry Bush by Grace Hazard Conkling 5:40 Read by C. B. Seyfarth
Green Symphony by John Gould Fletcher 6:04 Read by Kerry Kavita
Serenade by William Griffith 1:01 Read by C. B. Seyfarth
Sea Iris by H.D. 1:03 Read by Lee Vogler
Birches by Robert Frost 4:10 Read by mleigh
Hills by Arthur Guiterman 1:29 Read by C. B. Seyfarth
The Cloud by Sara Teasdale 1:22 Read by C. B. Seyfarth
The Mirage by Nathan Haskell Dole 0:52 Read by Bruce Kachuk
Fire Castles by Arvia MacKaye 1:20 Read by Bruce Kachuk
Vistas by Odell Shepard 1:52 Read by Robert Gordon
Sun-browned with Toil by Edward F. Garesché, S.J. 3:11 Read by Larry Wilson
July by Mahlon Leonard Fisher 1:23 Read by Stunning
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost 1:19 Read by Larry Wilson
Hymn to the Dairymaids on Beacon Street by Christopher Morely 1:59 Read by C. B. Seyfarth
Passages from a Poem: The New World by Witter Bynner 10:08 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
The Maker of Images by Brian Hooker 5:21 Read by Kerry Kavita
The Home of Horace by George Meason Whicher 3:19 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sister Mary Veronica by Nancy Byrd Turner 2:23 Read by Meghan Horton
The Adventurer by Odell Shepard 1:18 Read by Robert Gordon
Flammonde by Edwin Arlington Robinson 5:34 Read by Alan Mapstone
Gayheart by Dana Burnet 22:31 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
To a Gentleman Reformer by Louis Untermeyer 1:12 Read by Kerry Kavita
Old King Cole by Edwin Arlington Robinson 4:34 Read by Alan Mapstone
Lincoln by Wendell Phillips Stafford 1:10 Read by Cassie Davidson
To Edgar Lee Masters by Richard Butler Glaenzer 2:38 Read by Cassie Davidson
Washington McNeely by Edgar Lee Masters 2:14 Read by mleigh
The Vinegar Man by Ruth Comfort Mitchell 2:21 Read by Lee Vogler
Hannah Armstrong by Edgar Lee Masters 1:29 Read by Agnes Robert Behr
Beyond the War by Olive Tilford Dargan 6:46 Read by Agnes Robert Behr
A Vision of Spring by Ridgely Torrence 6:50 Read by ChinmayHota
The Laughters by Louis Untermeyer 4:08 Read by Agnes Robert Behr
God and the Strong Ones by Margaret Widdemer 3:14 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
On the Porch by Harriet Monroe 1:47 Read by Agnes Robert Behr
Men Have Wings at Last by Josephine Preston Peabody 5:54 Read by Agnes Robert Behr
Sure, It's Fun! by Richard Butler Glaenzer 2:41 Read by mleigh
Harvest Moon: 1914 by Josephine Preston Peabody 2:21 Read by Winnifred Assmann
The Wind in the Corn by E. Sutton 4:17 Read by Robert Gordon
Battle Sleep by Edith Wharton 1:37 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Bombardment by Amy Lowell 7:13 Read by Robert Gordon
The Pyres by Hermann Hagedorn 3:09 Read by Agnes Robert Behr
Sing, Ye Trenches! by Helen Coale Crew 2:13 Read by Alan Mapstone
1915 by James Oppenheim 7:30 Read by Alan Mapstone
The White Ships and the Red by Joyce Kilmer 4:31 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Return of August by Percy Mackaye 5:26 Read by Alan Mapstone
Prayer for Peace by William Samuel Johnson 3:53 Read by Larry Wilson
Sonnets Written in the Fall of 1914 by George Edward Woodberry 6:37 Read by oogiesragdoll
The Fruit Shop by Amy Lowell 8:49 Read by TriciaG
The Paradox by Don Maquis 1:12 Read by Kerry Kavita
Over Night, A Rose by Caroline Giltinan 1:15 Read by Kerry Kavita
Harvest by Dana Burnet 2:45 Read by mleigh
The Night Court by Ruth Comfort Mitchell 5:23 Read by Winnifred Assmann
Pax Beata by Mary Rachel Norris 1:58 Read by Agnes Robert Behr
The Service by Burges Johnson 2:10 Read by mleigh
Testament by Sara Teasdale 1:01 Read by Alan Mapstone
A Statue in a Garden by Agnes Lee 1:24 Read by Agnes Robert Behr
Fate by Richard Burton 1:07 Read by Michael MacTaggert
The Answer by Sara Teasdale 0:56 Read by Nicole Wright
The White Witch by James Weldon Johnson 3:23 Read by Kerry Kavita
The Vanished Country by Grantland Rice 1:42 Read by Agnes Robert Behr
The Death of the Hired Man by Robert Frost 8:57 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Swimmers by Louis Untermeyer 4:03 Read by Kerry Kavita
If One Should Come by Mahlon Leonard Fisher 1:18 Read by Agnes Robert Behr
Voyage a L'infini by Walter Conrad Arensberg 1:21 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Last Piper by Edward J. O'Brien 1:24 Read by Alan Mapstone
Time by Florence Earle Coates 3:06 Read by C. B. Seyfarth
Silence by Edgar Lee Masters 3:41 Read by Agnes Robert Behr
Madison Cawein by Margaret Steele Anderson 2:10 Read by Winnifred Assmann
The Bird and the Tree by Ridgely Torrence 2:16 Read by Kawthar Al-Khaleel
Interlude by William Griffith 0:39 Read by Addison Cooper
Spring Song by William Griffith 0:45 Read by Agnes Robert Behr
Cassandra by Edwin Arlington Robinson 2:10 Read by Ronald Gardella
Sainte Jeanne of France by Marion Couthouy Smith 2:09 Read by Alan Mapstone
To My Country by Charles Hanson Towne 1:23 Read by Robert Gordon
The Best Poetry of 1915, Part 1 26:47 Read by Robert Gordon
The Best Poetry of 1915, Part 2 25:27 Read by Robert Gordon
The Best Poetry of 1915, Part 3 25:23 Read by C. B. Seyfarth
The Best Poetry of 1915, Part 4 28:03 Read by C. B. Seyfarth
List of Important Publications Dealing with Poets and Poetry 29:06 Read by C. B. Seyfarth