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The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3: Sorrow and Consolation (Part 1)

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The third of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection includes a range of famous poems relating to such topics as disappointment in love; parting and absence; adversity; comfort and cheer; death and bereavement; and consolation. It also includes an introductory essay by American theologian Lyman Abbott (1835-1922). There are links to sung versions of some of the poems on the Internet Archive page. Summary by Tomas Peter (6 hr 5 min)

Chapters

An Interpreter of Life by Lyman Abbott

30:31

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The Course of True Love: From "Midsummer Night's Dream," Act I. Sc. 1 by Willia…

1:30

Read by Gaby

Lady Clara Vere de Vere by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

3:26

Read by Tomas Peter

Linda to Hafed: From "The Fire-Worshippers" by Thomas Moore

2:19

Read by Sonia

Love Not by Caroline Elizabeth Sheridan (Hon. Mrs. Norton)

1:34

Read by Lian Pang

The Princess by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

1:14

Read by Sonia

Unrequited Love: From "Twelfth Night," Act I. Sc. 4 by William Shakespeare

1:27

Read by Lian Pang

Fair Ines by Thomas Hood

2:34

Read by Gaby

The Banks o' Doon by Robert Burns

1:46

Read by Tomas Peter

Sonnet: From "Astrophel and Stella" by Sir Philip Sidney

1:23

Read by Lian Pang

Agatha by Alfred Austin

2:01

Read by Sonia

The Sun-Dial by Austin Dobson

3:48

Read by Lian Pang

Locksley Hall by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

16:28

Read by Tomas Peter

Song by Sir Walter Scott

1:12

Read by Lian Pang

Auld Robin Gray by Lady Anne Barnard

3:27

Read by Tomas Peter

To a Portrait by Arthur Symons

1:05

Read by Lian Pang

Maud Muller by John Greenleaf Whittier

6:35

Read by Gaby

The Palm and the Pine by Heinrich Heine

1:22

Read by Gaby

Cumnor Hall by William Julius Mickle

6:08

Read by Sonia

Waly, Waly by Anonymous

3:27

Read by Tomas Peter

Lady Ann Bothwell's Lament: A Scottish Song by Anonymous

3:18

Read by Lian Pang

My Heid Is Like to Rend, Willie by William Motherwell

3:34

Read by Tomas Peter

Ashes of Roses by Elaine Goodale Eastman

0:54

Read by Lian Pang

A Woman's Love by John Hay

2:30

Read by Lian Pang

The Shadow Rose by Robert Cameron Rogers

0:55

Read by Gaby

Has Summer Come without the Rose? by Arthur O'Shaughnessy

2:05

Read by Gaby

The Dirty Old Man: A Lay of Leadenhall by William Allingham

4:19

Read by Sonia

Home, Wounded by Sydney Dobell

8:10

Read by Tomas Peter

Divided by Jean Ingelow

8:18

Read by Gaby

To Diane de Poitiers by Clément Marot

1:16

Read by Gaby

The Spinner by Mary Ainge De Vere (Madeline Bridges)

1:22

Read by Sonia

Take, O, Take Those Lips Away by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher

1:38

Read by Gaby

Woman's Inconstancy by Sir Robert Ayton

1:52

Read by Lian Pang

Time's Revenge by Agathias

0:58

Read by Sonia

The Dream by Lord Byron

12:44

Read by Gaby

Alas! How Light a Cause May Move: From "The Light of the Harem" by Thomas Moore

2:43

Read by Gaby

Blighted Love by Luís de Camões

1:14

Read by Lian Pang

The Nevermore by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1:13

Read by Tomas Peter

The Portrait by Robert Bulwer-Lytton (Owen Meredith)

5:26

Read by Gaby

Only a Woman by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

4:54

Read by Lian Pang

Dorothy in the Garret by John Townsend Trowbridge

7:22

Read by Gaby

The Nun and Harp by Harriet Prescott Spofford

2:01

Read by Sonia

Fidelity in Doubt by Guiraud Le Roux

1:15

Read by Lian Pang

Faith by Frances Anne Kemble-Butler

0:48

Read by Lian Pang

Parting by Coventry Patmore

1:15

Read by Sonia

To Lucasta, On Going to the Wars by Richard Lovelace

0:57

Read by Tomas Peter

Good-bye by Anonymous

2:13

Read by Gaby

Ae Fond Kiss before We Part by Robert Burns

2:11

Read by Tomas Peter

O, My Luve's Like a Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns

1:34

Read by Tomas Peter

Maid of Athens, Ere We Part by Lord Byron

2:04

Read by Gaby

Song of the Young Highlander Summoned from His Bride by the "Fiery Cross of Rod…

2:01

Read by Tomas Peter

Black-Eyed Susan by John Gay

3:24

Read by Gaby

The Parting Lovers by Anonymous

1:01

Read by Sonia

Lochaber No More by Allan Ramsay

2:11

Read by Tomas Peter

As Slow Our Ship by Thomas Moore

2:13

Read by Gaby

Qua Cursum Ventus by Arthur Hugh Clough

1:52

Read by Sonia

Adieu, Adieu! My Native Shore by Lord Byron

1:21

Read by Gaby

Farewell to His Wife by Lord Byron

2:58

Read by Tomas Peter

Come, Let Us Kisse and Parte by Michael Drayton

1:18

Read by Sonia

Farewell! Thou Art Too Dear: Sonnet LXXXVII by William Shakespeare

1:36

Read by Gaby

Kathleen Mavourneen by Julia (or Louisa Macartney) Crawford

1:32

Read by Lian Pang

We Parted in Silence by Julia (or Louisa Macartney) Crawford

1:46

Read by Lian Pang

Auf Wiedersehen: Summer by James Russell Lowell

1:54

Read by Gaby

Palinode: Autumn by James Russell Lowell

1:53

Read by Gaby

Farewell!—But Whenever by Thomas Moore

1:53

Read by Sonia

Parting of Hector and Andromache: From "The Iliad," Book VI by Homer

8:44

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Hector to His Wife: From "The Iliad," Book VI by Homer

1:55

Read by Tomas Peter

To Lucasta by Richard Lovelace

1:21

Read by Lian Pang

To Her Absent Sailor: From "The Tent on the Beach" by John Greenleaf Whittier

2:27

Read by Sonia

I Love My Jean by Robert Burns

1:12

Read by Tomas Peter

Jeanie Morrison by William Motherwell

4:39

Read by Tomas Peter

O, Saw Ye Bonnie Leslie? by Robert Burns

1:23

Read by Tomas Peter

The Rustic Lad's Lament in the Town by David Macbeth Moir

2:18

Read by Tomas Peter

Absence by Frances Anne Kemble

2:17

Read by Lian Pang

Robin Adair by Lady Caroline Keppel

1:50

Read by Sonia

Daisy by Francis Thompson

3:26

Read by Gaby

Song of Egla by Maria Gowen Brooks (Maria del Occidente)

1:49

Read by Sonia

What Ails This Heart o' Mine? by Susanna Blamire

1:42

Read by Tomas Peter

Love's Memory: From "All's Well That Ends Well," Act I. Sc. 1 by William Shakes…

1:21

Read by Lian Pang

Absence by Anonymous

0:43

Read by Lian Pang

Thinkin' Long by Anna MacManus (Ethna Carbery)

1:19

Read by Sonia

"Tears, Idle Tears": From "The Princess" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

1:44

Read by Lian Pang

The Old Familiar Faces by Charles Lamb

1:54

Read by Tomas Peter

Come to Me, Dearest by Joseph Brenan

3:18

Read by Gaby

The Wife to Her Husband by Anonymous

1:49

Read by Sonia

My Old Kentucky Home: Negro Song by Stephen Collins Foster

2:44

Read by Lian Pang

Old Folks at Home by Stephen Collins Foster

2:12

Read by Lian Pang

The Present Good: From "The Task," Book VI by William Cowper

0:40

Read by Sonia

Man by Walter Savage Landor

0:37

Read by Lian Pang

The World by Francis, Lord Bacon

1:45

Read by Sonia

Moan, Moan, Ye Dying Gales by Henry Neele

1:24

Read by Sonia

The Vanity of the World by Francis Quarles

2:34

Read by Tomas Peter

Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind: From "As You Like It," Act II. Sc. 7 by William S…

1:23

Read by Lian Pang

The Wail of Prometheus Bound: From "Prometheus" by Aeschylus

2:51

Read by Sonia

Samson on His Blindness: From "Samson Agonistes" by John Milton

1:28

Read by Lian Pang

Lines by Chidiock Tichborne

1:50

Read by Gaby

Hence, All Ye Vain Delights: From "The Nice Valour," Act III. Sc. 3 by John Fle…

1:21

Read by Lian Pang

The Fall of Cardinal Wolsey: From "King Henry VIII," Act III. Sc. 2 by William …

3:50

Read by Tomas Peter

The Approach of Age: From "Tales of the Hall" by George Crabbe

1:59

Read by Sonia

Stanzas Written in Dejection near Naples by Percy Bysshe Shelley

3:11

Read by Gaby

Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats

5:29

Read by Tomas Peter

Perished: Catskill Mountain House by Mary Louise Ritter

1:16

Read by Sonia

Byron's Latest Verses by Lord Byron

2:15

Read by Sonia

A Doubting Heart by Adelaide Anne Procter

1:41

Read by Lian Pang

The Voiceless by Oliver Wendell Holmes

1:30

Read by Sonia

A Lament by Percy Bysshe Shelley

0:57

Read by Tomas Peter

"What Can an Old Man Do but Die?" by Thomas Hood

1:36

Read by Gaby

Over the Hill to the Poor-house by Will Carleton

7:31

Read by Gaby

Old by Ralph Hoyt

7:20

Read by Tomas Peter

The Last Leaf by Oliver Wendell Holmes

2:27

Read by Gaby

The Last Leaf: Ya Perezhil Svoï Zhelanya by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin

1:02

Read by Sonia

The Old Vagabond by Pierre-Jean de Béranger

2:41

Read by Sonia

The Beggar by Thomas Moss

2:51

Read by Tomas Peter

A Rough Rhyme on a Rough Matter: The English Game Laws by Charles Kingsley

5:08

Read by Gaby

"They Are Dear Fish to Me" by Anonymous

2:24

Read by Tomas Peter

Give Me Three Grains of Corn, Mother: The Irish Famine by Amelia Blandford Edwa…

2:51

Read by Lian Pang

The Song of the Shirt by Thomas Hood

3:48

Read by Lian Pang

The Pauper's Drive by Thomas Noel

2:18

Read by Sonia

Unseen Spirits by Nathaniel Parker Willis

1:51

Read by Tomas Peter

Beautiful Snow by James W. Watson

3:30

Read by Sonia

London Churches by Richard Monckton Milnes (Lord Houghton)

1:33

Read by Lian Pang

The Bridge of Sighs by Thomas Hood

4:39

Read by Gaby

Guilty, or Not Guilty? by Anonymous

3:09

Read by Tomas Peter

The Female Convict by Letitia Elizabeth Landon

4:39

Read by Gaby

Hopeless Grief by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

1:15

Read by Sonia