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This book contains many poems of inspiration, joy and hope. Just the thing to encourage our spirits and strengthen our backbone when troubles seem too much. The purpose of this volume is to bring men courage and resolution, to cheer them, to fire them with new confidence when they grow dispirited, to strengthen their faith that THINGS CAN BE DONE. It is better for this purpose than the entire works of any one poet, for it takes the cream of many and has greater diversity than any one writer can show. Besides the poems themselves, the volume contains helps to their understanding and enjoyment. The pieces are introduced by short comments; these serve the same purpose as the strain played by the pianist before the singer begins to sing; they create a mood, give a point of view, throw light on the meaning of what follows. - Summary by Phil chenevert and the editors (7 hr 15 min)

Chapters

BE THE BEST OF WHATEVER YOU ARE - by Douglas Malloch

2:07

Read by Phil Chenevert

THE HOUSE BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD - by Sam Walter Foss

2:33

Read by Phil Chenevert

FOUR THINGS - by Henry Van Dyke

0:56

Read by Phil Chenevert

IF - by Rudyard Kipling

2:58

Read by Tony Addison

INVICTUS - by William Ernest Henley

1:26

Read by Scotty Smith

IT COULDN'T BE DONE - by Edgar A. Guest

2:50

Read by Phil Chenevert

THE WELCOME MAN - by Walt Mason

1:54

Read by Phil Chenevert

THE QUITTER - by Robert W. Service

2:05

Read by Jason in Panama

FRIENDS OF MINE - by James W. Foley

1:08

Read by RecordingPerson

THE WOMAN WHO UNDERSTANDS - by Everard Jack Appleton

3:56

Read by Phil Chenevert

WANTED - A MAN - by St. Clair Adams

1:54

Read by Sarah Jump

IF I SHOULD DIE - by Ben King

1:32

Read by RecordingPerson

JUST BE GLAD - by James Whitcomb Riley

1:14

Read by RecordingPerson

OPPORTUNITY - by Berton Braley

1:48

Read by Sarah Jump

SOLITUDE - by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

1:29

Read by RecordingPerson

UNSUBDUED - by S.E. Kiser

1:36

Read by SK

WORK - by Angela Morgan

3:00

Read by SK

HOW DID YOU DIE? - by Edmund Vance Cooke

2:19

Read by Phil Chenevert

A LESSON FROM HISTORY - by Joseph Morris

1:38

Read by SK

RABBI BEN EZRA - by Robert Browning

2:22

Read by Phil Chenevert

TO MELANCHOLY - by John Kendrick Bangs

0:57

Read by RecordingPerson

THE LION PATH - by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

2:15

Read by Melvin Lee

THE ANSWER - by Grantland Rice

2:20

Read by Phil Chenevert

THE WORLD IS AGAINST ME - by Edgar A. Guest

2:09

Read by DrPGould

SAY NOT THE STRUGGLE NAUGHT AVALETH - by Arthur Hugh Clough

2:13

Read by Jason in Panama

WORTH WHILE - by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

1:39

Read by RecordingPerson

HOPE - by Anonymous

1:41

Read by Melvin Lee

I'M GLAD - by Anonymous

0:29

Read by Melvin Lee

THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS - by Oliver Wendell Holmes

2:17

Read by JennaMock

PIPPA'S SONG - by Robert Browning

1:05

Read by Jason in Panama

OWNERSHIP - by St. Clair Adams

3:06

Read by Melvin Lee

A SMILING PARADOX - by John Kendrick Bangs

0:52

Read by Michele Eaton

THE NEW DUCKLING - by Alfred Noyes

2:28

Read by Melvin Lee

CAN YOU SING A SONG? - by Joseph Morris

1:06

Read by Melvin Lee

KNOW THYSELF - by Angela Morgan

3:59

Read by Melvin Lee

JUST WHISTLE - by Frank L. Stanton

1:16

Read by RecordingPerson

''MIGHT HAVE BEEN'' - by Grantland Rice

1:46

Read by Phil Chenevert

THE ONE - by Everard Jack Appleton

3:13

Read by Phil Chenevert

THE JOY OF LIVING - by Gamaliel Bradford

1:23

Read by Phil Chenevert

THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOMETHING TO DO - by Edgar A. Guest

2:15

Read by Phil Chenevert

GOOD INTENTIONS - by St. Clair Adams

1:46

Read by SK

PHILOSOPHY FOR CROAKERS - by Joseph Morris

2:59

Read by Jason in Panama

THE FIGHTING FAILURE - by Everard Jack Appleton

2:54

Read by SK

DUTY - by Ralph Waldo Emerson

0:40

Read by RecordingPerson

THE CALL OF THE UNBEATEN - by Grantland Rice

1:51

Read by SK

POLONIUS'S ADVICE TO LAERTES - by William Shakespeare

2:22

Read by Melvin Lee

HOW DO YOU TACKLE YOUR WORK? - by Edgar A. Guest

2:02

Read by SK

MAN OR MANIKIN - by Richard Butler Glaenzer

1:52

Read by Melvin Lee

HAVING DONE AND DOING - by William Shakespeare

2:48

Read by RecordingPerson

FAITH - by S.E. Kiser

0:54

Read by Jason in Panama

OPPORTUNITY - by John James Ingalls

2:15

Read by Mahima

OPPORTUNITY - by William Shakespeare

0:38

Read by SK

OPPORTUNITY - by Walter Malone

1:57

Read by SK

OPPORTUNITY - by Edward Rowland Sill

1:58

Read by Melvin Lee

MY PHILOSOPHY - by James Whitcomb Riley

1:56

Read by Melvin Lee

ULYSSES - by Alfred Tennyson

7:08

Read by Kasper

PREPAREDNESS - by Edwin Markham

0:28

Read by SK

THE WISDOM OF FOLLY - by Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler

1:33

Read by Melvin Lee

SEE IT THROUGH - by Edgar A. Guest

2:16

Read by realisticspeakers

DECEMBER 31 - by S.E. Kiser

1:33

Read by Sarah Jump

RING OUT, WILD BELLS - by Alfred Tennyson

2:10

Read by Jason in Panama

WORK - by Henry Van Dyke

1:21

Read by Melvin Lee

START WHERE YOU STAND - by Berton Braley

1:44

Read by SK

A HOPEFUL BROTHER - by Frank L. Stanton

1:25

Read by Jason in Panama

A SONG OF THANKSGIVING - by Angela Morgan

2:58

Read by Elizabeth P.

LOSE THE DAY LOITERING - by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

1:10

Read by SK

PLAYING THE GAME - by Berton Braley

2:21

Read by Larry Wilson

RESOLVE - by Berton Braley

1:07

Read by realisticspeakers

WHEN NATURE WANTS A MAN - by Angela Morgan

5:05

Read by Melvin Lee

ORDER AND THE BEES - by William Shakespeare

2:09

Read by Melvin Lee

SELF DEPENDENCE - by Matthew Arnold

3:05

Read by Melvin Lee

A LITTLE PRAYER - by S.E. Kiser

1:12

Read by SK

A MAN'S A MAN FOR A' THAT - by Robert Burns

3:53

Read by Leonard Wilson

LIFE AND DEATH - by Anna Barbauld

1:08

Read by Leonard Wilson

LIFE AND DEATH - by Ernest H. Crosby

2:07

Read by Leonard Wilson

ON BEING READY - by Grantland Rice

1:47

Read by Jason in Panama

TWO AT A FIRESIDE - by Edwin Markham

0:32

Read by Jason in Panama

TO-DAY - by Douglas Malloch

2:06

Read by Leonard Wilson

THE ARROW AND THE SONG - by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1:12

Read by Kathleen Moore

THE INNER LIGHT - by John Milton

0:51

Read by Kathleen Moore

THE THINGS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN DONE BEFORE - by Edgar A. Guest

2:23

Read by SK

THE HAS-BEENS - by Walt Mason

1:41

Read by Jason in Panama

WISHING - by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

1:41

Read by Kathleen Moore

AWARENESS - by Miriam Teichner

1:46

Read by SK

ONE OF THESE DAYS - by James W. Foley

2:42

Read by SK

GOD - by Gamaliel Bradford

0:58

Read by Sarah Jump

MY TRIUMPH - by John Greenleaf Whittier

2:54

Read by Larry Wilson

TO ALTHEA FROM PRISON - by Richard Lovelace

3:01

Read by Leonard Wilson

GRIEF - by Angela Morgan

1:17

Read by madison02

THE RECTIFYING YEARS - by St. Clair Adams

2:07

Read by madison02

TO THOSE WHO FAIL - by Joaquin Miller

1:44

Read by madison02

HELPING' OUT - by William Judson Kibby

3:29

Read by Leonard Wilson

OPENING PARADISE - by Thomas Gray

0:49

Read by Jason in Panama

TO THE MEN WHO LOSE - by Anonymous

2:07

Read by Melvin Lee

IT MAY BE - by S.E. Kiser

1:05

Read by Melvin Lee

LIFE - by Edward Rowland Sill

0:56

Read by Melvin Lee

THE GRUMPY GUY - by Griffith Alexander

3:41

Read by Melvin Lee

THE FIGHTER - by S.E. Kiser

2:05

Read by Melvin Lee

TO YOUTH AFTER PAIN - by Margaret Widdemer

1:34

Read by Joelee Pasztor

CAN'T - by Edgar A. Guest

2:34

Read by SK

THE STRUGGLE - by Miriam Teichner

1:30

Read by Sarah Jump

HOLD FAST - by Everard Jack Appleton

2:16

Read by realisticspeakers

WILL - by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

1:33

Read by Kathleen Moore

THE GAME - by Grantland Rice

2:17

Read by Jason in Panama

COURAGE - by Florence Earle Coates

0:55

Read by Melvin Lee

A GOOD NAME - by William Shakespeare

1:41

Read by Leonard Wilson

SWELLITIS - by Joseph Morris

2:37

Read by Joelee Pasztor

CARES - by Elisabeth Barrett Browning

1:18

Read by Kathleen Moore

FAITH - by Edward Rowland Sill

2:26

Read by Melvin Lee

PLAYING THE GAME - by Anonymous

1:34

Read by SK

WHAT DARK DAYS DO - by Everard Jack Appleton

2:04

Read by Leonard Wilson

GLADNESS - by Anna Hempstead Branch

1:25

Read by Melvin Lee

IT WON'T STAY BLOWED - by St. Clair Adams

2:14

Read by Sarah Jump

THE RAINBOW - by William Wordsworth

1:01

Read by SK

THE FIRM OF GRIN AND BARRETT - by Sam Walter Foss

2:10

Read by Donald Gilmore

CHALLENGE - by Jean Nette

1:07

Read by SK

YOUR MISSION - by Ellen M.H. Gates

2:12

Read by SK

VICTORY - by Miriam Teichner

1:11

Read by SK

TIMES GO BY TURNS - by Robert Southwell

2:21

Read by Naduplants

TO-DAY - by Thomas Carlyle

0:55

Read by DrPGould

UNAFRAID - by Everard Jack Appleton

0:33

Read by Jason in Panama

BORROWED FEATHERS - by Joseph Morris

2:16

Read by Melvin Lee

KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON - by Anonymous

1:24

Read by Melvin Lee

THE DISAPPOINTED - by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

1:41

Read by Kathleen Moore

LET ME LIVE OUT MY YEARS - by John G. Neihardt

1:13

Read by Melvin Lee

COLUMBUS - by Joaquin Miller

3:23

Read by Melvin Lee

PER ASPERA - by Florence Earle Coates

0:54

Read by madison02

TIT FOR TAT - by St. Clair Adams

3:26

Read by Jason in Panama

THE KINGDOM OF MAN - by John Kendrick

1:36

Read by Jason in Panama

ABOU BEN ADHEM - by Leigh Hunt

2:13

Read by Leonard Wilson

THIS WORLD - by Frank L. Stanton

0:39

Read by madison02

GRAY DAYS - by Griffith Alexander

2:17

Read by madison02

LAUGH A LITTLE BIT - by Edmund Vance Cooke

1:26

Read by madison02

A SONG OF LIFE - by Angela Morgan

1:54

Read by Jason in Panama

A POOR UNFORTUNATE - by Frank L. Stanton

1:39

Read by Sarah Jump

THE TRAINERS - by Grantland Rice

2:50

Read by Jason in Panama

LIFE - by Etta Wheeler Wilcox

1:14

Read by SK

A TOAST TO MERRIMENT - by James W. Foley

2:04

Read by Michael Fassio

MISTRESS FATE - by William Rose Benét

1:34

Read by Jason in Panama

SLEEP AND THE MONARCH - by William Shakespeare

2:22

Read by Larry Wilson

NEVER TROUBLE TROUBLE - by St. Clair Adams

1:16

Read by Michael Fassio

CLEAR THE WAY - by Charles Mackay

1:55

Read by Michael Fassio

ONE FIGHT MORE - by Theodosia Garrison

1:25

Read by Sarah Jump

A PSALM OF LIFE - by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

2:26

Read by Kathleen Moore

A CREED - by Edwin Markham

0:50

Read by madison02

BATTLE CRY - by John G. Neihardt

1:57

Read by Jason in Panama

THE HAPPY HEART - by Thomas Dekker

1:59

Read by Jason in Panama

IF YOU CAN'T GO OVER OR UNDER, GO ROUND - by Joseph Morris

1:38

Read by Shana Burns

THICK IS THE DARKNESS - by William Ernest Henley

0:42

Read by madison02

THE BELLY AND THE MEMBERS - by William Shakespeare

2:42

Read by Jason in Panama

THE CELESTIAL SURGEON - by Robert Louis Stevenson

1:05

Read by SK

MAN, BIRD, AND GOD - by Robert Browning

1:09

Read by Larry Wilson

HIS ALLY - by William Rose Benét

1:34

Read by Melvin Lee

SUBMISSION - by Miriam Teichner

1:55

Read by Melvin Lee

A PRAYER - by Theodosia Garrison

1:48

Read by SK

STABILITY - by William Shakespeare

1:18

Read by Michael Fassio

THE BARS OF FATE - by Ellen M.H. Gates

2:07

Read by Larry Wilson

ULTIMATE ACT - by Henry Bryan Binns

1:26

Read by Jason in Panama

HE WHOM A DREAM HATH POSSESSED - by Sheamus O Sheel

2:04

Read by Naduplants

SUCCESS - by Berton Braley

1:25

Read by Jason in Panama

PLAY THE GAME - by Henry Newbolt

2:04

Read by Naduplants

THE MAN WHO FRETS AT WORLDLY STRIFE - by Joseph Rodman Drake

1:21

Read by Michael Fassio

SERENITY - by Lord Byron

0:34

Read by Larry Wilson

HERE'S HOPIN' - by Frank L. Stanton

1:21

Read by Sarah Jump

CLEON AND I - by Charles Mackay

2:17

Read by Jason in Panama

THE PESSIMIST - by Ben King

1:38

Read by SK

A PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED - by St. Clair Adams

1:49

Read by Jason in Panama

PROSPICE - by Robert Browning

2:11

Read by Michael Fassio

THE GREATNESS OF THE SOUL - by Alfred Tennyson

1:25

Read by Jason in Panama

HEINELET - by Gamaliel Bradford

0:48

Read by Sarah Jump

STAND FORTH! - by Angela Morgan

1:48

Read by SK

LIONS AND ANTS - by Walt Mason

1:20

Read by SK

LIFE, NOT DEATH - by Alfred Tennyson

0:46

Read by Larry Wilson

THE UNMUSICAL SOLOIST - by Joseph Morris

3:27

Read by realisticspeakers

ON DOWN THE ROAD - by Grantland Rice

1:21

Read by Michael Fassio

MEETIN' TROUBLE - by Everard Jack Appleton

2:21

Read by Melvin Lee

PRESS ON - by Park Benjamin

2:01

Read by Melvin Lee

MY CREED - by S.E. Kiser

1:53

Read by SK

CO-OPERATION - by J. Mason Knox

0:43

Read by DrPGould

THE NOBLE NATURE - by Ben Jonson

1:22

Read by Jason in Panama

DAYS OF CHEER - by James W. Foley

2:08

Read by Alec Larson

DE SUNFLOWER AIN'T DE DAISY - by Anonymous

1:37

Read by Jordan Watts

THE DAFFODILS - by William Wordsworth

1:47

Read by Kathleen Moore

A LITTLE THANKFUL SONG - by Frank L. Stanton

1:34

Read by Jason in Panama

TWO RAINDROPS - by Joseph Morris

1:54

Read by SK

MY WAGE - by Jessie B. Rittenhouse

1:02

Read by SK

THE GIFT - by Robert Burns

1:08

Read by Melvin Lee

PROMETHEUS UNBOUND - by Percy Bysshe Shelley

1:25

Read by Kasper

VICTORY IN DEFEAT - by Edwin Markham

1:06

Read by Larry Wilson

THE RICHER MINES - by John Kendrick Bangs

1:03

Read by Kathleen Moore

BRAVE LIFE - by Grantland Rice

2:42

Read by Michael Fassio

A SONG OF TO-MORROW - by Frank L. Stanton

0:48

Read by Jason in Panama

THE GLAD SONG - by Joseph Morris

0:54

Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)

PAINTING THE LILY - by William Shakespeare

1:06

Read by Larry Wilson

A PRETTY GOOD WORLD - by Frank L. Stanton

1:36

Read by Jason in Panama

ODE TO DUTY - by William Wordsworth

3:49

Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)

THE SYNDICATED SMILE - by St. Clair Adams

2:00

Read by Jason in Panama

FAIRY SONG - by John Keats

1:26

Read by Donald Gilmore

PRAISE THE GENEROUS GODS FOR GIVING - by William Ernest Henley

1:24

Read by Melvin Lee

COWARDS - by William Shakespeare

0:45

Read by Larry Wilson

THE WORD - by John Kendrick Bangs

2:03

Read by DrPGould

ENVOI - by John G. Neihardt

1:35

Read by Jason in Panama

JAW - by St. Clair Adams

1:29

Read by Corrinne LePage

THE CONQUEROR - by Berton Braley

2:29

Read by Corrinne LePage

IS IT RAINING, LITTLE FLOWER? - by Anonymous

1:17

Read by realisticspeakers

GRADATIM - by J.G. Holland

3:05

Read by Jason in Panama

RULES FOR THE ROAD - by Edwin Markham

0:53

Read by SK

LIFE - by Griffith Alexander

1:38

Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)

HOE YOUR ROW - by Frank L. Stanton

0:51

Read by DrPGould

BORROWING TROUBLE - by Robert Burns

1:10

Read by Jason in Panama

UNDISMAYED - by James W. Foley

1:52

Read by DrPGould

A HERO - by Florence Earle Coates

1:07

Read by Jason in Panama

WILL - by Alfred Tennyson

1:47

Read by Jason in Panama

FABLE - by Ralph Waldo Emerson

1:29

Read by SK

DUTY - by Edwin Markham

0:31

Read by Jason in Panama

PRAYER FOR PAIN - by John G. Neihardt

2:15

Read by Melvin Lee

STEADFAST - by Everard Jack Appleton

1:41

Read by Melvin Lee

IF - by John Kendrick Bangs

2:21

Read by Melvin Lee

THE GIFTS OF GOD - by George Herbert

1:49

Read by Melvin Lee

A PHILOSOPHER - by John Kendrick Bangs

1:23

Read by Kathleen Moore

THE LIFE WITHOUT PASSION - by William Shakespeare

1:55

Read by Jason in Panama

CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE - by Sir Henry Wotton

2:13

Read by SK

ESSENTIALS - by St. Clair Adams

1:07

Read by SK

THE STONE REJECTED - by Edwin Markham

2:12

Read by heart2voice2heart

GOOD DEEDS - by William Shakespeare

0:46

Read by SK

YOU MAY COUNT THAT DAY - by George Eliot

2:06

Read by SK

SADNESS AND MERRIMENT - by William Shakespeare

2:42

Read by Melvin Lee

APPRECIATION - by William Judson Kibby

1:30

Read by Melvin Lee

KEEP SWEET - by Strickland W. Gillilan

1:58

Read by Jason in Panama

MORALITY - by Matthew Arnold

1:29

Read by SK

A HYMN TO HAPPINESS - by James W. Foley

2:07

Read by Melvin Lee

OPPORTUNITY - by Edwin Markham

1:08

Read by SK

TO A YOUNG MAN - by Edgar A. Guest

2:24

Read by SK

SLOGAN - by Jane M'Lean

0:58

Read by Jason in Panama

SMILES - by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

1:31

Read by Kathleen Moore

SIT DOWN, SAD SOUL - by Bryan Waller Procter

1:24

Read by tovarisch

SONG OF ENDEAVOR - by James W. Foley

1:58

Read by tovarisch

KEEP A-GOIN'! - by Frank L. Stanton

1:26

Read by tovarisch

WHEN EARTH'S LAST PICTURE IS PAINTED - by Rudyard Kipling

3:02

Read by tovarisch