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The World's Best Poetry, Volume 4: The Higher Life (Part 2)

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The fourth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, includes many notable religious and devotional poems and hymns from across the centuries, covering subjects such as the human experience; death; immortality; and Heaven. It also includes notable excerpts from John Milton's Paradise Lost and Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy. - Summary by Tomas Peter (5 hr 20 min)

Chapters

The Poet's Theme: From 'Paradise Lost,' Book I by John Milton

2:10

Read by Craig Franklin

The Temptation: From 'Paradise Lost,' Book IX by John Milton

11:13

Read by Sonia

The Fall: From 'Paradise Lost,' Book IX by John Milton

4:06

Read by Leanne Yau

Intercession and Redemption: From 'Paradise Lost,' Book XI by John Milton

4:53

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Eve's Lament: From 'Paradise Lost,' Book XI by John Milton

1:45

Read by Sonia

Eve to Adam: From 'Paradise Lost,' Book XI by John Milton

1:14

Read by Leanne Yau

The Departure from Paradise: From 'Paradise Lost,' Book XII by John Milton

1:28

Read by Craig Franklin

A Psalm of Life by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

2:18

Read by Craig Franklin

The Gifts of God by George Herbert

1:39

Read by Leanne Yau

Duty by Ellen Sturgis Hooper

0:47

Read by Leanne Yau

Ode to Duty by William Wordsworth

3:40

Read by Sonia

Self-Inquiry by Isaac Watts

1:05

Read by Leanne Yau

The Three Enemies by Christina Georgina Rossetti

2:42

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Said I Not So? by George Herbert

1:42

Read by Leanne Yau

Nothing but Leaves by Lucy E. Akerman

1:45

Read by Tomas Peter

The World by Frederick William Faber

3:14

Read by Jason in Panama

The Cry of the Human by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

7:03

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The Sifting of Peter (A Folk-Song) by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

2:26

Read by Tomas Peter

Vanity by Anonymous

1:25

Read by Leanne Yau

Different Minds by Richard Chenevix Trench

1:09

Read by Leanne Yau

My Recovery by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock

2:01

Read by Craig Franklin

The Ladder of Saint Augustine by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

3:05

Read by Craig Franklin

Saint Christopher by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

2:46

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Scorn Not the Least by Robert Southwell

2:05

Read by Craig Franklin

The Right Must Win by Frederick William Faber

2:03

Read by Jason in Panama

The Cost of Worth: From 'Bitter Sweet' by Josiah Gilbert Holland

2:01

Read by Jason in Panama

The Laborer by William D. Gallagher

2:41

Read by Tomas Peter

A True Lent by Robert Herrick

1:09

Read by Leanne Yau

From 'The Church Porch' by George Herbert

3:17

Read by Sonia

Briefs by Richard Crashaw

1:14

Read by Tomas Peter

Jewish Hymn in Babylon by Henry Hart Milman

3:42

Read by Jason in Panama

Example by John Keble

1:10

Read by Leanne Yau

Small Beginnings by Charles Mackay

2:36

Read by Sonia

The Rise of Man by John White Chadwick

1:18

Read by Sonia

I Would I Were an Excellent Divine by Nicholas Breton

2:24

Read by Craig Franklin

The Pastor's Reverie by Washington Gladden

4:37

Read by Jason in Panama

The Two Rabbis by John Greenleaf Whittier

5:40

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Judge Not by Adelaide Anne Procter

1:38

Read by Leanne Yau

To the Unco Guid by Robert Burns

4:19

Read by Craig Franklin

Stone the Woman, Let the Man Go Free by Anonymous (Frances Marcella Attie O'Bri…

2:14

Read by Sonia

In Prison by May Riley Smith

2:58

Read by Sonia

Conscience and Remorse by Paul Laurence Dunbar

1:05

Read by Leanne Yau

Found Wanting by Emily Dickinson

0:44

Read by Leanne Yau

Dallying with Temptation: From the First Part of 'Wallenstein,' Act III. Sc. 4 …

2:13

Read by Tomas Peter

Easy to Drift by Oliver Huckel

1:33

Read by Leanne Yau

Frankford's Soliloquy: From 'A Woman Killed with Kindness' by Thomas Heywood

1:06

Read by Jason in Panama

Conscience: From Satire XIII by Juvenal

4:08

Read by Leanne Yau

The Foolish Virgins: From 'Idylls of the King: Guinevere' by Alfred, Lord Tenny…

2:12

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Up Hill by Christina G. Rossetti

1:29

Read by Sonia

Per Pacem ad Lucem by Adelaide Anne Procter

1:30

Read by Sonia

On his Blindness by John Milton

1:18

Read by Leanne Yau

The Martyrs' Hymn by Martin Luther

1:06

Read by Sonia

The Pilgrimage by Sir Walter Raleigh

3:42

Read by Jason in Panama

The Master's Touch by Horatius Bonar

1:17

Read by Leanne Yau

The Faithful Angel: From 'Paradise Lost,' Book V by John Milton

1:15

Read by Leanne Yau

Low Spirits by Frederick William Faber

2:55

Read by Tomas Peter

I Saw Thee by Ray Palmer

2:08

Read by Jason in Panama

Losse in Delayes by Robert Southwell

2:36

Read by Sonia

The Seed Growing Secretly by Henry Vaughan

1:08

Read by Leanne Yau

Patience by Paul Hamilton Hayne

2:01

Read by Craig Franklin

Sometime by May Riley Smith

3:06

Read by Craig Franklin

Father, Thy Will be Done! by Sarah Flower Adams

1:33

Read by Jason in Panama

The Prospect by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

1:19

Read by Tomas Peter

The Lost Pleiad by William Gilmore

3:53

Read by Craig Franklin

Passing Away by John Pierpont

4:22

Read by Leanne Yau

Lines found in his Bible in the Gate-house at Westminster by Sir Walter Raleigh

1:02

Read by Leanne Yau

My Ain Countree by Mary Lee Demarest

2:47

Read by Tomas Peter

Coming by Barbara Miller MacAndrew

5:46

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Euthanasia by Willis Gaylord Clark

2:09

Read by Tomas Peter

The Last Man by Thomas Campbell

4:20

Read by Leanne Yau

When by Sarah Woolsey (Susan Coolidge)

2:57

Read by Sonia

Burial of Moses by Cecil Frances Alexander

4:26

Read by Jason in Panama

The Resignation by Thomas Chatterton

2:13

Read by Tomas Peter

'Only Waiting' by Frances Laughton Mace

2:00

Read by Jason in Panama

Hopefully Waiting by Anson D.F. Randolph

3:10

Read by Tomas Peter

Sit Down, Sad Soul by Bryan Waller Procter (Barry Cornwall)

1:28

Read by Leanne Yau

It Kindles All My Soul by Casimir of Poland

1:34

Read by Tomas Peter

Epilogue by Robert Browning

1:37

Read by Sonia

Crossing the Bar by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

1:14

Read by Leanne Yau

The Dying Christian to His Soul by Alexander Pope

1:29

Read by Sonia

Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood by Willia…

11:29

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Soliloquy: On Immortality (from 'Cato,' Act V. Sc. 1) by Joseph Addison

3:05

Read by Sonia

Edwin and Paulinus: The Conversion of Northumbria by Anonymous

2:52

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The Undiscovered Country by Edmund Clarence Stedman

1:31

Read by Jason in Panama

Song of the Silent Land by Johann Gaudenz von Salis

1:32

Read by Jason in Panama

The Other World by Harriet Beecher Stowe

2:33

Read by Craig Franklin

Heaven by Emily Dickinson

0:48

Read by Leanne Yau

Thoughts of Heaven by Robert Nicoll

3:29

Read by Tomas Peter

Nearer Home by Phoebe Cary

1:36

Read by Jason in Panama

Meeting Above by William Leggett

1:55

Read by Leanne Yau

My Days among the Dead by Robert Southey

1:43

Read by Craig Franklin

The Future Life by William Cullen Bryant

2:39

Read by Jason in Panama

Heaven by Anonymous

2:33

Read by Craig Franklin

The Two Worlds by Mortimer Collins

3:20

Read by Jason in Panama

The Answer by Anonymous

2:01

Read by Sonia

Forever with the Lord by James Montgomery

2:46

Read by Jason in Panama

To Heaven Approached a Sufi Saint by Jalal ad-Din Rumi

1:44

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Matter and Man Immortal: From 'Night Thoughts,' Night VI by Dr. Edward Young

3:37

Read by Craig Franklin

Life: From 'Festus,' Scene: 'A Country Town' by Philip James Bailey

2:27

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Heaven by Jeremy Taylor

1:49

Read by Jason in Panama

The Spirit-Land by Jones Very

1:19

Read by Sonia

Heaven by Nancy Amelia Woodbury Priest

1:56

Read by Tomas Peter

Tell Me, Ye Wingèd Winds by Charles Mackay

2:46

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Heaven by Isaac Watts

1:37

Read by Sonia

Peace by Henry Vaughan

1:22

Read by Tomas Peter

Star-Mist: From 'Stars' by John Keble

1:20

Read by Leanne Yau

The Ministry of Angels: From 'The Faërie Queene,' Book II. Canto 8 by Edmund Sp…

1:43

Read by Tomas Peter

Saint Agnes by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

2:06

Read by Sonia

Praise of the Celestial Country by Bernard de Morlaix

10:27

Read by Sonia

The New Jerusalem; or, The Soul's Breathing after the Heavenly Country by Anony…

12:00

Read by Sonia

Paradise by Frederick William Faber

3:24

Read by Tomas Peter

Inscription over the Gate: From 'The Divine Comedy: Hell,' Canto III by Dante A…

1:20

Read by Craig Franklin

Prayer: From 'The Divine Comedy: Purgatory,' Canto VI by Dante Alighieri

2:18

Read by Jason in Panama

Prayer of Penitents: From 'The Divine Comedy: Purgatory,' Canto XI by Dante Ali…

2:12

Read by Jason in Panama

Man's Free-Will: From 'The Divine Comedy: Purgatory,' Canto XVI by Dante Alighi…

1:52

Read by Craig Franklin

Fire of Purification: From 'The Divine Comedy: Purgatory,' Canto XXVII by Dante…

4:23

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Sin and Redemption: From 'The Divine Comedy: Paradise,' Canto VII by Dante Alig…

4:35

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The Triumph of Christ: From 'The Divine Comedy: Paradise,' Canto XIV by Dante A…

4:07

Read by Sonia

The Saints in Glory: From 'The Divine Comedy: Paradise,' Canto XXXI by Dante Al…

4:10

Read by Craig Franklin