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The World's Best Poetry, Volume 1: Home and Friendship (Part 1)

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The first of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, includes a trove of poetry about home and family life, focusing especially on verses about children, verses for children, and fun for little folk. It also includes a general introduction to the series by Carman himself, as well as an introductory essay to the volume by University of Chicago English professor William Darnall MacClintock (1858-1936). (Summary by Tomas Peter) (6 hr 28 min)

Chapters

The Purpose of Poetry by Bliss Carman

39:50

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Young People and the Poets by William Darnall MacClintock

35:40

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The Baby by Kalidasa

0:50

Read by Anusha Iyer

Birth by Annie R. Stillman (Grace Raymond)

1:24

Read by Anusha Iyer

The Baby by George MacDonald

1:51

Read by Sonia

Weighing the Baby by Ethelinda Elliott Beers (Ethel Lynn)

2:14

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Laus Infantium by William Canton

1:35

Read by Jason in Panama

Étude réaliste by Algernon Charles Swinburne

2:05

Read by Sonia

The Babie by Jeremiah Eames Rankin

1:26

Read by Craig Franklin

The Angel's Whisper by Samuel Lover

1:38

Read by Sonia

Lullaby: From 'The Princess' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

1:24

Read by Leanne Yau

The Happy Hour by Mary Frances Butts

1:28

Read by Tomas Peter

Cradle Song by Anonymous

1:15

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Cradle Song: From 'Bitter-Sweet' by Josiah Gilbert Holland

2:52

Read by Sonia

Japanese Lullaby by Eugene Field

1:34

Read by Leanne Yau

Philip, My King by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

2:26

Read by Tomas Peter

Baby May by William Cox Bennett

2:57

Read by Craig Franklin

Little Feet by Elizabeth Akers

2:47

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Baby Louise by Margaret Eytinge

1:31

Read by Craig Franklin

Silent Baby by Ellen Bartlett Currier

1:53

Read by Anusha Iyer

The Household Sovereign: From 'The Hanging of the Crane' by Henry Wadsworth Lon…

1:56

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On the Picture of an Infant (Playing Near a Precipice) by Leonidas of Alexandria

1:06

Read by Anusha Iyer

The Mother's Sacrifice by Seba Smith

1:43

Read by Anusha Iyer

Mother and Child by William Gilmore Simms

2:07

Read by Sonia

Children by Walter Savage Landor

1:01

Read by Sonia

Polly by William Brighty Rands

1:32

Read by Leanne Yau

To My Infant Son by Thomas Hood

3:22

Read by Sonia

Letty's Globe by Charles Tennyson Turner

1:26

Read by Anusha Iyer

Willie Winkie by William Miller

1:40

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To J. H. (Four Years Old: A Nursery Song) by Leigh Hunt

4:34

Read by Sonia

Seven Times Four: Maternity by Jean Ingelow

1:47

Read by Craig Franklin

The Mother's Hope by Laman Blanchard

2:55

Read by Jason in Panama

Bedtime by Francis, Earl of Rosslyn

1:20

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To Hartley Coleridge (Six Years Old) by William Wordsworth

2:21

Read by Craig Franklin

My Little Girl by Samuel Minturn Peck

1:22

Read by Leanne Yau

Little Goldenhair by Mrs. F. Burge Smith

2:24

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The Unfinished Prayer by Anonymous

1:29

Read by Sonia

Cuddle Doon by Alexander Anderson

2:33

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The Witch in the Glass by Sarah M. B. Piatt

1:05

Read by Anusha Iyer

Small and Early by Tudor Jenks

2:29

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Seven Times One by Jean Ingelow

2:09

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The Lost Heir by Thomas Hood

8:51

Read by Sonia

The Gambols of Children by George Darley

1:07

Read by Jason in Panama

The Child in the Garden by Henry van Dyke

1:21

Read by Tomas Peter

A Portrait by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

3:34

Read by Anusha Iyer

To a Child During Sickness by Leigh Hunt

2:33

Read by Sonia

Baby Bell by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

5:05

Read by Leanne Yau

Our Wee White Rose by Gerald Massey

2:26

Read by Tomas Peter

Baby's Shoes by William Cox Bennett

1:48

Read by Jason in Panama

Baby Zulma's Christmas Carol by Augustus Julian Requier

4:12

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On the Death of an Infant by Dirk Smits

1:41

Read by Craig Franklin

She Came and Went by James Russell Lowell

1:35

Read by Jason in Panama

Three Years She Grew by William Wordsworth

2:29

Read by Anusha Iyer

We Are Seven by William Wordsworth

3:09

Read by Leanne Yau

Boyhood by Washington Allston

1:11

Read by Craig Franklin

Pictures of Memory by Alice Cary

2:01

Read by Sonia

The Mitherless Bairn by William Thom

2:48

Read by Craig Franklin

My Mother's Picture by William Cowper

7:24

Read by Sonia

I Remember, I Remember by Thomas Hood

1:41

Read by Leanne Yau

The Barefoot Boy by John Greenleaf Whittier

5:04

Read by Jason in Panama

Rain on the Roof by Coates Kinney

2:21

Read by Leanne Yau

Whittling (A National Portrait) by John Pierpont

2:45

Read by Tomas Peter

The Old Oaken Bucket by Samuel Woodworth

2:30

Read by Craig Franklin

The Old Arm-chair by Eliza Cook

2:11

Read by Leanne Yau

Woodman, Spare That Tree by George Pope Morris

1:39

Read by Sonia

A Parable by Mathilde Blind

1:30

Read by Anusha Iyer

The Piper by William Blake

1:26

Read by Tomas Peter

Choosing a Name by Mary Lamb

1:35

Read by Sonia

What Does Little Birdie Say?: From 'Sea Dreams' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

1:16

Read by Leanne Yau

A Cradle Hymn by Isaac Watts

4:05

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Go Sleep, Ma Honey by Edward D. Barker

2:33

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No Baby in the House by Clara G. Dolliver

1:25

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A Dutch Lullaby by Eugene Field

2:34

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Half-Waking by William Allingham

1:15

Read by Sonia

Twinkle, Twinkle by Anonymous

2:40

Read by Leanne Yau

Pretty Cow by Jane Taylor

1:00

Read by Craig Franklin

The Three Little Kittens (A Cat's Tale, with Additions) by Eliza Lee Follen

2:09

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The Land of Counterpane by Robert Louis Stevenson

1:07

Read by Jason in Panama

How Doth the Little Busy Bee by Isaac Watts

1:09

Read by Leanne Yau

Try Again by Anonymous

1:10

Read by Sonia

Good Night and Good Morning by Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton

2:01

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The Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt

4:08

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Thread and Song by John Williamson Palmer

1:24

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Let Dogs Delight to Bark and Bite by Isaac Watts

1:28

Read by Craig Franklin

The Children's Church by Karl von Gerok

2:32

Read by Jason in Panama

Child's Evening Hymn by Sabine Baring-Gould

3:39

Read by Tomas Peter

'It Is Finished' by Christina Georgina Rossetti

2:31

Read by Craig Franklin

A Little Child's Hymn (For Night and Morning) by Francis Turner Palgrave

1:32

Read by Jason in Panama

Sheep and Lambs by Katharine Tynan Hinkson

1:22

Read by Jason in Panama

'By Cool Siloam's Shady Rill' by Reginald Heber

2:57

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The Romance of the Swan's Nest by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

5:06

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A Good Play by Robert Louis Stevenson

1:09

Read by Anusha Iyer

A Life-Lesson by James Whitcomb Riley

1:22

Read by Leanne Yau

The Dead Doll by Margaret Vandegrift

3:14

Read by Anusha Iyer

Foreign Children by Robert Louis Stevenson

1:15

Read by Sonia

The Unseen Playmate by Robert Louis Stevenson

1:41

Read by Craig Franklin

The Shadows by Frank Dempster Sherman

1:26

Read by Sonia

The Dancers by Michael Field

1:07

Read by Anusha Iyer

My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson

1:32

Read by Leanne Yau

Little Bell by Thomas Westwood

4:05

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Wings by Mary Louise Ritter

1:03

Read by Anusha Iyer

Foreign Lands by Robert Louis Stevenson

1:17

Read by Leanne Yau

Under My Window by Thomas Westwood

1:45

Read by Leanne Yau

The Land of Story-books by Robert Louis Stevenson

1:44

Read by Anusha Iyer

Fairy Days by William Makepeace Thackeray

2:49

Read by Leanne Yau

The Wind in a Frolic by William Howitt

3:01

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The Wind by Robert Louis Stevenson

1:16

Read by Sonia

The Man in the Moon by James Whitcomb Riley

2:51

Read by Tomas Peter

The Fairies of the Caldon Low (A Midsummer Legend) by Mary Howitt

4:39

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The Elf and the Dormouse by Oliver Herford

1:24

Read by Anusha Iyer

A Little Dutch Garden by Harriet Whitney Durbin

1:24

Read by Jason in Panama

The First Rose of Summer by Oliver Herford

1:05

Read by Sonia

A Belated Violet by Oliver Herford

2:17

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The Frost by Hannah Flagg Gould

2:22

Read by Anusha Iyer

A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore

3:51

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Little Orphant Annie by James Whitcomb Riley

2:43

Read by Craig Franklin

Old-School Punishment by Anonymous

1:07

Read by Sonia

In School-Days by John Greenleaf Whittier

2:35

Read by Leanne Yau

Seein' Things by Eugene Field

2:30

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A Mortifying Mistake by Anna Maria Pratt

1:49

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The Smack in School by William Pitt Palmer

2:28

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There Was a Little Girl by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1:07

Read by Jason in Panama

The Story of Cruel Frederick: From 'The English Struwwelpeter' by Heinrich Hoff…

1:50

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The Dreadful Story about Harriet and the Matches: From 'The English Struwwelpet…

3:18

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The Story of Johnny-Head-in-Air: From 'The English Struwwelpeter' by Heinrich H…

2:52

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The Three Children by Anonymous

0:57

Read by Craig Franklin

The Owl and the Pussy-cat by Edward Lear

2:14

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Mr. and Mrs. Spikky Sparrow by Edward Lear

3:47

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The Walrus and the Carpenter: From 'Alice in Wonderland' by Charles Lutwidge Do…

5:01

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Good King Arthur by Anonymous

0:55

Read by Leanne Yau

From 'Max and Maurice' by Wilhelm Busch

10:32

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The Jumblies by Edward Lear

3:37

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The History Lesson by Anonymous

1:20

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Sage Counsel by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

1:29

Read by Craig Franklin

Limericks: From 'A Book of Nonsense' by Edward Lear

6:18

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There Was a Small Boy of Quebec by Rudyard Kipling

0:41

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More Limericks by Anonymous

0:53

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Finis by Anonymous

0:47

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