The World’s Best Poetry

Bliss Carman, Editor-in-Chief

These 2,287 selections are classified into 9 volumes and subcategorized by expert poetic editors who introduce each one with an insightful essay.

Bibliographic Record

Contents

PHILADELPHIA: JOHN D. MORRIS & CO., 1904
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2012

I. Of Home: of Friendship
Poems of Home
	I.	About Children
	II.	For Children
	III.	Fun for Little Folk
	IV.	Youth
	V.	The Home
Poems of Friendship
II. Love
	I.	Admiration
	II.	Love’s Nature
	III.	Love’s Beginnings
	IV.	Wooing and Winning
	V.	Cautions and Complaints
	VI.	Lovers
	VII.	Love’s Power
	VIII.	Wedded Love
III. Sorrow and Consolation
	I.	Disappointment in Love
	II.	Parting and Absence
	III.	Adversity
	IV.	Comfort and Cheer
	V.	Death and Bereavement
	VI.	Consolation
IV. The Higher Life
	I.	The Divine Element—(God, Christ, the Holy Spirit)
	II.	Prayer and Aspiration
	III.	Faith: Hope: Love: Service
	IV.	Sabbath: Worship: Creed
	V.	Selections from “Paradise Lost”
	VI.	Human Experience
	VII.	Death: Immortality: Heaven
	VIII.	Selections from “The Divine Comedy”
V. Nature
	I.	Nature’s Influence
	II.	Light: Day: Night
	III.	The Seasons
	IV.	Inland Waters: Highlands
	V.	Trees: Flowers: Plants
	VI.	Animate Nature
	VII.	The Sea
VI. Fancy: Sentiment
Poems of Fancy
	I.	The Imagination
	II.	Fairies: Elves: Sprites
	III.	Mythical: Mystical: Legendary
Poems of Sentiment
	I.	Time
	II.	Life
	III.	Memory
	IV.	Thought: Poetry: Books
	V.	The Arts
	VI.	Labor and Rest
VII. Descriptive: Narrative
Descriptive Poems
	I.	Personal
		Rulers; Statesmen; Warriors
		Great Writers
		Miscellaneous
	II.	Nature and Art
	III.	Places
Narrative Poems
	I.	Greece
	II.	Rome
	III.	Norseland
	IV.	Germany
	V.	The Orient
	VI.	Spain
	VII.	France
	VIII.	England
	IX.	Scotland
	X.	America
VIII. National Spirit
	I.	Patriotism
	II.	Freedom
	III.	War
	IV.	Peace
IX. Tragedy: Humor
Poems of Tragedy
	I.	Greece
	II.	Rome
	III.	The Orient
	IV.	Germany
	V.	Italy
	VI.	Spain
	VII.	Switzerland
	VIII.	France
	IX.	Russia
	X.	Scotland
	XI.	Ireland
	XII.	England
	XIII.	America
	XIV.	Canada
	XV.	The Sea
Humorous Poems
	I.	Woman
	II.	Miscellaneous
	III.	Parodies: Imitations
	IV.	Ingenuities: Oddities
	V.	Nonsense