Bliss Carman, et al., eds. 1904. The World's Best Poetry

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Art is that lovely corporeal body with which man endowers the spirit of goodness and the thought of truth.

—The Purpose of Poetry.

Bliss
Carman

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.

CONTENTS

Bibliographic Record General Introduction

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

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