The third of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection includes a range of famous poems relating to such topics as disappointment in love; parting and absence; adversity; comfort and cheer; death and bereavement; and consolation. It also includes an introductory essay by American theologian Lyman Abbott (1835-1922). There are links to sung versions of some of the poems on the Internet Archive page. Summary by Tomas Peter
An Interpreter of Life by Lyman AbbottThe Course of True Love: From "Midsummer Night's Dream," Act I. Sc. 1 by William ShakespeareLady Clara Vere de Vere by Alfred, Lord TennysonLinda to Hafed: From "The Fire-Worshippers" by Thomas MooreLove Not by Caroline Elizabeth Sheridan (Hon. Mrs. Norton)The Princess by Bjørnstjerne BjørnsonUnrequited Love: From "Twelfth Night," Act I. Sc. 4 by William ShakespeareFair Ines by Thomas HoodThe Banks o' Doon by Robert BurnsSonnet: From "Astrophel and Stella" by Sir Philip SidneyAgatha by Alfred AustinThe Sun-Dial by Austin DobsonLocksley Hall by Alfred, Lord TennysonSong by Sir Walter ScottAuld Robin Gray by Lady Anne BarnardTo a Portrait by Arthur SymonsMaud Muller by John Greenleaf WhittierThe Palm and the Pine by Heinrich HeineCumnor Hall by William Julius MickleWaly, Waly by AnonymousLady Ann Bothwell's Lament: A Scottish Song by AnonymousMy Heid Is Like to Rend, Willie by William MotherwellAshes of Roses by Elaine Goodale EastmanA Woman's Love by John HayThe Shadow Rose by Robert Cameron RogersHas Summer Come without the Rose? by Arthur O'ShaughnessyThe Dirty Old Man: A Lay of Leadenhall by William AllinghamHome, Wounded by Sydney DobellDivided by Jean IngelowTo Diane de Poitiers by Clément MarotThe Spinner by Mary Ainge De Vere (Madeline Bridges)Take, O, Take Those Lips Away by William Shakespeare and John FletcherWoman's Inconstancy by Sir Robert AytonTime's Revenge by AgathiasThe Dream by Lord ByronAlas! How Light a Cause May Move: From "The Light of the Harem" by Thomas MooreBlighted Love by Luís de CamõesThe Nevermore by Dante Gabriel RossettiThe Portrait by Robert Bulwer-Lytton (Owen Meredith)Only a Woman by Dinah Maria Mulock CraikDorothy in the Garret by John Townsend TrowbridgeThe Nun and Harp by Harriet Prescott SpoffordFidelity in Doubt by Guiraud Le RouxFaith by Frances Anne Kemble-ButlerParting by Coventry PatmoreTo Lucasta, On Going to the Wars by Richard LovelaceGood-bye by AnonymousAe Fond Kiss before We Part by Robert BurnsO, My Luve's Like a Red, Red Rose by Robert BurnsMaid of Athens, Ere We Part by Lord ByronSong of the Young Highlander Summoned from His Bride by the "Fiery Cross of Roderick Dhu": From "The Lady of the Lake" by Sir Walter ScottBlack-Eyed Susan by John GayThe Parting Lovers by AnonymousLochaber No More by Allan RamsayAs Slow Our Ship by Thomas MooreQua Cursum Ventus by Arthur Hugh CloughAdieu, Adieu! My Native Shore by Lord ByronFarewell to His Wife by Lord ByronCome, Let Us Kisse and Parte by Michael DraytonFarewell! Thou Art Too Dear: Sonnet LXXXVII by William ShakespeareKathleen Mavourneen by Julia (or Louisa Macartney) CrawfordWe Parted in Silence by Julia (or Louisa Macartney) CrawfordAuf Wiedersehen: Summer by James Russell LowellPalinode: Autumn by James Russell LowellFarewell!—But Whenever by Thomas MooreParting of Hector and Andromache: From "The Iliad," Book VI by HomerHector to His Wife: From "The Iliad," Book VI by HomerTo Lucasta by Richard LovelaceTo Her Absent Sailor: From "The Tent on the Beach" by John Greenleaf WhittierI Love My Jean by Robert BurnsJeanie Morrison by William MotherwellO, Saw Ye Bonnie Leslie? by Robert BurnsThe Rustic Lad's Lament in the Town by David Macbeth MoirAbsence by Frances Anne KembleRobin Adair by Lady Caroline KeppelDaisy by Francis ThompsonSong of Egla by Maria Gowen Brooks (Maria del Occidente)What Ails This Heart o' Mine? by Susanna BlamireLove's Memory: From "All's Well That Ends Well," Act I. Sc. 1 by William ShakespeareAbsence by AnonymousThinkin' Long by Anna MacManus (Ethna Carbery)"Tears, Idle Tears": From "The Princess" by Alfred, Lord TennysonThe Old Familiar Faces by Charles LambCome to Me, Dearest by Joseph BrenanThe Wife to Her Husband by AnonymousMy Old Kentucky Home: Negro Song by Stephen Collins FosterOld Folks at Home by Stephen Collins FosterThe Present Good: From "The Task," Book VI by William CowperMan by Walter Savage LandorThe World by Francis, Lord BaconMoan, Moan, Ye Dying Gales by Henry NeeleThe Vanity of the World by Francis QuarlesBlow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind: From "As You Like It," Act II. Sc. 7 by William ShakespeareThe Wail of Prometheus Bound: From "Prometheus" by AeschylusSamson on His Blindness: From "Samson Agonistes" by John MiltonLines by Chidiock TichborneHence, All Ye Vain Delights: From "The Nice Valour," Act III. Sc. 3 by John FletcherThe Fall of Cardinal Wolsey: From "King Henry VIII," Act III. Sc. 2 by William ShakespeareThe Approach of Age: From "Tales of the Hall" by George CrabbeStanzas Written in Dejection near Naples by Percy Bysshe ShelleyOde to a Nightingale by John KeatsPerished: Catskill Mountain House by Mary Louise RitterByron's Latest Verses by Lord ByronA Doubting Heart by Adelaide Anne ProcterThe Voiceless by Oliver Wendell HolmesA Lament by Percy Bysshe Shelley"What Can an Old Man Do but Die?" by Thomas HoodOver the Hill to the Poor-house by Will CarletonOld by Ralph HoytThe Last Leaf by Oliver Wendell HolmesThe Last Leaf: Ya Perezhil Svoï Zhelanya by Alexander Sergeyevich PushkinThe Old Vagabond by Pierre-Jean de BérangerThe Beggar by Thomas MossA Rough Rhyme on a Rough Matter: The English Game Laws by Charles Kingsley"They Are Dear Fish to Me" by AnonymousGive Me Three Grains of Corn, Mother: The Irish Famine by Amelia Blandford EdwardsThe Song of the Shirt by Thomas HoodThe Pauper's Drive by Thomas NoelUnseen Spirits by Nathaniel Parker WillisBeautiful Snow by James W. WatsonLondon Churches by Richard Monckton Milnes (Lord Houghton)The Bridge of Sighs by Thomas HoodGuilty, or Not Guilty? by AnonymousThe Female Convict by Letitia Elizabeth LandonHopeless Grief by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3: Sorrow and Consolation (Part 1) - Various - Description and brief content, listen free online on the e-library site at Knigi-Audio.com/en/
