World's Best Poetry, Volume 9: Tragedy and Humor (Part 2)

Chapters

1. 1 Saint Anthony's Sermon to the Fishes by AnonymousCraig Franklin 2:22
2. 2 King John and the Abbot of Canterbury: From 'Percy's Reliques' by AnonymousSonia, Leanne Yau, Tomas Peter, Craig Franklin 6:42
3. 3 Gluggity Glug: From 'The Myrtle and the Vine' by George Colman the YoungerLeanne Yau, Jason in Panama 1:58
4. 4 I Am a Friar of Orders Gray: From the Opera of 'Robin Hood' by John O'KeeffeJason in Panama 1:33
5. 5 Good Ale by John StillLeanne Yau, Craig Franklin 2:35
6. 6 The Pilgrims and the Peas by Dr. John Wolcot (Peter Pindar)Tomas Peter, Jason in Panama, Foon 3:36
7. 7 The Vicar of Bray by AnonymousTomas Peter 4:52
8. 8 Hudibras' Sword and Dagger: From 'Hudibras,' Part I by Dr. Samuel ButlerSonia 2:09
9. 9 The Fine Old English Gentleman by AnonymousFoon 2:48
10. 10 Toby Tosspot by George Colman the YoungerSonia, Tomas Peter, Craig Franklin 4:02
11. 11 The Milkmaid by Jeffreys TaylorLeanne Yau, Jason in Panama 2:47
12. 12 Morning Meditations by Thomas HoodCraig Franklin 2:23
13. 13 Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog by Oliver GoldsmithLeanne Yau 1:34
14. 14 Old Grimes by Albert G. GreeneTomas Peter 2:34
15. 15 Elegy on Madam Blaize by Oliver GoldsmithFoon 1:46
16. 16 The Grave-Yard: From 'A Fable for Critics' by James Russell LowellTomas Peter 2:05
17. 17 Faithless Nelly Gray (A Pathetic Ballad) by Thomas HoodSonia, Craig Franklin, Foon 3:30
18. 18 Faithless Sally Brown by Thomas HoodSonia, Leanne Yau, Tomas Peter, Jason in Panama, Craig Franklin 3:31
19. 19 Orator Puff by Thomas MooreSonia, Jason in Panama, Craig Franklin, Foon 2:11
20. 20 The Gouty Merchant and the Stranger by Horace SmithSonia, Tomas Peter, Craig Franklin 2:40
21. 21 The Diverting History of John Gilpin by William CowperSonia, Leanne Yau, Tomas Peter, Jason in Panama, Craig Franklin, Foon 11:13
22. 22 Epigrams by Samuel Taylor ColeridgeFoon 2:22
23. 23 The Razor-Seller by Dr. John Wolcot (Peter Pindar)Leanne Yau, Tomas Peter, Jason in Panama 3:51
24. 24 Paper (A Conversational Pleasantry) by Benjamin FranklinCraig Franklin 3:48
25. 25 Epitaph: For the Tombstone Erected over the Marquis of Anglesea's Leg, Lost at Waterloo by George CanningTomas Peter 2:07
26. 26 Rudolph the Headsman: From 'This Is It' by Oliver Wendell HolmesLeanne Yau, Tomas Peter, Craig Franklin 1:28
27. 27 Song of One Eleven Years in Prison by George CanningTomas Peter, Foon 3:12
28. 28 Little Billee by William Makepeace ThackeraySonia, Leanne Yau, Jason in Panama, Craig Franklin 2:14
29. 29 Captain Reece by William Schwenck GilbertSonia, Tomas Peter, Jason in Panama, Craig Franklin 4:48
30. 30 The Yarn of the 'Nancy Bell': From 'The Bab Ballads' by William Schwenck GilbertLeanne Yau, Tomas Peter, Craig Franklin 4:59
31. 31 The Art of Book-Keeping by Thomas HoodTomas Peter 4:06
32. 32 Address to the Toothache by Robert BurnsLeanne Yau 1:56
33. 33 To the Terrestrial Globe (By a Miserable Wretch) by William Schwenck GilbertJason in Panama 1:19
34. 34 The Nose and the Eyes by William CowperLeanne Yau, Tomas Peter 2:18
35. 35 The Vowels: An Enigma by Jonathan SwiftLeanne Yau 0:47
36. 36 Alnwick Castle by Fitz-Greene HalleckLeanne Yau 4:39
37. 37 The Latest Decalogue by Arthur Hugh CloughSonia 1:32
38. 38 The New Church Organ by Will CarletonSonia 4:21
39. 39 Tonis ad Resto Mare by Jonathan SwiftLeanne Yau 1:30
40. 40 The Irishman and the Lady by William MaginnTomas Peter 2:36
41. 41 The Recruit by Robert William ChambersTomas Peter, Foon 3:16
42. 42 Ritter Hugo by Charles Godfrey LelandSonia, Jason in Panama, Foon 2:22
43. 43 Hans Breitmann's Party by Charles Godfrey LelandTomas Peter 2:50
44. 44 Leedle Yawcob Strauss by Charles Follen AdamsLeanne Yau 2:13
45. 45 Dot Long-Handled Dipper by Charles Follen AdamsSonia 3:02
46. 46 The Jackdaw of Rheims by Richard Harris Barham (Thomas Ingoldsby, Esq.)Sonia, Leanne Yau, Tomas Peter, Jason in Panama 7:53
47. 47 America: From 'A Fable for Critics' by James Russell LowellLeanne Yau 2:21
48. 48 What Mr. Robinson Thinks: From 'The Biglow Papers,' No. III by James Russell LowellCraig Franklin 3:40
49. 49 Swell's Soliloquy by AnonymousTomas Peter 1:44
50. 50 The Compliment by Eugene FieldLeanne Yau, Craig Franklin 1:19
51. 51 The Nantucket Skipper by James Thomas FieldsTomas Peter, Jason in Panama, Craig Franklin 2:29
52. 52 The One-Hoss Shay; or, The Deacon's Masterpiece (A Logical Story) by Oliver Wendell HolmesTomas Peter, Jason in Panama, Foon 7:04
53. 53 Griggsby's Station by James Whitcomb RileyCraig Franklin 2:56
54. 54 He'd Had No Show by Sam Walter FossSonia, Craig Franklin, Foon 1:59
55. 55 The Mystified Quaker in New York by AnonymousSonia, Leanne Yau, Tomas Peter, Jason in Panama 4:47
56. 56 To the 'Sextant' by Arabella M. WillsonFoon 4:09
57. 57 Jim Bludso of the Prairie Belle: Pike County Ballads by John HaySonia, Craig Franklin 2:50
58. 58 To the Pliocene Skull (A Geological Address) by Bret HarteTomas Peter, Craig Franklin, Foon 4:35
59. 59 Little Breeches: A Pike County View of Special Providence by John HayJason in Panama, Foon 2:56
60. 60 Jim by Bret HarteJason in Panama 2:05
61. 61 Banty Tim by John HayFoon 2:57
62. 62 Dow's Flat by Bret HarteCraig Franklin 4:00
63. 63 The Society upon the Stanislaus by Bret HarteJason in Panama 3:03
64. 64 Plain Language from Truthful James (Popularly Known as 'The Heathen Chinee') by Bret HarteLeanne Yau, Craig Franklin 2:35
65. 65 A Plantation Ditty by Frank Lebby StantonLeanne Yau, Tomas Peter 1:12
66. 66 De Fust Banjo by Irwin RussellTomas Peter, Jason in Panama, Craig Franklin 4:00
67. 67 Perils of Thinking by AnonymousJason in Panama 0:45
68. 68 Nebuchadnezzar by Irwin RussellFoon 2:04
69. 69 A Life's Love by AnonymousCraig Franklin 1:36
70. 70 Darwin by Mortimer CollinsCraig Franklin 0:36
71. 71 Ode for a Social Meeting (With Slight Alterations by a Teetotaller) by Oliver Wendell HolmesSonia 2:26
72. 72 Hollow Hospitality: From 'Satires,' Book III, Satire 3 by Dr. Joseph HallSonia, Foon 2:31
73. 73 A Recipe: Roasted Sucking-Pig (from 'Punch's Poetical Cookery Book') by AnonymousFoon 2:17
74. 74 A Recipe for Salad by Sydney SmithLeanne Yau, Foon 1:44
75. 75 Ode to Tobacco by Charles S. CalverleyTomas Peter 1:56
76. 76 A Farewell to Tobacco by Charles LambFoon 7:23
77. 77 Too Great a Sacrifice by AnonymousLeanne Yau, Jason in Panama 0:58
78. 78 From 'Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum' by Wallace IrwinTomas Peter 2:02
79. 79 A Saddened Tramp by AnonymousJason in Panama, Foon 0:52
80. 80 The Modern House That Jack Built by AnonymousFoon 4:14
81. 81 The Friend of Humanity and the Knife-Grinder by George CanningSonia, Tomas Peter, Jason in Panama 2:42
82. 82 Deborah Lee by William H. BurleighLeanne Yau 2:47
83. 83 The Cock and the Bull by Charles Stuart CalverleySonia, Foon 7:34
84. 84 The Auld Wife by Charles Stuart CalverleyLeanne Yau, Craig Franklin, Foon 2:37
85. 85 Lovers, and a Reflection by Charles Stuart CalverleySonia 4:03
86. 86 Nephelidia by Algernon Charles SwinburneSonia 3:30
87. 87 The Arab by Charles Stuart CalverleySonia 2:17
88. 88 The Modern Hiawatha by AnonymousFoon 0:58
89. 89 Poems Received in Response to an Advertised Call for a National Anthem by Robert H. Newell (Orpheus C. Kerr)Sonia, Leanne Yau, Tomas Peter, Jason in Panama, Craig Franklin, Foon 8:19
90. 90 Belagcholly Days by AnonymousLeanne Yau 1:50
91. 91 Sneezing by Leigh HuntSonia, Craig Franklin 1:09
92. 92 To My Nose by Alfred A. Forrester (Alfred Crowquill)Sonia 0:51
93. 93 Lapsus Calami by James Kenneth StephenSonia 1:10
94. 94 A Conservative by Charlotte Perkins GilmanLeanne Yau, Foon 2:22
95. 95 'Forever' by Charles Stuart CalverleySonia 2:04
96. 96 Siege of Belgrade by AnonymousTomas Peter 2:06
97. 97 My Love by AnonymousLeanne Yau 1:39
98. 98 Ode to the Human Heart by Laman BlanchardCraig Franklin 1:39
99. 99 Metrical Feet by Samuel Taylor ColeridgeTomas Peter 1:03
100. 100 Nocturnal Sketch (Blank Verse in Rhyme) by Thomas HoodSonia, Leanne Yau, Foon 2:42
101. 101 Railroad Rhyme by John Godfrey SaxeCraig Franklin 2:34
102. 102 Physics (The Unconscious Poetizing of a Philosopher) by William WhewellFoon 0:47
103. 103 The Collegian to His Bride: Being a Mathematical Madrigal in the Simplest Form by AnonymousCraig Franklin 1:11
104. 104 The Lawyer's Invocation to Spring by Henry Howard BrownellLeanne Yau 1:07
105. 105 The Cosmic Egg by AnonymousFoon 1:17
106. 106 The Hen by Matthias ClaudiusSonia, Tomas Peter, Foon 1:45
107. 107 Ode—To the Roc by William John CourthopeSonia, Foon 3:48
108. 108 Motherhood by Charles Stuart CalverleyLeanne Yau, Foon 3:05
109. 109 Disaster by Charles Stuart CalverleyFoon 2:38
110. 110 Lines Written in an Album by Willis GaylordTomas Peter 1:01
111. 111 On the Brink by Charles Stuart CalverleyLeanne Yau 2:50
112. 112 The V-A-S-E by James Jeffrey RocheSonia, Leanne Yau, Tomas Peter, Craig Franklin, Foon 2:23
113. 113 Larks and Nightingales by Nathan Haskell DoleLeanne Yau 1:30
114. 114 Of Blue China by Andrew LangLeanne Yau 1:37
115. 115 A Riddle: The Letter 'H' by Catherine FanshaweCraig Franklin 2:07
116. 116 A Threnody by George Thomas LaniganSonia, Foon 2:44
117. 117 Lines to Miss Florence Huntington by AnonymousSonia 2:35
118. 118 Nonsense by Thomas MooreCraig Franklin 1:02
119. 119 The Purple Cow by Gelett BurgessTomas Peter 0:36
120. 120 Psycholophon by Gelett BurgessTomas Peter 0:58
121. 121 The Baker's Tale: From 'The Hunting of the Snark' by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll)Sonia, Tomas Peter, Craig Franklin, Foon 3:55
122. 122 Jabberwocky by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll)Leanne Yau, Craig Franklin 1:46
123. 123 For a Novel of Hall Caine's (After Kipling) by Robert Bridges (Droch)Sonia 0:48