Robert Bridges, ed. (1844–1930). The Spirit of Man: An Anthology. 1916.
Book IV: Nos. 342–449.
Lovingkindness — Sympathies — Christian Charity — Myths — Christian Virtue — Vocation & Active Virtue — Social Virtue & Freedom — Heroism — The Happy Warrior — Life in Death — The Heavenly Kingdom.
- Richard Watson Dixon (1833–1900)—From The Wanderer
- William Blake (1757–1827)—Daybreak
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)—Prometheus, i. 618
- Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821–1881)—From The Brothers Karamazof
- William Blake (1757–1827)—The Lamb
- William Wordsworth (1770–1850)—From Ode to Duty
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)—From Mr. Bowyer Nichols’ quotation in Words and Days
- William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)—The Pity of Love
- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121–180)—vii. 9
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)—Prometheus, iv. 400
- Henri-Frédéric Amiel (c. 1821–1881)—From Fragments d’un Journal Intime, ii, p. 237
- Francis William Bourdillon (1852–1921)—Ailes d’Alouette
- Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821–1881)—From The Brothers Karamazof
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)—From The Ancient Mariner
- John Keats (1795–1821)—From Revision of Hyperion
- Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821–1881)—From The Brothers Karamazof
- Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)—In the Valley of the Elwy
- William Shakespeare (1564–1616)—From As You Like It, ii. 7
- William Blake (1757–1827)—From William Bond
- William Shakespeare (1564–1616)—K. Lear, iii. 4
- William Wordsworth (1770–1850)—Resolution and Independence, 1802
- John Keats (1795–1821)—Meg Merrilies
- José-Maria de Heredia (1842–1905)—Le Laboureur
- Arthur Rimbaud (1854–1891)—Bonne pensée du matin
- William Wordsworth (1770–1850)—From Song at the Feast of Brougham Castle
- Henri-Frédéric Amiel (c. 1821–1881)—From Fragments d’un Journal Intime, ii, p. 74
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)—From The Ancient Mariner
- Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)—The Handsome Heart
- André Chénier (1762–1794)—From Fragments d’Idylles
- Digby Mackworth Dolben (1848–1867)—The Shrine
- James Naylor (1618–1660)—His last testimony
- Digby Mackworth Dolben (1848–1867)—He Would Have His Lady Sing
- Virgil (70–19 B.C.)—From The Ænead
- John Milton (1608–1674)—Paradise Lost, ii. 582
- Bible—Matthew, 25:31
- Plato (427?–347 B.C.)—From Phaedo
- John Milton (1608–1674)—End of Comus
- Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400)—Truth; George Herbert (1593–1633)—Employment
- Thomas à Kempis (1379/80–1471)—III. 57
- Plato (427?–347 B.C.)—Republic 604, B
- Henri-Frédéric Amiel (c. 1821–1881)—From Fragments d’un Journal Intime, ii, p. 130
- John Milton (1608–1674)—On His Blindness
- Henri-Frédéric Amiel (c. 1821–1881)—From Fragments d’un Journal Intime, ii, p. 177
- Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)—The Habit of Perfection
- Sir Walter Raleigh (1554?–1618)—His Pilgrimage
- Digby Mackworth Dolben (1848–1867)—Requests
- Henri-Frédéric Amiel (c. 1821–1881)—From Fragments d’un Journal Intime, i, p. 1
- Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910)—From Resurrection
- John Milton (1608–1674)—On His Being Arrived to the Age of Twenty-Three
- Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)—From Pensées
- Charles Wesley (1707–1788)—Hymn No. 94
- John Milton (1608–1674)—From Areopagitica
- Richard Watson Dixon (1833–1900)—From Lyrical Poems
- George Borrow (1803–1881)—From Lavengro
- John Milton (1608–1674)—Paradise Lost, v. 519
- Kabir (1440–1518)—From One Hundred Poems, i. 68
- Henri-Frédéric Amiel (c. 1821–1881)—From Fragments d’un Journal Intime, i, p. 95
- Kabir (1440–1518)—From One Hundred Poems, i. 82
- Henri-Frédéric Amiel (c. 1821–1881)—From Fragments d’un Journal Intime, ii, p. 192
- Michel Eyquem, seigneur de Montaigne (1533–1592)—Essais, ii. 17
- Richard Watson Dixon (1833–1900)—From Love’s Consolation
- Robert Burns (1759–1796)—From Epistle to Dr. Blacklock
- Edmund Burke (1729–1797)—From Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents
- Thucydides (c. 460–395 B.C.)—Hist. ii. 37
- Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu (1698–1755)—Quoted in Sainte-Beuve
- Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)—From Reply to a Serenade
- Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)—From Address at Dedication of National Cemetery at Gettysburg
- Edmund Burke (1729–1797)—From Speech on moving his Resolutions for Conciliation with the Colonies
- John Milton (1608–1674)—From Areopagitica
- William Blake (1757–1827)—From Milton
- Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)—Lay of the Last Minstrel
- Sir Francis Hastings Doyle (1810–1888)—From The Private of the Buffs
- John Milton (1608–1674)—From Samson Agonistes
- Kabir (1440–1518)—From One Hundred Poems, i. 36
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)—From Hellas
- Church Service—Accingimini
- Anonymous—From The Times, 1914
- Anonymous—From a South Indian Tamil book of poems
- William Wordsworth (1770–1850)—Character of the Happy Warrior
- Homer (fl. 850 B.C.)—From the Iliad
- John Keats (1795–1821)—From Sonnet
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)—From On Death
- Andrew Lang (1844–1912)—Song by the Subconscious Self
- William James (1842–1910)—From The Will to Believe
- William Blake (1757–1827)—To the Christians
- Julian Grenfell (1888–1915)—Into Battle
- William Shakespeare (1564–1616)—From Sonnet XI
- Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)—Peace
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)—Prometheus, iii. 3, 108
- Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)—The Soldier
- Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)—Requiem
- William Collins (1721–1759)—How Sleep the Brave
- Charles Wolfe (1791–1823)—The Burial of Sir John Moore at Coruña
- Lord Byron (1788–1824)—From Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage
- John Milton (1608–1674)—From Lycidas
- Digby Mackworth Dolben (1848–1867)—From Dum agonizatur anima
- Church Service—Iste cognovit
- John Milton (1608–1674)—From Samson Agonistes
- William Shakespeare (1564–1616)—Richard II, ii. 1
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)—From Adonais
- James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)—From Ode recited at the Harvard Commemoration 1865
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)—From Adonais
- André Chénier (1762–1794)—Extract
- Church Service—Gaudent in cælis
- Church Service—Beatus Vincentius
- John Milton (1608–1674)—Paradise Lost, vi. 29
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)—From end of Prometheus
- Church Service—Sanctum est