Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry. 1904.
Volume I. Of Home: of Friendship
| General Introduction | ||
| The Purpose of Poetry by Bliss Carman (1861–1929) | ||
| Introductory Essay | ||
| Young People and the Poets by William Darnall MacClintock (1858–1936) | ||
| Poems of Home | ||
| I. About Children | ||
| The Baby by Kalidasa (c. 4th Century) | ||
| Birth by Annie R. Stillman (Grace Raymond) (b. 1855) | ||
| The Baby by George MacDonald (1824–1905) | ||
| Weighing the Baby by Ethelinda Elliott Beers (Ethel Lynn) (1827–1879) | ||
| Laus Infantium by William Canton (1845–1926) | ||
| Étude Réaliste by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909) | ||
| The Babie by Jeremiah Eames Rankin (1828–1903) | ||
| The Angel’s Whisper by Samuel Lover (1797–1868) | ||
| Lullaby by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) | ||
| The Happy Hour by Mary Frances Butts (1890–1937) | ||
| Cradle Song—Anonymous | ||
| Cradle Song by Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819–1881) | ||
| Japanese Lullaby by Eugene Field (1850–1895) | ||
| Philip, My King by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik (1826–1887) | ||
| Baby May by William Cox Bennett (1820–1895) | ||
| Little Feet by Elizabeth Akers Allen (1832–1911) | ||
| Baby Louise by Margaret Winship Eytinge (“Madge Elliot”) (b. 1833) | ||
| Silent Baby by Ellen Bartlett Currier | ||
| The Household Sovereign by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) | ||
| On the Picture of an Infant by Leonidas of Alexandria | ||
| The Mother’s Sacrifice by Seba Smith (1792–1868) | ||
| Mother and Child by William Gilmore Simms (1806–1870) | ||
| Children by Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864) | ||
| Polly by William Brighty Rands (1823–1882) | ||
| To my Infant Son by Thomas Hood (1799–1845) | ||
| Letty’s Globe by Charles Tennyson Turner (1808–1879) | ||
| Willie Winkie by William Miller (1810–1872) | ||
| To J. H. by Leigh Hunt (1784–1859) | ||
| Seven Times Four by Jean Ingelow (1820–1897) | ||
| The Mother’s Hope by Laman Blanchard (1803–1845) | ||
| Bedtime by Francis, Earl of Rosslyn (1833–1890) | ||
| To Hartley Coleridge by William Wordsworth (1770–1850) | ||
| “My little Girl” by Samuel Minturn Peck (1854–1938) | ||
| Little Goldenhair by Mrs. F. Burge Smith (1826–1900) | ||
| The Unfinished Prayer—Anonymous | ||
| Cuddle Doon by Alexander Anderson (1845–1909) | ||
| The Witch in the Glass by Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt (1836–1919) | ||
| Small and Early by Tudor Jenks (1857–1922) | ||
| Seven Times One by Jean Ingelow (1820–1897) | ||
| The Lost Heir by Thomas Hood (1799–1845) | ||
| The Gambols of Children by George Darley (1795–1846) | ||
| The Child in the Garden by Henry van Dyke (1852–1933) | ||
| A Portrait by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861) | ||
| To a Child During Sickness by Leigh Hunt (1784–1859) | ||
| Baby Bell by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836–1907) | ||
| Our Wee White Rose by Gerald Massey (1828–1907) | ||
| Baby’s Shoes by William Cox Bennett (1820–1895) | ||
| Baby Zulma’s Christmas Carol by Augustus Julian Requier (1825–1887) | ||
| On the Death of an Infant by Dirk Smits (1702–1752) | ||
| “She came and went” by James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) | ||
| “Three years she grew” by William Wordsworth (1770–1850) | ||
| “We are seven” by William Wordsworth (1770–1850) | ||
| Boyhood by Washington Allston (1779–1843) | ||
| Pictures of Memory by Alice Cary (1820–1871) | ||
| The Mitherless Bairn by William Thom (1799–1848) | ||
| My Mother’s Picture by William Cowper (1731–1800) | ||
| “I remember, I remember” by Thomas Hood (1799–1845) | ||
| The Barefoot Boy by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892) | ||
| Rain on the Roof by Coates Kinney (1826–1904) | ||
| Whittling by John Pierpont (1785–1866) | ||
| The Old Oaken Bucket by Samuel Woodworth (1784–1842) | ||
| The Old Arm-Chair by Eliza Cook (1818–1889) | ||
| “Woodman, spare that tree” by George Pope Morris (1802–1864) | ||
| A Parable by Mathilde Blind (1841–1896) | ||
| II. For Children | ||
| The Piper by William Blake (1757–1827) | ||
| Choosing a Name by Mary Lamb (1764–1847) | ||
| “What does little birdie say?” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) | ||
| A Cradle Hymn by Isaac Watts (1674–1748) | ||
| Go Sleep, ma Honey by Edward D. Barker | ||
| No Baby in the House by Clara G. Dolliver | ||
| A Dutch Lullaby by Eugene Field (1850–1895) | ||
| Half-Waking by William Allingham (1824–1889) | ||
| Twinkle, Twinkle—Anonymous | ||
| Pretty Cow by Jane Taylor (1783–1824) | ||
| The Three Little Kittens by Eliza Lee Follen (1787–1860) | ||
| The Land of Counterpane by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) | ||
| “How doth the little busy bee” by Isaac Watts (1674–1748) | ||
| Try Again—Anonymous | ||
| Good Night and Good Morning by Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton (1809–1885) | ||
| The Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt (1799–1888) | ||
| Thread and Song by John Williamson Palmer (1825–1906) | ||
| “Let dogs delight to bark and bite” by Isaac Watts (1674–1748) | ||
| The Children’s Church by Karl von Gerock (1815–1890) | ||
| Child’s Evening Hymn by Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924) | ||
| “It is finished” by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894) | ||
| A Little Child’s Hymn by Francis Turner Palgrave (1824–1897) | ||
| Sheep and Lambs by Katharine Tynan Hinkson (1861–1931) | ||
| “By cool Siloam’s shady rill” by Reginald Heber (1783–1826) | ||
| The Romance of the Swan’s Nest by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861) | ||
| A Good Play by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) | ||
| A Life-Lesson by James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916) | ||
| The Dead Doll by Margaret Thomson Janvier (Margaret Vandegrift) (1845–1913) | ||
| Foreign Children by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) | ||
| The Unseen Playmate by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) | ||
| The Shadows by Frank Dempster Sherman (1860–1916) | ||
| The Dancers by Michael Field (Katherine Harris Bradley) (1846–1914) | ||
| My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) | ||
| Little Bell by Thomas Westwood (1814–1888) | ||
| Wings by Mary Louise Ritter | ||
| Foreign Lands by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) | ||
| Under My Window by Thomas Westwood (1814–1888) | ||
| The Land of Story-books by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) | ||
| Fairy Days by William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863) | ||
| The Wind in a Frolic by William Howitt (1792–1879) | ||
| The Wind by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) | ||
| The Man in the Moon by James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916) | ||
| The Fairies of the Caldon Low by Mary Howitt (1799–1888) | ||
| The Elf and the Dormouse by Oliver Herford (1863–1935) | ||
| A Little Dutch Garden by Harriet Whitney Durbin | ||
| The First Rose of Summer by Oliver Herford (1863–1935) | ||
| A Belated Violet by Oliver Herford (1863–1935) | ||
| The Frost by Hannah Flagg Gould (1789–1865) | ||
| A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore (1779–1863) | ||
| Little Orphant Annie by James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916) | ||
| Old-School Punishment—Anonymous | ||
| In School-Days by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892) | ||
| Seein’ Things by Eugene Field (1850–1895) | ||
| A Mortifying Mistake by Anna Maria Pratt | ||
| The Smack in School by William Pitt Palmer (1805–1884) | ||
| III. Fun for Little Folk | ||
| “There was a little girl” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) | ||
| The Story of Cruel Frederick by Heinrich Hoffmann (1809–1894) | ||
| The Dreadful Story about Harriet and the Matches by Heinrich Hoffmann (1809–1894) | ||
| The Story of Johnny-Head-in-Air by Heinrich Hoffmann (1809–1894) | ||
| The Three Children—Anonymous | ||
| The Owl and the Pussy-cat by Edward Lear (1812–1888) | ||
| Mr. and Mrs. Spikky Sparrow by Edward Lear (1812–1888) | ||
| The Walrus and the Carpenter by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) (1832–1898) | ||
| Good King Arthur—Anonymous | ||
| “Max and Maurice” by Wilhelm Busch (1832–1908) | ||
| Preface | ||
| Trick First | ||
| Trick Second | ||
| Trick Third | ||
| Last Trick | ||
| The Jumblies by Edward Lear (1812–1888) | ||
| The History Lesson—Anonymous | ||
| Sage Counsel by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1863–1944) | ||
| Limericks by Edward Lear (1812–1888) | ||
| “There was a small boy of Quebec” by Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) | ||
| “There was a young lady of Niger”—Anonymous | ||
| Finis—Anonymous | ||
| IV. Youth | ||
| The Days Gone by by James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916) | ||
| Seven Times Two by Jean Ingelow (1820–1897) | ||
| A Farewell by Charles Kingsley (1819–1875) | ||
| Riding Down by Nora Perry (1831–1896) | ||
| A Girl of Pompeii by Edward Sanford Martin (1856–1939) | ||
| In the Season by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) | ||
| “Sweet stream that winds” by William Cowper (1731–1800) | ||
| To My Grandmother by Frederick Locker-Lampson (1821–1895) | ||
| The School Girl by William Henry Venable (1836–1920) | ||
| Maidenhood by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) | ||
| To a Highland Girl by William Wordsworth (1770–1850) | ||
| Ruth by Thomas Hood (1799–1845) | ||
| The Pretty Girl of Loch Dan by Samuel Ferguson (1810–1886) | ||
| Ben Bolt by Thomas Dunn English (1819–1902) | ||
| Honey Dripping from the Comb by James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916) | ||
| Lying in the Grass by Edmund Gosse (1849–1928) | ||
| My Mother’s Bible by George Pope Morris (1802–1864) | ||
| To the Virgins by Robert Herrick (1591–1674) | ||
| Lauriger Horatius by From the Medieval Latin | ||
| The “Old, Old Song” by Charles Kingsley (1819–1875) | ||
| Gaudeamus Igitur by From the Medieval Latin | ||
| To Thaliarchus by Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65–8 B.C.) | ||
| A Knot of Blue by Samuel Minturn Peck (1854–1938) | ||
| Dollie by Samuel Minturn Peck (1854–1938) | ||
| Beware! by From the German | ||
| Peg of Limavaddy by William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863) | ||
| The Girl of All Periods by Coventry Patmore (1823–1896) | ||
| On a Distant Prospect of Eton College by Thomas Gray (1716–1771) | ||
| Spring Song by Bliss Carman (1861–1929) | ||
| Youth and Love by Philip James Bailey (1816–1902) | ||
| The Joys of the Road by Bliss Carman (1861–1929) | ||
| Hope and Fear by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909) | ||
| The Heritage by James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) | ||
| To Youth by Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864) | ||
| My Lost Youth by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) | ||
| Youth by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) | ||
| The Flight of Youth by Richard Henry Stoddard (1825–1903) | ||
| V. The Home | ||
| Ode to Solitude by Alexander Pope (1688–1744) | ||
| Home by Leonidas of Alexandria | ||
| “The day is done” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) | ||
| The Happiest Heart by John Vance Cheney (1848–1922) | ||
| “Out of the old house, Nancy” by Will Carleton (1845–1912) | ||
| The Homes of England by Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1793–1835) | ||
| The Auld House by Carolina Oliphant, Lady Nairne (1766–1845) | ||
| The House Beautiful by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) | ||
| “If we knew” by May Riley Smith (1842?–1927) | ||
| The Soldier’s Dream by Thomas Campbell (1777–1844) | ||
| The Happy Mother by Alexander Laing (1787–1857) | ||
| Tired Mothers by May Riley Smith (1842?–1927) | ||
| The Song of the Old Mother by William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) | ||
| Rock Me to Sleep by Elizabeth Akers Allen (1832–1911) | ||
| The Children by Charles M. Dickinson (1842–1924) | ||
| Not One to Spare—Anonymous | ||
| Seven Times Six by Jean Ingelow (1820–1897) | ||
| “I knew by the smoke that so gracefully curled” by Thomas Moore (1779–1852) | ||
| The Ingle-Side by Hew Ainslie (1792–1878) | ||
| By the Fireside by Lucy Larcom (1826–1893) | ||
| My Ain Fireside by Elizabeth Hamilton (1758–1816) | ||
| A Winter-Evening Hymn to My Fire by James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) | ||
| The Light’ood Fire by John Henry Boner (1845–1903) | ||
| The Cotter’s Saturday Night by Robert Burns (1759–1796) | ||
| A New England Home in Winter by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892) | ||
| Heart-Rest by Sir Henry Taylor (1800–1886) | ||
| The Means to attain Happy Life by Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517–1547) | ||
| Homeward Bound by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c. 84–c. 54 B.C.) | ||
| The Hudson by George Sidney Hellman (1878–1958) | ||
| The Wanderer’s Home by Oliver Goldsmith (1730–1774) | ||
| A Picture by Charles Gamage Eastman (1816–1860) | ||
| In the Cellar by Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819–1881) | ||
| Two Pictures by Annie D. Green (Marian Douglas) (1842–1913) | ||
| A Shepherd’s Life by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) | ||
| The Country Life by Richard Henry Stoddard (1825–1903) | ||
| The Swiss Peasant by Oliver Goldsmith (1730–1774) | ||
| When the Cows Come Home by Agnes E. Mitchell | ||
| Home Song by Duncan Campbell Scott (1862–1947) | ||
| Labor Song by Denis Florence Mac Carthy (1817–1882) | ||
| The Village Blacksmith by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) | ||
| Christmas by George Wither (1588–1667) | ||
| The Auld Folks by Andrew Park (1807–1863) | ||
| A Petition to Time by Bryan Waller Procter (Barry Cornwall) (1787–1874) | ||
| Home, Sweet Home by John Howard Payne (1791–1852) | ||
| Poems of Friendship | ||
| Friendship by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) | ||
| Friendship by Edward Young (1681–1765) | ||
| Bill and Joe by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894) | ||
| Early Friendship by Aubrey Thomas de Vere (1814–1902) | ||
| Young Friends by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) | ||
| Friendship by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) | ||
| The Memory of the Heart by Daniel Webster (1782–1852) | ||
| A Wayfaring Song by Henry van Dyke (1852–1933) | ||
| Parted Friends by James Montgomery (1771–1854) | ||
| “When to the sessions of sweet silent thought” by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) | ||
| Jaffar by Leigh Hunt (1784–1859) | ||
| The Vale of Avoca by Thomas Moore (1779–1852) | ||
| “We have been friends together” by Caroline Elizabeth Sarah (Sheridan) Norton (1808–1877) | ||
| “Too late I stayed” by William Robert Spencer (1770–1834) | ||
| “We are brethren a’” by Robert Nicoll (1814–1837) | ||
| Wife, Children, and Friends by William Robert Spencer (1770–1834) | ||
| Benedicite by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892) | ||
| “When in disgrace” by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) | ||
| “Jenny kissed me” by Leigh Hunt (1784–1859) | ||
| “Not marble, not the gilded monuments” by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) | ||
| The Dead Friend by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) | ||
| Elegy on Captain Matthew Henderson by Robert Burns (1759–1796) | ||
| “And doth not a meeting like this” by Thomas Moore (1779–1852) | ||
| We Love but Few—Anonymous | ||
| The Garret by William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863) | ||
| A Temple to Friendship by Thomas Moore (1779–1852) | ||
| Platonic by William B. Terrett | ||
| Friend and Lover by Mary Ainge De Vere (Madeline Bridges) | ||
| The Boys by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894) | ||
| The Cane-Bottomed Chair by William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863) | ||
| The Welcome by Faríd-Uddín Attar (c. 1145–c. 1220) | ||
| Quarrel of Brutus and Cassius by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) | ||
| Sparkling and Bright by Charles Fenno Hoffman (1806–1884) | ||
| “Wreathe the bowl” by Thomas Moore (1779–1852) | ||
| A Winter Wish by Robert Hinckley Messinger (1811–1874) | ||
| The Mahogany-Tree by William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863) | ||
| The Ballad of Bouillabaisse by William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863) | ||
| The Dead Poet-Friend by Callimachus (c. 310–240 B.C.) | ||
| Mors et Vita by Samuel Waddington (1844–1923) | ||
| To Seek a Friend by William Cowper (1731–1800) | ||
| Advice by William Dunbar (1460?–1520?) | ||
| The Friend by Nicholas Grimald (1519–1562) | ||
| “Take the world as it is” by Charles Swain (1801–1874) | ||
| Auld Lang Syne by Robert Burns (1759–1796) | ||