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The World's Best Poetry, Volume 08: National Spirit

The World's Best Poetry, Volume 08: National Spirit

by Bliss Carman

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Contributor
Stoddard, Francis Hovey, 1847-1936
Credits
Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Leonard Johnson, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Language
English
LoC Class
PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
Subject
Poetry -- Collections
Category
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eBook-No.
12924
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12924
Release Date
July 17, 2004
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.THE STUDY OF POETRY.
  3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
  4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  5. 5.POEMS OF NATIONAL SPIRIT.
  6. 6.WHAT CONSTITUTES A STATE?
  7. 7.BREATHES THERE THE MAN?
  8. 8.MY COUNTRY.
  9. 9.FATHER AND MOTHER TONGUE.
  10. 10.EAST, WEST, HOME'S BEST.
  11. 11.GIFTS.
  12. 12.ENGLAND.
  13. 13.RULE, BRITANNIA.
  14. 14.THE BOWMAN'S SONG.
  15. 15.THE ROAST BEEF OF OLD ENGLAND.
  16. 16.THE SNUG LITTLE ISLAND.
  17. 17.THE JACOBITE ON TOWER HILL.
  18. 18.GOD SAVE THE KING.
  19. 19.VETERAN AND RECRUIT.
  20. 20.THE PRIVATE OF THE BUFFS;[A] OR, THE BRITISH SOLDIER IN CHINA.
  21. 21.THE TURK IN ARMENIA. — FROM "THE PURPLE EAST."
  22. 22.AVE IMPERATRIX.
  23. 23.AMERICA TO GREAT BRITAIN.
  24. 24.HANDS ALL ROUND.
  25. 25.RECESSIONAL.
  26. 26.ENGLAND AND HER COLONIES.
  27. 27.SCOTLAND.
  28. 28.THE BARD. — I — II. — III.
  29. 29.MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS. — HEATHER ALE: A GALLOWAY LEGEND.
  30. 30.THE EXECUTION OF MONTROSE.
  31. 31.BORDER BALLAD.
  32. 32.THE EXILE'S SONG.
  33. 33.THE IRISHMAN.
  34. 34.TURLOUGH MACSWEENEY.
  35. 35.A SPINNING SONG.
  36. 36.THE WEARING OF THE GREEN.[A]
  37. 37.MY NATIVE LAND.
  38. 38.BLESS THE DEAR OLD VERDANT LAND.
  39. 39.IRELAND.
  40. 40.IRELAND.
  41. 41.EXILE OF ERIN.
  42. 42.AFTER DEATH.
  43. 43.CANADA NOT LAST. — AT FLORENCE. — AT ROME. — REFLECTION.
  44. 44.CANADA.
  45. 45.WHAT IS THE GERMAN'S FATHERLAND?
  46. 46.PATRIOTIC SONG.
  47. 47.MEN AND BOYS
  48. 48.THE WATCH ON THE RHINE[A]
  49. 49.PROEM.
  50. 50.PARTING LOVERS.
  51. 51.AMERICA
  52. 52.COLUMBIA.
  53. 53.ON THE PROSPECT OF PLANTING ARTS AND LEARNING IN AMERICA.
  54. 54.ENGLAND TO AMERICA.
  55. 55.OUR STATE.
  56. 56.THE REPUBLIC.
  57. 57.AMERICA
  58. 58."OLD IRONSIDES."
  59. 59.MEN OF THE NORTH AND WEST.
  60. 60.OUR COUNTRY'S CALL.
  61. 61.A CRY TO ARMS.
  62. 62.THE NATION'S PRAYER. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V.
  63. 63.MY MARYLAND.
  64. 64.DIXIE.
  65. 65.THE FLAG GOES BY.
  66. 66.THE BRAVE AT HOME.
  67. 67.II.
  68. 68.THE PLACE WHERE MAN SHOULD DIE.
  69. 69.LIBERTY.
  70. 70.PATIENCE.
  71. 71.THE ANTIQUITY OF FREEDOM.
  72. 72.HALLOWED GROUND.
  73. 73.THE WOLF AND THE DOG.
  74. 74.RIENZI TO THE ROMANS.
  75. 75.FALLEN GREECE.
  76. 76.GREECE ENSLAVED.
  77. 77.SONG OF THE GREEK POET.
  78. 78.TO ALTHEA FROM PRISON.
  79. 79.SLAVERY.
  80. 80.SONG OF THE WESTERN MEN.
  81. 81.THE HARP THAT ONCE THROUGH TARA'S HALLS.
  82. 82.AS BY THE SHORE AT BREAK OF DAY.
  83. 83.THE HILLS WERE MADE FOR FREEDOM.
  84. 84.SWITZERLAND.
  85. 85.MAKE WAY FOR LIBERTY!
  86. 86.POLAND.
  87. 87.THE MARSEILLAISE.
  88. 88.A COURT LADY.
  89. 89.THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS IN NEW ENGLAND.
  90. 90.THE AMERICAN FLAG.
  91. 91.THE STAR-BANGLED BANNER.[A]
  92. 92.NEW ENGLAND'S DEAD.
  93. 93.THE REFORMER.
  94. 94.FREEDOM OF THE MIND.
  95. 95.THE PRESENT CRISIS.
  96. 96.THE LITTLE CLOUD.[A]
  97. 97.BROWN OF OSSAWATOMIE.
  98. 98.WORDS FOR THE "HALLELUJAH CHORUS."
  99. 99.BATTLE-HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC. — JOHN CHARLES FRÉMONT.[A]
  100. 100.HEROES.
  101. 101.LAUS DEO!
  102. 102.A HOLY NATION.
  103. 103.BATTLE OF THE ANGELS. — THE CONFLICT. — THE VICTOR.
  104. 104.THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB.
  105. 105.THE SCHOOL OF WAR.
  106. 106.CATILINE TO THE ROMAN ARMY.
  107. 107.CARACTACUS.
  108. 108.SEMPRONIUS' SPEECH FOR WAR.
  109. 109.THE DEATH OF LEONIDAS.
  110. 110.SONG OF THE GREEKS.
  111. 111.MARCO BOZZARIS.
  112. 112.HARMOSAN.
  113. 113.BATTLE SCENE.
  114. 114.THE LORD OF BUTRAGO.
  115. 115.HAKON'S DEFIANCE.
  116. 116.A DANISH BARROW
  117. 117.HERMANN AND THUSNELDA.
  118. 118.THE BATTLE-SONG OF GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS.
  119. 119.SWORD SONG.
  120. 120.THE TROOPER'S DEATH.
  121. 121.BINGEN ON THE RHINE.
  122. 122.HOHENLINDEN.
  123. 123.IVRY.
  124. 124.INCIDENT OF THE FRENCH CAMP.
  125. 125.THE BRONZE STATUE OF NAPOLEON.
  126. 126.ON THE WARRES IN IRELAND.
  127. 127.ALFRED THE HARPER.
  128. 128.CHEVY-CHACE.
  129. 129.SIR PATRICK SPENS.
  130. 130.THE DOUGLAS TRAGEDY.
  131. 131.THE LAST HUNT.
  132. 132.THE BALLAD OF AGINCOURT.
  133. 133.THE KING TO HIS SOLDIERS BEFORE HARFLEUR.
  134. 134.THE CAVALIER'S SONG.
  135. 135.GIVE A ROUSE.
  136. 136.NASEBY.
  137. 137.THE THREE SCARS.
  138. 138.FONTENOY.
  139. 139.BATTLE OF THE BALTIC.
  140. 140.BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE.
  141. 141."PICCIOLA."
  142. 142.WATERLOO.
  143. 143.BY THE ALMA RIVER.
  144. 144.CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE.
  145. 145.THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW.
  146. 146.DANNY DEEVER.
  147. 147.WHERE ARE THE MEN?
  148. 148.BRUCE AND THE SPIDER.
  149. 149.BANNOCKBURN.
  150. 150.SONG OF CLAN-ALPINE.
  151. 151.BEAL' AN DHUINE.
  152. 152.PIBROCH OF DONUIL DHU.[A]
  153. 153.FLODDEN FIELD.
  154. 154.THE BONNETS OF BONNIE DUNDEE. — LIBERTY TREE.
  155. 155.HYMN:
  156. 156.WARREN'S ADDRESS.[A]
  157. 157."THE LONELY BUGLE GRIEVES."
  158. 158.NATHAN HALE.[A]
  159. 159.SONG OF MARION'S MEN.[A]
  160. 160.CARMEN BELLICOSUM.
  161. 161.THE DANCE.
  162. 162.MONTEREY.
  163. 163.COMING.
  164. 164.IN STATE. — I. — II. — III.
  165. 165.BROTHER JONATHAN'S LAMENT FOR SISTER CAROLINE.
  166. 166.JONATHAN TO JOHN.
  167. 167.ALL QUIET ALONG THE POTOMAC.
  168. 168.THE COUNTERSIGN.
  169. 169.CIVIL WAR.
  170. 170.THE TWO WIVES.
  171. 171.THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE.
  172. 172.THE OLD MAN AND JIM.
  173. 173.STONEWALL JACKSON'S WAY
  174. 174.BARBARA FRIETCHIE.
  175. 175.CAVALRY SONG. FROM "ALICE OF MONMOUTH."
  176. 176.CAVALRY SONG.
  177. 177.KEARNY AT SEVEN PINES.[A]
  178. 178.THE GENERAL'S DEATH. — DIRGE FOB A SOLDIER[A]
  179. 179.BAY BILLY.
  180. 180.WOUNDED TO DEATH.
  181. 181.SOMEBODY'S DARLING.
  182. 182.TRAMP, TRAMP, TRAMP.
  183. 183.OUR ORDERS.
  184. 184.WHEN THIS CRUEL WAR IS OVER.
  185. 185.SHERIDAN'S RIDE.
  186. 186.LEFT ON THE BATTLE-FIELD.
  187. 187.REQUIEM
  188. 188.MUSIC IN CAMP.
  189. 189.UNDER THE SHADE OF THE TREES.
  190. 190.THE BLACK REGIMENT. — THE C.S. ARMY'S COMMISSARY. — II.—1864.
  191. 191.THE HIGH TIDE AT GETTYSBURG.
  192. 192.LEE TO THE REAR.
  193. 193.DRIVING HOME THE COWS.
  194. 194.SHERMAN'S MARCH TO THE SEA.[A]
  195. 195.ARMY CORRESPONDENT'S LAST RIDE.
  196. 196.THE YEAR OF JUBILEE.[A]
  197. 197.THE CONQUERED BANNER.
  198. 198.ALL.
  199. 199.THE CLOSING SCENE.
  200. 200.THE MEN BEHIND THE GUNS.
  201. 201.THE BATTLE OF MANILA. A FRAGMENT.
  202. 202.ODE TO PEACE.
  203. 203.END OF THE CIVIL WAR.
  204. 204.DISARMAMENT.
  205. 205.TUBAL CAIN.
  206. 206.THE KNIGHT'S TOMB.
  207. 207.NOT ON THE BATTLE-FIELD.
  208. 208.THE DAY IS COMING.
  209. 209.THE GRAVE OF BONAPARTE.
  210. 210.THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM.
  211. 211.AT GIBRALTAR. — I. — II.
  212. 212.THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD.
  213. 213.THE ARSENAL AT SPRINGFIELD.
  214. 214.AN OLD BATTLE-FIELD.
  215. 215.THE BATTLE-FIELD. — HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE.
  216. 216.OUR FALLEN HEROES.
  217. 217.THE CAUSE OF THE SOUTH.
  218. 218.SENTINEL SONGS.
  219. 219.ODE.
  220. 220.THE BLUE AND THE GRAY.
  221. 221.CENTENNIAL HYMN.
  222. 222.HYMN OF THE WEST.[A]

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