The World's Best Books : A Key to the Treasures of Literature
Part 8
+-------------------------------------+-----+----------+---------------+ | | | Manner | | | | [*] | of | Where found. | | | | Reading. | | +-------------------------------------+-----+----------+---------------+ | 10. PAYNE. | | | | | Home, Sweet Home | e. | C. | | | | | | | | LONGFELLOW. | | | | | Psalm of Life. | | R.D.C. | Longfellow's | | Paul Revere's Ride | | | Poems. | | The Building of the Ship | e. | R. | | | (These may be found in most | | | | | of the reading-books.) | e. | | | | Suspiria, and the close of | | | | | Morituri Salutamus | m. | R.D. | | | | | | | | HOLMES. | | | | | Nautilus; the last stanza | | | Autocrat of | | commit | m. | R.D. | the | | The Stars and Flowers, a | | | Breakfast- | | lovely little poem,--the | | | Table. | | first verses in the | | | | | Autocrat of the | | | | | Breakfast-Table | e. | R.D. | | | | | | | | HUNT. | | | | | Abou Ben Adhem | e. | R.D. | Monroe. | | | | | | | CAREW. | | | | | The True Beauty | e. | R.D. | Palgrave, 87. | | | | | | | GRAY. | | | | | Elegy in a Country Churchyard | m. | R.D.C. | " 147. | | Hymn to Adversity | m. | R.D. | " 159. | | Progress of Poesy | m. | R.D. | " 140. | | The Bard | m. | R.D. | " 123. | | | | | | | SAXE. | | | | | The Blind Men and the Elephant| e. | R.D. | No. 4. | | | | | | | JACKSON. | | | Poems of | | The Release | m. | R.D. | H. H. Jackson.| | | | | | | 11. HOOD. | | | | | Bridge of Sighs | m. | R.D. | Palgrave, 231.| | Song of the Shirt | e. | R.D. | No. 2. | | | | | | | BURNS. | | | | | Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonnie | | | | | Doon | e. | R.D. | Palgrave, 139.| | To a Field-mouse | e. | R.D. | " 144.| | Mary Morrison | e. | R.D. | " 148.| | Bonnie Lesley | e. | R.D. | " 149.| | Jean | e. | R.D. | " 155.| | John Anderson | e. | R.D. | " 156.| | A Man's a Man for a' that | e. | R.D. | Burns's Poems.| | Auld Lang Syne | e. | R.D. | | | Robert Bruce's Address to his | | | | | Army | e. | R.D. | | | | | | | | MOORE. | | | | | The Light of other Days | e. | R.D. | Palgrave, 225.| | Come rest in this Bosom | e. | R.D. | Irish Melodies| | At the Mid Hour of Night | e. | R.D. | Irish Melodies| | Those Evening Bells | e. | R.D. | Monroe. | | | | | | | COLERIDGE. | | | | | Rime of the Ancient Mariner | d. | R.D.G. | Coleridge's | | Kubla Khan; a Picture of the | | | Poems. | | Stream of Life | d. | R.D.G. | | | Vale of Chamouni | e. | R. | Monroe. | | | | | | | WHITTIER. | | | | | The Farmer's Wooing, in Among | | | | | the Hills | m. | R.D.C. | Whittier's | | The Harp at Nature's Advent | | | Poems. | | Strung, etc., in Tent on | | | | | the Beach | m. | R.D.C. | | | Snow Bound, Centennial Hymn | | | | | (No. 13), and at least | | | | | glance athis Voices of | | | | | Freedom | m. | R.D.C. | | | Barefoot Boy | e. | R.D.C. | | | | | | | | TENNYSON. | | | | | "Break, break, break, on thy | | | Tennyson's | | cold gray Stones, O Sea" | m. | R.D.C. | Poems. | | "Ring out, wild Bells," in | | | | | the In Memoriam | m. | R.D.C. | | | Bugle Song, in The Princess | m. | R.D.C. | No. 2. | | Charge of the Light Brigade | e. | R.D.C. | No. 2. | | The Brook | e. | R.D.C. | Monroe. | | | | | | | CHAUCER. | | | | | The Clerk's Tale, or the | | | | | Story of Grisilde, in the | | | Chaucer's | | Canterbury Tales | m. | R. | Poems. | | | | | | | 12. KEY. | | | | | The Star-Spangled Banner | e. | C. | No. 4. | | | | | | | DRAKE. | | | | | The American Flag | e. | R. | No. 1. | | | | | | | SMITH. | | | | | "My Country, 'tis of thee" | e. | C. | | | | | | | | BOKER. | | | | | The Black Regiment | e. | R. | No. 1. | | | | | | | CAMPBELL, | | | | | full of fire | | | | | and martial music. | | | | | Ye Mariners of England | m. | R.D.C. | Palgrave, 206.| | Battle of the Baltic | m. | R.C. | " 207.| | Soldier's Dream | m. | R.C. | " 267.| | Hohenlinden | m. | R.C. | " 215.| | Lord Ullin's Daughter | m. | R.C. | " 181.| | Love's Beginning | m. | R.C. | " 183.| | Ode to Winter | m. | R.C. | " 256.| | | | | | | THOMSON. | | | | | Rule Britannia | m. | R.C. | Palgrave, 122.| | | | | | | LOWELL. | | | | | The Crisis | d. | R.D.C.G. | Lowell's | | Harvard Commemoration Ode | d. | R.D.C.G. | Poems. | | The Fountain | e. | R.D.C.G. | | | | | | | | HALLECK. | | | | | Marco Bozzaris | e. | R. | No. 1. | | | | | | | MACAULAY. | | | | | Lays of Ancient Rome, | | | | | especially Horatius, and | e. | R.D. | No. 2. | | Virginia, also the Battle of | | | | | Ivry | m. | R.D. | No. 5. | | | | | | | O'HARA. | | | | | The Bivouac of the Dead | | | | | | | | | | MITFORD. | | | | | Rienzi's Address | m. | R. | No. 1. | | | | | | | CROLY. | | | | | Belshazzar | m. | R. | No. 4. | | | | | | | 13. SHELLEY. | | | Shelley's | | | | | Poems. | | Ode to the West Wind | m. | R.D.C. | Palgrave, 275.| | Ode to a Skylark | m. | R.D.C. | " 241.| | To a Lady with a Guitar | m. | R.D.C. | " 252.| | Italy | m. | R.D.C. | " 274.| | Naples | m. | R.D.C. | " 227.| | The Poet's Dream | d. | R.D.C. | " 277.| | The Cloud, Sensitive Plant, | | | | | etc. | m. | R.D.C. | | | | | | | | BYRON. | | | Byron's Poems.| | All for Love | m. | R.D. | Palgrave, 169.| | Beauty | m. | R.D. | " 171.| | Apostrophe to the Ocean, and | | | | | The Eve of Waterloo | m. | R.D.C. | Monroe. | | The Field of Waterloo | m. | R.D.C. | No. 1. | | (These are among the most | | | | | magnificent poems in any | | | | | language.) | | | | | | | | | | BRYANT. | | | | | Thanatopsis | m. | R.C.G. | No. 1. | | | | | | | PRENTICE. | | | | | The Closing Year | m. | R.C.G. | No. 1. | | | | | | | POE. | | | | | The Bells; The Raven | m. | R.C.G. | No. 1. | | Annabel Lee | m. | R. | No. 5. | | | | | | | KEATS. | | | Keats's Poems.| | The Star | m. | R. | Palgrave, 198.| | Ode to a Nightingale | m. | R. | " 244.| | Ode to Autumn | m. | R. | " 255.| | Ode on the Poets | m. | R. | " 167.| | | | | | | WORDSWORTH. | | | | | A Beautiful Woman | e. | R.C. | Palgrave, 174.| | The Reaper | m. | R. | " 250.| | Simon Lee | m. | R. | " 219.| | Intimations of Immortality | | | " 367.| | | | | | | HERBERT. | | | | | Gifts of God | e. | R.D.C. | " 74.| | | | | | | READ. | | | | | Drifting | m. | R.D.C. | No. 1. | | Sheridan's Ride | e. | R. | " | | | | | | | FLETCHER. | | | | | Melancholy | e. | R. | Palgrave, 104.| | | | | | | POPE. | | | | | Rape of the Lock | m. | R. | Pope's Poems. | | | | | | | 14. INGELOW. | | | | | The Brides of Enderby | m. | R. | No. 2. | | High Tide, etc. | | | | | | | | | | COWPER. | | | | | Loss of the Royal George | e. | R. | Palgrave, 129.| | Solitude of Selkirk | m. | R. | " 160.| | | | | | | DRYDEN. | | | | | Alexander's Feast | d. | R. | " 116.| | | | | | | COLLINS. | | | | | The Passions | d. | R. | " 141.| | | | | | | JONSON. | | | | | Hymn to Diana | m. | R. | " 78.| | | | | | | ADDISON. | | | | | Cato's Soliloquy | m. | R. | No. 1. | | | | | | | LODGE. | | | | | Rosaline | m. | R. | Palgrave, 16.| | | | | | | HERRICK. | | | | | Counsel to Girls | e. | R. | " 82.| | The Poetry of Dress | e. | R. | " 92.| | | | | | | 15. GOETHE. | | | | | Raphael Chorus,--a wonderful | | | | | chorus of three stanzas in | | | | | Faust. Read Shelley's | | | | | translations, both literal | | | | | and free, in his Fragments | m. | R.C.G. | Shelley's | | | | | Poems. | | OMAR KHAYYAM. | | | | | Rubaiyat, especially the | | | | | "moving shadow-shape" and the | | | | | "phantom caravan" stanzas, | | | | | for their magnificent imagery | m. | R.C.G. | Fitzgerald's | | | | | Translation. | | EURIPIDES. | | | | | Chorus in Medea--Campbell's | | | | | translation | m. | R.C.G. | Campbell's | | | | | Poems. | | | | | | | CALDERON. | | | | | Read Shelley's Fragments | m. | R.C.G. | Shelley's | | | | | Poems. | | SCHILLER. | | | Schiller's | | The Battle | m. | R. | Poems. No. 4. | | The Song of the Bell | m. | R. | Publ. | | | | | separately. | | MOLIERE. | | | | | Tartuffe, or The Hypocrite | e. | R.D. | Moliere's | | Le Misanthrope, or The | | | Plays. | | Man-Hater | e. | R.D. | | +-------------------------------------+-----+----------+---------------+
GROUP III.--_Short Prose Selections._