The World's Best Poetry, Volume 8: National Spirit (Part 2)
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The eighth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, includes poems about the upheaving times of war and the calls for peace. - Summary by Sonia (6 hr 55 min)
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Catiline to the Roman Army, from "Catiline", Act V. Scene 2, by George Croly
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Sempronius' Speech for War, from "Cato", Act II. Scene 1, by Joseph Addison
1:47
Read by Craig Franklin
Hakon's Defiance, from "Hakon Jarl", translated from the Danish of Adam Gottlob…
8:22
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The Battle Song of Gustavus Adolphus, from the German of Michael Altenburg
1:40
Read by Craig Franklin
The Trooper's Death, translated from the German of Georg Herwegh by Rossiter W.…
1:34
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On the Warres in Ireland, from "Epigrams", Book IV Epigram 6, by Sir John Harri…
1:55
Read by Tomas Peter
The King to his Soldiers before Harfleur, 1415, from "King Henry V.", Act III S…
2:33
Read by Craig Franklin
Naseby, June 1645, by Obadiah Bind-Their-Kings-In-Chains-And-Their-Nobles-With-…
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Read by Adrian Stephens
Waterloo, June 15, 1815, from "Childe Harold", Canto III, by Lord Byron
8:40
Read by Adrian Stephens
Where Are the Men, translated from the Welsh of Taliessin by Thomas Oliphant
1:35
Read by Craig Franklin
Song of Clan-Alpine, from "The Lady of the Lake", Canto II, by Sir Walter Scott
3:03
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Beal' an Dhuine, 1411, from "The Lady of the Lake", Canto VI, by Sir Walter Sco…
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Flodden Field, September 1513, from "Marmion", Canto VI, by Sir Walter Scott
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Hymn, sung at the Completion of the Concord Monument, April 19, 1836, by Ralph …
1:22
Read by Adrian Stephens
"The Lonely Bugle Grieves", from an "Ode on the Celebration of the Battle of Bu…
1:09
Read by Craig Franklin
The Dance, published soon after the Surrender of Cornwallis, by Anonymous
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Read by Craig Franklin
Brother Jonathan's Lament for Sister Caroline, March 25, 1861, South Carolina h…
2:57
Read by Craig Franklin
Sherman's March to the Sea, May 4 to December 21, 1864, by Samuel H. M. Byers
3:23
Read by Craig Franklin
Army Correspondent's Last Ride, Five Forks, April 1, 1865, by George Alfred Tow…
4:36
Read by Tomas Peter
The Men Behind the Guns, the Spanish-American War, 1898, by John Jerome Rooney
2:52
Read by Craig Franklin
End of the Civil War, from King Richard III., Act I. Scene 1, by Shakespeare
1:16
Read by Tomas Peter
Hymn of the West, World's Fair, St. Louis, 1904, by Edmund Clarence Stedman
2:55
Read by Tomas Peter