The World's Best Poetry, Volume 10: Poetical Quotations
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I Home: Friendship II Love III Sorrow and Consolation IV The Higher Life V Nature VI Fancy: Sentiment VII Descriptive: Narrative VIII National Spirit IX Tragedy: Humor X Poetical Quotations
Editor-in-Chief BLISS CARMAN
Associate Editors John Vance Cheney Charles G.D. Roberts Charles F. Richardson Francis H. Stoddard
Managing Editor John R. Howard
1904
The World's Best Poetry Vol. X
By JOHN R. HOWARD
Considering the immense volume of poetical writing produced, and lost or accumulated, by all nations through the ages, it is of curious interest that no generally accepted definition of the word Poetry has ever been made. Of course, all versifiers aim at poetry ; yet, what is poetry?
Many definitions have been attempted. Some of these would exclude work by poets whom the world agrees to call great; others would shut out elements that are undeniably poetic; still others, while not excluding, do not positively include much that must be recognized as within the poetical realm. In brief, all are more or less partial.
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THE WORLD'S BEST POETRY
THE WORLD'S BEST POETRY
POETICAL QUOTATIONS
AFTER ALL, WHAT IS POETRY?
PREFACE
INDEX OF TOPICS.
INDEX OF TOPICS.
LIST OF AUTHORS QUOTED.
AUTHORS QUOTED.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
POETICAL QUOTATIONS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
POETICAL QUOTATIONS
ABSENCE.
ACTION.
ADMIRATION.
ADORNMENT.
ADVENTURE.
ADVERSITY.
ADVICE.
AGE.
AIR.
AMBITION.
ANGEL.
ANGER.
ANGLING.
ANIMALS.
ANTHOLOGY.
APPARITION.
APPEARANCE.
ARGUMENT.
ARISTOCRACY.
ART.
ASPIRATION.
AUTHORITY.
AUTHORSHIP.
BABY.
BATTLE.
BEAUTY.
BELL.
BIBLE.
BIRDS.
BLESSING.
BLUSH.
BOATING.
BOOKS.
BORROWING.
BOY.
CARE.
CHANCE.
CHANGE.
CHARITY.
CHILDHOOD.
CHRISTMAS.
CHURCH.
CITY.
CLERGY.
CLOUD.
COMFORT.
COMPLIMENT.
CONCEIT.
CONSCIENCE.
CONSOLATION.
CONSTANCY.
CONTENTMENT.
CONVERSATION.
COQUETRY.
ENGLAND.
SCOTLAND.
HOLLAND.
ITALY.
COURAGE.
COURTESY.
COWARDICE.
CREED.
CRIME.
CRITICISM.
CUSTOM.
DAY.
DEATH.
DECEIT.
DEEDS.
DEFEAT.
DESPAIR.
DEVIL.
DEW.
DISAPPOINTMENT.
DISCONTENT.
DISTANCE.
DOUBT.
DREAM.
DRESS.
DRINK.
DUTY.
DYING.
EASTER.
ECCLESIASTICISM.
ETERNITY.
EVENING.
EXPECTATION.
EYE.
FACE.
FAIRY.
FAITH.
FALSEHOOD.
FAME.
FANCY.
FAREWELL.
FARMING.
FASHION.
FATE.
FAULT.
FEAR.
FEELING.
FIDELITY.
FISH.
FLATTERY.
FLOWERS.
SPRING.
SUMMER.
AUTUMN.
FOOL.
FORGET.
FORGIVE.
FORTUNE.
FREEDOM.
FRIENDSHIP.
FRIGHT.
FUTURE.
GENTLEMAN.
GHOST.
GLORY.
GOD.
GODS, THE.
GOOD.
GRATITUDE.
GRAVE, THE.
GREATNESS.
GRIEF.
HAIR.
HAND.
HAPPINESS.
HATE.
HEART.
HEAVEN.
HELL.
HELP.
HEROISM.
HOME.
HOPE.
HORSEMANSHIP.
HOSPITALITY.
HUMILITY.
HUNTING.
HYPOCRISY.
ILLNESS.
IMAGINATION.
IMMORTALITY.
INCONSTANCY.
INGRATITUDE.
INN.
INNOCENCE.
INSECTS.
INSTRUCTION.
INVENTION.
JEALOUSY.
JESUS CHRIST.
JEWEL.
JOURNALISM.
JOY.
KISS.
KNOWLEDGE.
LABOR.
LAW.
LEARNING.
LETTERS.
LIFE.
LOSS.
LOVE.
LOVE'S ARTS.
LOVE'S BLINDNESS.
LOVE'S DANGERS.
LOVE'S CAUTIONS.
LOVE'S DELIGHT.
LOVE'S PAINS.
LOVE'S UNITY.
MAN.
MANNERS.
MATRIMONY.
MEDICINE.
MELANCHOLY.
MEMORY.
MERCY.
MERRIMENT.
MIND.
MISSIONS.
MODERATION.
MOON.
MORNING.
MOTHER.
MOUNTAIN.
MOURNING.
MURDER.
MUSIC.
NAME.
NATURE.
NIGHT.
NOBILITY.
OPINION.
OPPORTUNITY.
ORATORY.
ORDER.
PAIN.
PAINTING.
PARTING.
PASSION.
PAST, THE.
PATIENCE.
PATRIOTISM.
PEACE.
PEN.
PEOPLE, THE.
PERFECTION.
PERFUME.
PERSONAL.
PITY.
PLEASURE.
POET, THE.
POETRY.
POLITICS.
POSSESSION.
POVERTY.
POWER.
PRAISE.
PRAYER.
PREACHING.
PRESENT, THE.
PRIDE.
PROGRESS.
PROMISE.
QUARREL.
RAIN.
RAINBOW.
READING.
REASONS.
REGRET.
RELIGION.
REMORSE.
REPUTATION.
RESIGNATION.
RESOLUTION.
REST.
RETRIBUTION.
REVENGE.
ROD, THE.
ROMANCE.
ROYALTY.
RURAL LIFE.
SABBATH.
SATIRE.
SCANDAL.
SCHOOL.
SCIENCE.
SCOLD.
SCULPTURE.
SEA.
SEASONS.
SPRING.
SUMMER.
AUTUMN.
WINTER.
SECRET.
SHAME.
SHIP.
SIGH.
SILENCE.
SIN.
SINCERITY.
SKY.
SLEEP.
SMILE.
SOCIETY.
SOLDIER.
SOLITUDE.
SORROW.
SOUL.
SPEECH.
SPIRITS.
STAGE, THE.
STAR.
STATECRAFT.
STEALING.
STORM.
SUCCESS.
SUICIDE.
SUN.
SUSPICION.
SYMPATHY.
TABLE, THE.
TASTE.
TEAR.
TEMPER.
TEMPTATION.
THEOLOGY.
THOUGHT.
TIME.
TOBACCO.
TO-MORROW.
TREASON.
TREE.
TRIFLE.
TRUTH.
TYRANNY.
VANITY.
VARIETY.
VIRTUE.
VISIONS.
WAR.
WAR.
WATERS.
WATERS—WEALTH.
WEALTH.
WIFE.
WIND.
WINE.
WISDOM.
WOMAN.
YOUTH.
ZEAL.