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I Home: Friendship  VI Fancy: Sentiment
  II LoveVII Descriptive: Narrative
III Sorrow and Consolation  VIII National Spirit
  IV The Higher LifeIX Tragedy: Humor
V Nature  X Poetical Quotations

THE WORLD'S
BEST POETRY

IN TEN VOLUMES, ILLUSTRATED

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BLISS CARMAN

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Copyright, 1904, by
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JOHANN WOLFGANG von GOETHE.

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The World's Best Poetry Vol. IX

Of TRAGEDY:
of HUMOR

THE OLD CASE OF
POETRY
IN A NEW COURT

By FRANCIS A. GUMMERE

JOHN D. MORRIS AND COMPANY
PHILADELPHIA

Copyright, 1904, by
John D. Morris & Company