Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1914
William Stanley Braithwaite
81 chapters · 5 h 51 min · English
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William Stanley Braithwaite, a talented poet in his own right, was most notable for his anthologies of poetry including these annual collections that spanned at least twelve years from 1913 to 1924. These were composed of poems written in that year, and included a wide range of poetry from classical to avant-garde. As an African American, he also included many selections from other African American poets. He is recognized as a significant publisher of Harlem Renaissance poets. This volume includes poets such as Vachel Lindsay., Bliss Carman, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Joyce Kilmer, Madison Cawein, Sara Teasdale, and many others. (Summary by Larry Wilson)
Chapters
1 Introduction 27 min 2 Landscapes by Louis Untermeyer 3 min 3 Phi Beta Kappa Poem by Bliss Carman 12 min 4 The Deserted Pasture by Bliss Carman 2 min 5 To a Phoebe-bird by Witter Bynner 1 min 6 From a Motor in May by Corrine Roosevelt Robinson 1 min 7 To a Garden in April by Walter Conrad Arensberg 1 min 8 Jewel Weed by Florence Earle Coates 1 min 9 Irish by Edward J. O'brien 1 min 10 The Regents' Examination by Jessie Wallace Hughan 1 min 11 Yankee Doodle by Vachel Lindsay 3 min 12 Fight by Percy MacKaye 28 min 13 The Prophet by Lyman Bryson 1 min 14 Newport by Alice Duer Miller 1 min 15 To a Photographer by Berton Braley 2 min 16 Song by Edward J. O'brien 1 min 17 Sonnet XXXVII by Arthur Davison Ficke 1 min 18 The Hunting of Dian by George Starling 3 min 19 The Firemen's Ball by Vachel Lindsay 10 min 20 Summons by Louis Untermeyer 3 min 21 Patterns by James Oppenhiem 2 min 22 New York by Edwin Davies Schoonmaker 10 min 23 We Dead by James Oppenheim 8 min 24 God and the Farmer by Frederick Erastus Pierce 3 min 25 Song by Ruth Guthrie Harding 1 min 26 Surety by Witter Bynner 1 min 27 Remembrance: Greek Folk-Song by Margaret Widdemer 2 min 28 The Two Flames by Eloise Briton 7 min 29 The Look by Sara Teasdale 1 min 30 The Flirt by Amelia Josephine Burr 1 min 31 Young Eden by Witter Bynner 4 min 32 Ablution by John Myers O'Hare 1 min 33 Pilgrmage by Laura Campbell 2 min 34 Ballad of Two Seas by George Sterling 3 min 35 Eros Turannos by Edwin Arlington Robinson 3 min 36 The Shroud by Edna St. Vincent Millay 1 min 37 The Mother by Lydia Gibson 2 min 38 A Handful of Dust by James Oppenheimer 3 min 39 A Lynmouth Widow by Amelia Josephine Burr 1 min 40 The Gift of God by Edwin Arlington Robinson 2 min 41 Sonnet XXIX by Arthur Davison Ficke 1 min 42 Romance by Conrad Aiken 33 min 43 If You Should Cease to Love Me by Corrine Roosevelt Robinson 2 min 44 Vain Excuse by Walter Conrad Arnesberg 1 min 45 Sonnet XXX by Arthur Davison Ficke 1 min 46 Lost Treasure by Lydia Gibson 1 min 47 Old Fairingdown by Olive Tilford Dargan 5 min 48 In the Roman Forum by Amelia Josephine Burr 4 min 49 Ash Wednesday by John Erskine 13 min 50 The Laggard Song by Richard Le Gallienne 2 min 51 Grotesque by Ruth Guthrie Harding 2 min 52 Ballade of a Dead Lady by Richard Le Gallienne 2 min 53 An Epitaph by Walter Conrad Arnesberg 1 min 54 War by Witter Bynner 1 min 55 France by Percy MacKaye 1 min 56 The Drum by E. Sutton 6 min 57 If! by Bartholomew F. Griffin 3 min 58 Prelude by Edmond McKenna 5 min 59 The Other Army by Bartholomew F. Griffin 2 min 60 The Bugle by E. Sutton 3 min 61 He Went for a Soldier by Ruth Comfort Mitchell 3 min 62 Six Sonnets (August, 1914) by Percy MacKaye 6 min 63 Litany of Nations by William Griffith 4 min 64 To the Necrophile by Walter Conrad Arnesberg 1 min 65 Louvain by Oliver Herford 1 min 66 The Ancient Sacrifice by Mahlon Leonard Fisher 1 min 67 The Pipes of the North by E. Sutton 4 min 68 Out of Babylon by Clinton Scollard 2 min 69 ''Funere Mersit Acerbo'' by Ruth Shepard Phelps 2 min 70 Afterwards by Mahlon Leonard Fisher 1 min 71 Evening by Charlotte Wilson 1 min 72 Lights through the Mist by William Rose Benet 1 min 73 The Twelve-Forty-Five by Joyce Kilmer 5 min 74 The Last Demand by Faith Baldwin 2 min 75 Godspeed! By Jane Belfeld 1 min 76 At the End of the Road by Madison Cawein 2 min 77 Path-Flower by Olive Tilford Dargan 4 min 78 The God-Maker, Man by Don Marquis 5 min 79 Ten Books of Poetry for a Small Library 11 min 80 Twenty-five Books of Poetry for a Larger Library 11 min 81 Supplementary List of Significant Books of Poetry for a Large Library 29 min
