Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry. 1904.
Volume IX. Tragedy: Humor
| Introductory Essay | ||
| The Old Case of Poetry in a New Court by Francis Barton Gummere (1855–1919) | ||
| Poems of Tragedy | ||
| I. Greece | ||
| Iphigeneia and Agamemnon by Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864) | ||
| The Sacrifice of Polyxena by Euripides (c. 480–406 B.C.) | ||
| Parrhasius by Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806–1867) | ||
| II. Rome | ||
| Lucius Junius Brutus over the Body of Lucretia by John Howard Payne (1791–1852) | ||
| The Roman Father by Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay (1800–1859) | ||
| Mark Antony, over the Body of Cæsar by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) | ||
| III. The Orient | ||
| The Sack of the City by Victor Hugo (1802–1885) | ||
| The Slaying of Sohrab by Matthew Arnold (1822–1888) | ||
| Khamsin by Clinton Scollard (1860–1932) | ||
| IV. Germany | ||
| The Diver by Friedrich von Schiller (1759–1805) | ||
| God’s Judgment on a Wicked Bishop by Robert Southey (1774–1843) | ||
| V. Italy | ||
| Countess Laura by George Henry Boker (1823–1890) | ||
| Othello’s Remorse by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) | ||
| The Trial of Beatrice by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) | ||
| Fra Giacomo by Robert Buchanan (1841–1901) | ||
| Ginevra by Samuel Rogers (1763–1855) | ||
| VI. Spain | ||
| Bernardo Del Carpio by Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1793–1835) | ||
| VII. Switzerland | ||
| The Prisoner of Chillon by Lord Byron (1788–1824) | ||
| VIII. France | ||
| Before Sedan by Henry Austin Dobson (1840–1921) | ||
| IX. Russia | ||
| Ivàn Ivànovitch by Robert Browning (1812–1889) | ||
| X. Scotland | ||
| A Dagger of the Mind by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) | ||
| The Murder by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) | ||
| The Twa Corbies—Anonymous | ||
| XI. Ireland | ||
| The Sack of Baltimore by Thomas Osborne Davis (1814–1845) | ||
| XII. England | ||
| The Rose and the Gauntlet by John Sterling (1806–1844) | ||
| The Young Gray Head by Caroline Bowles Southey (1786–1854) | ||
| High-Tide on the Coast of Lincolnshire by Jean Ingelow (1820–1897) | ||
| Rizpah by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) | ||
| The Dream of Eugene Aram by Thomas Hood (1799–1845) | ||
| In the Engine-Shed by William Wilkins (b. 1852) | ||
| Revelry of the Dying by Bartholomew Dowling (1823–1863) | ||
| XIII. America | ||
| The Drummer-Boy’s Burial—Anonymous | ||
| Ramon by Bret Harte (1836–1902) | ||
| XIV. Canada | ||
| At the Cedars by Duncan Campbell Scott (1862–1947) | ||
| XV. The Sea | ||
| The Sands o’ Dee by Charles Kingsley (1819–1875) | ||
| On the Loss of the Royal George by William Cowper (1731–1800) | ||
| The Three Fishers by Charles Kingsley (1819–1875) | ||
| Casabianca by Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1793–1835) | ||
| The Wreck of the Hesperus by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) | ||
| The Second Mate by Fitz-James O’Brien (1828–1862) | ||
| A Sea Story by Emily Henrietta Hickey (1845–1924) | ||
| Humorous Poems | ||
| I. Woman | ||
| Woman—Anonymous | ||
| The Women Fo’k by James Hogg (1770–1835) | ||
| Of a Certaine Man by Sir John Harrington (1561–1612) | ||
| Women’s Chorus by Aristophanes (c. 448–c. 388 B.C.) | ||
| The Wives of Weinsberg by Gottfried Augüst Bürger (1747–1794) | ||
| Sorrows of Werther by William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863) | ||
| The Well of St. Keyne by Robert Southey (1774–1843) | ||
| The Belle of the Ball by Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1802–1839) | ||
| Echo and the Lover—Anonymous | ||
| Echo by John Godfrey Saxe (1816–1887) | ||
| “Nothing to Wear” by William Allen Butler (1825–1902) | ||
| The Sea by Eva L. Ogden | ||
| The Proud Miss MacBride by John Godfrey Saxe (1816–1887) | ||
| On an Old Muff by Frederick Locker-Lampson (1821–1895) | ||
| How Paddy Got “Under Government”—Anonymous | ||
| II. Miscellaneous | ||
| Saint Anthony’s Sermon to the Fishes—Anonymous | ||
| King John and the Abbot of Canterbury—Anonymous | ||
| Gluggity Glug by George Colman the Younger (1762–1836) | ||
| I Am a Friar of Orders Gray by John O’Keeffe (1747–1833) | ||
| Good Ale by John Still (1543?–1608) | ||
| The Pilgrims and the Peas by John Wolcot (Peter Pindar) (1738–1819) | ||
| The Vicar of Bray—Anonymous | ||
| Hudibras’ Sword and Dagger by Samuel Butler (1612–1680) | ||
| The Fine Old English Gentleman—Anonymous | ||
| Toby Tosspot by George Colman the Younger (1762–1836) | ||
| The Milkmaid by Jeffreys Taylor (1792–1853) | ||
| Morning Meditations by Thomas Hood (1799–1845) | ||
| Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog by Oliver Goldsmith (1730–1774) | ||
| Old Grimes by Albert G. Greene (1802–1868) | ||
| Elegy on Madam Blaize by Oliver Goldsmith (1730–1774) | ||
| The Grave-Yard by James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) | ||
| Faithless Nelly Gray by Thomas Hood (1799–1845) | ||
| Faithless Sally Brown by Thomas Hood (1799–1845) | ||
| Orator Puff by Thomas Moore (1779–1852) | ||
| The Gouty Merchant and the Stranger by Horace Smith (1779–1849) | ||
| The Diverting History of John Gilpin by William Cowper (1731–1800) | ||
| Epigrams by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) | ||
| The Razor-Seller by John Wolcot (Peter Pindar) (1738–1819) | ||
| Paper by Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) | ||
| Epitaph by George Canning (1770–1827) | ||
| Rudolph the Headsman by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894) | ||
| Song of One Eleven Years in Prison by George Canning (1770–1827) | ||
| Little Billee by William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863) | ||
| Captain Reece by William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911) | ||
| The Yarn of the “Nancy Bell” by William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911) | ||
| The Art of Book-Keeping by Thomas Hood (1799–1845) | ||
| Address to the Toothache by Robert Burns (1759–1796) | ||
| To the Terrestrial Globe by William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911) | ||
| The Nose and the Eyes by William Cowper (1731–1800) | ||
| The Vowels: An Enigma by Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) | ||
| Alnwick Castle by Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790–1867) | ||
| The Latest Decalogue by Arthur Hugh Clough (1819–1861) | ||
| The New Church Organ by Will Carleton (1845–1912) | ||
| Tonis ad Resto Mare by Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) | ||
| The Irishman and the Lady by William Maginn (1794–1842) | ||
| The Recruit by Robert William Chambers (1865–1933) | ||
| Ritter Hugo by Charles Godfrey Leland (1824–1903) | ||
| Hans Breitmann’s Party by Charles Godfrey Leland (1824–1903) | ||
| Leedle Yawcob Strauss by Charles Follen Adams (1842–1918) | ||
| Dot Long-Handled Dipper by Charles Follen Adams (1842–1918) | ||
| The Jackdaw of Rheims by Richard Harris Barham (Thomas Ingoldsby) (1788–1845) | ||
| American by James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) | ||
| What Mr. Robinson Thinks by James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) | ||
| Swell’s Soliloquy—Anonymous | ||
| The Compliment by Eugene Field (1850–1895) | ||
| The Nantucket Skipper by James Thomas Fields (1817–1881) | ||
| The One-Hoss Shay by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894) | ||
| Griggsby’s Station by James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916) | ||
| He ’d Had No Show by Sam Walter Foss (1858–1911) | ||
| The Mystified Quaker in New York—Anonymous | ||
| To the “Sextant” by Arabella M. Willson | ||
| Jim Bludso of the Prairie Belle by John Hay (1838–1905) | ||
| To the Pliocene Skull by Bret Harte (1836–1902) | ||
| Little Breeches by John Hay (1838–1905) | ||
| Jim by Bret Harte (1836–1902) | ||
| Banty Tim by John Hay (1838–1905) | ||
| Dow’s Flat by Bret Harte (1836–1902) | ||
| The Society upon the Stanislaus by Bret Harte (1836–1902) | ||
| Plain Language from Truthful James by Bret Harte (1836–1902) | ||
| A Plantation Ditty by Frank Lebby Stanton (1857–1927) | ||
| De Fust Banjo by Irwin Russell (1853–1879) | ||
| Perils of Thinking—Anonymous | ||
| Nebuchadnezzar by Irwin Russell (1853–1879) | ||
| A Life’s Love—Anonymous | ||
| Darwin by Mortimer Collins (1827–1876) | ||
| Ode for a Social Meeting by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894) | ||
| Hollow Hospitality by Joseph Hall (1574–1656) | ||
| A Recipe—Anonymous | ||
| A Recipe for Salad by Sydney Smith (1771–1845) | ||
| Ode to Tobacco by Charles Stuart Calverley (1831–1884) | ||
| A Farewell to Tobacco by Charles Lamb (1775–1834) | ||
| Too Great a Sacrifice—Anonymous | ||
| From “Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum” by Wallace Irwin (1875–1959) | ||
| A Saddened Tramp—Anonymous | ||
| III. Parodies: Imitations | ||
| The Modern House That Jack Built—Anonymous | ||
| The Friend of Humanity and the Knife-Grinder by George Canning (1770–1827) | ||
| Deborah Lee by William H. Burleigh (1812–1871) | ||
| The Cock and the Bull by Charles Stuart Calverley (1831–1884) | ||
| The Auld Wife by Charles Stuart Calverley (1831–1884) | ||
| Lovers, and a Reflection by Charles Stuart Calverley (1831–1884) | ||
| Nephelidia by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909) | ||
| The Arab by Charles Stuart Calverley (1831–1884) | ||
| The Modern Hiawatha—Anonymous | ||
| Poems Received in Response to an Advertised Call for a National Anthem by Robert Henry Newell (1836–1901) | ||
| Belagcholly Days—Anonymous | ||
| Sneezing by Leigh Hunt (1784–1859) | ||
| To My Nose by Alfred Henry Forrester (Alfred Crowquill) (1804–1872) | ||
| Lapsus Calami by James Kenneth Stephen (1859–1892) | ||
| A Conservative by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935) | ||
| “Forever” by Charles Stuart Calverley (1831–1884) | ||
| IV. Ingenuities: Oddities | ||
| Siege of Belgrade—Anonymous | ||
| My Love—Anonymous | ||
| Ode to the Human Heart by Laman Blanchard (1803–1845) | ||
| Metrical Feet by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) | ||
| Nocturnal Sketch by Thomas Hood (1799–1845) | ||
| Railroad Rhyme by John Godfrey Saxe (1816–1887) | ||
| Physics by William Whewell (1794–1866) | ||
| The Collegian to His Bride—Anonymous | ||
| The Lawyer’s Invocation to Spring by Henry Howard Brownell (1820–1872) | ||
| The Cosmic Egg—Anonymous | ||
| The Hen by Matthias Claudius (1740–1815) | ||
| Ode—To the Roc by William John Courthope (1842–1917) | ||
| Motherhood by Charles Stuart Calverley (1831–1884) | ||
| Disaster by Charles Stuart Calverley (1831–1884) | ||
| Lines Written in an Album by Willis Gaylord (1792–1844) | ||
| On the Brink by Charles Stuart Calverley (1831–1884) | ||
| The V-a-s-e by James Jeffrey Roche (1847–1908) | ||
| Larks and Nightingales by Nathan Haskell Dole (1852–1935) | ||
| Of Blue China by Andrew Lang (1844–1912) | ||
| A Riddle by Catherine Fanshawe (1765–1834) | ||
| A Threnody by George Thomas Lanigan (1845–1886) | ||
| Lines to Miss Florence Huntington—Anonymous | ||
| V. Nonsense | ||
| Nonsense by Thomas Moore (1779–1852) | ||
| The Purple Cow by Gelett Burgess (1866–1951) | ||
| Psycholophon by Gelett Burgess (1866–1951) | ||
| The Baker’s Tale by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) (1832–1898) | ||
| Jabberwocky by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) (1832–1898) | ||
| For a Novel of Hall Caine’s by Robert Bridges (1844–1930) | ||