The World's Greatest Books — Volume 17 — Poetry and Drama
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THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS
Table of Contents
Poetry and Drama
GOETHE
Goetz von Berlichingen[A]
Persons in the Drama
Act I
Act II
Act III
Act IV
Act V
Iphigenia in Tauris[B]
Persons in the Drama
Act I Iphigenia and Thoas.
Act II Orestes and Pylades.
Act III Iphigenia and Orestes.
Act IV Iphigenia alone.
Act V Thoas alone.
GOGOL[C]
The Inspector-General
Persons in the Play
Act I
Act II
Act III
Act IV
OLIVER GOLDSMITH[D]
She Stoops to Conquer
Persons in the Play
Act I
Act II
Act III
Act IV
Act V
HEINRICH HEINE[E]
Atta Troll A Summer Night's Dream
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
HOMER[F]
The Iliad
I.—Of the Wrath of Achilles; and of Hector
II.—Of the Battle by the Ships
III.—Of Patroclus, and the Rousing of Achilles
IV.—Of Achilles and Hector
The Odyssey[G]
I.—How Ulysses Came to Phæacia, and of Nausicaa
II.—Ulysses Tells of his Wanderings
III.—How Ulysses Came Back to Ithaca
IV.—Of the Doom of the Suitors
HORACE[H]
Poems
Satires
HUMAN DISCONTENT
AVARICE
A PARAGON OF INCONSISTENCY
ON JUDGING FRIENDS
ON LOYALTY TO ABSENT FRIENDS
HORACE'S DEBT TO HIS FATHER
HORACE'S HABITS IN THE CITY
HUMAN DISCONTENT
AVARICE
A PARAGON OF INCONSISTENCY
ON JUDGING FRIENDS
ON LOYALTY TO ABSENT FRIENDS
HORACE'S DEBT TO HIS FATHER
HORACE'S HABITS IN THE CITY
Horace and the Bore
The Art of Poetry
UNITY AND SIMPLICITY ARE REQUISITE
THE FALSEHOOD OF EXTREMES IN STYLE
CHOICE OF THEME
WORDS OLD AND NEW
WORDS MUST SUIT CHARACTER
ON LITERARY BORROWING
ON BEGINNING A HEROIC POEM
ACTION AND NARRATION IN PLAYS
GOOD SENSE A WELL-SPRING OF POETRY
PERFECTION CANNOT BE EXPECTED
A HIGH STANDARD MUST BE EXACTED
ARE POETS BORN OR MADE?
UNITY AND SIMPLICITY ARE REQUISITE
THE FALSEHOOD OF EXTREMES IN STYLE
CHOICE OF THEME
WORDS OLD AND NEW
WORDS MUST SUIT CHARACTER
ON LITERARY BORROWING
ON BEGINNING A HEROIC POEM
ACTION AND NARRATION IN PLAYS
GOOD SENSE A WELL-SPRING OF POETRY
PERFECTION CANNOT BE EXPECTED
A HIGH STANDARD MUST BE EXACTED
ARE POETS BORN OR MADE?
Odes
A DEDICATION
TO PYRRHA
WINTER CHEER
"GATHER YE ROSEBUDS WHILE YE MAY"
GOD AND EMPEROR
THE STRENGTH OF INNOCENCE
TRANQUILLITY
TO A FAIR DECEIVER
THE GOLDEN MEAN
TO THE FOUNTAIN OF BANDUSIA
TO THE GOD FAUNUS
AN ENVOI
A DEDICATION
TO PYRRHA
WINTER CHEER
"GATHER YE ROSEBUDS WHILE YE MAY"
GOD AND EMPEROR
THE STRENGTH OF INNOCENCE
TRANQUILLITY
TO A FAIR DECEIVER
THE GOLDEN MEAN
TO THE FOUNTAIN OF BANDUSIA
TO THE GOD FAUNUS
AN ENVOI
VICTOR HUGO[I]
Hernani
Persons in the Drama
Act I
Act II
Act III
Act IV
Marion de Lorme[J]
Persons in the Drama
Act I
Act II
Act III
Ruy Blas[K]
Persons in the Drama
Act I
Act II
Act III
The King Amuses Himself[L]
Persons in the Drama
Act I
Act II
Act III
The Legend of the Ages[M]
Conscience
Eviradnus
The Temple of the Captives
Jean Chouan
Civil War
HENRIK IBSEN[N]
The Master Builder
Persons in the Drama
Act I
Act II
Act III
The Pillars of Society[O]
Persons in the Drama
Act I
Act II
Act III
Act IV
BEN JONSON[P]
Every Man in His Humour
Persons in the Comedy
Act I
Act II
Act III
Act V
JUVENAL[Q]
Satires
I.—Of Satire and its Subjects
II.—A Satire on Rome
III.—A Satire on the Vanity of Human Wishes
FRIEDRICH KLOPSTOCK[R]
The Messiah
I.—The Mount of Olives
II.—Of Satan Warring, and the Council of the Sanhedrim
III.—Eloah Sings the Redeemer's Glory
IV.—Pilate's Wife Bewails the Saviour's Sufferings
V.—The Day of Oblation
GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING[S]
Nathan the Wise
Persons in the Drama
Act I
Act II
Act III
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW[T]
Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie
I.—The Betrothal and the Exile
II.—The Quest and the Finding
The Song of Hiawatha[U]
I.—Of Hiawatha and His Battle with Mudjekeewis
II.—Of Hiawatha's Friends and of His Fight with Pearl-Feather
III.—Hiawatha's Life with His People and His Departing Westward
LUCRETIUS[V]
On the Nature of Things
I.—The Invocation and the Theme
THE TYRANNY OF RELIGION AND THE REVOLT OF EPICURUS
THE TYRANNY OF RELIGION AND THE REVOLT OF EPICURUS
II.—First Principles and a Theory of the Universe
A HARD TASK AND THREEFOLD TITLE TO FAME
CALM OF MIND IN RELATION TO A TRUE THEORY OF THE UNIVERSE
PROPERTIES OF ATOMS
EPICURUS AND THE GODS
A HARD TASK AND THREEFOLD TITLE TO FAME
CALM OF MIND IN RELATION TO A TRUE THEORY OF THE UNIVERSE
PROPERTIES OF ATOMS
EPICURUS AND THE GODS
III.—Of Mind and Soul and Death
IV—The World's Origin and Its Growth
PRIMEVAL FERTILITY OF THE EARTH
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST IN THE STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE
PRIMITIVE MAN
THE EVOLVING OF CIVILISATION
PRIMEVAL FERTILITY OF THE EARTH
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST IN THE STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE
PRIMITIVE MAN
THE EVOLVING OF CIVILISATION
JAMES MACPHERSON
Ossian[W]
I.—Carthon
II.—Darthula
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE[X]
The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus
Persons in the Play
Act I
Act II
Act III
MARTIAL[Y]
Epigrams, Epitaphs and Poems
I.—Satiric Pieces and Epigrams
MARTIAL ON HIS WORK
ON FREEDOM OF LANGUAGE
THE AIM OF THE EPIGRAMS
ON A SPENDTHRIFT
TO A RECITER WHO BAWLED
TO AN APOLOGETIC RECITER
ANSWER TO A POETASTER
ON A PLAGIARIST
A LOVER OF OLD-FASHIONED POETRY
A GOOD RIDDANCE
HOW A WET SEASON HELPS THE ADULTERATION OF WINE
THE SYSTEMATIC DINER-OUT
THE LEGACY-HUNTER CONSIDERS A MARRIAGE de Convenance
WIDOWER AND WIDOW
THE IMPORTUNATE BEGGAR
TO A FRIEND OVER-CAUTIOUS IN LENDING
AN OLD DANDY
PATIENT AND DOCTOR
APING ONE'S BETTERS
MARTIAL ON HIS WORK
ON FREEDOM OF LANGUAGE
THE AIM OF THE EPIGRAMS
ON A SPENDTHRIFT
TO A RECITER WHO BAWLED
TO AN APOLOGETIC RECITER
ANSWER TO A POETASTER
ON A PLAGIARIST
A LOVER OF OLD-FASHIONED POETRY
A GOOD RIDDANCE
HOW A WET SEASON HELPS THE ADULTERATION OF WINE
THE SYSTEMATIC DINER-OUT
THE LEGACY-HUNTER CONSIDERS A MARRIAGE de Convenance
WIDOWER AND WIDOW
THE IMPORTUNATE BEGGAR
TO A FRIEND OVER-CAUTIOUS IN LENDING
AN OLD DANDY
PATIENT AND DOCTOR
APING ONE'S BETTERS
II.—Epitaphs
ON A DEAD SLAVE-BOY
ON A LITTLE GIRL, EROTION
ON A DEAD SLAVE-BOY
ON A LITTLE GIRL, EROTION
III.—Poems on Friendship and Life
A WORTHY FRIEND
A RETROSPECT
GIFTS TO FRIENDS ARE NOT LOST
ON MAKING THE BEST OF LIFE
A DAY IN ROME (First Century a.d.)
BOREDOM, VERSUS ENJOYMENT
THE HAPPY LIFE
AT THE SEASIDE
THE POET'S FINAL RETREAT IN SPAIN
A WORTHY FRIEND
A RETROSPECT
GIFTS TO FRIENDS ARE NOT LOST
ON MAKING THE BEST OF LIFE
A DAY IN ROME (First Century a.d.)
BOREDOM, VERSUS ENJOYMENT
THE HAPPY LIFE
AT THE SEASIDE
THE POET'S FINAL RETREAT IN SPAIN
PHILIP MASSINGER[Z]
A New Way to Pay Old Debts
Persons in the Play
Act I
Act II
Act III
JOHN MILTON[AA]
Paradise Lost
I.—The Army of the Rebel Angels
II.—The Fiends' Conclave
III.—Satan Speeds to Earth
IV.—Of Adam and Eve in Paradise
V.—The Morning Hymn of Praise
VI.—The Story of Satan's Revolt
VII.—The New Creation
VIII.—The Creation of Adam
IX.—The Temptation and the Fall
X.—Sin and Death Triumph
XI.—Repentance and the Doom
XII.—Paradise Behind, the World Before
Paradise Regained[AB]
I.—The Forty Days
II.—The Temptation of the Body
III.—The Temptation of Glory
IV.—The Last Temptation
Samson Agonistes[AC]
Persons in the Drama
MOLIÈRE[AD]
The Doctor in Spite of Himself
Persons in the Play
Act I
Act II
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