The World's Best Poetry, Volume 10 - Poetical Quotations

Project Gutenberg's The World's Best Poetry — Volume 10, by Bliss CarmanThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The World's Best Poetry — Volume 10Author: Various Edited by Bliss CarmanRelease Date: July 17, 2004 [EBook #12925]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE WORLD'S BEST POETRY—VOLUME 10 ***Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Leonard Johnson, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.THE WORLD'S BEST POETRY[Illustration] 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 QuotationsTHE WORLD'S BEST POETRYIN TEN VOLUMES, ILLUSTRATEDEditor-in-ChiefBLISS CARMANAssociate EditorsJohn Vance CheneyCharles G.D. RobertsCharles F. RichardsonFrancis H. StoddardManaging EditorJohn R. Howard1904The World's Best PoetryVol. XPOETICAL QUOTATIONSAFTER ALL, WHAT IS POETRYByJOHN R. HOWARD* * * * *AFTER ALL, WHAT IS POETRY?BY JOHN RAYMOND HOWARD.Considering the immense volume of poetical writing produced, and lost or accumulated, by all nations through theages, it is of curious interest that no generally accepted definition of the word "Poetry" has ...