Artist(s): Ross, Liza
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Poetry
Catalogue No: NA219812
Barcode: 9789626341988
Release Date: 05/2000

Collection: Classic American Poetry

‘The United States themselves are, essentially, the greatest poem’ said Walt Whitman. Here are the much-loved examples of the free spirit of America in all its glory.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Not Applicable, na - Author
Ross, Liza (Non-Classical Artist)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Goode, James (Reader)
Hootkins, William (Reader)
Harper, Kate (Reader)
Parsons, Alibe (Reader)
1 The Author To Her Book 02:21
Ross, Liza (Non-Classical Artist)
2 Upon A Spider Catching A Fly 02:01
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
3 Navajo Mountain Song 01:26
Goode, James (Reader)
4 The Indian Student 04:08
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
5 The Wild Honeysuckle 01:24
Ross, Liza (Non-Classical Artist)
6 The Star-Spangled Banner 02:10
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
7 The Prairies 08:07
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
8 The Snow-Storm 01:49
Hootkins, William (Reader)
9 Telling The Bees 03:14
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
10 The Song Of Hiawatha From The Wooing - At The Doorway Of His Wigwam 08:35
Hootkins, William (Reader)
11 My Lost Youth 05:34
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
12 A Dream Within A Dream 01:13
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
13 Annabel Lee 02:33
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
14 To Helen 00:52
Hootkins, William (Reader)
15 The Raven 09:00
Hootkins, William (Reader)
16 Old Ironsides 01:07
Hootkins, William (Reader)
17 The Indians Retort 01:36
Goode, James (Reader)
18 Sic Vita 01:55
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
19 Pray To What Earth Does This Sweet Cold Belong 01:11
Ross, Liza (Non-Classical Artist)
20 The Battle Hymn Of The Republic 01:45
Harper, Kate (Reader)
21 The Martyr 01:40
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
22 Out Of The Cradle Endlessly Rocking 14:13
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Disc 2
1 Science And Poetry 01:01
Ross, Liza (Non-Classical Artist)
2 Frankie And Johnny 04:12
Parsons, Alibe (Reader)
3 An Upper Chamber In A Darkened House 01:01
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
4 A Narrow Fellow In The Grass 01:06
Hootkins, William (Reader)
5 My Life Closed Twice Before Its Close 00:28
Ross, Liza (Non-Classical Artist)
6 I Taste A Liquor Never Brewed 00:45
Ross, Liza (Non-Classical Artist)
7 Because I Could Not Stop For Death 01:11
Harper, Kate (Reader)
8 I Like To See It Lap The Miles 00:43
Harper, Kate (Reader)
9 The Wind Begun To Rock The Grass 00:50
Parsons, Alibe (Reader)
10 Bury Me In A Free Land 01:50
Goode, James (Reader)
11 The Stirrup-Cup 00:47
Hootkins, William (Reader)
12 The New Colossus 01:01
Parsons, Alibe (Reader)
13 I Sometimes Think I'd Rather Crow 00:52
Goode, James (Reader)
14 A Newspaper Is A Collection Of Half-Injustices 01:22
Goode, James (Reader)
15 Do Not Weep, Maiden, For War Is Kind 01:26
Hootkins, William (Reader)
16 Sympathy 01:23
Goode, James (Reader)
17 A Lesson In A Picture 01:50
Ross, Liza (Non-Classical Artist)
18 Miniver Cheevy 02:10
Harper, Kate (Reader)
19 The Road Not Taken 01:15
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
20 Stopping By The Woods On A Snowy Evening 01:03
Hootkins, William (Reader)
21 The Death Of The Hired Man 09:08
Ross, Liza (Non-Classical Artist)
Hootkins, William (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
22 Meeting-House Hill 02:10
Ross, Liza (Non-Classical Artist)
23 Chicago 02:13
Hootkins, William (Reader)
24 They All Want To Play Hamlet 01:20
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
25 The Flower-Fed Buffaloes 00:55
Ross, Liza (Non-Classical Artist)
26 The Emperor Of Ice-Cream 01:02
Hootkins, William (Reader)
27 Peter Quince At The Clavier 03:18
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
28 Wild Peaches 03:14
Ross, Liza (Non-Classical Artist)
29 Pretty Words 01:07
Harper, Kate (Reader)
30 Hurt Hawks 02:29
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
31 Rendezvous 01:19
Goode, James (Reader)
32 What My Lips Have Kissed, And Where, And Why 01:03
Ross, Liza (Non-Classical Artist)
33 De Profundis 00:20
Harper, Kate (Reader)
34 Resumee 00:19
Harper, Kate (Reader)
35 General Review Of The Sex Situation 00:27
Harper, Kate (Reader)
36 Anyone Lived In A Pretty How Town 01:53
Harper, Kate (Reader)
37 Somewhere I Have Never Travelled, Gladly Beyond 01:58
Hootkins, William (Reader)
38 American Names 02:48
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
39 Theme For English B 02:34
Goode, James (Reader)
40 Trumpet Player: 52nd Street 01:19
Goode, James (Reader)
41 You Bet Travel Is Broadening 02:00
Hootkins, William (Reader)
42 September, The First Day Of School 02:20
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
43 How Poems Are Made - A Discredited View 02:11
Parsons, Alibe (Reader)

Total Playing Time: 02:31:37