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SectionTitleReaderNotesListen UrlStatus
0 Foreword  silverquill 2:32 Listen PL OK
1 Abou Ben Adhem BY Leigh Hunt  alanmapstone p.133. 2:38 Listen PL OK
2 The Answer BY Grantland Rice  alanmapstone p.25. 2:58 Listen PL OK
4 The Arrow and the Song BY Henry Wadsworth Longfellow  NinaLily p.83 1:30 Listen PL OK
5 Awareness BY Miriam Teichner  NinaLily p.87. dl April 20 Assigned
6 The Bars of Fate BY Ellen M.H. Gates  AliceStein p.158. 2:48 Listen PL OK
7 Battle Cry BY John G. Neihardt   p.148 Open
8 The Belly and the Members BY William Shakespeare   p.152 Open
9 Be the Best of Whatever You Are BY Douglas Malloch   p.1 Open
10 Borrowed Feathers BY Joseph Morris   p.124 Open
11 Borrowing Trouble BY Robert Burns   p.203 Open
12 Brave Life BY Grantland Rice   p.186 Open
13 The Call of the Unbeaten BY Grantland Rice   p.48 Open
14 Can't BY Edgar A. Guest   p.104 Open
15 Can You Sing a Song? BY Joseph Morris   p.35 Open
16 Cares BY Elizabeth Barrett Browning  NinaLily p.111 1:37 Listen PL OK
17 The Celestial Surgeon BY Robert Louis Stevenson  HumphreySpeaks p.153. 1:28 Listen PL OK
18 Challenge BY Jean Nette  NinaLily p.119 1:15 Listen PL OK
19 The Chambered Nautilus BY Oliver Wendell Holmes   p.30 Open
20 Character of a Happy Life BY Sir Henry Wotton   p.214 Open
21 Clear the Way BY Charles Mackay  adr6090 p.144. deadline May 2 Assigned
22 Cleon and I BY Charles Mackay   p.165 Open
23 Columbus BY Joaquin Miller   p.128 Open
24 The Conqueror BY Berton Braley   p.198 Open
25 Co-operation BY J. Mason Knox   p.177 Open
26 Courage BY Florence Earle Coates   p.109 Open
27 Cowards BY William Shakespeare   p.194 Open
28 A Creed BY Edwin Markham   p.147 Open
29 The Daffodils BY William Wordsworth  alg1001 p.180. dl April 3 Assigned
30 Days of Cheer BY James W. Foley   p.178 Open
31 December 31 BY S.E. Kiser   p.63 Open
32 De Sunflower Ain't de Daisy BY Anonymous  PapaPhish p.179 dl April 21 Assigned
33 The Disappointed BY Ella Wheeler Wilcox  AliceStein p.126. 2:40 Listen PL OK
34 Duty BY Ralph Waldo Emerson   p.47 Open
35 Duty BY Edwin Markham   p.207 Open
36 Envoi BY John G. Neihardt  pschempf 1:46 Listen PL OK
37 Essentials BY St. Clair Adams  NinaLily p.215 1:16 Listen PL OK
38 Fable BY Ralph Waldo Emerson  NinaLily p.207 1:32 Listen See PL notes
39 Fairy Song BY John Keats  ShrimpPhish p.193 1:45 Listen PL OK
40 Faith BY S.E. Kiser  silverquill 1:07 Listen PL OK
41 Faith BY Edward Rowland Sill  silverquill 2:36 Listen PL OK
42 The Fighter BY S.E. Kiser   p.102 Open
43 The Fighting Failure BY Everard Jack Appleton   p.46 Open
44 The Firm of Grin and Barrett BY Sam Walter Foss   p.118 Open
45 Four Things BY Henry Van Dyke  Craig123 p.3. deadline April 9 Assigned
46 Friends of Mine BY James W. Foley   p.9 Open
47 The Game BY Grantland Rice   p.108 Open
48 The Gifts of God BY George Herbert  KevinS 2:07 Listen PL OK
49 The Gift BY Robert Burns   p.183 Open
50 Gladness BY Anna Hempstead Branch  AliceStein p.115. 1:58 Listen PL OK
51 The Glad Song BY Joseph Morris   p.188 Open
52 God BY Gamaliel Bradford   p.89 Open
53 Good Deeds BY William Shakespeare   p.216 Open
54 Good Intentions BY St. Clair Adams  NinaLily p.43 1:58 Listen See PL notes
55 A Good Name BY William Shakespeare   p.109 Open
56 Gradatim BY G. Holland   p.200 Open
57 Gray Days BY Griffith Alexander   p.134 Open
58 The Greatness of the Soul BY Alfred Tennyson   p.169 Open
59 Grief BY Angela Morgan   p.93 Open
60 The Grumpy Guy BY Griffith Alexander  silverquill 4:01 Listen PL OK
61 The Happy Heart BY Thomas Dekker   p.149 Open
62 The Has-Beens BY Walt Mason   p.85 Open
63 Having Done and Doing BY William Shakespeare   p.52 Open
64 Heinelet BY Gamaliel Bradford   p.169 Open
65 Helpin' Out BY William Judson Kibby   p.96 Open
66 Here's Hopin' BY Frank L. Stanton   p.164 Open
67 A Hero BY Florence Earle Coates   p.205 Open
68 He Whom a Dream Hath Possessed BY Sheamus O Sheel   p.160 Open
69 His Ally BY William Rose Benét   p.154 Open
70 Hoe Your Row BY Frank L. Stanton   p.203 Open
71 Hold Fast BY Everard Jack Appleton   p.106 Open
72 Hope BY Anonymous  NinaLily p.29 dl April 20 Assigned
73 A Hopeful Brother BY Frank L. Stanton   p.67 Open
74 The House by the Side of the Road BY Sam Walter Foss   p.2 Open
75 How Did You Die? BY Edmund Vance Cooke   p.20 Open
76 How Do You Tackle Your Work? BY Edgar A. Guest   p.50 Open
77 A Hymn to Happiness BY James W. Foley   p.222 Open
78 If BY John Kendrick Bangs   p.210 Open
79 If BY Rudyard Kipling  0584 p.4. dl April 18 Assigned
80 If I Should Die BY Ben King   p.13 Open
81 If You Can't Go Over or Under, Go Round BY Joseph Morris   p.150 Open
82 I'm Glad BY Anonymous  Godzilla p.29. 0:49 Listen PL OK
83 The Inner Light BY John Milton   p.83 Open
84 Invictus BY William Ernest Henley   p.5 Open
85 Is It Raining, Little Flower? By Anonymous  ShrimpPhish 1:19 Listen PL OK
86 It Couldn't Be Done BY Edgar A. Guest  NinaLily p.6 2:45 Listen PL OK
87 It May Be BY S.E. Riser  NinaLily p.99 dl April 20 Assigned
88 It Won't Stay Blowed BY St. Clair Adams   p.116 Open
89 Jaw BY St. Clair Adams   p.197 Open
90 The Joy of Living BY Gamaliel Bradford  ShrimpPhish p.41. 1:31 Listen PL OK
91 Just Be Glad BY James Whitcomb Riley   p.14 Open
92 Just Whistle BY Frank L. Stanton   p.38 Open
93 Keep A-Goin'! BY Frank L. Stanton  Godzilla p.229 dl April 28 Assigned
94 Keep On Keepin' On BY Anonymous  Godzilla p.125. 1:46 Listen PL OK
95 Keep Sweet BY Strickland W. Gillilan  ShrimpPhish p.220. dl May 6 Assigned
96 The Kingdom of Man BY John Kendrick Bangs   p.132 Open
97 Know Thyself BY Angela Morgan   p.36 Open
98 Laugh a Little Bit BY Edmund Vance Cooke   p.135 Open
99 A Lesson from History BY Joseph Morris   p.21 Open
100 Let Me Live Out My Years BY John G. Neihardt   p.127 Open
101 Life BY Griffith Alexander   p.202 Open
102 Life BY Edward Rowland Sill   p.99 Open
103 Life BY Ella Wheeler Wilcox  NinaLily p.139 dl April 20 Assigned
104 Life and Death BY Anna Barbauld  AliceStein p.79. 1:20 Listen PL OK
105 Life and Death BY Ernest H. Crosby   p.80 Open
106 Life, not Death BY Alfred Tennyson   p.171 Open
107 Life Without Passion BY William Shakespeare   p.213 Open
108 The Lion Path BY Charlotte Perkins Gilman  AliceStein p.24. 2:47 Listen PL OK
109 Lions and Ants BY Walt Mason   p.171 Open
110 A Little Prayer BY S.E. Kiser   p.77 Open
111 A Little Thankful Song BY Frank L. Stanton   p.181 Open
112 Lose the Day Loitering BY Johann Wolfgang von Goethe   p.69 Open
113 Man, Bird, and God BY Robert Browning  HumphreySpeaks p.153. 1:30 Listen PL OK
114 Man or Manikin BY Richard Butler Glaenzer   p.51 Open
115 A Man's a Man for A' That BY Robert Burns   p.78 Open
116 The Man Who Frets at Worldly Strife BY Joseph Rodman Drake   p.163 Open
117 Meetin' Trouble BY Everard Jack Appleton   p.174 Open
118 "Might Have Been" BY Grantland Rice   p.39 Open
119 Mistress Fate BY William Rose Benét   p.141 Open
120 Morality BY Matthew Arnold   p.221 Open
121 My Creed BY S.E. Kiser   p.170 Open
122 My Philosophy BY James Whitcomb Riley   p.57 Open
123 My Triumph BY John Greenleaf Whittier   p.90 Open
124 My Wage BY Jessie B. Rittenhouse   p.183 Open
125 Never Trouble Trouble BY St. Clair Adams   p.143 Open
126 The New Duckling BY Alfred Noyes  mleigh p.34. 3:32 Listen PL OK
127 The Noble Nature BY Ben Jonson   p.177 Open
128 Ode to Duty BY William Wordsworth   p.190 Open
129 On Being Ready BY Grantland Rice   p.81 Open
130 On Down the Road BY Grantland Rice   p.173 Open
131 One Fight More BY Theodosia Garrison  AliceStein p.145. dl May 7 Assigned
132 One of These Days BY James W. Foley   p.88 Open
133 The One BY Everard Jack Appleton   p.40 Open
134 Opening Paradise BY Thomas Gray   p.97 Open
135 Opportunity BY Berton Braley  Godzilla p.15. dl April 28 Assigned
136 Opportunity BY John James Ingalls   p.54 Open
137 Opportunity BY Walter Malone   p.55 Open
138 Opportunity BY Edwin Markham   p.223 Open
139 Opportunity BY William Shakespeare   p.54 Open
140 Opportunity BY Edward Rowland Sill   p.55 Open
141 Order and the Bees BY William Shakespeare   p.75 Open
142 Ownership BY St. Clair Adams   p.32 Open
143 Painting the Lily BY William Shakespeare   p.188 Open
144 Per Aspera BY Florence Earle Coates   p.129 Open
145 The Pessimist BY Ben King   p.166 Open
146 A Philosopher BY John Kendrick Bangs   p.212 Open
147 Philosophy for Croakers BY Joseph Morris   p.44 Open
148 Pippa's Song BY Robert Browning  0584 p.31. dl April 18 Assigned
149 Playing the Game BY Anonymous   p.113 Open
150 Playing the Game BY Berton Braley   p.70 Open
151 Play the Game BY Henry Newbolt   p.162 Open
152 Polonius's Advice to Laertes BY William Shakespeare  pschempf p.49. 2:35 Listen PL OK
153 A Poor Unfortunate BY Frank L. Stanton   p.137 Open
154 Praise the Generous Gods for Giving BY William Ernest Henley   p.194 Open
155 A Prayer BY Theodosia Garrison   p.156 Open
156 Prayer for Pain BY John G. Neihardt   p.208 Open
157 Preparedness BY Edwin Markham   p.60 Open
158 Press On BY Park Benjamin   p.175 Open
159 A Pretty Good World BY Frank L. Stanton   p.189 Open
160 A Problem to Be Solved BY St. Clair Adams   p.167 Open
161 Prometheus Unbound BY Percy Bysshe Shelley   p.184 Open
162 Prospice BY Robert Browning   p.168 Open
163 A Psalm of Life BY Henry Wadsworth Longfellow   p.146 Open
164 The Quitter BY Robert W. Service  pschempf p.8. 2:27 Listen PL OK
165 Rabbi Ben Ezra BY Robert Browning   p.22 Open
166 The Rainbow BY William Wordsworth   p.117 Open
167 The Rectifying Years BY St. Clair Adams   p.94 Open
168 Resolve BY Charlotte Perkins Gilman  AliceStein p.71. dl May 7 Assigned
169 The Richer Mines BY John Kendrick Bangs   p.185 Open
170 Ring Out, Wild Bells BY Alfred Tennyson   p.64 Open
171 Rules for the Road BY Edwin Markham   p.201 Open
172 Sadness and Merriment BY William Shakespeare   p.218 Open
173 Say Not the Struggle Nought Availeth BY Arthur Hugh Clough   p.27 Open
174 See It Through BY Edgar A. Guest   p.62 Open
175 Self-Dependence BY Matthew Arnold   p.76 Open
176 Serenity BY Lord Byron   p.163 Open
177 Sit Down, Sad Soul BY Bryan Waller Procter   p.227 Open
178 Sleep and the Monarch BY William Shakespeare  adr6090 p.142. deadline May 2 Assigned
179 Slogan BY Jane M'Lean   p.225 Open
180 Smiles BY Ella Wheeler Wilcox   p.226 Open
181 A Smiling Paradox BY John Kendrick Bangs   p.33 Open
182 Solitude BY Ella Wheeler Wilcox  Godzilla p.16. dl April 28 Assigned
183 Song of Endeavor BY James W. Foley   p.228 Open
184 A Song of Life BY Angela Morgan   p.136 Open
185 A Song of Thanksgiving BY Angela Morgan   p.68 Open
186 A Song of To-morrow BY Frank L. Stanton   p.187 Open
187 Stability BY William Shakespeare   p.157 Open
188 Stand Forth! BY Angela Morgan   p.170 Open
189 Start Where You Stand BY Berton Braley   p.66 Open
190 Steadfast BY Everard Jack Appleton   p.209 Open
191 The Stone Rejected BY Edwin Markham   p.216 Open
192 The Struggle BY Miriam Teichner  AliceStein p.105. dl May 7 Assigned
193 Submission BY Miriam Teichner  AliceStein p.155. dl May 7 Assigned
194 Success BY Berton Braley   p.161 Open
195 Swellitis BY Joseph Morris   p.110 Open
196 The Syndicated Smile BY St. Clair Adams   p.192 Open
197 There Will Always Be Something to Do BY Edgar A. Guest  adr6090 p.42. deadline May 2 Assigned
198 Thick Is the Darkness BY William Ernest Henley   p.151 Open
199 The Things That Haven't Been Done Before BY Edgar A. Guest   p.84 Open
200 This World BY Frank L. Stanton   p.133 Open
201 Times Go BY Turns BY Robert Southwell   p.122 Open
202 Tit for Tat BY St. Clair Adams   p.130 Open
203 To Althea from Prison BY Richard Lovelace   p.92 Open
204 A Toast to Merriment BY James W. Foley   p.140 Open
205 To a Young Man BY Edgar A. Guest   p.224 Open
206 To-day BY Thomas Carlyle   p.123 Open
207 To-day BY Douglas Malloch   p.82 Open
208 To Melancholy BY John Kendrick Bangs  0584 p.23. dl April 18 Assigned
209 To the Men Who Lose BY Anonymous   p.98 Open
210 To Those Who Fail BY Joaquin Miller   p.95 Open
211 To Youth After Pain BY Margaret Widdemer  AliceStein p.103. dl May 7 Assigned
212 The Trainers BY Grantland Rice   p.138 Open
213 Two at a Fireside BY Edwin Markham  adr6090 p.81. deadline May 2 Assigned
214 Two Raindrops BY Joseph Morris  adr6090 p.182. deadline May 2 Assigned
215 Ultimate Act BY Henry Bryan Binns   p.159 Open
216 Ulysses BY Alfred Tennyson   p.58 Open
217 Unafraid BY Everard Jack Appleton   p.123 Open
218 Undismayed BY James W. Foley   p.204 Open
219 The Unmusical Soloist BY Joseph Morris   p.172 Open
220 Unsubdued BY S.E. Kiser   p.17 Open
221 Victory BY Miriam Teichner   p.121 Open
222 Victory in Defeat BY Edwin Markham   p.184 Open
223 Wanted—a Man BY St. Clair Adams   p.12 Open
224 The Welcome Man BY Walt Mason   p.7 Open
225 What Dark Days Do BY Everard Jack Appleton   p.114 Open
226 When Earth's Last Picture Is Painted BY Rudyard Kipling  Godzilla p.230. dl April 28 Assigned
227 When Nature Wants a Man BY Angela Morgan   p.72 Open
228 Will BY Alfred Tennyson   p.206 Open
229 Will BY Ella Wheeler Wilcox  AliceStein p.107. dl May 7 Assigned
232 The Woman Who Understands BY Everard Jack Appleton   p.10 Open
233 The Word BY John Kendrick Bangs   p.195 Open
234 Work BY Angela Morgan   p.18 Open
235 Work BY Henry Van Dyke   p.65 Open
236 The World Is Against Me BY Edgar A. Guest   p.26 Open
237 Worth While BY Ella Wheeler Wilcox  AliceStein p.28, 2:20 Listen PL OK
238 You May Count That Day BY George Eliot  AliceStein p.217. 2:54 Listen PL OK
239 Your Mission BY Ellen M.H. Gates  AliceStein p.120. 2:47 Listen PL OK