Project Gutenberg 2004-06-28 Public domain in the USA. 204 Carman, Bliss 1861 1929 Carman, William Bliss Gladden, Washington 1836 1918 Gladden, Solomon Washington The World's Best Poetry, Volume 04: The Higher Life Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Leah Moser and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The World's Best Poetry, Volume 04: The Higher Life" by Bliss Carman and Washington Gladden is a collection of religious poetry first published in the early 20th century. This volume is part of a ten-volume set that presents a compilation of American poems focusing on various themes, with this particular volume centering on the intertwining of religion and poetry, reflecting on higher spiritual truths and experiences. At the start of the volume, the opening essay by Washington Gladden establishes the relationship between religion and poetry, advocating that the two are deeply interlinked. He discusses the historical reluctance among some religious circles to accept poetry as a legitimate form of expressing spiritual truths, noting that great religious thoughts are best articulated through poetic expression. The section emphasizes the influence of various poets throughout history, highlighting how their works have contributed richly to religious experience and understanding, setting the tone for the anthology of poems that follows. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Poetry -- Collections PN Text Poetry Category: Poetry Category: American Literature Category: Religion/Spirituality 718956 2025-08-05T16:46:43.231618 text/html 718937 718817 2024-11-06T04:35:30.210914 2023-10-06T06:33:12.028236 text/html text/html 320201 2025-08-05T16:47:02.320529 application/epub+zip 327445 2025-08-05T16:46:48.873540 application/epub+zip 304167 2025-08-05T16:46:46.457685 application/epub+zip 628555 2025-08-05T16:47:08.614481 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 559057 2025-08-05T16:46:59.103537 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 491345 2022-09-06T22:20:28.269678 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 538691 2025-08-05T16:46:42.343603 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 518747 2024-10-28T19:51:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17753 2025-08-05T16:47:08.775496 application/rdf+xml 15476 2025-08-05T16:46:46.970550 image/jpeg 3619 2025-08-05T16:46:46.714661 image/jpeg 313439 2025-08-05T16:46:43.279574 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia