| Introductory to Australasia |
| | Australasia by Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1802–1839) |
| | Australia by Thomas Kibble Hervey (1804–1859) |
| | Down in Australia by Gerald Massey (1828–1907) |
| | Western Australia by John Boyle O’Reilly (1884–1890) |
| | Widderin’s Race by Paul Hamilton Hayne (1830–1886) |
| | The Australian Shepherd by Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1834–1894) |
| | A Death in the Bush by Henry Kendall (1839–1882) |
| Australia: Arakoon, the Mountain |
| | Arakoon by Henry Kendall (1839–1882) |
| Australia: Araluen, the River |
| | Araluen by Henry Kendall (1839–1882) |
| Australia: Arrawatta, the Glen |
| | Arrawatta by Henry Kendall (1839–1882) |
| Australia: Coogee |
| | Coogee by Henry Kendall (1839–1882) |
| Australia: Euroma |
| | At Euroma by Henry Kendall (1839–1882) |
| Australia: Illa Creek |
| | Illa Creek by Henry Kendall (1839–1882) |
| Australia: Paroo |
| | On the Paroo by Henry Kendall (1839–1882) |
| Australia: Pelican Island |
| | Pelican Island by James Montgomery (1771–1854) |
| Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) |
| | D’Entrecasteaux Channel by John Dunmore Lang (1799–1878) |
| New Zealand, New Guinea, and New Caledonia |
| | The Three Islands by Thomas Kibble Hervey (1804–1859) |
| Asiatic Islands |
| | The Indian Archipelago by Luís de Camões (c. 1524–1580) |
| Polynesia: Pelew Islands |
| | Abba Thule by William Lisle Bowles (1762–1850) |
| Polynesia: Pitcairn’s Island |
| | A Song of Pitcairn’s Island by William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878) |
| Polynesia: Sandwich Islands |
| | The Earl of Sandwich by Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) |
| | Hawaii by William Gibson (1826–1887) |
| Polynesia: Tonga (Friendly) Islands |
| | Song of the Tonga-Islanders by Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| | Song of the Tonga-Islanders—Anonymous |
| Various Islands: Azores |
| | The Revenge by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) |
| Various Islands: Bermudas |
| | Bermuda by Edmund Waller (1606–1687) |
| | Song of the Emigrants in Bermuda by Andrew Marvell (1621–1678) |
| Various Islands: Canary Islands |
| | The Canaries by Sir Samuel Garth (1661–1719) |
| | Teneriffe by Thomas Warton (1728–1790) |
| | The Bird of the Canaries by Thomas Kibble Hervey (1804–1859) |
| | Dirge on Guillen Peraza from the Spanish |
| | Teneriffe by Seymour Green Wheeler Benjamin (1837–1914) |
| Various Islands: Coral Reefs and Islands |
| | The Coral Island by James Montgomery (1771–1854) |
| | The Coral Islands by Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1834–1894) |
| | The Coral Insect by Lydia Huntley Sigourney (1791–1865) |
| | The Coral Grove by James Gates Percival (1795–1856) |
| Various Islands: Juan Fernandez |
| | Verses by William Cowper (1731–1800) |
| Various Islands: Madeira |
| | Madeira by Michael Drayton (1563–1631) |
| | Madeira by William Lisle Bowles (1762–1850) |
| | Inscription for the Grave of Anna D’Arfet by Robert à Machin |
| | The Island of Madeira by Richard Chenevix Trench (1807–1886) |
| Various Islands: Malta |
| | Ode to the Lighthouse at Malta by El Duque de Rivas (1791–1865) |
| | The Knights of St. John by Friedrich von Schiller (1759–1805) |
| Various Islands: St. Helena |
| | On the Death of Napoleon by Alessandro Manzoni (1785–1873) |
| | Passing St. Helena by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836–1907) |
| | Napoleon at Rest by John Pierpont (1785–1866) |
| | The Phantom Ship from the German |
| | The Exhumation of Napoleon by William Wetmore Story (1819–1895) |
| Miscellaneous: North Pole |
| | Prayer at the Pole by Sallie Bridges |
| Miscellaneous: Polar Regions |
| | A Scene in the Polar Regions by Jean Paul Richter (1763–1825) |
| | The Arctic Voyager by Henry Timrod (1829–1867) |
| | Hymn to the North Star by William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878) |
| | The Flamingo by Sarah D. Clark |
| | The Arctic Ocean by Seymour Green Wheeler Benjamin (1837–1914) |
| | Northern Seas by William Howitt (1792–1879) |
| | On the Ice Islands Seen Floating in the German Ocean by William Cowper (1731–1800) |
| | The Arctic Lover by William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878) |
| | Ice-Blink by James Montgomery (1771–1854) |
| | Passing the Icebergs by Thomas Buchanan Read (1822–1872) |
| Miscellaneous: Sargasso Sea, The |
| | The Sargasso Sea by Samuel Rogers (1763–1855) |
| | The Sargasso Gulf by Charlotte Fiske Bates (1838–1916) |
| | Gulf-Weed by Cornelius George Fenner (1822–1847) |
| Miscellaneous: Seas of the Tropics |
| | Morning at Sea in the Tropics by George Gordon McCrae (1833–1927) |
| | The Torrid Zone by James Thomson (1834–1882) |
| | Typhon and Ecnephia by James Thomson (1834–1882) |
| | Tropical Weather by Epes Sargent (1813–1880) |
| | A Calm in the Tropics by Epes Sargent (1813–1880) |
| | Tropical Night by Epes Sargent (1813–1880) |
| | The Lotos-Eaters by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) |
| Miscellaneous: Atlantic Ocean |
| | The Sailing of Ulysses by Dante Alighieri (c. 1265–1321) |
| | Ulysses by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) |
| | On a Rock in the Atlantic by Bryan Waller Procter (1787–1874) |
| | Seaweed by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) |
| | The Ship of the Dead by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) |
| Miscellaneous: Indian Ocean |
| | Indian Ocean by Luís de Camões (c. 1524–1580) |
| Miscellaneous: Pacific Ocean |
| | Lines Written in a Blank Leaf of La Pérouse’s Voyages by Thomas Campbell (1777–1844) |
| | Southern Seas by William Howitt (1792–1879) |
| | South Sea Islands by John Wilson (1720–1789) |
| | A Desert Island by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) |
| Miscellaneous: The Ocean |
| | The Voyage of Vasco de Gama by Luís de Camões (c. 1524–1580) |
| | The Sea by Bryan Waller Procter (1787–1874) |
| | The Stormy Petrel by Bryan Waller Procter (1787–1874) |
| | The Sea in Calm by Bryan Waller Procter (1787–1874) |
| | The Sea-Shore by Bryan Waller Procter (1787–1874) |
| | The Ocean by Bryan Waller Procter (1787–1874) |
| | The Ocean in Calm by John Wilson (1720–1789) |
| | The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) |
| | The Flying Dutchman by John Boyle O’Reilly (1884–1890) |
| | A Life on the Ocean Wave by Epes Sargent (1813–1880) |
| | Night at Sea by Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) |
| | A Hymn of the Sea by William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878) |
| | The Shipwreck by John Wilson (1720–1789) |
| | The Shipwreck by Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| | The Water-Spout by William Falconer (1732–1769) |
| | Sir Humphrey Gilbert by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) |
| | Kane by Fitz-James O’Brien (1828–1862) |
| | Reefing Topsails by Alfred Domett (1811–1887) |
| | The Shipwreck by Alfred Domett (1811–1887) |
| | The Southern Cross by Charles Warren Stoddard (1843–1909) |
| Appendix: Bermudas |
| | Bermoothes by Lucy Larcom (1826–1893) |
| Appendix: New Zealand |
| | New Zealand Scenery by Alfred Domett (1811–1887) |
| | Forest and Sea-Shore by Alfred Domett (1811–1887) |
| | Silent Cataracts by Alfred Domett (1811–1887) |
| Appendix: Sandwich Islands |
| | Kilauea by W. C. Jones |
| | Lahaina by Charles Warren Stoddard (1843–1909) |
| | Kamehameha Hymn by King Kalakaua (1836–1891) |
| | Hawaiian National Anthem by Lilia K. Dominis (1838–1917) |
| | The Beach at Hilo Bay by F. Coan |
| Epilogue |
| | Travels at Home by George Herbert (1593–1633) |
| | Home by James Montgomery (1771–1854) |
