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143 116 To HELEN 144 FROM " EVANGELINE " Evangeline in Acadie . . f.. 116 THE RAVEN THE SLEEPER 144 146 147 On the Atchafalaya .... The Finding of Gabriel. FROM " THE BUILDING OF THE SHIP " The Republic FROM "THE SONG OF HIAWATHA" The Death of Minnehaha . ". ' 11! 118 119 119 To ONE IN PARADISE .... THE CITY IN THE SEA ISRAFEL THE HAUNTED PALACE THE CONQUEROR WORM .... THE BELLS 147 147 148 149 149 150 THE WARDEN OF  . ' {, VX, THE BELLS OF LYNN. CHAUCER .,,.-,,.,»,:, .... MILTON . vv , .'• .'^V . .. 122 123 123 124 124 124 Samuel frauds §>mitb AMERICA 153 WAPENTAKE — To ALFRED TENNYSON. A BALLAD OF THE FRENCH FLEET. 124 125 Bap Calmer FAITH . . . . * • ' * 158 JUGURTHA *•*'•>? THE TIDE RISES, THE TIDE FALLS. 125 125 126 ©Itoer Wtrfttll ^olmee OLD IRONSIDES 153 TVI FROM " THE SINLESS CHILD ". 126 THE HEIGHT OF THE RIDICULOUS.. 154 155 THE DROWNED MARINER 3ojw <0reenleaf Wfyittitt PROEM .. THE FAREWELL ,. 127 128 1?,8 ON LENDING A PuNCH-Bowu * > * AFTER A LECTURE ON KEATS . i;- THE VOICELESS . * . ••><viil * THE LIVING TEMPLE . ' ': * THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS. 155 156 157 157 158 158 1W UNDER THE VIOLETS .... 15Q 130 HYMN OF TRUST ..... 159 THE BAREFOOT BOY .... MAUD MULLER ..... 130 131 EPILOGUE TO THE BREAKFAST-TABLE 159 SKIPPER IRESON'S RIDE . .. 133 160 THE SWAN SONG OF PARSON AVERY. 134 135 CACOETHES SCRIBENDI .... THE STRONG HEROIC LINE .. 161 161 THE ETERNAL GOODNESS FROM "SNOW-BOUND" The World Transformed Firelight 135 137 137 FROM "THE IRON GATE" . . ' ; jFrancee &nne &emble 162  CENTENNIAL HYMN.. IN THE "OLD SOUTH" 138 138 139 139 140 140 Albert pfce To THE MOCKING-BIRD .... THE WIDOWED HEART . .. 163 164 165 xl TABLE OF CONTENTS C&eofcore JJarfeer THE HIGHER GOOD .... 166 166 WITH WORDSWORTH AT RYDAL. COMMON SENSE .. 181 182 €*teafcet|) Clementine fcinnep 1A*7 |)enrp SDabfo C&oreatt m THE QUAKERESS BRIDB. 167 1 Aft THE FISHER'S BOY .... 182 18'i THE BLIND PSALMIST .... Ifift 183 MOONLIGHT IN ITALY .... Jrantee Sargent ©sgooU 169 Cmilp Clwbbttrft ^TuUfion 183 MY BIRD 184 To SLEEP A DANCING GIRL . . . •'***> ON SIVORI'S VIOLIN . r» , -,. 169 169 170 170 Strtljttr Clebelanfc Cojce 170 IONA — A MEMORIAL OF ST. COLUMBA 184 ON A DEAD POET . . •,,»,, SUfrelf 38illtn£0 Street THE SETTLER . . . ' . * THE LOON .. •, . . . • f\wj 170 171 171 FROM "A POET'S HOPE" . . '. HYMN OF THE EARTH. 'Y ; . ' THE BARREN MOORS .... TEARS IN SPRING — LAMENT FOR THO- REA«U . ; .- ; ; ; H:OT.; 185 186 183 187 (!DI)ne>topI)cr Hearse (SDrancI) EDITH . . .. 187 THE BOBOLINKS . . \ % F* STANZA FROM AN EARLY POEM . , THE PINES AND THE SEA 172 173 173 ^Harp (Klt^abetj) (petottt) Stebbin THE SUNFLOWER TO THE SUN . lt : HAROLD THE VALIANT . . . '. ,S 188 188 THE IDLER . . ;l *r;v. THE NEW WORLD  174 174 174 175 Sttrtutional Selections (VARIOUS POEMS BELONGING TO THIS DIVISION) TSpTtri) •QirHt fttrflt I 189 THE FRINGILLA MELODIA . . » THE FUNERAL OF TIME .... Cpes Sargent A LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE. THE HEART'S SUMMER .... Eobert Cratll Spence lotoell THE BRAVE OLD SHIP, THE ORIENT. THE AFTER-COMERS .... 175 176 177 177 178 180 GEORGE LUNT NEW ENGLAND'S DEAD ISAAC MCLELLAN WASHINGTON'S STATUE .... HENRY THEODORE TCCEERMAN n THE STAR OF CALVARY. NATHAND3L HAWTHORNE THB CLOUDS 190 190 191 19ft J)enrp Peterson FROM AN " ODE FOR DECORATION DAY " RINALDO 180 181 WILLIAM CROSWELL A WORLD BEYOND .... NATHANIEL INGERSOLL BOWDITCH 192 TABLE OF CONTENTS xli IT is NOT DEATH TO DIE ... 1Q9 197 GEORGE WASHINGTON BETHUNB 1QO JAMES ALDRICH . 197 FREDERIC HENRY HEDGE DlES I.R.32 . . . . • - * 193 CHARLES GAMAGE EASTMAN FLORENCE VANE .... . 197 ABRAHAM COLES 1QQ PHILIP PENDLETON COOKE THE WDTE .... ' :i: . 193 ELIZABETH LLOYD HOWELL loo 1QJ. ANNA PEYRE DINNIES . 198 THE ANGELS' SONG . . . »v/ a 11*3 EDMUND HAMILTON SEARS THE OTHER WORLD .... HARRIET ELIZABETH BEECHEB STOWE III LOVE UNCHANGEABLE . . ,'f, ?i RUFUS DAWES LOVE UNSOUGHT EMMA CATHARINE EMBURY ItM 194 195 195 GEORGE WASHINGTON DBWBY UNDER THE VIOLETS EDWARD YOUNG THE VOICE OF THE GRASS. SARAH ROBERTS BOYLE V A WINTER WISH .. ROBERT HINCKLEY MESSINGER . 198 . 199 . 199 . 200 196 SAMUEL WARD . 200 196 FREDERICK WILLIAM THOMAS IV 197 JOHN OSBORNE SARGENT CHEZ BREBANT . > . • "4- •- *-V ' FRANCIS ALEXANDER DURIYAGB THE POET . 201 . 201 WILLIS GAYLORD CLARKE CORNELIUS MATHEWS DIVISION III (LOWELL, STORY, WHITMAN, MRS. HOWE, PARSONS, BOKER, BROWNELL, READ, THE STODDARDS, TAYLOR, MRS. DORR, MRS. COOKE, MRS. PRESTON, AND OTHERS) •James Eussell Lotoell FROM " RHOSCUS " .^ ,lf{r nVi ,. 202 A STANZA ON FREEDOM .... 203 HEBE . ..'... . . 204 SHE CAME AND WENT .... 204 FROM " THE VISION OF SIR LAUNFAL " 204 FROM "A FABLE FOR CRITICS" To his Countrymen .... 205 On Himself " 205 FROM "THE BIGLOW PAPERS" What Mr. Robinson thinks . . 205 The Candidate's Letter . . .206 The Courtin' 207 Mr. Hosea Biglow to the Editor of " The Atlantic Monthly " . . 209 ODE RECITED AT THE HARVARD COM- MEMORATION— JULY 21, 1865 . . 209 THE FIRST SNOW-FALL . . . 215 INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT . . . 215 xlii TABLE OF CONTENTS IN A COPY OF OMAR KHAYYAM . 215 AUF WlEDERSEHEN — SUMMER . . 216 PALINODE — AUTUMN .... 216 AFTER THE BURIAL .... 216 IN THE TWILIGHT .... 217 AN AUTOGRAPH 218 Militant lyctntorc S>t0trp CLEOPATRA 218 lo VICTIS 219 PRAXITELES AND PHRYNE . . . 220 Julia J)otoe BAITLE-HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC OUR ORDERS .... Wait IPIntman BEGINNERS .... STILL THOUGH THE ONE I SENG. FROM " THE SONG OF MYSELF " Myself .... Leaves of Grass 220 221 . 221 221 . 221 222 . 223 Infinity 224 GIVE ME THE SPLENDID SILENT SUN . 225 MANNAHATTA 226 FROM " CROSSING BROOKLYN FERRY " . 226 Our OF THE CRADLE ENDLESSLY ROCK- ING 227 To THE MAN-OF-WAR-BIRD . . .230 THE DALLIANCE OF THE EAGLES . 230 CAVALRY CROSSING A FORD . . . 231 BIVOUAC ON A MOUNTAIN SIDE . . 231 A SIGHT IN CAMP IN THE DAYBREAK GRAY AND DIM 231 O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN! . . 231 AFTER AN INTERVAL .... 232 DAREST THOU NOW, O SOUL . . 232 SDtmn SONGS The Old Mill Ben Bolt Gilbert ftoilanfc DANIEL GRAY. BABYHOOD. A CHRISTMAS CAROL THE COLLEGE COLONEL .. THE EAGLE OF THE BLUB. MEMORIALS On the Slain at Chickamauga 232 233 234 235 235 236 An Uninscribed Monument on one of the Battle-Fields of the Wilderness 236 CROSSING THE TROPICS .... 236 THE ENVIABLE ISLES .... 237 IPtlltam ON A BUST OF DANTE .. DIRGE MARY BOOTH HER EPITAPH To A YOUNG GIRL DYING. INTO THE NOISELESS COUNTRY ANDREW OBITUARY To A LADY " LIKE AS THE LARK ". 0 YE SWEET HEAVENS! PARADISI GLORIA •. lot* FROM WORSHIP . . . ^ • FROM "AN ODE TO ENGLAND" Keats . . .. Wordsworth .... THE BROOK ON THE DEFEAT OF A GREAT MAN To ROSINA Pico 38totonell FROM " THE RIVER-FIGHT " THE BURIAL OF THE DANE THE SPHINX. THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD. Jlarta Wtytt iotoell SONG THE MORNING-GLORY Oomas <Budjanan Heatt THE CLOSING SCENE. LINES TO A BLIND GIRL DRIFTING jFrancte Ctcftnot A SONG FOR THE ASKING THE VIRGINIANS OF THE VALLEY LITTLE GIFFEN •'.• THE CITY OF GOD INSPIRATION 237 238 238 238 239 239 239 240 240 241 241 241 243 243 243 244 244 245 247 247 248 249 250 250 252 252 . 253 253 . 254 254 254 TABLE OF CONTENTS xliii i^olcott FROM " WHAT is THE USE ? " THE MAYFLOWER ... 255 256 THE POET'S SECBET .... 257 NOVEMBER ...... 257 UNRETURNING 258 IN THE STILL, STAB-LIT NIGHT . . 258 MERCEDES 259 ON THE CAMPAGNA .... 259 A SUMMER NIGHT  SEA-SLEEP 261 0eorjje !I)enrp iSofcer A BALLAD OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN THE FERRY T. To ENGLAND To MY LADY DIRGE FOR A SOLDIER ... . 261 263 263 263 . 264 3Jo|w Rantiolpl) Music IN CAMP 264 . 265 James Jlatt&eto AMY . w?.'& AHAB MOHAMMED To A LILY. 266 266 267 ODE TO A BUTTERFLY .... 267 To DUTY ...... 268 "THE SNOWING OF THE PINES" . . 268 DECORATION ...... 268 " SINCE CLEOPATRA DIED " . . .269 "SUCH STUFF AS DREAMS ABE MADE OF" ....... 269 C&aries EL CAPITAN-GENERAL THB Two FRIENDS letanB 269 270 Captor ARIEL IN THE CLOVEN PINE . . . 271 SONG ....... 272 BEDOUIN SONG ...... 272 AMERICA — From the National Ode, July 4, 1876 ....... 272 THE QUAKER WIDOW .... 273 THE SONG OF THE CAMP . . . 274 FROM " THE SUNSHINE OF THE GODS " 275 To M. T ........ 275 3Wia Caroline Hiplep £)orr THE FALLOW FIELD . . .. O EARTH ! ART THOU NOT WEARY ? WITH A ROSE FROM CONWAY CASTLE Two PATHS . . . .. Calmer STONEWALL JACKSON'S WAY. THE FIGHT AT THE SAN JACINTO. THE MARYLAND BATTALION. Kidjatfc I!)cnrp THE WITCH'S WHELP. MELODIES AND CATCHES 275 276 276 277  Catch 281 THE FLIGHT OF  .  AN OLD SONG REVERSED . . . 285 MORS ET VITA 285 A GAZELLE 286 THE FLIGHT OF THE ARROW . . 286 ^Harjarct Sttnfcm JJreston THE VISION OF THE SNOW . . . 286 THE HERO OF THE COMMUNE . . 286 A GRAVE IN HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY, RICHMOND (J. R. T.) . . . . 287 g>tep&en Collins foster MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME, GOOD-NIGHT 288 OLD FOLKS AT HOME .... 288 MASSA 's IN DE COLD GROUND . . 289 289 289 Cerrp Coolie SEGOVIA AND MADRID ABACHNE . . . <>. xliv TABLE OF CONTENTS BLUEBEARD'S CLOSET. LISE .... DONE FOB. IN VAIN. 290 290 291 291 Jrancte JHtles jFint& THE BLUE AND THE GRAY . . 292 THE VAGABONDS ..... 292 MIDWINTER . . • . • . . . 294 MIDSUMMER ...... 294 3>rcmial) Kanfein THE WORD OF GOD TO LETDEN CAME 295 THE BABIE ...... 296 (VARIOUS POEMS BELONGING TO THIS DIVISION) I TWILIGHT AT SEA 296 AMELIA COPPUCK WELBY WHY THUS LONGING ? . . . .296 HARRIET WINSLOW SEW ALL BALDER'S WIFB 297 ALICE CABY NEARER HOME 297 PHOEBE CABY THE MASTER'S INVITATION . . . 297 ANSON DA VIES FITZ RANDOLPH To A YOUNG CHILD .... 298 ELIZA SCUDDEB THE PILGRIM .... SABAH HAMMOND PALFREY A STRIP OF BLUE .. LUCY LABCOM 'Tis BUT A LITTLE FADED FLOWER ELLEN CLEMENTINE HOWABTH OLIVIA EDWABD POLLOCK UNDER THE SNOW . .. ROBEBT COLLYEB TACKING SHIP OFF SHORE .. WALTEB MITCHELL ANTONY TO CLEOPATRA. WILLIAM HAINES LYTLB THE SECOND MATE .--I—,. * .. <] FITZ-JAMES O'BRIEN m To AN AUTUMN LEAF . ' . /,.>» ALBEBT MATHEWS EBB AND FLOW .... GEOBQE WILLIAM CUBTIS THALATTA ! THALATTA ! £****} JOSEPH BBOWNLEE BROWN INCOGNITA OF RAPHAEL WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLEB ON ONE WHO DIED IN MAY. CLARENCE CHATHAM COOK 300 300 301 302 Bur ONCE THEODOBB WINTHBOP IV ALMA MATER'S ROLL • . • EDWAED EVEBETT HALE 305 305 305 306 306 307 307 BOOKRA CHARLES DUDLEY WABNEB TABLE OF CONTENTS xlv III. SECOND LYRICAL PERIOD (IN THREE DIVISIONS) DIVISION I (MITCHELL, TIMROD, HAYNE, MRS. JACKSON, Miss DICKINSON, STEDMAN, THE PIATTS, MRS. SPOFFORD, MRS. MOULTON, WINTER, ALDRICH, HOWELLS, HAY, HARTE, SILL, MILLER, LANIER, AND OTHERS) Maa WeiT ^tttcfjeU ON A BOY'S FIRST READING OF " KING HENRY V" To A MAGNOLIA FLOWER IN THE GAR- DEN OF THE ARMENIAN CONVENT AT VENICE OF ONE WHO SEEMED TO HAVE FAILED THE QUAKER GRAVEYARD IDLENESS A DECANTER OF MADEIRA, AGED 86, TO GEORGE BANCROFT, AGED 86, GREETING . . . <<,».'; ?••; ,.» J>enrp Cimtofc THE COTTON BOLL .... 311 311 312 313 313 313 314 316 316  • •> , +. ,r . ^ Fringed Gentian . .. TIME AND ETERNITY Too Late ..... . 321 321 . 321  Eternity Will Wallace Jmrnep 322 . 323 THE STAB OOO O^O . 324 ^elen f tefce JJacfcaon ("H. H.") CHARLESTON AT MAGNOLIA CEMETERY JJattl Hamilton j)apne ASPECTS OF THE PINES MORN .... VTT:'".-.. :\»l 324 . 324 POPPIES IN THE WHEAT . ..' il-.^., A LAST PRAYER .... HABEAS CORPUS .ftanfcUn ISenjamitt ^anbotm 325 . 325 325 . 326 BETWEEN THE SUNKEN SUN AND THE NEW MOON A STORM IN THE DISTANCE. THE ROSE AND THORN A LITTLE WHILE I FAIN WOULD LINGER YET . . .' .* .'. IN HARBOR . . . . .* «; ' (Kmilp ^Dickinson LIFE Life •,;; ARIANA 3f0el teuton 326 . 326 A Book THE SCARLET TANAGER (Elt^abetl) &fcerg &lltn ("FLOEENCB PKECY") 326 327 . 327 With Flowers Called Back LOVE Choice 'V; vkt. "MY DEARLING" .... Heart, we will forget him. NATURE The Waking Year .... THE LAST LANDLORD .... 327 . 328 ROCK ME TO SLEEP .... 329 xlvi TABLE OF CONTENTS SONNETS The Dead Singer .... Virtuosa At  333 334 335 335 336 336 337 337 338 338 338 338 339 339 340 341 342 342 342 343 343 343 344 345 jFrance* Louisa ^Sttclwell WORLD Music UNFULFILMENT 345 346 346 346 347 347 347  355 355 356 356 356 356 357 357 357 357 358 358 &nnie J ielte ON WAKING FROM A DREAMLESS SLEEP THEOCRITDS LITTLE GUINEVER .... Her Horoscope .... A GEORGIA VOLUNTEER Music AND MEMORY .... A SOLDIER'S GRAVE .... LANDOR BOS'N HILL "SONG, TO THE GODS, is SWEETEST SACRIFICE " I)titTtet ^Hcdueu Iviinljail TWIT fr!T'F<?T ALL 's WELL WHITE AZALEAS ." — sr- .  .... THE DISCOVERER . . .. PAN IN WALL STREET KEARNY AT SEVEN PINES THE HAND OF LINCOLN SALEM (A. D. 1692) . . .. THE CHILD IN THE STREET To A LADY ,,.... FALSTAFF'S SONG .... THE WORLD WELL LOST . •. HELEN KELLER ..... MORGAN ON A GREAT MAN WHOSE MIND is THE GUERDON TORCH-LIGHT IN AUTUMN . .. IRELAND LEAVES AT MY WINDOW . .. THE LOST GENIUS .... Si JEUNESSE SAVAIT ! .. MORS BENEFICA QUEST — FROM " CORDA CONCORDIA ". INVOCATION . • ,r'. &racp Eofcituion SONG OF THE PALM . . .. Charles J)enrp WM WITH A NANTUCKET SHELL f)arriet JJreccott S>pofforti PHANTOMS ALL Music IN THE NIGHT .... THE PINES VOICE THE HUNT Lotttee Cfcanfcler JHottlton TO-NlGHT "*'f •« GIL, THE TOREADOR .... DUM VlVIMUS VlGILEMUS Bic&at* Heatf A PAINTED FAN . .. THE SHADOW DANCE .... LAUS VENERIS . . . • ':^.'/ LAURA SLEEPING Hie JACET ..... THE WORD AN OLD MAN'S IDYL .... (S^eotffe <3ttt0IlJ FAREWELL TO SUMMER BEER THE LAST GOOD-BY .... WERE BUT MY SPIRIT LOOSED UPON THE Am WE LAY US DOWN TO SLEEP. LOUISA MAY ALCOTT — IN MEMORIAM LOVE'S RESURRECTION DAY TABLE OF CONTENTS xlvii mum Day* »«» Celia Chapter 369 To JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIJBU* — ON THE DEATH OF LOWELL. 358 OKQ THE SANDPIPER 369 370 THE NEW CAST ALIA .... MY NEW WORLD  WATCH . .. ON THE VERGE ADELAIDE NEILSON .... 371 371 372 37ft 360 0^70 360 THE PASSING BELL AT STRATFORD.  Hilton GOD SAVE THE NATION . . *;;> i4 CO3UR DE LlON TO BERENGARIA >7 '» THE FLIGHT FROM THE CONVENT. SIR MARMADUKE'S MUSINGS ;parp Cmii? 38ra*lej> 361 361 362 362 363 363 Jbataf) ^Horcjait ^Stpatt pi<itt AFTER WINGS . . '.Jf.\. MY BABES IN THE WOOD. THE WITCH IN THE GLASS. TRADITION OF CONQUEST. THE WATCH OF A SWAN IN CLONMEL PARISH CHURCHYARD ^ A CALL ON SIR WALTER RALEIGH AN IRISH WILD-FLOWER. TRANSFIGURED . .. THE TERM OF DEATH 374 374 375 375 375 376 376 377 377 377 q«Q 377 BEYOND RECALL A SPRAY OF HONEYSUCKLE . • THE BEAUTIFUL . . . V"'^ » THE DEAD SOLOMON . . . . ./,'' .franccs JLattg |)t0n JHate 364 364 364 364 SDatotU <J5rap ON LEBANON . . ••'• *. DIVIDED THE CROSS OF GOLD . . ' ,r ^ ',-.»• ;, 377 378 378 879 3fi5 To HAFIZ . ..... 379 ^illtatn |)flit2> Seuaile WHEN THE SULTAN GOES TO ISPAHAN. PALABRAS CARINOSAS. 379 380 3$0 THE SCHOOL GIRL .... 366 366 IDENTITY . . ... UNGUARDED GATES 380 380 Stnna Cailenfcer 38rarftett GUILIELMUS REX . . . . «*-•• SARGENT'S PORTRAIT OF EDWIN BOOTH AT " THE PLAYERS " . . v-^!i 381 381 381 SONNETS In Hades . . . .. 367 367 A SHADOW OF THE NIGHT. SONNETS 381 QQO THE MODERN ROMANS 368 368 Reminiscence ..... Outward Bound Andromeda ..... The Undiscovered Country .. Sleep 382 382 383 383 883 xlviii TABLE OF CONTENTS PRESCIENCE ...... 383 MEMORY ...... 384 THALIA ....... 384 QUATRAINS Masks . ...... 384 Memories ....... 384 Circumstance .... 384 On Reading - . . . .384 Quits ...... 385 AN ODE — ON THE UNVEILING OP THE SHAW MEMORIAL ON BOSTON COMMON 385 A PETITION ...... 385 SDean |)otoelte IN EARLIEST SPRING . .. THE Two WIVES ... FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION CHANGE . " . " . .. IF HOPE VISION JUDGMENT DAT WHAT SHALL IT PROFIT ? .. Jorceptje Wiltetin THE OLD SERGEANT FROM  .' .' . . . 390 AUTHORITY . • . . • • • • 390 JHargaret J^angater WHITTIER ..... . 391 AWAKENING ...... 391 COMRADES . . . » x . . 391 SHAKESPEARE ...... 391 Jflarp THE Two MYSTERIES. ONCE BEFORE. THE STARS. EMERSON . .. SHADOW-EVIDENCE 392 393 393 393 394 38ttU FROM " THE BROOK ". fojn |>ap LIBERTY THE SURRENDER OF SPAIN .394 395 . 396 CHRISTINE PIKE COUNTY BALLADS Jim Bludso of the Prairie Belle Little Breeches THE STIRRUP-CUP. 396 397 £)ean FROM " THE SONG OF THE ANCIENT PEOPLE " 398 HEAVEN, 0 LORD, I CANNOT LOSE . 399 Charlotte Jtefee 33ate0 (MADAME ROGE) A CHARACTER .. THE CLUE DELAY WOODBINES IN OCTOBER. THE LIVING BOOK 399 400 400 400 400 Epfcer Eanfcall MY MARYLAND JOHN PELHAM ..... WHY THE ROBIN'S BREAST WAS RED 400 401 402 &bram Sosepl) Epan THE CONQUERED BANNER. A CHILD'S WISH . . .eu/« jFrancte 38ret J)arte AT THE HACIENDA CHIQUITA .... »T „•*-:• GRIZZLY 402 . 403 ... 403 . »T „,,-;• . 403 404 CROTALUS ....... 404 "JiM" . . . . .. THE SOCIETY UPON THE STANISLAUS THE AGED STRANGER ... MADRONO . . . .. WHAT THE BULLET SANG .. J)enrj> EUROPA POET OF EARTH .. THE WAITING CHORDS. Eosifitter EVELYN. A SOLDIER POET. Amelia ^atetien Carpenter THE RIDE TO CHEROKEE RECOLLECTION. OLD FLEMISH LACE 405 405 406 407 407 407 408 408 409 409 410 410 411 TABLE OF CONTENTS xlix 3"ol)n Lancaster Spattunff J.11 jBora JJerrp 4?3 4.11 4?4 412 424 412 4fl5 FROM " GOD AND THE SOUL " Nature and the Child. Et Mori Lucrum .. The Void Between . . f-jy«* 412 . 412 413 3amea ^erhert JHorae 4^,5 At the Ninth Hour. . 413 4^5 J)enrp ^SernarU Carpenter THE REED 413 THE WILD GEESE .... His STATEMENT OF THE CASE THE WAYSIDE . .. 426 426 426 Kofoert &ellep Wetk& JJoaqtttn JHiller 4fl6 . 414 AT THE GRAVE OF WALKER 427 A SONG FOR LEXINGTON. MAN AND NATURE .... 2T0JW Wt)fa Cfjafctotdt THE MAKING OF MAN . ti.i /.">•, 415 . 415 415 41 fi WESTWARD Ho ! CROSSING THE PLAINS .... VAQUERO BY THE PACIFIC OCEAN . ,. TWILIGHT AT THE HEIGHTS . T. DEAD IN THE SIERRAS . V 7< '.v : PETER COOPER . . . "";•''• ri To RUSSIA .' ' 427 428 428 428 429 429 429 429 THE GOLDEN-ROBIN'S NEST . ^. RECOGNITION 416 416 THE VOICE OF THE DOVE . • < . ' ' <•' 429 430 THE RISE OF MAN .; .' ,-*JMT His MOTHER'S JOY .... A WEDDING-SONG .... (freorge &l£re& ^otonaenDi ARMY CORRESPONDENT'S LAST RIDE. 417 . 417 417 417 . 418 3"o0epl) ©'Connor WHAT WAS MY DREAM? ,'..','/ .:.: *JS THE GENERAL'S DEATH ' . . 4" .* 430 431 CfctoarU EotolanU Sill TFTC FOOL'S PRAYER . .. BEFORE SUNRISE IN WINTER THE LOVER'S SONG .... THE COUP DE GRACE 419 . 419 420 . 420 420 BLUE HILLS BENEATH THE HAZE . / - « THE EAGLE'S FALL . _ .' , ^//^fly' THE WAY TO HEAVEN Vi(,: .,',', -,» - ,.^ C^arle0 CUtoarU Cartrpl THE SONG IN THE DELL. ROBINSON CRUSOE . .. 431 432 432 432 433 FORCE . . . ; '-,•«? :. . 420 421 William Portion JHcCabe StUnep Lantcr SONG FOR " THE JAQUERIE " 43ft 434 CHRISTMAS NIGHT OF '62 . ,j* •/.•• DREAMING IN THE TRENCHES. Cittts JHtmson Coan A DREAM OF FLOWERS . • • THE CRYSTAL. ^JTTTTT. TTTTTWA-WT A T.TTP-WTTW . 421 422 . 422 423 . 423 NIGHT AND DAY . . ... THE STIRRUP-CUP SONG OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE . T »p , THE MARSHES OF GLYNN . . .' THE MOCKING BIRD .. THE HARLEQUIN OF DREAMS A BALLAD OF TREES AND THE MASTER 434 434 434 435 437 437 437 437 TABLE OF CONTENTS 4ftap Eilep &mith AT MARSHFIELD — FROM " WEBSTER : 41 " " 9 AN ODE " 451 MY UNINVITED GUEST .... DEPARTURE ...... 441 441 WILLIAM CLEAVER WILKINSON 452 Jycnrp &fcfcep JOHN ANTBOBUS 442 WINTER DAYS 442 n IN MEMORY OF GENERAL GRANT. FAITH'S VISTA 442 443 ALL QUIET ALONG THE POTOMAC. ETHEL LYNN BEERS 454 &mbrofie fierce SAMBO'S RIGHT TO BE KILT 454 THE DEATH OF GRANT .... 443 CHARLES GRAHAM HALFINB THE BRIDE ...... 443 444 THE BAND IN THE PINES 455 MONTEFIORE t . . . ;K »J 444 JOHN ESTEN COOKE 444 444 THE VOLUNTEER . ;'~ — 455 T. A. H 444 Cftarleg Hfottfli ^to&flatli I&LBRIDGE JEFFERSON CUTLER STONEWALL JACKSON .... 455 THE ROYAL MUMMY TO BOHEMIA 445 HENRY LYNDEN FLASH WIND AND WAVE 445 456 ALBATROSS ...... 446 THE COCOA-TREE 446 NATHANIEL GRAHAM SHEPHERD "PlCCIOLA" 456 .FiMiuifi jFifibet 33rotune ROBERT HENRY NEWELL VANQUISHED 446 447 457 SANTA BARBARA 447 MICHAEL O'CONNOR ilHarp Sltncre 3De $ere 457 ("MADELINE BRIDGES") WILLIAM TUCKET MEREDITH THE WIND-SWEPT WHEAT. A FAREWELL .. FAITH TREMBLING . . . I'-'1 ' .''' 447 448 448 DRIVING HOME THE Cows. KATE PUTNAM OSGOOD 458 THE SPINNER 448 WHEN THE MOST is SAID 449 in POET AND LARK 449 NEGRO SPIRITUALS 449 In dat great gittin'-up Mornin' .. 459 FRIEND AND LOVER .... GOD KEEP You ..... 449 449 Stars begin to fall .... Roll, Jordan, Roll . . . ^ 459 459 Swing low, Sweet Chariot T> • -i i C! 11 • J /"ll. "U J 459 AC*{\ Bright Sparkles in de Churchyard 4oU airtrittonal Selections rv (VARIOUS POEMS BELONGING TO THIS DIVISION) THE PYXIDANTHERA .... 460 I AUGUSTA COOPER BRISTOL THE THANKSGIVING IN BOSTON HARBOR 450 YELLOW JESSAMINE. 460 HEZEKIAH BUTTEBWOBTH CONSTANCE FENIMOBB WOOLSON CARMEN BELLICOSUM .... 451 THE PETRIFIED FERN. 461 GUT HUMPHREYS McMASTEB MARY BOLLES BRANCH TABLE OF CONTENTS THE DAWNING o' THE YEAR. MARY ELIZABETH BLAKE TTTTC W™;I.TS . 461 . 462 Power . ... Disappointment . . .. Compensation . . .. THOMAS STEPHENS COLLIER . 467 . 467 . . 467 DAVID LAW PROUDFIT . 463 vn SAMUEL WILLOUGHBT DUFFIELD V SONNETS An Open Secret . . • «$ Reconciliation . * -. 463 . 463 ANCIENT OF DAYS .... WILLIAM CBOSWELL DOANB 0 LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM PHILLIPS BROOKS IN GALILEE .... ; :,» . 468 . 468 . 468 Now . ,','*. . 463 MART FRANCES BUTTS MARY BARKEB DODGE A LIVING MEMORY. . ,£* • . 464 REINCARNATION . . '•«•* .' DAVID BANKS SICKELS . 469 . 469 WILLIAM AUGUSTUS CEOFPUT . 464 FRANK SEWALL JOHN BURROUGHS DEAD LOVE . . "." .' .'" MART MATHEWS ADAMS . 464 . 465 NOT KNOWING . . . ,.;. MART GARDINER BEAINARD To ST. MARY MAGDALEN BENJAMIN DIONTSIUS HILL (Father Edmund, of the Heart of Mary, . 469 . 470 C.P.) LAURA REDDEN SEARING (" Howard Glyndon") POST-MERIDIAN . 465 vm Now I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP EUGENE HBNHT PULLEN . 470 Evening . . . • v* WENDELL PHILLIPS GARRISON VI THOREAU'S FLUTE . • . -. LOUISA MAT ALCOTT OPPORTUNITY . . • • . 465 . 465 466 ONE SATURDAY . . '. ANNIE DOUGLAS ROBINSON (" Marian Douglas ") MY LADDIE'S HOUNDS. .. MARGUERITE ELIZABETH EASTER . 470 . 471 . 471 JOHN JAMES INGALLS THE CONDEMNED . . ...,,..., EDWARD ROWLAND MY BIRTH .... r ;. . 466 . 466 CHARLES MONROE DICKINSON DC " THE DOVES OF VENICE " . 472 MINOT JUDSON SAVAGB 467 MOTHER GOOSE SONNETS Jack and Jill . . . '. . 473 SARAH KNOWLES BOLTON QUATRAINS . 467 Simple Simon .... HARRIET 8. MORGRIDGK A THRENODY . 473 . 473 Infallibility .... . 467 GEORGE THOMAS LANIOAN lii TABLE OF CONTENTS DIVISION II (GlLDER, O'REILLY, MAURICE THOMPSON, FATHER TABB, EMMA LAZARUS, MRS. COR- TISSOZ, EDITH THOMAS, EUGENE FIELD, BATES, MARKHAM, WHITCOMB RILEY, INA COOLBRITH, R. U. JOHNSON, AND OTHERS) ODE 474 A FLIGHT SHOT A CREOLE SLAVE SONG. 485 485 THE CELESTIAL PASSION 475 A PROPHECY — FROM "LINCOLN'S GRAVE" .... 186 I COUNT MY TIME BY TIMES THAT I 475 SONGS ON THE LIFE-MASK OF ABRAHAM LIN- 475 1^6 COLN 475 476 IN THE DARK 486 EVENING IN THE TYRINGHAM VALLEY SHERMAN HAST THOU HEARD THE NIGHTINGALE ? 476 476 476 477 GHOST-FLOWERS . . . .. INHERITANCE i..!., i.,, 3To|)ii J)etttp 33otiet 487 487 477 477 POE'S COTTAGE AT FORDHAM 48V OF ONE WHO NEITHER SEES NOR HEARS THE BIRDS OF BETHLEHEM "\r/-k*T 477 478 A>JO REMEMBRANCE . . . . •#..-•• WE WALKED AMONG THE WHISPERING PINES 488 488 THE SONG OF A HEATHEN . . .» t THE HEROIC AGE 4<o 478 478 478 THE LIGHT'OOD FIRE . . '§7i»F'* 3T0l)ii 3$aiu£tcr (Lnbfo 488 -189 e*toat* &ttlart ^atm A*7(\ THE WATER-LDLY .... To SHELLEY 489 489 4<y 4SQ <189 ^foljii 380j>l£ ©'JS^iilp CLOVER THE DEPARTED 489 4«9 FROM " WENDELL PHILLIPS " . .,-/«>•. AT BEST * ." 480 480 INDIAN SUMMER ..... 490 AN ART MASTER 480 480 THE CHILD 4»U 490 481 UATRAINS MAYFLOWER . .. 481 The Bubble . . •a<;'-:u'i- '. • Becalmed . . • \ •. • 490 490 4PO (EU^abetf) H>tttart JJJelpa IPattf THE LOST COLORS .... THE ROOM'S WIDTH ... GLOUCESTER HARBOR .... Jfrniuiei Ibotoiirft l^iUisins ELECTRA WALT WHITMAN SONG 481 482 482 483 483 483 i&ara!) C&atmcep ££o0teep (" SUSAN COOLIDGE") HELEN. GULF STREAM ("STUART STERNE") 491 491 4QO ;£H<utricc (Lljoinpsoii THE LION'S CUB AN EARLY BLUEBIRD. WRITTEN ON A FLY-LEAF OF THEOCRITUS 483 484 485 MY FATHER'S CHILD .... SOUL, WHEREFORE FRET THEE ? Will Catleton Our OF THE OLD HOUSE, NANCY. 492 492 49G TABLE OF CONTENTS liii JJna Cooibriti) WHEN THE GRASS SHALL COVER ME THE MARIPOSA LILY FRUITIONLESS .... HELEN HUNT JACKSON. Jftifflin THE SOVEREIGNS. MILTON vf THE SHIP . . .. To AN OLD VENETIAN WINE-GLASS THESEUS AND ARIADNE To THE MILKWEED «. «.,,,.„;» To A MAPLE SEED SESOSTRIS  495 496 496 496 Eocjje THE KEARSARGE . . • ANDROMEDA MY COMRADE . . . ;#• THE SKELETON AT THE FEAST 496 497 497 497 497 498 498 498 499 499 Eollttw THE DEATH OF AZRON . •.•*<, j**>u/:.» MANY THINGS THOU HAST GIVEN ME, DEAR HEART . . . ;;.;;'.) VVAV VITA BENEFICA ..... THE BLAZING HEART. MY ENEMY .. 499 500 500 501 501 falter ieanvetf WITH A SPRAY OF APPLE BLOSSOMS 502 THE LAST RESERVATION . . . 502 ON THE FLY-LEAF OF MANON LESCAUT 502 IN EXPLANATION 503 To CRITICS 503 503 504 504 505 505 POSTHUMOUS . . * ON A MINIATURE. BIFTEK AUX CHAMPIGNONS ECCE IN DESERTO THE SINGER OF ONE SONG &l)etlmtne DUALITY ."" '.*"'". . . . 505 IMMORTALITY 506 ITER SUPREMUM 506 William jJoung; FROM " WISHMAKERS' TOWN" The Bells .... The Flower-Seller . . : The Conscience-Keeper The Pawns. The Bridal Pair. JUDITH ..... PHILOMEL TO CORYDON. Will |)entp C|)0mpfi!0tt THE HIGH TIDE AT GETTYSBURG COME LOVE OR DEATH. C&arles SDe ARCANA SYLVARUM ULF IN IRELAND . <-r* THE TSIGANE'S CANZONET A WOMAN'S EXECUTION. I)ialmar l')iortb THORALF AND SYNNOV 3Toel Cljanliler i^arrui THE PLOUGH-HANDS' SONG. MY HONEY, MY LOVE 3To|)tt C^jenep THE HAPPIEST HEART . • ^ THE STRONG ... EVERY ONE TO HIS OWN WAY EVENING SONGS . . . . : -v.* THE SKILFUL LISTENER. WHITHER ©« C. THE FLIGHT OF THE WAR-EAGLE THE BALLAD OF ORISKANY APRIL 506 506 507 507 507 508 508 508 509 509 510 511 512 512 513 514 515 515 515 515 516 516 516 517 518 (Emma Lazarus ON THE PROPOSAL TO ERECT A MONU- MENT IN ENGLAND TO LORD BYRON 518 VENUS OF THE LOUVRE . . 519 THE CRANES OF IBYCUS .... 519 THE BANNER OF THE JEW . . 519 THE CROWING OF THE RED COCK . 520 THE NEW EZEKIEL .... 520 liv TABLE OF CONTENTS (S5race £)eni0 litcjficlti MY LETTER To A HURT CHILD .... 521 521 521 arlo 38ato$ AMERICA — FROM THE " TORCH BEAR- ERS " . . ».'••• 533 533 JFrancis §attua ;§»altua 521 THE CYCLAMEN . • .. CONCEITS Kitty's Laugh .... Kitty's "No" 533 534 534 522 534 522 534 523 ON THE ROAD TO CHORRERA .. 534 523 A WINTER TWILIGHT .... 535 lucp ^Jnte 3Tfluu*fltt (" OWEN INNSLEY") Jtorence (Earle Coatea 535 A DREAM OF DEATH — HELENA. BONDAGE 523 524 SURVIVAL INDIA 535 535 THE BURDEN OF LOVE . tff*xtv. *. v Lattra (Kii^abet^ Eicjarte A SONG OF Two ANGELS. WHERE HELEN SITS .... A VALENTINE 524 524 525 525 SONGS The World is Mine . . .. To-Morrow. . . . «" ,, <0e0rg;e J)arfii0n0 iatjjr0p THE FLOWN SOUL . :-V- ' :ttf- - •V'""- OOD 536 536 536 537 (S5e0rge J)0ttfl|)t0n SANDY HOOK . ,. ; « , • • THE HANDSEL RING .. 525 525 526 THE SUNSHINE OF THINE EYES . • REMEMBRANCE THE VOICE OF THE VOID . / ^ : THE CHILD'S WISH GRANTED >/v-'' • KEENAN'S CHARGE .... 537 537 537 537 538 (Kugene JteKj WYNKEN, BLYNKEN, AND NOD .. GARDEN AND CRADLE '';"' S' H. IN THE FIRELIGHT . . . -rui! NIGHTFALL IN DORDRECHT . ;>*.«»' -6 THE DINKEY-BIRD . . . : ./ LITTLE BOY BLUE THE LYTTEL BOY .... 526 527 627 527 528 528 528 E00e f)atoti)0rne Latbrop GIVE ME NOT TEARS . . .. DOROTHY .... *• J-" A SONG BEFORE GRIEF .... THE CLOCK'S SONG .... Cfjarlefi .frauds Eic&arteott 539 539 540 540 540 OUR Two OPINIONS .... 529 541 THE BIBLIOMANIAC'S PRAYER. 529 541 DIBDIN'S GHOST ECHOES FROM THE SABINE FARM To the Fountain of Bandusia. To Leuconoe — I To Leuconoe — II. 529 530 530 531 (^itotn JHarfc&am THE MAN WITH THE HOE. 541 54fl 5491 E0bett 38ttrn0 Wilson IT is IN WINTER THAT WE DREAM OF 531 A LOOK INTO THE GULF . • ,;.* THE LAST FURROW .... THE WHIRLWIND ROAD . » 542 542 542 ruQ THE DEAD PLAYER .... To A CROW THE SUNRISE OF THE POOR SUCH is THE DEATH THE SOLDIER DIES 531 531 532 532 Kic|)at& Cfctoin SDap 543 BALLAD OF THE FADED FIELD .. 532 To SHAKESPEARE .... 543 TABLE OF CONTENTS Iv jilattwe jFrancig MAURICE DE GUERIN HE MADE us FREE. THE OLD VIOLIN. THE SHAMROCK. 543 544 544 544 Jmafceit RUSSIA 545 To AN IMPERILLED TRAVELLER . 545 A RUSSIAN FANTASY .... 645 ban AN ANGLER'S WISH THE VEERY. ROSLIN AND HAWTHORNDEN THE LILY OF YORROW. TENNYSON . '. ^. '» FOUR THINGS. Ciatfce THE FIGHTING RACE 545 546 546 546 547 547 547 Claries HENRY WARD BEECHER . . . 548 RARE MOMENTS  550 THE WISTFUL DAYS .... 550 IN TESLA'S LABORATORY . . . 550 BROWNING AT ASOLO .... 551 THE BLOSSOM OF THE SOUL . . . 551 Eteljar* EenUall JHtmfcittttcfc AT THE SHRINE . '^ '. . . 551 GHOSTS . ^- <>')-, v ?. iv./.f. ret f t 55 ^ A BULB ...... 552 To MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVADRA . 552 Ctatoen THE HOLLYHOCKS. DON QUIXOTE To THE MOONFLOWER. 552 552 553 (Ellen JHacfcap Ibtttclrinson MOTH-SONO HER PICTURE 553 553 ON KINGSTON BRIDGE. So WAGS THE WORLD PRAISE-GOD BAREBONES PAMELA IN TOWN APRIL FANTASIE QUAKER LADIES. THE BRIDE'S TOILETTE. A CRY FROM THE SHORE SEA-WAY HARVEST JIMson fjage UNCLE GABE'S WHITE FOLKS ASHCAKE 553 554 554 555 555 555 556 556 557 557 557 558 559 559 560 560 561 561 561 Eilep WHEN SHE COMES HOMK rJMT ';' THE OLD MAN AND JIM .. A LIFE-LESSON THE WAY THE BABY WOKE. THE WAY THE BABY SLEPT .. BEREAVED IKE WALTON'S PRAYER ... ON THE DEATH OF LITTLE MAHALA ASH- CRAFT . •.., ;.,.„•. . . 561 LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE . . . 562 DWAINIE — FROM " THE FLYING ISLANDS OF THE NIGHT" .... 563 HONEY DRIPPING FROM THE COMB . 563 A MAN BY THE NAME OF BOLUS . 563 LONGFELLOW . . , , • . . 564 LOVE'S PRAYER ..... 564 louts 3amefi THE GARDEN WHERE THERE is NO WINTER . '. . V" V  WHAT THOUGH THE GREEN LEAF GROW ? 566 To SLEEP ....... 566 Cranaton iatoton SONG, YOUTH, AND SORROW MY FATHERLAND 567 567 Eatperme (Eleanor Contoap THE HEAVIEST CROSS OF ALL . . 567 SATURNINUS . ..... 568 568 Da FUST BANJO Ivi TABLE OF CONTENTS ieonartr To ENGLAND FROM THE "BOOK OF DAY-DREAMS Soul unto Soul glooms darkling Disenchantment ... Or ever the Earth was .. Thou livest, 0 Soul ! .. Then shall we see . .. THE BETRAYAL OF THE ROSE. THE TEARS OF THE POPLARS THE QUIET PILGRIM . ... MOTHER ENGLAND BREATH OF HAMPSTEAD HEATH THEFTS OF THE MORNING. FROST . ' . ' QUATRAINS The Soul in the Body. Insomnia To Imagination A FAR CRY TO HEAVEN .. THE MOTHER WHO DIED TOO WINTER SLEEP FROM " THE INVERTED TORCH " When in the First Great Hour Tell me If still they live ... Will it be so ? 569 570 570 571 571 571  THE DEAD. THE EGYPTIAN LOTUS 578 578 8atritional Selections (VARIOUS POEMS BELONGING TO THIS DIVISION) I LITTLE WILD BABY .... 579 MARGARET THOMSON JANVIER (" Margaret Vandegrift ") VlVEROLS 579 DAVID STARR JORDAN HE 'D NOTHING BUT HIS VIOLIN . 580 MARY KYLE DALLAS WHAT MY LOVER SAID. HOMER GREKSE UNLESS . 580 581 ELLA DIBTZ GLTNES WINTER TWILIGHT 581 GEORGE TRACY ELLIOT UNDER THE RED CROSS CHAUNCEY HICKOX A CHILD'S QUESTION EMMA HUNTINGTON NASON THE MYSTERY . ...'-_—» ^ LILIAN WHITING THOMAS A KEMPIS . — .. RICHARD ROGERS BOWKER KELPIUS'S HYMN .... ARTHUR PETERSON in Two ARGOSIES 581 . 582 582 582 582 . 583 WALLACE BRUCE IN THE OLD CHURCHYARD AT FREDER- ICKSBURG 583 FREDERICK WADSWOHTH LOBUKJ rv THE AZTEC CITY . . ." . .584 EUGENE FITCH WARS ("Ironquill") WERE-WOLF ." . . . .585 JULIAN HAWTHORNE V THE GOLDEN AGE 585 ERNEST FRANCISCO FENOLLOSA THE MAN WITH THE HOE — A REPLY 586 JOHN VANCE CHENEY VI GOSSAMER WEFT" Whenever a Little Child is born . 587 AGNES CARTER NASON TABLE OF CONTENTS Ivii Morning • • . • • . 587 Only One ...... 588 EMILY DICKINSON GEORGE COOPER Snowflakes .... . 587 Lullaby. 588 MARY MAPES DODGE JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND Why it was cold in May . -r . , HENRIETTA R. ELIOT Thistle-down .... CLARA DOTY BATES . 587 . 587 VII IMPROMPTUS Written in the Visitors' Book at the Birthplace of Robert Burns. The New Arrival . . . ';•. 589 589 A Little Boy's Vain Kegret EDITH MATILDA THOMAS . 588 GEORGE WASHINGTON CABLE A Mortifying Mistake . V£>M ANNA M. PRATT . 588 THOUGHTS ON THE COMMANDMENTS » GEORGE AUGUSTUS BAKER 589 Early News . .- ;., ;> ANNA M. PRATT . 588 AN AMERICAN GIRL ..... BRANDER MATTHEWS 589 A Million Little Diamonds . 588 To JESSIE'S DANCING FEET. 590 MARY FRANCES BUTTS WILLIAM DE LANCET ELLWANGEB DIVISION III (WOODBERRY, BUNNER, MRS. PULLEN, MlSS REESE, H. S. MORRIS, MlSS CONE, BURTON, SHERMAN, GARLAND, Miss MONROE, Miss GUINEY, AND OTHERS) FROM "WILD EDEN" When First I saw her . '. ' ' The Secret. .o-r ?HV'?. • ., ' O, Inexpressible as sweet '-»: " The Rose of Stars .. *^M i .V Divine Awe .... Homeward Bound . .. The Child . O, Struck beneath the Laurel. So slow to die ,. .'„'. ;. Seaward . . . "• FROM " MY COUNTRY ".. ON A PORTRAIT OF COLUMBUS. AMERICA TO ENGLAND .. AT GIBRALTAR LOVE'S ROSARY SOMG OF EROS, IN "AGATHON". jFrancte Nation (0ttmmm JOHN BRIGHT «.*-««» ,*<••-: • J)enrp Cttpler Punnet THE WAY TO ARCADY SHE WAS A BEAUTY. 590 590 591 591 591 591 592 592 592 592 593 594 594 594 595 595 595 596 597 A PITCHER OF MIGNONETTB . . „ 597 DEAF .'..... . . . 597 LES MORTS VONT VITE . '. . ,. 598 THE APPEAL TO HAROLD . . . 598 ON READING A POET'S FIRST BOOK . 598 FEMININE ;•>;-•-.<>/ . . .599 J. B ......... 599 To A JUNE BREEZE .... 599 THE CHAPERON . .' . . . 600 larremore MADAM HICKORY. . *. . . 600  .... 602 DERELICT ....... 602 THE SEA-WEED ..... 603 Daniel ietoia £)atog0n THE SEEKER IN THE MARSHES . 603 Iviii TABLE OF CONTENTS Lrrutfi JFrank Cooker THE LAST FIGHT 604 606 IMPLORA PACE AT THE MERMAID INN . ... 616 617 606 I!) arris on. § in it I) JHottic &rmisteati CJwrc&ill (Portion 606 DESTINY — A. D. 1899. THE LONELY-BIRD .... A PINE-TREE BUOY .. 617 619 619 ROSES OF MEMORY .... Cfctoarlr g>anforfc Jftartin A GIRL OF POMPEII. A LITTLE BROTHER OF THE RICH. 607 608 608 608 MOHAMMED AND SEID .... WALT WHITMAN FICKLE HOPS ..... (Ernest Crosijp CHOIR PRACTICE. 619 620 620 620 lLt3cttr il/ooituortl) jS.££fi£ LYDIA ANNE — SUDBURY MEETING-HOUSE, 1653 DAFFODILS TEARS .. .. . .. IMMORTALITY . . . »/.:.. uv^ THOMAS A KEMPIS . . .. TELLING THE BEES . . . , IN TIME OF GRIEF . . . "* ; • To A TOWN POET .... ... 609 609 609 610 610 610 611 611 611 A1 1 THE SEARCH THE SOUL OF THE WORLD {)arrp dwraton J3ecfc HELIOTROPE. WONDERLAND . . . '";.». ^ . 4 THE OTHER ONE . .. . ,;:. jFranli iUftftp i&tantoti 621 621 621 622 622 fV>? Oil 612 A PLANTATION DITTY. 623 612 THE GRAVEYARD RABBIT 623 RESERVE . . > , '- .. ^ . , William Hamilton I:) a put THE SOUTHERN SNOW-BIRD . ..'.../ To A CHEROKEE ROSE. QUATRAINS Moonlight Song of the Mocking-Bird 612 612 612 613 THE MOCKING-BIRD . . . .' A LITTLE WAY i JHargaret ^)elanti LOVE AND DEATH .... SENT WITH A ROSE TO A YOUNG LADY THE CLOVER i -i 623 624 624 624 694 Night Mists. 613 694 An Autumn Breeze . . • v • • Exiles . . * . - r. 613 613 A CYCLONE AT SEA .... "SLEEP AND HIS BROTHER DEATH" THE YULE LOG (S5eorge (KUgar JHontgomerp 613 613 613 613 CttUor 3fenfefi SMALL AND EARLY THE SPIRIT OF THE MAINE &lice Proton 625 625 To A CHILD. 614 696 A DEAD SOLDIER 614 TRILBY 6^6 AT NIGHT 615 6*>6 fi^fi eila g>|)0eler Wiltoj; RECRIMINATION ..... Cljarles Lottn IMlorctl) To AN OBSCURE POET WHO LIVES ON MY HEARTH 615 616 SLEEP ,w « William JHorton J]aj>ne INCIPIT VITA NOVA .... " EJ BLOT TIL LYST ". TANNHAUSER 627 627 627 627 628 TABLE OF CONTENTS lix JEiliccnt ^aa&Jmrn i^&inn SONG AND SCIENCE " The Twilig-ht of the Poets " WHEN ALMONDS BLOOM .... YOSEMITE  634 634 634 635 635 635 636 636 636 Hobert 35riUg;efli "THE UNILLUMINED VERGE". JAMES McCosn . . . ;«•;>: William iintoep EN GARDE, MESSIEURS . .fr , THE HUNDRED- YARD DASH .. Rotate JL Crattfcel I SERVED IN A GREAT CAUSE ,v IF ALL THE VOICES OF MEN. . 637 . 637 . 638 . 638 . 638 . 639 . 639 . 639 . 640 . 640 . 641 . 641 . 642 . 642 . 643 3"ame$ 38enjamin J&enpon TACITA . . . ". QUATRAINS The Bedouins of the Skies. The Two Spirits . . . . .' ; A Challenge DEATH AND NIGHT .... BEING THEM NOT BACK .... COME SLOWLY, PARADISE. C&atlea {jentp Cranfcall £>anafce £)an&rtoffe THE DEAD MOON .... THE SPIRIT OF THE FALL. William Eogcoe (Efmpet (" PAUL HBEMBS ") THE LAST HUNT MAN IN NATURE . .. THE VIOLIN'S COMPLAINT . :;^ |)elen  *M>. C&atlea J)enrp Ittoer* THE FOUR WINDS .... THE HAUNTS OF THE HALCYON. HEART OF OAK . ' ' - .""^•. '! -it;:<<^1 , THE MOUNTEBANKS . . . -*« JHarp &ttg;ttfita Jftaaon THE SCARLET TANAGER. v;.'" • . < * MY LITTLE NEIGHBOR A *b*l * -,i ,:-*••- J)enrp 3Terome H>t0cfeatli OVER THEIR GRAVES . .- vy/ i;' As SOME MYSTERIOUS WANDERER OF THE CONTRAST .... THE LAST CUP OF CANARY THE SPRING BEAUTIES. . 643 . 643 . 644 . 644 Kujwrfc 38ttrt0n . 645 ON A FERRY BOAT . 645 . 645 THE MOCKING-BIRD .... g>aral) |)ratt JHcLean Greene THE FOREFATHER . 646 . 646 . 646 AN UNPRAISED PICTURE THE POLAR QUEST • . ; #?r • -. . 646 . 647 . 647 Clarence SErmp As I CAME DOWN MOUNT TAMALPAIS Eat|)arine lee iSates . 647 A SONG OF RICHES THE LITTLE KNIGHT IN GREEN <0eorge JMIeto ON A CAST FROM AN ANTIQUE DEATH . 648 . 648 . 648 . 649 f&msan JHarr ^palUinff A SONG'S WORTH . . . • . • • THE SEA'S SPELL .... FATE TABLE OF CONTENTS Boiert Jftotot j> THE TUTELAGE THE SECOND VOLUME. 649 JDempater ^> German ON A GREEK VASE 650 To A ROSE 650 ON SOME BUTTERCUPS  651 THE SHADOWS 651 AT MIDNIGHT . « . . . 651 652 652 652 GEORGE WASHINGTON GENESIS A SUMMER SANCTUARY ipman fcoopman SEA AND SHORE . ...  SATIRIST . ... . . 653 REVEALED 653 Jap AT LINCOLN 653 ON A GRAVE IN CHRIST-CHURCH, HANTS 654 ^amltn PIONEERS .. ., .^ . . .. IN THE GRASS .'./". THE MEADOW LARK. THE MASSASAUGA .... A TRIBUTE OF GRASSES — To W. W. A WISH THE GIFT OF WATER. THE UTE LOVER DO YOU FEAR THE WlND THE GOLD-SEEKERS. THE GREETING OF THE ROSES Clotrtu THE MOTHER'S SONG  IkoilarU SIDNEY GODOLPHIN ... As I CAME DOWN FROM LEBANON KHAMSIN . . .. MEMNON BE YE IN LOVE WITH APRIL-TlDE ? A BELL Harriet Jftonroe FROM THE " COMMEMORATION ODE " — WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION, CHI- CAGO Washington . . . .. Lincoln '. '. . . .. Democracy . . . .. IN THE BEGINNING .... THE FORTUNATE ONE .... THE NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS .. A FAREWELL ..... 658 658 659 659 660 660 660 660 661 662 662 662 662 Charlotte jerkins A COMMON INFERENCE. THE BEDS OF FLEUR-DE-LYS A CONSERVATIVE. 663 iotttee (SJuinep ODE FOR A MASTER MARINER ASHORE 6C4 IN LEINSTER ..... 665 PAX PAGANICA ..... 665 ON FIRST ENTERING WESTMINSTER AB- BEY ....... 665 MARTYR'S MEMORIAL .... 665 A FOOTNOTE TO A FAMOUS LYRIC .  667 lilla Cabot JJerrp MEETING AFTER LONG ABSENCE As she feared it would be .. As it was LIFE AND DEATH ART ..... • .. v :', J)anna& JJatfcer J&imball BEYOND . . ,*.>-. w«,, ^: SOUL AND SENSE . . .. ONE WAY OF TRUSTING . .. 