By Scarlet Torch and Blade
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
RHYMES OF OUR VALLEY CHRISTOPHER CRICKET ON CATS THE LIMERATOMY WINGS AND OTHER WAR RHYMES
The tinder-brush has caught the spark, the temples of the night, Their purple columns towering high, glow in the amber light. (“By Scarlet Torch and Blade.”)
BY ANTHONY EUWER
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR
“ A four-league stretch is burning now— The cavalcade of death Moves on with scarlet torch and blade And with a scarlet breath. ”
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS NEW YORK AND LONDON The Knickerbocker Press
Copyright, 1923 by Anthony Euwer
Second printing, January, 1926
Made in the United States of America
Anthony Euwer
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CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
THE OPEN SPACES
BUILDERS OF HIGHWAYS
OREGON SNOW
THE PRUNER
SNOOTS
LITTLE BLACK BULL
MOUNTAIN TOPS
THE RIVER
THE JUGGLER
NATURE’S TOTEMS
MINSTRELS OF THE NIGHT
THE LONG BET
THE CAVES OF JOSEPHINE
PEOPLE AND THINGS
HEARTH-GLOW
THE WANT-AD OF MY SOUL
THE BELL
GOSSIP
LOVE’S LABOR LOST
THE HALF UNDONE
THE MAN WHO POISONS DOGS
A AND THE
MELTED CANDLES
HOLLY
MORE RHYME THAN REASON
MONDAY
GETTIN’ TO IT
FLIES
A DINO’S AURA
JUST CAT
DANGER!
A PAGEANT OF THE TREES
THE FOREST
THE SEQUOIA GIGANTIA
A SPRUCE’S ROOT
THE DOUGLAS FIR
THE TAMARACK
THE MONTEREY CYPRESS
THE MADRONA
THE YELLOW PINE
THE BRUSH
THE TIMBER-LINE
THE GHOST-TREES
RHYMES OF FRANCE
FROGS
TRANSITION
KIDDY OF FRANCE
SPRING—1919
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