Near Nature's Heart; A Volume of Verse
THE AUTHOR IN HIS RETREAT.
Note the string connecting with the camera outside, which captures the birds and little animals on their well-filled table. (See pages 22 and 23.)
A VOLUME OF VERSE
BY CRAWFORD JACKSON
ATLANTA, GA. and GUILFORD, N. C.
FOOTE & DAVIES COMPANY, PRINTERS, ATLANTA GULBENK ENGRAVING COMPANY, ENGRAVERS, ATLANTA
COPYRIGHT 1923 BY CRAWFORD JACKSON (ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)
DEDICATED TO EVERY CHILD
“Philosophy, to an attentive ear,
Clearly points out, not in one part alone,
How Imitative Nature takes her course
From the celestial mind, and from its art;
Crawford Jackson
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NEAR NATURE’S HEART
FOREWORD
CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS
THE DAWN
HIGH NOON
TWILIGHT
MY PRAYER TO TRUTH
A SCENE IN WASHINGTON, N. C.
LITTLE NAPLES BY THE SEA
THE FAMILY OF MY FRIEND JONES
THE KING’S MARRIAGE
MY RETREAT
THE MOCKING-BIRD
THE JAY AND I—A DIALOGUE
NATURE’S HEART
A NIGGER AND A MULE
VIRGINIA’S NATURAL BRIDGE
THE MIGHT OF MATUTINAL MUSIC
A PERPETUAL KING
THE COTTON GIN
THE COTTON MILL
MY OWN LITTLE GIRL
MY SABBATH SERMON
PILOT MOUNTAIN
AURELIUS AUGUSTINUS
O THAT INCOME TAX!
IN FLORIDA
TWO LITTLE ORPHANS
TROUBLE AND PLAY
SOME SMALL SURPRISES
THE RHYTHM UNIVERSAL
THE SUN FLOWER
THE WILD WOOD
THE BEGINNING OF THINGS
THE END OF THINGS
WHEN THE JUNCO COMES
JAMES BRADLEY JACKSON
A STORY OF COLONIAL TIMES
GOOD OUT OF EVIL
CHRISTMAS
A CHICK’S CRY
THE SLANDERER
LITTLE RIVER ROYAL
GIVE ME BOTH
MANIFOLD BEAUTY AND THE MAN
THE ELEPHANT DANCE
LEAST YET GREATEST
OLD SHIP CHURCH
MOTHER INDEED
NATHAN O’BERRY
THE BISHOP’S GARDEN
MY TRIOLET
YE BONNY BOYS
A BALLADE TO THE GIRLS
A MOUNTAIN TOP VIEW
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
ANOTHER BIRTHDAY
OH BABY MINE
THE SNAKE THAT’S KING
THE HEART OF FRANCE
THE RED MAPLE
THE STRIKERS
NOVEMBER’S GLOOM
JAMES MITCHEL ROGERS
ERWIN HOLT
JUST AN INTRODUCTION
JUDGE FRANKLIN CHASE HOYT
THE WINGED TOURISTS
HOW MY EASTER DAWNED
HELEN KELLER
MARY GRAY
THE DANCING TASSEL
WALTER MALONE
THE DUTIFUL FLOWER
MY HOLIDAY
THE AEOLIAN HARP
THE GOD-MAN AND MYSELF
DEATH’S DOOM
THE DYING YEAR
