The woods
DOUGLAS MALLOCH
THE WOODS
BY DOUGLAS MALLOCH AUTHOR OF “IN FOREST LAND”
NEW YORK GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
Copyright, 1913, By GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
To MY SON DOUGLAS 1902-1909
THE WOODS
There’s some of us has this world’s goods,
An’ some of us has none—
But all of us has got the woods,
An’ all has got the sun.
So, settin’ here upon the stoop,
Douglas Malloch
THE WOODS
CONTENTS
POSSESSION
WHEN THE GEESE COME NORTH
SPRING FEVER
MARCH
CHILDREN OF THE SPRING
“LIFE”
THE PASSENGER PIGEONS
JUNE
THE BIGGER THING
THE CHICKADEE
JIM
SETTIN’ IN THE SUN
THE PINE-TREE FLAG
INSPIRATION
TO A CAGED BIRD
THE CHICKAMAUGA OAK
SUMMERTIME
CONTRAST
RAIN
DOWN GRADE
UNKNOWN
THE IRISH
THE PATH
THE MYSTERY
THE PLAYGROUND
THE SWAMPER
ASHES
SUNRISE
THE WANDERERS
SYLVIA
THE IMITATORS
THE SOUL
LEISURE
THE SKY PILOT
THE CALL OF THE WOODS
BROTHERS AND SONS
THE SNOW IS HERE
THE LETTER
SUCCESS
MOONRISE
MY MAN AN’ ME
BACK ON THE JOB
THE SPORT
THE CODE
MEMORIES
TO-DAY
YOU
THE CITY
