Katydid's Poems
Katydid’s Poem
Katydid.
WITH A LETTER BY Jno. Aug. Williams.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1887, by MRS. J. I. McKINNEY (“KATYDID”) In the Office of the Librarian at Washington.
Printed by the Courier-Journal Job Printing Company.
Dedicated TO J. I. McKINNEY.
To him whose every word is one of praise,
Who loves to linger where my thoughts have been,
And who delights in all my rhyming ways,
I offer first these efforts of my pen.
Dear Katydid:
I am more pleased with your lines than when I first read them; they are intensely womanly, natural, musical and sweet—they are absolutely free from affectation, only the restraint of rhyme and measure seem to deprive your muse of perfect freedom and grace. There is also a delicacy of thought and fancy, and of purity of sentiment that pervades the whole like the sweetest perfume.
Kate Slaughter McKinney
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Katydid’s Poems
Letter to Katydid.
CONTENTS
To a Katydid.
A Day-Dream.
The Old Ravine.
I’ve Asked You to Forget Me.
Little Blanche.
The Little Front Gate.
Drifting.
Looking Back.
Scotta.
The Lover and Flower.
My Cloud—To Scotta.
The Decision.
Autumn.
In Memory of Fannie Johnson White.
A Problem.
My Palace.
Death of Summer.
Spring and Summer.
Under the Snow.
The Prettiest Girl in Town.
I am Musing To-Night.
A Curl.
Good-bye, Maggie.
The Hermit’s Farewell.
A Window I Love.
Thistle Down.
An Acrostic.
Keep a Bright Face, Darling.
In Memoriam.
The Old Orchard Trees.
Ella Lee.
What is the West Wind Saying.
To a Mountain Stream.
To Mother.
A Christmas Peep.
Winnie’s Christmas Eve.
The Three Muses.
A Recollection.
Don’t Question Him Why.
Why?
Journeys.
The Lost Poem.
A Gallop With Santa Claus.
Home Memories.
Sunshine and Shadow.
To Albert.
The Reunion of the Flowers.
Children of the Brain.
A Lily of the Valley.
Lines to the Old Year.
Why I Smile.
My Phantom Ships.
The Weight of a Word.
Speak Kindly.
Look Into the Past.
The Canary and Rose.
A Sigh or a Tear.
Snow-Flakes.
A Footprint.
