Muse and Mint
WALTER S. PERCY
BOSTON SHERMAN, FRENCH & COMPANY 1914
Copyright, 1914 Sherman, French & Company
MY DEAR MOTHER AND WIFE
WHO BEST LOVED MY MUSE AND WHOSE LOVE WAS THE MINT THAT EVER MADE IT AN INSPIRATION AND JOY
I mused upon the strangeness of all things,
So different from the dream
Whereof the morning mounted up on wings
Above the world agleam
With light that trembled into life and love
As when a censer swings
And joy of promise sings—
Walter Seymour Percy
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MUSE AND MINT
MUSE AND MINT
CONTENTS
NATURE
FIREFLIES
BO-PEEP
PEEP-OF-DAWN
THE RILLY RIVER
CHERRIES
A SNOWFLAKE
THE BLIZZARD
SUGARING OFF
THE CHRYSALIS
WHEN I SURVEY
PAUPACK
FIRESIDE
MOTHER
CHATTERBOX
LITTLE STOCKING
ELFIN FACES
SWEET ’STEEN
BOY
A CHILD’S LIFTED CROSS
THE BOY MILLIONAIRE
A LULLABY
THE LAST SONG
YOUTH
AGE
SENTIMENT
A CORONATION
I’LL BE WATCHING ON THE SHORE
I GIVE THEE MY PROMISE
CHAMBERED ROSES
TWO FRAMES
A VISION
THE AFTERMATH
PROOF-WORDS
MEMORIES
ADIEUS
DUST TO DUST
LITTLE WORDS
A WAYSIDE LIFE
O TEAR!
THE DEW OF DUST
A SMILE
PHILOSOPHY
THE HILL-TOPS
THE MAN WHO BEARS THE HOD
JOG ALONG!
THE FAMILY TREE
REPLEVIN
HOMILIES
WHAT IS TRUTH?
FRIENDSHIP
THOUGHT
WHEN I’M NO MORE
THE BLAZED TRAIL
GRIEF AND JOY
HOPE
SOWING AND REAPING
HOPE ON!
HEARTED GOOD
COUNTRY
AMERICA
THE ALTAR OF COUNTRY
THE STARS OF DESTINY
LAST OF THE GRAND ARMY
THE FLYING JACK
HUMOR
SAP’S A-BILIN’
JUST MUD
KNOCKIN’ ROUND
THE SNAIL AND STAR
THE OLD SOR’L HOSS
NICODEMUS BOGGS
SACRED
WHAT IS FAITH?
A FORGIVENESS
THE GOOD SAMARITAN
SHEPHERD OF ISRAEL
THE LADDER OF CLOUD
THE RISEN CHRIST MEANS VICTORY
THE EVERLASTING ARMS
HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP
THE GLORY DWELLS
THE LIGHT OF LIFE
DESIGN
SONG
GOLDEN HOPE
THE COMING CROWNING
THE LIVING CUP
THE SINGERS
THE CROWN OF THORNS
SONG ALONG
THE LOVE THAT WASHED HIS FEET
MISCELLANEOUS
THE SHUT AND OPEN HAND
THE MAN-BIRD
THE PHANTOM CAVALRY
THOU CALLEST ME BROTHER
THE SINGING DEATH
THE OLD MOON IN THE ARMS OF THE NEW
