CONTENTS.

OKLAHOMA [9]

THE RACE FOR HOMES [15]

AT PERRY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1893 [19]

"SING ME A SONG, O WIND." [21]

A CHRISTMAS CAROL [24]

YEARS THAT ARE TO BE [26]

IF WE DON'T OR IF WE DO [28]

DEAR SONGS OF MY COUNTRY [30]

JULY FOURTH [33]

"O, GENTLE SHADES OF QUIET WOODS." [35]

LOVE [37]

WINTERS ON THE FARM [39]

"O, WEAK AND WEARY WORLD." [41]

EX ANIMA [43]

"LO, ALL THE AGE IS RANK WITH WRONG." [45]

"LOVE, THOU GAYEST FANCY-WEAVER." [47]

THE FARMER [49]

"NATURE HAS A THOUSAND CHOIRS." [51]

THE WORKINGMAN [53]

GIVING AND FORGIVING [55]

"O, SACRED SOULS THAT GRANDLY SING." [57]

CHRISTMAS TIME [59]

TRUEST HEROES ARE UNKNOWN [61]

IF WE BUT KNEW [62]

HOPE [64]

DESPONDENCY [66]

IF LOVE WERE KING [68]

"SING ME THE OLD SONGS, MOTHER." [69]

TWO LIVES [71]

"AWAY, AWAY, FROM THE SULTRY WAYS." [72]

SPINSTERHOOD [74]

"SWEET FAIRIES FROM THE ISLES OF SONG." [75]

STANZAS [77]

"MAKE THE MOST OF THIS LIFE." [78]

"THE SONGS THAT MOTHER USED TO SING." [80]

"QUAFF THE GLASS, THE WINE IS RED." [81]

GOOD-NIGHT [83]

LIVE LIFE WITH LOVE [84]

DISCONTENT [86]

STANZAS [87]

THE WAY OF THE WORLD [89]

MY SHADOW AND I [90]

IN THE VALES [91]

THE WILLOW [92]

AT THE MILL [94]

SHADOW AND SHINE [95]

THE GROWTH OF SONG [96]

SPRING AND MUSIC [97]

COMPENSATION [98]

MY MOLLIE, O [100]

SING NOT OF BEAUTY [101]

AT EVENTIDE [102]

WHEN CHRISTMAS COMES [103]

WHEN THOU ART NEAR [104]

HE SLEEPS AT LAST [105]

WHEN FORTUNES FROWN [106]

WHEN WE SHALL MEET [107]

SWEET EYES OF BLUE [108]

HAD WE NOT MET [109]

A SONNET [110]

OKLAHOMA.—A SONNET [111]

ESTRANGED [112]

RECONCILED [113]

THE DYING HERO [114]

SONNET [115]

GREATNESS LIVES APART [116]

POEMS [117]

SINGER AND SONG [118]

TO ONE WHO PLEDGED HER FRIENDSHIP [119]

THE BANKS O' TURKEY RUN [119]