To My Father
NOTE
Some of the verses in this book have been printed by The Christian Herald, Good Housekeeping, Pictorial Review, New Fiction Publishing Company and the C. H. Young Publishing Company. I wish to acknowledge, with thanks, permission to reprint them.
CONTENTS
[ PREFACE ]
[ WOOD MAGIC ]
[ WATERIN' TH' HORSES ]
[ AT DAWN ]
[ II. THE PIONEER ]
[ III. THE FARMER ]
[ THE HAUNTED HOUSE ]
[ TO A PAIR OF GLOVES ]
[ PEAKS ]
[ LIL' FELLER ]
[ TO AN OLD SCHOOLHOUSE ]
[ THE OLD SAILOR ]
[ THE RIVER AND THE TREE ]
[ AUTUMN SONG ]
[ SCARLET FLOWERS ]
[ ON FIFTH AVENUE ]
[ FROM A CITY WINDOW ]
[ THE LADY ACROSS THE COURT ]
[ TO A PORCELAIN PUPPY DOG ]
[ COLORS ]
[ LIGHTS OF THE CITY ]
[ STEEL ]
[ MUSIC OF THE SLUMS ]
[ I. THE VIOLIN-MAKER ]
[ II. THE PARK BAND ]
[ III. THE ORGAN MAN ]
[ "BE OF GOOD CHEER!" ]
[ FROM MY ROOM ]
[ THE BALCONY SCENES ]
[ A BOWERY PAWN-SHOP ]
[ SPRING IN THE CITY ]
[ LI'L EMPTY CLOSET ]
[ TWO LULLABYS ]
[ II. POPPY LAND ]
[ I DREAMED YOUR FACE ]
[ ANSWER ]
[ A BABY'S HANDS ]
[ ALL ALONG THE BROAD HIGHWAY ]
[ MY MOTHER ]
[ HEREDITY ]
[ APRIL ]
[ THE DESERT PATH—SEVEN SONNETS ]
[ SUMMER SONG ]
[ COMPREHENSION—A MOTHER'S SONG ]
[ SINGING ON THE MARCH ]
[ EASTER ]
[ RESURRECTION ]
[ THE QUEEN ]
[ FRAGMENTS ]
[ IT'S LOTS OF FUN— ]
[ VALENTINE ]
[ THE SACRIFICE ]
[ TO A CERTAIN ROOM ]
[ OTHER DAYS ]
[ AT TWILIGHT ]
[ THERE ARE SUCH WEARY LITTLE LINES ]
[ THREE SONGS OF AWAKENING ]
[ IN A CANOE ]
[ CAPTIVE-HEART ]
[ EVENING SONG ]
[ AFTER A DAY OF WAITING ]
[ INTANGIBLE ]
[ AT FIRST SIGHT ]
[ FIVE SONNETS ]
[ III. THE RAIN OUTSIDE ]
[ IV. I USED TO WRITE ]
[ V. MOON-GLOW ]
[ FORGIVEN ]
[ THE WRITING ]
[ AT PARTING ]
[ THE REFUGE ]
[ TO DREAM ALONE.... ]
[ NOW I MAY SING OF SADNESS.... ]
[ WHEN WAR CAME ]
[ WHEN YOU WENT BY ]
[ IN MEMORIAM ]
[ TOGETHER ]
[ JIM-DOG ]
[ SIX SONNETS ]
[ FROM THE DECK OF A TRANSPORT ]
[ TIM—MY BUNKIE ]
[ A PRAYER FOR OUR BOYS RETURNING ]
[ PARIS ]
[ II. THE RUE DE LA PAIX—(A STREET OF JEWELS) ]
[ III. THE FLOWER WAGONS ]
[ SONGS FROM FRANCE ]
[ FROM PARIS TO CHATEAU THIERRY ]
[ A RUINED CHURCH ]
[ CHILD FACES ]
[ RETURN ]
[ THE PHOENIX ]
[ INDEPENDENCE DAY—1919 ]
[ SHADOWS ]
[ L'ENVOI ]
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