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| Introduction | [v] |
| Hymn to Demeter, by Louis V. Ledoux | [1] |
| Over the Wintry Threshold, by Bliss Carman | [2] |
| In April, by Margaret Lee Ashley | [3] |
| May Is Building Her House, by Richard Le Gallienne | [3] |
| In a Forgotten Burying-ground, by Ruth Guthrie Harding | [4] |
| Wind, by Fannie Stearns Davis | [5] |
| The Speckled Trout, by Madison Cawein | [5] |
| Trees, by Joyce Kilmer | [7] |
| In the Hospital, by Arthur Guiterman | [7] |
| Love of Life, by Tertius van Dyke | [8] |
| God’s Will, by Mildred Howells | [8] |
| On the Birth of a Child, by Louis Untermeyer | [9] |
| To a Child Falling Asleep, Robert Alden Sanborn | [9] |
| A Roman Doll, by Agnes Lee | [12] |
| Sappho, by Sara Teasdale | [13] |
| Of Moira Up the Glen, by Edward J. O’Brien | [16] |
| Morning Glories, by John G. Neihardt | [17] |
| Lest I Learn, by Witter Bynner | [18] |
| Later, by Willard Huntington Wright | [18] |
| The Old Maid, by Sara Teasdale | [19] |
| Departure, by John Hall Wheelock | [20] |
| An Adieu, by Florence Earle Coates | [20] |
| Heart’s Tide, by Ethel M. Hewitt | [21] |
| Waiting, by Charles Hanson Towne | [22] |
| Desiderium, by Richard Le Gallienne | [22] |
| Human, by Richard Burton | [23] |
| The Ghost, by Hermann Hagedorn | [23] |
| A Mountain Gateway, by Bliss Carman | [24] |
| Perugia, by Amelia Josephine Burr | [25] |
| Ghosts, by Marguerite Mooers Marshall | [27] |
| St. John and the Faun, by George Edward Woodberry | [28] |
| School, by Percy MacKaye | [30] |
| The Marvelous Munchausen, by William Rose Benét | [34] |
| Train-mates, by Witter Bynner | [38] |
| The Kallyope Yell, by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay | [39] |
| Thanksgiving For Our Task, by Shaemas OSheel | [43] |
| A Likeness, by Willa Sibert Cather | [46] |
| The Field of Glory, by Edwin Arlington Robinson | [48] |
| Rich Man, Poor Man—, by Francis Hill | [49] |
| The Sin Eater, by Ruth Comfort Mitchell | [50] |
| Night-sentries, by George Sterling | [52] |
| The Swordless Christ, by Percy Adams Hutchison | [54] |
| What of the Night?, by Willard Huntington Wright | [55] |
| A Threnody, by Louis V. Ledoux | [57] |
| November, by Mahlon Leonard Fisher | [61] |
| Salutation, by Ruth Sterry | [62] |
| Here Lies Pierrot, by Richard Burton | [62] |
| List of “Distinctive Poems,” Their Authors, and the Magazines in Which They Appeared | [64] |
| The “Best Poems” Chosen from the “Distinctive” List | [69] |
| Titles and Authors of All Poems Appearing in the Seven Magazines For 1918 | [71] |
| Index of First Lines | [99] |