The woods

by Douglas Malloch

THE WOODS

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DOUGLAS MALLOCH

THE
WOODS

BY
DOUGLAS MALLOCH
AUTHOR OF “IN FOREST LAND”

NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

Copyright, 1913,
By GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

To
MY SON DOUGLAS
1902-1909

CONTENTS

	Page
Possession	[11]
When the Geese Come North	[13]
Spring Fever	[14]
March	[16]
Children of the Spring	[17]
“Life”	[20]
The Passenger Pigeons	[22]
June	[24]
The Bigger Thing	[26]
The Chickadee	[28]
Jim	[29]
Settin’ in the Sun	[35]
The Pine-Tree Flag	[37]
Inspiration	[40]
To a Caged Bird	[44]
The Chickamauga Oak	[45]
Summertime	[49]
Contrast	[51]
Rain	[53]
Down Grade	[62]
Unknown	[65]
The Irish	[67]
The Path	[70]
The Mystery	[73]
The Playground	[78]
The Swamper	[81]
Ashes	[84]
Sunrise	[86]
The Wanderers	[88]
Sylvia	[90]
The Imitators	[92]
The Soul	[93]
Leisure	[97]
The Sky Pilot	[99]
The Call of the Woods	[101]
Brothers and Sons	[103]
The Snow Is Here	[106]
The Letter	[110]
Success	[115]
Moonrise	[116]
My Man an’ Me	[117]
Back on the Job	[120]
The Sport	[123]
The Code	[126]
Memories	[127]
To-day	[130]
You	[132]
The City	[134]