And crown your state with power,

For Service is the peasant root,

And Love the princely flower.

CONTENTS.

[LABOR AND THE ANGEL]1
[THE HARVEST]5
[WHEN SPRING GOES BY]11
[MARCH]12
[IN MAY]12
[ON THE MOUNTAIN]13
[THE ONONDAGA MADONNA]15
[WATKWENIES]15
[AVIS]16
[THE VIOLET PRESSED IN A COPY OF SHAKESPEARE]19
[ANGELUS]21
[ADAGIO]21
[DIRGE FOR A VIOLET]23
[EQUATION]24
[AFTERWARDS]24
[STONE BREAKING]25
[THE LESSON]26
[FROM SHADOW]27
[THE PIPER OF ARLL]29
[AT LES ÉBOULEMENTS]35
[THE WOLF]35
[RAIN AND THE ROBIN]37
[THE DAME REGNANT]37
[THE CUP]45
[THE HAPPY FATALIST]45
A GROUP OF SONGS
I.[WHEN THE ASH-TREE BUDS AND THE MAPLES]46
II.[THE WORLD IS SPINNING FOR CHANGE]47
III.[THE WIND IS WILD TO-NIGHT]48
IV.[IN THE RUDDY HEART OF THE SUNSET]49
V.[SORROW IS COME LIKE A SWALLOW TO NEST]50
VI.[’TIS AUTUMN AND DOWN IN THE FIELDS]51
VII.[SPRING SONG]52
VIII.[SUMMER SONG]53
IX.[AUTUMN SONG]54
X.[WINTER SONG]55
XI.[THE CANADIAN’S HOME-SONG]56
XII.[MADRIGAL]57
XIII.[WORDS AFTER MUSIC]58

LABOR AND THE ANGEL.

The wind plunges—then stops;

And a column of leaves in a whirl,

Like a dervish that spins—drops,

With a delicate rustle,