The Knickerbocker Press, New York
Electrotyped, Printed, and Bound by
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
CONTENTS.
Transcriber’s Note: Incorrect page numbering in the original has been amended here.
| PAGE | |
| Winona, A Dakota Legend. | |
| Proem. | [3] |
| Part I. | [9] |
| Part II. | [20] |
| Part III. | [33] |
| Miscellaneous Poems. | |
| To a Young Man | [43] |
| Tell me, Dear Bird | [45] |
| Perdita | [47] |
| Stanzas to ⸺ | [52] |
| Love’s Tribute | [55] |
| The Little Shepherdess.—Pastorelle | [57] |
| A Farewell | [58] |
| To a Fickle Fair One | [59] |
| To the Same | [59] |
| The Palace of Repose | [60] |
| Moods | [63] |
| To ⸺ | [74] |
| To ⸺ | [76] |
| To The Same | [76] |
| To the Same | [76] |
| Translations and Imitations. | |
| If My Verses Had Wings Like a Bird.—Hugo | [79] |
| ’Twixt Sleep and Waking.—Prosper Blanchemain | [80] |
| White Swan Sailing.—From the Russian, | [81] |
| The Roses of Saadi.—Desbordes-Valmore, | [84] |
| Rose-Buds.—Béranger | [85] |
| The Bird I Wait for.—Moreau | [87] |
| Visions.—De Musset | [89] |
| The Fisherman’s Bridal.—Delavigne | [92] |
| You Had My Whole Heart.—Desbordes-Valmore | [95] |
| Art.—Théophile Gautier | [97] |
| Barcarolle.—Théophile Gautier | [100] |
| Shadows.—Théophile Gautier | [103] |
| Sonnet: Ou Vont Ils?—Sully Prudhomme, | [113] |
| The Gay Cashier.—Adapted from the French | [114] |
| The Ravages of Time.—Scarron | [115] |
| Hallucination.—From the French. | |
| I. | [116] |
| II. | [117] |
| III. | [117] |
| IV. In The Grove | [118] |
| To My Critics.—De Musset | [119] |
| The Youth and the Old Man.—Florian | [121] |
| The Cathedral Bell and Its Rival.—Iriarte | [123] |
| Blue Eyes and Black Eyes.—Imitated from Andalusian Coplas. | |
| I. | [125] |
| II. | [126] |
| Complaint to the Virgin.—From a Cuban Poetess | [128] |
| The Crucifixion. Old French Sonnet | [132] |
| From The Spanish | [133] |
| The Book of Life.—Lamartine | [134] |
| Memorial Day and Other Poems. Dedicated to the G. A. R. | |
| Twenty Years Ago. Written for Memorial Day, 1885 | [137] |
| Abraham Lincoln | [141] |
| The Prisoner’s Dream | [142] |
| How Oft a Sentry Sad and Lone | [143] |
| From Coplas of an Andalusian Soldier | [144] |
| From the Same | [145] |
| The Glory of a Spanish Dragoon.—From the Same | [146] |
| Written for a Reunion of Veterans in the Year 1915 | [148] |
| Twenty-five Sonnets. | |
| To ⸺ | [153] |
| Poesy | [154] |
| The Rose | [155] |
| To a Fair Santa Barbaran | [156] |
| La Diva | [157] |
| To a Happy Lover | [158] |
| Metempsychosis. | |
| I. | [159] |
| II. | [159] |
| Three Sonnets in Memoriam. | |
| I. Despair—The Abyss | [161] |
| II. Questioning | [161] |
| III. Consolation | [162] |
| In Memory of D. G. R. | [163] |
| In Memory of John Brown of Ossawattomie. Inscribed to John J. Ingalls. | |
| I. | [164] |
| II. | [165] |
| III. | [165] |
| Our Lost Ones | [167] |
| The Ocean of the Past | [168] |
| Evil Days | [169] |
| Envy and Slander. To N. N. M. | [170] |
| True Freedom. To J. F. F. | [171] |
| “Society” | [172] |
| The Stagnant Pool | [173] |
| The Man with the Muck Rake | [174] |
| Immortality | [175] |
| To a Young Artist | [176] |