Rose and Roof-Tree — Poems

by George Parsons Lathrop

CONTENTS.

WINDFALLS.

ROSE AND ROOF-TREE MUSIC OF GROWTH A SONG LONG AGO MELANCHOLY CONTENTMENT

PART FIRST.

AN APRIL ARIA THE BOBOLINK THE SUN-SHOWER JUNE LONGINGS A RUNE OF THE RAIN THE SONG-SPARROW FAIRHAVEN BAY CHANT FOR AUTUMN BEFORE THE SNOW THE GHOSTS OF GROWTH THE LILY-POND

PART SECOND.

FIRST GLANCE
"THE SUNSHINE OF THINE EYES"
"WHEN, LOOKING DEEPLY IN THY FACE"
WITHIN A YEAR
THE SINGING WIRE
MOODS OF LOVE:
I. In Absence
II. Heart's Fountain
III. South-Wind Song
IV. The Lover's Year
V. New Worlds
VI. Wedding-Night
LOVE'S DEFEAT
MAY AND MARRIAGE
THE FISHER OF THE CAPE
SAILOR'S SONG
JESSAMINE
GRIEF'S HERO
A FACE IN THE STREET
THE BATHER
HELEN AT THE LOOM
"O WHOLESOME DEATH"
BURIAL-SONG FOR SUMNER
ARISE, AMERICAN!
THE SILENT TIDE

WINDFALLS.

ROSE AND ROOF-TREE.

O wayward rose, why dost thou wreathe so high,
Wasting thyself in sweet-breath'd ecstasy?