CHALLENGE

By LOUIS UNTERMEYER

NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1914

Copyright, 1914, by
THE CENTURY CO.
Published, April, 1914

CONTENTS

I. SUMMONS

[SUMMONS]
[PRAYER]
[TO ARMS]
[ON THE BIRTH OF A CHILD]
[HOW MUCH OF GODHOOD]
[THE GREAT CAROUSAL]
[THANKS]
[GOD'S YOUTH]
[IN THE BERKSHIRE HILLS]
[VOICES]
[REVELATION]
[AFFIRMATION]
[DOWNHILL ON A BICYCLE]
[MIDNIGHT—BY THE OPEN WINDOW]
[THE WINE OF NIGHT]

II. INTERLUDES

[INVOCATION]
["FEUERZAUBER"]
[SUNDAY NIGHT]
[AT KENNEBUNKPORT]
[IN A STRANGE CITY]
[FOLK-SONG]
[IN THE STREETS]
[ENVY]
[A BIRTHDAY]
[LEAVING THE HARBOR]
[THE SHELL TO THE PEARL]
[THE YOUNG MYSTIC]
[HEALED]
[THE STIRRUP-CUP]
[SPRING ON BROADWAY]
[IN A CAB]
[SUMMER NIGHT—BROADWAY]
[HAUNTED]
[ISADORA DUNCAN DANCING]
[SONGS AND THE POET]
[THE HERETIC]
I. BLASPHEMY
II. IRONY
III. MOCKERY
IV. HUMILITY
[FIFTH AVENUE—SPRING AFTERNOON]
[TRIBUTE]

III. SONGS OF PROTEST