In presenting to the public the within collection, some of which were published originally under the nom-de-plume of "Miriam Lester," I have had to go into the highways and byways to gather the children who had strayed into various paths.

Some have been easily found in books of which they were a part, and I desire to thank the editors of "The Library of Religious Poetry," the family of the late Charles Henshaw Dana, of Worcester, Mass., the Boston "Herald," and others for permission to use such.

The task of gathering the children who made their debut within the columns of the Boston "Transcript," the Eastport "Sentinel," the Washington "Post," the "Saturday Gazette" (Boston), and other journals, has been no light task, and some are still straying beyond my ken.

Among these "Contrasted Songs" I trust that the reader will find something to which the heart may respond.

Faithfully yours,
Marian Longfellow.
Washington, D. C.

CONTENTS

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A Song of the Sea[11]
The Spirit of the Water[12]
With the Tide[13]
Grand Manan[14]
Leeward[15]
A Song in the Evening[19]
Meadow Bloom[21]
The Iris[23]
Liebeslied[27]
Longing[27]
On the Sea[29]
The Red Rose[30]
The Maiden and the Boat[30]
My Ship[32]
An Old Song[33]
To Miss H., Wearing a Rose[34]
The Cloud[35]
Sehnsucht[36]
Selection[38]
The Mansion that Endured[41]
The Chimes[44]
Francis Coster's Story[48]
The Old Cemetery[53]
Lines on Immortality[54]
A Dream[54]
On Empyrean Heights[56]
A Little While[61]
Reverie[62]
Heimweh[64]
Grand Manan[65]
Madeleine[66]
Where the Shadows Play[67]
A Valentine[68]
The Martins[69]
Never Again[70]
Hadst Thou Denied[72]
Why Should I Remember if you Forget[73]
To H. N. T.[74]
And They Shall Rise Again[77]
Mine Onward Path[78]
After Many Days[79]
Some Day[80]
Lake Winnepesogee[81]
Jesus of Nazareth Passeth By [82]
Nearer My Rest[83]
So Many Years[83]
Sorrow[84]
Unknown[85]
Our Birthright[89]
Lexington[89]
O Land of our Birth[91]
Our Flag[92]
The National Flower[94]
Roll Muffled Drums[97]
The Dead Musician[98]
The Nation Weeps[100]
In Memoriam[101]
In Memoriam[102]
Consolation[103]