CACTUS AND PINE
SONGS OF THE SOUTHWEST

BY
SHARLOT M. HALL

BOSTON
SHERMAN, FRENCH & COMPANY
1911

Copyright, 1910
Sherman, French & Company

To the mother who bore my body;
To the land that mothered my soul;
To the Ultimate Guide who led me
Scarred through the battle, but whole;
Mother, and Land, and The Vision,
Stern trails where my feet were set;
Take these from the Price I owe ye—
Whose life is less than the Debt.

CONTENTS

PAGE
[THE WEST][1]
[THE SANTA FE TRAIL][5]
[THE SONG OF THE COLORADO][9]
[TWO BITS][12]
[SPRING IN THE DESERT][16]
[IN OLD TUCSON][18]
[THE LITTLE HOUSE OF MARY][20]
[THE SONG OF THE PINE][23]
[SHEEP HERDING][26]
[THE MERCY OF NA-CHIS][28]
[THE SEA TO A DESERT DWELLER][31]
[HIS PLACE][33]
[THE TRAIL OF DEATH][35]
[THE PINES OF THE MOGOLLONES][38]
[THE IVORY CRUCIFIX][40]
[A SONG FROM THE HILLS][43]
[JUAN OF THE SLAG POTS][45]
[OVER THE RANGE][47]
[A SADDLE SONG][49]
[AT MISSION PURISSIMA][51]
[POPPIES OF WICKENBURG][54]
[BOOT HILL][55]
[THE DESERT QUEEN][57]
[TO A HOME IN A CANON][58]
[THE DEATH OF THE OLD HUNTER][59]
[THE MASS OF MANGAS][61]
[THE WATER TANK AT DUSK][64]
[DOLORES’ OLLA][67]
[NIGHT IN THE PINES][69]
[THE DESERT][71]
[THE EAGLE OF SACRAMENTO][72]
[CACTUS AND ROSE][77]
[OUR LADY OF MIRAGE][79]
[THE MAID OF TUCANO][80]
[A FLOWER ON THE TRAIL][85]
[THE OCCULTATION OF VENUS][86]
[A FOREST LULLABY][87]
[THE COLORADO RIVER][88]
[THE END OF THE TRAIL][89]
[THE RANGE RIDER][90]
[THE YUCCA PALMS][92]
[IN THE BRACKEN][93]
[ARIZONA][94]
[CAMP FIRE TALES]
[THE HASH-WRASTLER][101]
[WATCH][105]
[MONTE BILL][109]
[BEYOND THE DESERT]
[THE GREATER FLAG][115]
[THE HYMN OF THE MEN THAT FAIL][119]
[THE LAST CAMP-FIRE][122]
[THE GIVERS][124]
[A CREED][125]
[QUITS][126]
[MEDUSA TO PERSEUS][127]
[THE LONG QUEST][130]
[A LITANY OF EVERY DAY][132]
[WIND SONG][134]
[THE LOST THOUGHTS][136]
[THE STRANGER][138]
[DAY’S END][139]
[THE FIRST FIRE ON THE HEARTH][140]
[A TRUCE WITH DEAD SOULS][142]
[A FRIEND][143]
[MAGDALEN][145]
[THE EARTH MADONNA][146]
[LOVE’S WISDOM][147]
[THE GIFTS][149]
[LIFE IS A DAY][151]
[THE COMPACT][153]
[COMPANIONED][155]
[ALONE][157]
[THE INHERITOR][158]
[ON MY OWN PORTRAIT][161]
[THE IMMORTAL][162]
[THE BEDESMAN OF THE YEAR][165]
[THE LONG MARCH][166]
[THE RACE MOTHER][170]
[ROAD’S END][172]
[THE CHOOSING][173]
[WINE OF DREAMS][175]
[MY GARDEN][177]
[SUMMER APPLES][178]
[HER FINGER FATE][179]
[DUMB IN JUNE][181]
[MEMORIAM][182]
[AS A LITTLE SHADOW ON THE GRASS][184]
[DAWN][185]
[A BALLAD OF CHARLIE’S MEN][186]
[A LOST IDEAL][188]
[THE LIFE-BOND][189]
[TO SONG][190]
[HER GIFT][191]
[THE LIFE EXPRESS][192]
[FOR A BIRTHDAY][193]
[GOD SPEED][194]
[A CHANT TO DEATH][195]
[THE FAR-CALLED][197]
[TIRED][199]
[WHEN SHE WENT ON][200]
[O GREAT CONSOLER][201]
[AND THIS IS LIFE][203]
[THE THINKER][204]

CACTUS AND PINE

THE WEST