Anthology of Massachusetts Poets
by
WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE
Contents
| [HOME BOUND]—JOSEPH AUSLANDER |
| [AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL]—KATHERINE LEE BATES |
| [YELLOW CLOVER]—KATHERINE LEE BATES |
| [THE RETURNING]—SYLVESTER BAXTER |
| [TWO MOODS FROM THE HILL]—ERNEST BENSHIMOL |
| [A BANQUET]—ERNEST BENSHIMOL |
| [SONG]—GEORGE CABOT LODGE |
| [THE WORLDS]—MARTHA GILBERT DICKINSON BIANCHI |
| [THE RIOT]—GAMALIEL BRADFORD |
| [HUNGER]—GAMALIEL BRADFORD |
| [EXIT GOD]—GAMALIEL BRADFORD |
| [ROUSSEAU]—GAMALIEL BRADFORD |
| [JOHN MASEFIELD]—AMY BRIDGMAN |
| [1620-1920]—LE BARON RUSSEL BRIGGS |
| [THE CROSS-CURRENT]—ABBIE FARWELL BROWN |
| [CANDLEMAS]—ALICE BROWN |
| [SUNRISE ON MANSFIELD MOUNTAIN]—ALICE BROWN |
| [BURNT ARE THE PETALS OF LIFE]—ELSIE PUMPELLY CABOT |
| [FOUR FOUNTAINS. AFTER RESPIGHI]—JESSICA CARR |
| [IN THE TROLLEY CAR]—RUTH BALDWIN CHENERY |
| [IN IRISH RAIN]—MARTHA HASKELL CLARK |
| [CRETONNE TROPICS]—GRACE HAZARD CONKLING |
| [TO HILDA OF HER ROSES]—GRACE HAZARD CONKLING |
| [DANDELION]—HILDA CONKLING |
| [RED ROOSTER]—HILDA CONKLING |
| [VELVETS]—HILDA CONKLING |
| [THE MOODS]—FANNY STEARNS DAVIS |
| [HILL-FANTASY]—FANNY STEARNS DAVIS |
| [THE MIRAGE]—NATHAN HASKELL DOLE |
| [THE ROAD BEYOND THE TOWN]—MICHAEL EARLS, S.J. |
| [THE LILAC]—WALTER PRICHARD EATON |
| [GOD, THROUGH HIS OFFSPRING NATURE, GAVE ME LOVE]—CHARLES GIBSON |
| [TO MUSIC]—MAUDE GORDON-ROBY |
| [THE VOICE IN THE SONG]—MARY GERTRUDE HAMILTON |
| [HYMNS AND ANTHEMS SUNG AT WELLESLEY COLLEGE]—CAROLINE HAZARD |
| [REUBEN ROY]—HAROLD CRAWFORD STEARNS |
| [COUNTRY ROAD]—MARIE LOUISE HERSEY |
| [WREATHS]—CAROLYN HILLMAN |
| [MEMPHIS]—GORDON MALHERBE HILLMAN |
| [SAINT COLUMBKILLE]—E.J.V. HUIGINN |
| [MISS DOANE]—WINIFRED VIRGINIA JACKSON |
| [FALLEN FENCES]—WINIFRED VIRGINIA JACKSON |
| [CROSS-CURRENTS]—WINIFRED VIRGINIA JACKSON |
| [THE FAREWELL]—WINIFRED VIRGINIA JACKSON |
| [SONG]—OLIVER JENKINS |
| [LOVE AUTUMNAL]—OLIVER JENKINS |
| [ECHOES]—RUTH LAMBERT JONES |
| [WAR PICTURES]—RUTH LAMBERT JONES |
| [AN OLD SONG]—ARTHUR KETCHUM |
| [ROADSIDE REST]—ARTHUR KETCHUM |
| [OLD LIZETTE ON SLEEP]—AGNES LEE |
| [MOTHERHOOD]—AGNES LEE |
| [ESSEX]—GEORGE CABOT LODGE |
| [THE SONG OF THE WAVE]—GEORGE CABOT LODGE |
| [FRIMAIRE]—AMY LOWELL |
| [PATTERNS]—AMY LOWELL |
| [A BATHER]—AMY LOWELL |
| [LEPRECHAUNS AND CLURICAUNS]—DENNIS A. MCCARTHY |
| [L’ENVOI]—DOROTHEA LAWRENCE MANN |
| [TO IMAGINATION]—DOROTHEA LAWRENCE MANN |
| [DRAGON]—JEANETTE MARKS |
| [GREEN GOLDEN DOOR]—JEANETTE MARKS |
| [SLEEPY HOLLOW, CONCORD]—JOHN CLAIR MINOT |
| [THE SWORD OF ARTHUR]—JOHN CLAIR MINOT |
| [THE DIVINE FOREST]—CHARLES R. MURPHY |
| [MAGIC]—EDWARD J. O’BRIEN |
| [MICHAEL PAT]—EDWARD J. O’BRIAN |
| [SONG]—EDWARD J. O’BRIAN |
| [IN MEMORIAM: FRANCIS LEDWIDGE]—NORREYS JEPHSON O’CONNOR |
| [EVENSONG]—NORREYS JEPHSON O’CONNOR |
| [THE PROPHET]—JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY |
| [HARVEST-MOON: 1914]—JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY |
| [HORSEMAN SPRINGING FROM THE DARK: A DREAM]—LILLA CABOT PERRY |
| [THREE QUATRAINS]—LILLA CABOT PERRY |
| [A VALENTINE UNSENT]—MARGARET PERRY |
| [SHIPBUILDERS]—ARTHUR STANWOOD PIER |
| [UNFADING PICTURES]—LOUELLA C. POOLE |
| [WITH WAVES AND WINGS]—CHARLOTTE PORTER |
| [BLUEBERRIES]—FRANK PRENTICE RAND |
| [NOCTURNE]—WILLIAM ROSCOIE THAYER |
| [ENVOI]—WILLIAM ROSCOE THAYER |
| [THERE WHERE THE SEA]—MARIE TUDOR |
| [MARRIAGE]—MARIE TUDOR |
| [PITY]—HAROLD VINAL |
| [A ROSE TO THE LIVING]—NIXON WATERMAN |
| [THE STORM]—G.O. WARREN |
| [WHERE THEY SLEEP]—G.O. WARREN |
| [BEAUTY]—G.O. WARREN |
| [COMRADES]—GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY |
| [THE FLIGHT]—GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY |
HOME-BOUND
The moon is a wavering rim where one fish slips,
The water makes a quietness of sound;
Night is an anchoring of many ships
Home-bound.
There are strange tunnelers in the dark, and whirs
Of wings that die, and hairy spiders spin
The silence into nets, and tenanters
Move softly in.
I step on shadows riding through the grass,
And feel the night lean cool against my face;
And challenged by the sentinel of space,
I pass.
JOSEPH AUSLANDER
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for pilgrim feet,
Those stern, impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!
O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife
Who more than self their country loved,
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine,
Till all success be nobleness,
And every gain divine.
O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!