"Angel of light
Singing to welcome the pilgrims of the night."
[Signature: Francis Hovey Stoddard]
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTORY ESSAY:
"THE STUDY OF POETRY."
By Francis Hovey Stoddard
POEMS OF NATIONAL SPIRIT: PATRIOTISM FREEDOM WAR PEACE
INDEX: AUTHORS AND TITLES
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER
Photogravure from a life-photograph by Notman, Boston.
QUEEN ELIZABETH KNIGHTING FRANCIS DRAKE
"When our Drake has the luck to make their pride duck.
And stoop to the lads of the Island!"
From engraving after the drawing by Sir John Gilbert, R.A.