Copyright, 1884, 1893, by W. H. Venable
Copyright, 1904, by Dodd, Mead and Company
Published April, 1904
BURR PRINTING HOUSE
NEW YORK

CONTENTS

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[SAGA OF THE OAK][1]
[A DIAMOND][8]
[MY CATBIRD][9]
[THE TUNES DAN HARRISON USED TO PLAY][12]
[FAIRYLAND][14]
[SUMMER LOVE][17]
[CLOVER HILL][19]
[THE WEDDING DEFERRED][21]
[TO THE LITTLE MIAMI RIVER][23]
[IMMORTAL BIRD SONG][25]
[HINCHMAN’S MILL][27]
[VICTOR][30]
[THE LAST FLIGHT][33]
[A GENTLE MAN][36]
[INVIOLATE][38]
[FAITH][40]
[PLATO][41]
[DANTE][42]
[WAGNER’S KAISER MARCH][43]
[DEFOE IN THE PILLORY][44]
[WE THE PEOPLE][46]
[EIGHTY-SEVEN][49]
[THE FOUNDERS OF OHIO][50]
[THE FOREST SONG][52]
[A BALLAD OF OLD KENTUCKY][54]
[JOHN FILSON][57]
[JOHNNY APPLESEED][62]
[WENDING WESTWARD][68]
[THE TEACHER’S DREAM][71]
[BY THEIR FRUITS][75]
[PESTALOZZI][76]
[“THERE IS NO CASTE IN BLOOD”][80]
[VIVA LA GUERRA][82]
[BATTLE CRY][84]
[EL EMPLAZADO][86]
[NATIONAL SONG][88]
[THE RIGHT OF MIGHT][90]
[JAMES E. MURDOCH][92]
[THE CONCORD SEER][95]
[THE POET OF CLOVERNOOK][97]
[THE GREENFIELD WIZARD][99]
[WILLIAM BAIRD OF RIDGEVILLE][100]
[LET’S SHAKE][104]
[A WELCOME TO BOZ][107]
[THE BOOK AUCTION][109]
[A GIFT ACKNOWLEDGED][111]
[THE OLD HOMESTEAD][113]
[JENNIE MOORE][115]
[ASHES][116]
[POSY][117]
[A SNOW BIRD][119]
[THE UPSET][121]
[THE SCHOOL GIRL][122]
[THE READERS][125]
[WAG][126]
[DONATELLO][129]
[GABRIEL OF SCHWARTZENWALD][131]
[COFFEA ARABICA][137]
[AN INDIA SHAWL][140]
[APOLOGY][141]
[UNRECONCILED][144]
[ANNIVERSARY][146]
[AMAUROTE][148]

SAGA OF THE OAK

SAGA OF THE OAK.

HOARSELY to the midnight moon
Voiced the oak his rugged rune:
“Harken, sibyl Moon, to me;
Hear the saga of the Tree.