# The poems of Richard Watson Gilder

THE POEMS OF RICHARD WATSON GILDER
THE POEMS
OF
RICHARD WATSON GILDER
BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge 1908
COPYRIGHT 1875, 1878, 1880, 1885, 1887, 1891, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1900, 1901, 1905, 1907, 1908, BY RICHARD WATSON GILDER
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Published October 1908
CONTENTS
THE NEW DAY :
| PRELUDE | PRELUDE | 3 |
| PART I |||
| I— | Sonnet | 4 |
| II— | Sonnet | 4 |
| III— | "A barren stretch that slants to the salt sea's gray" | 5 |
| IV— | Hesitation. (A Portrait) | 5 |
| V— | Love grown Bold | 6 |
| INTERLUDE | INTERLUDE | 6 |
| PART II |||
| I— | Words without Song | 7 |
| II— | The Traveler | 7 |
| III— | "Come to me ye who suffer" | 8 |
| IV— | Written on a Fly-Leaf of "Shakespeare's Sonnets" | 9 |
| V— | "And were that best!" | 9 |
| VI— | "There is nothing new under the sun" | 10 |
| VII— | Love's Cruelty | 11 |
| INTERLUDE | INTERLUDE | 11 |
| PART III |||
| I— | "The pallid watcher of the eastern skies" | 12 |
| II— | "My love for thee doth march like armèd men" | 12 |
| III— | "What would I save thee from?" | 13 |
| IV— | "What would I win thee to?" | 13 |
| V— | "I will be brave for thee" | 14 |
| VI— | "Love me not, Love, for that I first loved thee" | 14 ​ |
| VII— | Body and Soul:— I— "O thou my Love, love first my lonely soul!" 15 II— "But, Love, for me thy body was the first" 15 | Body and Soul:— I— "O thou my Love, love first my lonely soul!" 15 II— "But, Love, for me thy body was the first" 15 |
| VIII— | "Thy lover, Love, would have some nobler way" | 16 |
| IX— | Love's Jealousy | 16 |
| X— | Love's Monotone | 17 |
| XI— | "Once Only" | 17 |
| XII— | Denial | 18 |
| XIII— | "Once when we walked within a summer field" | 18 |
| XIV— | Song: "I love her gentle forehead" | 19 |
| XV— | Listening to Music | 19 |
| XVI— | "A song of the maiden morn" | 20 |
| XVII— | Words in Absence | 20 |
| XVIII— | Song: "The birds were singing" | 21 |
| XIX— | Thistle-Down | 21 |
| XX— | "O sweet wild roses that bud and blow!" | 22 |
| XXI— | The River | 22 |
| XXII— | The Lover's Lord and Master | 23 |
| XXIII— | Song: "My love grew" | 23 |
| XXIV— | "A night of stars and dreams" | 24 |
| XXV— | A Birthday Song | 24 |
| XXVI— | "What can love do for thee, Love?" | 25 |
| XXVII— | "The smile of her I love" | 25 |
| XXVIII— | Francesca and Paolo | 26 |
| XXIX— | The Unknown Way | 26 |
| XXX— | The Sower | 27 |
| XXXI— | "When the last doubt is doubted" | 28 |
| INTERLUDE | INTERLUDE | 29 |
| PART IV |||
| I— | Song: "Love, Love, my love" | 30 |
| II— | The Mirror | 30 |
| III— | Likeness in Unlikeness | 30 |
| IV— | Song: "Not from the whole wide world" | 31 |
| V— | All in One | 31 ​ |
| VI— | "I count my time by times that I meet thee" | 32 |
| VII— | Song: "Years have flown" | 32 |
| VIII— | The Seasons | 32 |
| IX— | "Summer's rain and winter's snow" | 33 |
| X— | The Violin | 33 |
| XI— | "O mighty river, triumphing to the sea" | 34 |
| XII— | "My songs are all of thee" | 35 |
| XIII— | After Many Days | 35 |
| XIV— | Weal and Woe | 36 |
| XV— | "O, Love is not a summer mood" | 36 |
| XVI— | "Love is not bond to any man" | 37 |
| XVII— | "He knows not the path of duty" | 37 |
| AFTER-SONG | AFTER-SONG | 38 |
| THE CELESTIAL PASSION |||
| PRELUDE | PRELUDE | 41 |
| PART I |||
| Art and Life | Art and Life | 41 |
| The Poet and his Master | The Poet and his Master | 43 |
| Mors Triumphalis | Mors Triumphalis | 45 |
| The Master-Poets | The Master-Poets | 49 |
| PART II |||
| A Christmas Hymn | A Christmas Hymn | 49 |
| Easter | Easter | 50 |
| A Madonna of Fra Lippo Lippi | A Madonna of Fra Lippo Lippi | 52 |
| Cost | Cost | 52 |
| The Song of a Heathen (sojourning in Galilee, A. D. 32) | The Song of a Heathen (sojourning in Galilee, A. D. 32) | 53 |
| Holy Land | Holy Land | 53 |
| On a Portrait of Servetus | On a Portrait of Servetus | 54 |
| "Despise not thou" | "Despise not thou" | 54 |
| "To rest from weary work" | "To rest from weary work" | 55 |
| PART III |||
| Recognition | Recognition | 55 |
| Hymn sung at the Presentation of the Obelisk to the City of New York, February 22, 1881 | Hymn sung at the Presentation of the Obelisk to the City of New York, February 22, 1881 | 57 ​ |
| A Thought | A Thought | 58 |
| The Voice of the Pine | The Voice of the Pine | 59 |
| Morning, Noon, and Night | Morning, Noon, and Night | 60 |
| "Day unto day uttereth speech" | "Day unto day uttereth speech" | 61 |
| PART IV |||
| The Soul | The Soul | 61 |
| "When Love dawned" | "When Love dawned" | 62 |
| Love and Death:— ||
| | I— "Now who can take from us what we have known" 62 II— "We know not where they tarry who have died" 63 | I— "Now who can take from us what we have known" 62 II— "We know not where they tarry who have died" 63 |
| Father and Child | Father and Child | 63 |
| "Beyond the branches of the pine" | "Beyond the branches of the pine" | 64 |
| An Autumn Meditation | An Autumn Meditation | 64 |
| "Call me not dead" | "Call me not dead" | 66 |
| "Each moment holy is" | "Each moment holy is" | 66 |
| "When to sleep I must" | "When to sleep I must" | 66 |
| To a Departed Friend. (J. G. H.) | To a Departed Friend. (J. G. H.) | 67 |
| "The Evening Star" | "The Evening Star" | 67 |
| Life:— ||
| | I— "Great Universe—what dost thou with thy dead!" 68 II— "Ah, thou wilt never answer to our call" 68 | I— "Great Universe—what dost thou with thy dead!" 68 II— "Ah, thou wilt never answer to our call" 68 |
| The Freed Spirit | The Freed Spirit | 69 |
| Undying Light:— ||
| | I— "When in the golden western summer skies" 69 II— "O Thou the Lord and Maker of life and light!" 70 | I— "When in the golden western summer skies" 69 II— "O Thou the Lord and Maker of life and light!" 70 |
| LYRICS |||
| PART I |||
| Ode | Ode | 73 |
| A Song of Early Summer | A Song of Early Summer | 75 |
| A Midsummer Song | A Midsummer Song | 76 |
| "On the wild rose tree" | "On the wild rose tree" | 77 |
| "Beyond all beauty is the unknown grace" | "Beyond all beauty is the unknown grace" | 78 |
| The Violet | The Violet | 78 ​ |
| The Young Poet | The Young Poet | 80 |
| A Song of Early Autumn | A Song of Early Autumn | 81 |
| The Building of the Chimney | The Building of the Chimney | 82 |
| "A word said in the dark" | "A word said in the dark" | 87 |
| A Riddle of Lovers | A Riddle of Lovers | 87 |
| The Dark Room. (A Parable) | The Dark Room. (A Parable) | 88 |
| Before Sunrise | Before Sunrise | 89 |
| "The woods that bring the sunset near" | "The woods that bring the sunset near" | 89 |
| Sunset from the Train | Sunset from the Train | 90 |
| "After Sorrow's night" | "After Sorrow's night" | 91 |
| A November Child | A November Child | 92 |
| At Night | At Night | 92 |
| Cradle Song | Cradle Song | 93 |
| "Nine years" | "Nine years" | 93 |
| "Back from the darkness to the light again" | "Back from the darkness to the light again" | 94 |
| PART II |||
| Fate | Fate | 94 |
| "We met upon the crowded way" | "We met upon the crowded way" | 96 |
| The White and the Red Rose | The White and the Red Rose | 96 |
| A Woman's Thought | A Woman's Thought | 98 |
| The River Inn | The River Inn | 99 |
| The Homestead | The Homestead | 100 |
| At Four Score | At Four Score | 101 |
| John Carman | John Carman | 103 |
| Drinking Song | Drinking Song | 106 |
| The Voyager | The Voyager | 106 |
| A Lament for the Dead of the Jeannette brought Home on the Frisia | A Lament for the Dead of the Jeannette brought Home on the Frisia | 107 |
| Ill Tidings. (The Studio Concert) | Ill Tidings. (The Studio Concert) | 110 |
| A New World | A New World | 110 |
| PART III |||
| Congress: 1878 | Congress: 1878 | 111 |
| The City | The City | 112 |
| Reform | Reform | 112 |
| At Garfield's Grave. (September, 1881) | At Garfield's Grave. (September, 1881) | 113 |
| Memorial Day | Memorial Day | 114 |
| The North to the South | The North to the South | 114 ​ |
| The Burial of Grant. (New York, August 8, 1885) | The Burial of Grant. (New York, August 8, 1885) | 115 |
| The Dead Comrade. (At the burial of Grant, a bugler stood forth and sounded "taps") | The Dead Comrade. (At the burial of Grant, a bugler stood forth and sounded "taps") | 116 |
| On the Life-Mask of Abraham Lincoln | On the Life-Mask of Abraham Lincoln | 117 |
| The President. (Written during the first administration of President Cleveland) | The President. (Written during the first administration of President Cleveland) | 118 |
| PART IV |||
| Essipoff | Essipoff | 118 |
| Adele aus der Ohe | Adele aus der Ohe | 119 |
| Modjeska | Modjeska | 120 |
| The Drama. (Supposed to be from the Polish) | The Drama. (Supposed to be from the Polish) | 120 |
| For an Album. (To be read one hundred years after) | For an Album. (To be read one hundred years after) | 122 |
| Porto Fino | Porto Fino | 123 |
| Impromptus:— ||
| | I— To F. F. C. on the pansy, her class flower 124 II— Art 125 III— To a Southern Girl 125 IV— For a Fan 125 V— To T. B. A. (In acknowledgment of a book of prose) 125 VI— A Theme 126 VII— The Christmas Tree in the Nursery. (For F. and R.) 126 | I— To F. F. C. on the pansy, her class flower 124 II— Art 125 III— To a Southern Girl 125 IV— For a Fan 125 V— To T. B. A. (In acknowledgment of a book of prose) 125 VI— A Theme 126 VII— The Christmas Tree in the Nursery. (For F. and R.) 126 |
| PART V |||
| Music and Words | Music and Words | 128 |
| The Poet's Fame | The Poet's Fame | 129 |
| The Poet's Protest | The Poet's Protest | 131 |
| To a Young Poet | To a Young Poet | 132 |
| "When the true poet comes" | "When the true poet comes" | 132 |
| Youth and Age | Youth and Age | 133 |
| The Sonnet | The Sonnet | 134 |
| A Sonnet of Dante. "Tanto gentile e tanto onesta pare" | A Sonnet of Dante. "Tanto gentile e tanto onesta pare" | 134 |
| The New Troubadours. (Avignon, 1879) | The New Troubadours. (Avignon, 1879) | 135 |
| Keats | Keats | 135 |
| An Inscription in Rome. (Piazza di Spagna) | An Inscription in Rome. (Piazza di Spagna) | 136 |
| Desecration | Desecration | 136 |
| "Jocoseria" | "Jocoseria" | 137 ​ |
| To an English Friend, with Emerson's "Poems" | To an English Friend, with Emerson's "Poems" | 138 |
| Our Elder Poets. (1878) | Our Elder Poets. (1878) | 139 |
| Longfellow's "Book of Sonnets" | Longfellow's "Book of Sonnets" | 140 |
| "H. H." | "H. H." | 140 |
| The Modern Rhymer | The Modern Rhymer | 141 |
| TWO WORLDS AND OTHER POEMS |||
| PART I |||
| Two Worlds ||
| | I— The Venus of Milo 145 II— Michael Angelo's Slave 145 | I— The Venus of Milo 145 II— Michael Angelo's Slave 145 |
| PART II |||
| The Star in the City | The Star in the City | 145 |
| Moonlight | Moonlight | 146 |
| "I care not if the skies are white" | "I care not if the skies are white" | 147 |
| Contrasts | Contrasts | 148 |
| Serenade. (For Music) | Serenade. (For Music) | 148 |
| Largess | Largess | 149 |
| Indoors, at Night | Indoors, at Night | 149 |
| The Absent Lover | The Absent Lover | 150 |
| "To-night the music doth a burden bear" | "To-night the music doth a burden bear" | 150 |
| Sanctum Sanctorum | Sanctum Sanctorum | 150 |
| The Gift | The Gift | 151 |
| "Ah, Time, go not so soon" | "Ah, Time, go not so soon" | 153 |
| "The years are angels" | "The years are angels" | 153 |
| "In her young eyes" | "In her young eyes" | 153 |
| "Yesterday, when we were friends" | "Yesterday, when we were friends" | 153 |
| A Night Song. (For the Guitar) | A Night Song. (For the Guitar) | 154 |
| Leo | Leo | 154 |
| PART III |||
| Brothers | Brothers | 155 |
| Love, Art, and Time. (On a picture entitled "The Portrait," by Will H. Low) | Love, Art, and Time. (On a picture entitled "The Portrait," by Will H. Low) | 156 |
| The Dancers. (On a picture entitled "Summer," by T. W. Dewing) | The Dancers. (On a picture entitled "Summer," by T. W. Dewing) | 156 |
| The Twenty-third of April | The Twenty-third of April | 157 |
| Emma Lazarus | Emma Lazarus | 157 |
| The Twelfth of December. (Robert Browning) | The Twelfth of December. (Robert Browning) | 158 ​ |
| PART IV |||
| Sheridan | Sheridan | 158 |
| Sherman | Sherman | 160 |
| Pro Patria. (In memory of a faithful chaplain: the Rev. William Henry Gilder) | Pro Patria. (In memory of a faithful chaplain: the Rev. William Henry Gilder) | 161 |
| To the Spirit of Abraham Lincoln. (Reunion at Gettysburg twenty-five years after the battle) | To the Spirit of Abraham Lincoln. (Reunion at Gettysburg twenty-five years after the battle) | 163 |
| Failure and Success. (G. C., 1888) | Failure and Success. (G. C., 1888) | 163 |
| J. R. L.: on his Birthday | J. R. L.: on his Birthday | 164 |
| Napoleon | Napoleon | 164 |
| The White Czar's People | The White Czar's People | 164 |
| Charleston: 1886 | Charleston: 1886 | 167 |
| PART V |||
| Hide not thy Heart | Hide not thy Heart | 168 |
| "The poet from his own sorrow" | "The poet from his own sorrow" | 169 |
| "White, pillared neck" | "White, pillared neck" | 170 |
| "Great nature is an army gay" | "Great nature is an army gay" | 170 |
| "Life is the cost" | "Life is the cost" | 171 |
| The Prisoner's Thought | The Prisoner's Thought | 172 |
| The Condemned | The Condemned | 173 |
| "Sow thou sorrow" | "Sow thou sorrow" | 174 |
| Temptation | Temptation | 174 |
| A Midsummer Meditation | A Midsummer Meditation | 174 |
| "As doth the bird" | "As doth the bird" | 175 |
| Visions:— ||
| | I— "Cast into the pit" 175 II— "Came to him once" 176 III— "With full-toned beat" 176 | I— "Cast into the pit" 175 II— "Came to him once" 176 III— "With full-toned beat" 176 |
| With a Cross of Immortelles | With a Cross of Immortelles | 176 |
| The Passing of Christ | The Passing of Christ | 177 |
| Credo | Credo | 180 |
| Non Sine Dolore | Non Sine Dolore | 181 |
| PART VI |||
| Ode. (Read before the Alpha Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, Harvard University, June 26, 1890) | Ode. (Read before the Alpha Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, Harvard University, June 26, 1890) | 185 |
| AFTER-SONG: To Rosamond | AFTER-SONG: To Rosamond | 189 ​ |
| THE GREAT REMEMBRANCE |||
| PART I |||
| The Great Remembrance. (Read at the Annual Reunion of the Society of the Army of the Potomac, Faneuil Hall, Boston, June 27, 1893) | The Great Remembrance. (Read at the Annual Reunion of the Society of the Army of the Potomac, Faneuil Hall, Boston, June 27, 1893) | 193 |
| PART II |||
| "The White City". (The Columbian Exposition) | "The White City". (The Columbian Exposition) | 201 |
| The Vanishing City | The Vanishing City | 202 |
| The Tower of Flame. (The Columbian Exposition, July 10, 1893) | The Tower of Flame. (The Columbian Exposition, July 10, 1893) | 204 |
| Lowell | Lowell | 205 |
| The Silence of Tennyson | The Silence of Tennyson | 206 |
| On the Death of a Great Man. (Phillips Brooks) | On the Death of a Great Man. (Phillips Brooks) | 207 |
| A Hero of Peace. (In memory of Robert Ross: shot March 6, 1894) | A Hero of Peace. (In memory of Robert Ross: shot March 6, 1894) | 207 |
| Washington at Trenton. (The Battle Monument, October 19, 1893) | Washington at Trenton. (The Battle Monument, October 19, 1893) | 208 |
| Fame | Fame | 209 |
| A Monument by Saint-Gaudens | A Monument by Saint-Gaudens | 209 |
| A Memory of Rubinstein | A Memory of Rubinstein | 210 |
| Paderewski | Paderewski | 210 |
| Handel's Largo | Handel's Largo | 211 |
| The Stairway | The Stairway | 212 |
| The Actor | The Actor | 212 |
| The Stricken Player. (Edwin Booth) | The Stricken Player. (Edwin Booth) | 212 |
| An Autumn Dirge. (E. F. H.) | An Autumn Dirge. (E. F. H.) | 213 |
| Eleonora Duse | Eleonora Duse | 215 |
| Kelp Rock. (E. C. S.) | Kelp Rock. (E. C. S.) | 215 |
| At Niagara | At Niagara | 215 |
| The Child-Garden | The Child-Garden | 216 |
| The Christ-Child. (A picture by Frank Vincent Du Mond) | The Christ-Child. (A picture by Frank Vincent Du Mond) | 217 |
| A Child | A Child | 218 |
| Two Valleys | Two Valleys | 218 |
| On the Bay | On the Bay | 219 |
| Washington Square | Washington Square | 219 |
| The City | The City | 220 ​ |
| A Rhyme of Tyringham. (In the Berkshire Mountains) | A Rhyme of Tyringham. (In the Berkshire Mountains) | 221 |
| Elsie | Elsie | 222 |
| Indirection | Indirection | 223 |
| "Ah, be not false" | "Ah, be not false" | 223 |
| The Answer | The Answer | 224 |
| How Death may make a Man | How Death may make a Man | 224 |
| "Came to a master of song" | "Came to a master of song" | 225 |
| Bards | Bards | 226 |
| Meridian | Meridian | 227 |
| Evening in Tyringham Valley | Evening in Tyringham Valley | 228 |
| PART III |||
| A Week's Calendar:— ||
| | I— New Year 228 II— A New Soul 229 III— "Keep pure thy soul" 229 IV— "Thy mind is like a crystal brook" 229 V— "One deed may mar a life" 230 VI— The Unknown 230 VII— Irrevocable 230 | I— New Year 228 II— A New Soul 229 III— "Keep pure thy soul" 229 IV— "Thy mind is like a crystal brook" 229 V— "One deed may mar a life" 230 VI— The Unknown 230 VII— Irrevocable 230 |
| PART IV |||
| Songs:— ||
| | "Because the rose must fade" 231 "Fades the rose" 232 The Wintry Heart 232 Hast thou heard the Nightingale? 233 "In that dread, dreamed-of hour" 233 "Rose-dark the solemn sunset" 234 "Winds to the silent morn" 234 The Unreturning 235 Two Years 235 | "Because the rose must fade" 231 "Fades the rose" 232 The Wintry Heart 232 Hast thou heard the Nightingale? 233 "In that dread, dreamed-of hour" 233 "Rose-dark the solemn sunset" 234 "Winds to the silent morn" 234 The Unreturning 235 Two Years 235 |
| IN PALESTINE AND OTHER POEMS |||
| PART I |||
| In Palestine | In Palestine | 239 |
| The Anger of Christ | The Anger of Christ | 242 |
| The Birds of Bethlehem | The Birds of Bethlehem | 243 ​ |
| Noël | Noël | 244 |
| "The supper at Emmaus." (A picture by Rembrandt) | "The supper at Emmaus." (A picture by Rembrandt) | 244 |
| The Doubter | The Doubter | 245 |
| The Parthenon by Moonlight | The Parthenon by Moonlight | 245 |
| The Ottoman Empire | The Ottoman Empire | 246 |
| Karnak | Karnak | 247 |
| "Angelo, thou art the master" | "Angelo, thou art the master" | 249 |
| A Winter Twilight in Provence | A Winter Twilight in Provence | 250 |
| PART II |||
| "The poet's day" | "The poet's day" | 253 |
| "How to the singer comes the song?" | "How to the singer comes the song?" | 253 |
| "Like the bright picture" | "Like the bright picture" | 254 |
| Remembrance of Beauty | Remembrance of Beauty | 254 |
| Music in Solitude | Music in Solitude | 255 |
| "A power there is" | "A power there is" | 256 |
| The Song's Answer | The Song's Answer | 257 |
| The 'Cello | The 'Cello | 257 |
| The Valley Road | The Valley Road | 258 |
| Hawthorne in Berkshire | Hawthorne in Berkshire | 259 |
| Late Summer | Late Summer | 260 |
| An Hour in a Studio. (F. L.) | An Hour in a Studio. (F. L.) | 260 |
| Illusion | Illusion | 261 |
| A Song of the Road | A Song of the Road | 261 |
| "Not here" | "Not here" | 262 |
| "'No, no,' she said" | "'No, no,' she said" | 262 |
| A Soul Lost, and Found | A Soul Lost, and Found | 263 |
| "This hour my heart went forth, as in old days" | "This hour my heart went forth, as in old days" | 264 |
| "Even when joy is near" | "Even when joy is near" | 265 |
| Resurrection | Resurrection | 266 |
| "As soars the eagle" | "As soars the eagle" | 266 |
| PART III |||
| Robert Gould Shaw. (The monument by Augustus Saint-Gaudens) | Robert Gould Shaw. (The monument by Augustus Saint-Gaudens) | 267 |
| ""The North Star draws the hero." (To H. N. G.) | ""The North Star draws the hero." (To H. N. G.) | 268 |
| Glave | Glave | 269 |
| Of Henry George. (Who died fighting against political tyranny and corruption, New York, 1897) | Of Henry George. (Who died fighting against political tyranny and corruption, New York, 1897) | 269 ​ |
| Scorn | Scorn | 269 |
| The Heroic Age. (Athens, 1896) | The Heroic Age. (Athens, 1896) | 270 |
| The Sword of the Spirit. (In memory of Joe Evans) | The Sword of the Spirit. (In memory of Joe Evans) | 271 |
| "Through all the cunning ages" | "Through all the cunning ages" | 272 |
| One Country—One Sacrifice. (Ensign Worth Bagley, May 11, 1898) | One Country—One Sacrifice. (Ensign Worth Bagley, May 11, 1898) | 273 |
| "When with their country's anger" | "When with their country's anger" | 273 |
| A Vision | A Vision | 274 |
| The Word of the White Czar | The Word of the White Czar | 275 |
| PART IV |||
| A Song for Dorothea, across the Sea | A Song for Dorothea, across the Sea | 277 |
| A Blind Poet | A Blind Poet | 278 |
| On a Woman seen upon the Stage. ("Tess," as played by Mrs. Fiske) | On a Woman seen upon the Stage. ("Tess," as played by Mrs. Fiske) | 278 |
| Of One who neither Sees nor Hears. (Helen Keller) | Of One who neither Sees nor Hears. (Helen Keller) | 278 |
| For the Espousals of Jeanne Roumanille, of Avignon | For the Espousals of Jeanne Roumanille, of Avignon | 279 |
| To Marie Josephine Girard, Queen of the Félibres, on her Wedding-Day | To Marie Josephine Girard, Queen of the Félibres, on her Wedding-Day | 280 |
| Inscription for a Tower in Florence. (Written for the Chatelaine) | Inscription for a Tower in Florence. (Written for the Chatelaine) | 280 |
| With a Volume of Dante | With a Volume of Dante | 281 |
| POEMS AND INSCRIPTIONS |||
| Autumn at Four-Brooks Farm | Autumn at Four-Brooks Farm | 285 |
| Indoors in Early Spring | Indoors in Early Spring | 285 |
| The Night Pasture | The Night Pasture | 286 |
| A Letter from the Farm | A Letter from the Farm | 288 |
| Summer Begins | Summer Begins | 291 |
| "Strolling toward Shottery" | "Strolling toward Shottery" | 291 |
| Stratford Bells | Stratford Bells | 292 |
| In Wordsworth's Orchard. (Dove Cottage) | In Wordsworth's Orchard. (Dove Cottage) | 293 |
| Sir Walter Scott | Sir Walter Scott | 293 |
| A Day in Tuscany | A Day in Tuscany | 295 |
| A Sacred Comedy in Florence. (In which takes part a certain statue on the façade of the Duomo) | A Sacred Comedy in Florence. (In which takes part a certain statue on the façade of the Duomo) | 296 |
| Michael Angelo's Aurora. (The Medici Chapel, Florence) | Michael Angelo's Aurora. (The Medici Chapel, Florence) | 297 |
| The Old Master | The Old Master | 297 ​ |
| At Luther's Grave. (Wittenberg) | At Luther's Grave. (Wittenberg) | 298 |
| Beethoven. (Vienna) | Beethoven. (Vienna) | 298 |
| The Desert | The Desert | 299 |
| Egypt | Egypt | 299 |
| Syria | Syria | 300 |
| The Dead Poet. (A. H.) | The Dead Poet. (A. H.) | 300 |
| War | War | 301 |
| The Blameless Knight | The Blameless Knight | 302 |
| The Demagogue | The Demagogue | 303 |
| The Tool | The Tool | 303 |
| The New Politician | The New Politician | 304 |
| A Lady to a Knight | A Lady to a Knight | 305 |
| "Is Hope a phantom?" | "Is Hope a phantom?" | 305 |
| Song: "If lest thy heart betray thee" | Song: "If lest thy heart betray thee" | 305 |
| Memory | Memory | 306 |
| "O glorious Sabbath sun" | "O glorious Sabbath sun" | 307 |
| Motto for a Tree-Planting | Motto for a Tree-Planting | 307 |
| Janet | Janet | 307 |
| On being asked for a Song concerning the Dedication of a Mountain in Samoa to the Memory of Stevenson. (A letter to I. O. S.) | On being asked for a Song concerning the Dedication of a Mountain in Samoa to the Memory of Stevenson. (A letter to I. O. S.) | 308 |
| To Austin Dobson | To Austin Dobson | 309 |
| To L. R. S. | To L. R. S. | 309 |
| A Name | A Name | 310 |
| John George Nicolay. (Washington, D. C, September, 1901) | John George Nicolay. (Washington, D. C, September, 1901) | 310 |
| The Comfort of the Trees. (McKinley: September, 1901) | The Comfort of the Trees. (McKinley: September, 1901) | 310 |
| The City of Light. (The Pan-American Exposition) | The City of Light. (The Pan-American Exposition) | 311 |
| Inscriptions for the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo, 1901 ||
| | For the Propylæa 315 For the Stadium 315 For the Great Pylons of the Triumphal Causeway 316 Dedicatory Inscriptions 318 | For the Propylæa 315 For the Stadium 315 For the Great Pylons of the Triumphal Causeway 316 Dedicatory Inscriptions 318 |
| "IN THE HIGHTS" |||
| "In the hights." (John R. Procter) | "In the hights." (John R. Procter) | 323 |
| Home Acres | Home Acres | 324 ​ |
| A Call to the Mountains | A Call to the Mountains | 325 |
| Spring Surprise | Spring Surprise | 327 |
| Autumn Trees | Autumn Trees | 327 |
| "The light lies on the farther hills" | "The light lies on the farther hills" | 327 |
| "Ah, near, dear friend" | "Ah, near, dear friend" | 328 |
| Music in Darkness. (Adele aus der Ohe) | Music in Darkness. (Adele aus der Ohe) | 328 |
| The Anger of Beethoven | The Anger of Beethoven | 330 |
| Mother and Child | Mother and Child | 330 |
| Alice Freeman Palmer | Alice Freeman Palmer | 331 |
| "Mother of heroes." (Sarah Blake Shaw) | "Mother of heroes." (Sarah Blake Shaw) | 331 |
| The Great Citizen. (Abram Stevens Hewitt) | The Great Citizen. (Abram Stevens Hewitt) | 332 |
| On Reading of a Poet's Death. (Carlyle McKinley) | On Reading of a Poet's Death. (Carlyle McKinley) | 332 |
| John Henry Boner | John Henry Boner | 333 |
| "A wondrous song" | "A wondrous song" | 333 |
| A New Poet | A New Poet | 334 |
| The Singer of Joy | The Singer of Joy | 335 |
| Bread upon the Waters | Bread upon the Waters | 335 |
| Lost | Lost | 336 |
| "What man hath done" | "What man hath done" | 336 |
| "He pondered well" | "He pondered well" | 337 |
| "Thou thinkest thou hast lived" | "Thou thinkest thou hast lived" | 338 |
| The Good Man | The Good Man | 338 |
| "So fierce the buffets" | "So fierce the buffets" | 339 |
| Two Heroes | Two Heroes | 339 |
| The World's End | The World's End | 340 |
| Shelley's "Ozymandias" | Shelley's "Ozymandias" | 340 |
| La Salle. (Explorer of the Mississippi) | La Salle. (Explorer of the Mississippi) | 341 |
| Inauguration Day | Inauguration Day | 341 |
| The Washington Monument. (At Washington, D. C.) | The Washington Monument. (At Washington, D. C.) | 342 |
| Builders of the State | Builders of the State | 342 |
| Impromptus:— ||
| | To William Watson. (On his Coronation Ode) 344 "Life is the hammer." (Sidney Lanier) 344 "The critic scanned the poet's book" 344 "Her delicate form" 345 Francesca Mia 345 Age, and the Scorner 345 To Jacob A. Riis. (On his Silver Wedding) 346 Music and Friendship 346 Friendship. (To ——) 346 To E. C. S. (On his Seventieth Birthday) 347 ​ "Tell me good-by" 347 Farewell to Charleston 348 "The Pines" 348 "Not wreaths alone" 349 For the City Club 349 To Charles H. Russell. (Whose father was one of Lincoln's helpers) 349 "Give thy day to duty" 350 Two Optimists. (A letter to Joseph Jefferson, acknowledging a copy of Helen Keller's Essay on "Optimism") 350 | To William Watson. (On his Coronation Ode) 344 "Life is the hammer." (Sidney Lanier) 344 "The critic scanned the poet's book" 344 "Her delicate form" 345 Francesca Mia 345 Age, and the Scorner 345 To Jacob A. Riis. (On his Silver Wedding) 346 Music and Friendship 346 Friendship. (To ——) 346 To E. C. S. (On his Seventieth Birthday) 347 ​ "Tell me good-by" 347 Farewell to Charleston 348 "The Pines" 348 "Not wreaths alone" 349 For the City Club 349 To Charles H. Russell. (Whose father was one of Lincoln's helpers) 349 "Give thy day to duty" 350 Two Optimists. (A letter to Joseph Jefferson, acknowledging a copy of Helen Keller's Essay on "Optimism") 350 |
| The Passing of Joseph Jefferson | The Passing of Joseph Jefferson | 351 |
| "Shall we not praise the living?" | "Shall we not praise the living?" | 353 |
| Hymn. (Written for the service in memory of Dr. J. L. M. Curry, held by the Southern Education Conference, Richmond, Virginia, April 26, 1903) | Hymn. (Written for the service in memory of Dr. J. L. M. Curry, held by the Southern Education Conference, Richmond, Virginia, April 26, 1903) | 356 |
| John Wesley. (Written for the celebration of the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of John Wesley, at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, June, 1903) | John Wesley. (Written for the celebration of the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of John Wesley, at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, June, 1903) | 357 |
| A Temple of Art. (Written for the opening of the Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, May 31, 1905) | A Temple of Art. (Written for the opening of the Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, May 31, 1905) | 361 |
| THE FIRE DIVINE |||
| The Fire Divine | The Fire Divine | 367 |
| The Invisible. (At a lecture) | The Invisible. (At a lecture) | 368 |
| Destiny. (After reading a work on Astronomy) | Destiny. (After reading a work on Astronomy) | 369 |
| The Old Faith | The Old Faith | 369 |
| The Doubter's Soliloquy | The Doubter's Soliloquy | 370 |
| Law | Law | 372 |
| Identity | Identity | 373 |
| "Spare me my dreams" | "Spare me my dreams" | 374 |
| Hymn. (Thanksgiving for Saints and Prophets) | Hymn. (Thanksgiving for Saints and Prophets) | 374 |
| The Valley of Life | The Valley of Life | 375 |
| To One Impatient of Form in Art | To One Impatient of Form in Art | 377 |
| To the Poet | To the Poet | 378 |
| Compensation | Compensation | 379 |
| The Poet's Secret | The Poet's Secret | 380 |
| "The day began as other days begin" | "The day began as other days begin" | 380 ​ |
| A Poet's Question | A Poet's Question | 381 |
| Prelude for "A Book of Music" | Prelude for "A Book of Music" | 382 |
| Music at Twilight | Music at Twilight | 384 |
| Music in Moonlight | Music in Moonlight | 386 |
| The Unknown Singer | The Unknown Singer | 387 |
| The Voice | The Voice | 387 |
| Wagner | Wagner | 388 |
| "The Pathetic Symphony." (Tschaikowsky) | "The Pathetic Symphony." (Tschaikowsky) | 388 |
| MacDowell | MacDowell | 388 |
| A Fantasy of Chopin. (Gabrilowitsch) | A Fantasy of Chopin. (Gabrilowitsch) | 389 |
| "How strange the musician's memory" | "How strange the musician's memory" | 390 |
| "In a night of midsummer" | "In a night of midsummer" | 390 |
| In the White Mountains | In the White Mountains | 391 |
| John Paul Jones | John Paul Jones | 391 |
| To Emma Lazarus. (1905) | To Emma Lazarus. (1905) | 392 |
| Carl Schurz | Carl Schurz | 392 |
| George MacDonald | George MacDonald | 393 |
| Josephine Shaw Lowell | Josephine Shaw Lowell | 394 |
| "One rose of song." (Mary Putnam Jacobi) | "One rose of song." (Mary Putnam Jacobi) | 396 |
| John Malone. (1906) | John Malone. (1906) | 397 |
| "Lost Leaders." (City Club Memorial in honor of Wheeler H. Peckham, James C. Carter, William H. Baldwin, Jr., and Norton Goddard) | "Lost Leaders." (City Club Memorial in honor of Wheeler H. Peckham, James C. Carter, William H. Baldwin, Jr., and Norton Goddard) | 397 |
| On a Certain Agnostic. (G. E.) | On a Certain Agnostic. (G. E.) | 398 |
| "A weary waste without her." (L. B. P.) | "A weary waste without her." (L. B. P.) | 398 |
| The Poet's Sleep. (T. B. A.) | The Poet's Sleep. (T. B. A.) | 399 |
| Where Spring began | Where Spring began | 399 |
| Avarice | Avarice | 400 |
| Pity the Blind | Pity the Blind | 400 |
| Proof of Service. (To R. F. C.) | Proof of Service. (To R. F. C.) | 400 |
| Conquered | Conquered | 401 |
| Blame. (A memory of Eisleben, the place of Luther's birth and death) | Blame. (A memory of Eisleben, the place of Luther's birth and death) | 401 |
| The Whisperers. (New York, 1905) | The Whisperers. (New York, 1905) | 402 |
| Before the Grand Jury | Before the Grand Jury | 403 |
| "In the Cities" | "In the Cities" | 404 |
| A Tragedy of To-day. (New York, 1905) | A Tragedy of To-day. (New York, 1905) | 406 |
| The Old House | The Old House | 409 |
| "There's no place like the old place." (Old Home Week, Tyringham, 1905) | "There's no place like the old place." (Old Home Week, Tyringham, 1905) | 412 |
| Glen Gilder | Glen Gilder | 417 ​ |
| Song: "Maria Mia" | Song: "Maria Mia" | 418 |
| Obscuration | Obscuration | 419 |
| "I dreamed" | "I dreamed" | 419 |
| Impromptus:— ||
| | "From love to love." (For a wedding) 420 "I asked you to read my poem" 420 Nazimova 420 A Warrior of Troy 420 The Obelisk (1881) 421 Crowned Absurdities 421 To "Little Lady Margaret"—with a Book of Poems 421 Sacrilege 421 To the Hero of a Scientific Romance 421 | "From love to love." (For a wedding) 420 "I asked you to read my poem" 420 Nazimova 420 A Warrior of Troy 420 The Obelisk (1881) 421 Crowned Absurdities 421 To "Little Lady Margaret"—with a Book of Poems 421 Sacrilege 421 To the Hero of a Scientific Romance 421 |
| The Watchman on the Tower. (January, 1907) | The Watchman on the Tower. (January, 1907) | 422 |
| Under the Stars: A Requiem for Augustus Saint-Gaudens | Under the Stars: A Requiem for Augustus Saint-Gaudens | 424 |
| IN HELENA'S GARDEN |||
| PART I |||
| In Helena's Garden ||
| | The Sunset Window 431 "The gray walls of the garden" 431 The Marble Pool 432 The Table Round 433 The Sun-Dial 434 "Something missing from the garden" 434 Three Flowers of the Garden 435 Early Autumn 436 The Last Flower of the Garden 436 | The Sunset Window 431 "The gray walls of the garden" 431 The Marble Pool 432 The Table Round 433 The Sun-Dial 434 "Something missing from the garden" 434 Three Flowers of the Garden 435 Early Autumn 436 The Last Flower of the Garden 436 |
| PART II |||
| The Lion of Tyringham | The Lion of Tyringham | 437 |
| The Voice of the Hight | The Voice of the Hight | 437 |
| A Song of Friendship | A Song of Friendship | 439 |
| A Rose of Dream | A Rose of Dream | 440 |
| Song: "O whither has she fled from out the dawning and the day?" | Song: "O whither has she fled from out the dawning and the day?" | 440 ​ |
| "When the girls come to the old house" | "When the girls come to the old house" | 441 |
| The Song of a Song | The Song of a Song | 443 |
| The Net | The Net | 444 |
| Song: "O purer far than ever I!" | Song: "O purer far than ever I!" | 445 |
| Song: "I awoke in the morning not knowing" | Song: "I awoke in the morning not knowing" | 445 |
| "When the war fleet puts to sea" | "When the war fleet puts to sea" | 446 |
| Art. (Miss Geraldine Farrar in "Madama Butterfly") | Art. (Miss Geraldine Farrar in "Madama Butterfly") | 447 |
| In Praise of Portraiture | In Praise of Portraiture | 448 |
| In Times of Peace | In Times of Peace | 450 |
| Impromptus:— ||
| | Edward Everett Hale 451 Bards of Britain (1908) 451 Calvé 451 In a Concert Room 452 The Lonesome Wild 452 New Friends and Old 452 Shadow and Sun 452 A Naval Surgeon of the War for the Union 452 A Mother's Picture 453 On a Young Hero 453 A Hero's Bride 453 To One who praised "the Gay Life" 453 Lyric Lives 453 | Edward Everett Hale 451 Bards of Britain (1908) 451 Calvé 451 In a Concert Room 452 The Lonesome Wild 452 New Friends and Old 452 Shadow and Sun 452 A Naval Surgeon of the War for the Union 452 A Mother's Picture 453 On a Young Hero 453 A Hero's Bride 453 To One who praised "the Gay Life" 453 Lyric Lives 453 |
| Song: "A little longer still in summer suns" | Song: "A little longer still in summer suns" | 453 |
| The Singing River | The Singing River | 454 |
| The Solace of the Skies | The Solace of the Skies | 454 |
| The Winding Path | The Winding Path | 455 |
| "What makes the garden grow" | "What makes the garden grow" | 456 |
| "If, one great day" | "If, one great day" | 457 |
| Music beneath the Stars | Music beneath the Stars | 458 |
| The Birds of Westland | The Birds of Westland | 458 |
| The Veil of Stars | The Veil of Stars | 459 |
| INDEX OF FIRST LINES | INDEX OF FIRST LINES | 461 |
| INDEX OF TITLES | INDEX OF TITLES | 473 |
| Frontispiece: Photograph by Gessford. ||
| Decorations by H. de K. G. ||
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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