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# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Andrews, Clement Walker

​ANDREWS, Clement Walker, librarian, was born at Salem, Mass., Jan. 13, 1858. He was educated at the Boston Latin school and Harvard college, from which latter institution he received in 1879 the degree of A.B., and in 1880 that of A.M. He was instructor in organic chemistry at the Massachusetts institute of technology from 1883 to 1892, and librarian of the institute from 1889 to 1895. In September, 1895, he removed to Chicago to accept the office of librarian in the John Crerar library of that city, where he introduced a library system similar to the one he had organized at the Massachusetts institute of technology.
# The Angels of Mons (second edition)

A second, expanded edition released several months after the first.
The Angels of Mons
THE BOWMEN AND OTHER LEGENDS OF THE WAR
by ARTHUR MACHEN
SECOND EDITION.
With an introduction by the author
LONDON SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT & CO., Ltd. 4, Stationers' Hall Court, E.C. 1915
London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Limited, Duke Street, Stamford Street, S.E., and Great Windmill Street, W.
* Introduction
* The Bowmen
* The Soldiers' Rest
* The Monstrance
* The Dazzling Light
* The Little Nations
* The Men from Troy
* The Bowmen and Other Noble Ghosts
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.
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# The Book of American Negro Poetry/The Hills of Sewanee

THE HILLS OF SEWANEE
Sewanee Hills of dear delight,
Prompting my dreams that used to be,
I know you are waiting me still to-night
By the Unika Range of Tennessee.
The blinking stars in endless space,
The broad moonlight and silvery gleams,
To-night caress your wind-swept face,
And fold you in a thousand dreams.
Your far outlines, less seen than felt,
Which wind with hill propensities,
In moonlight dreams I see you melt
Away in vague immensities.
And, far away, I still can feel
Your mystery that ever speaks
Of vanished things, as shadows steal
Across your breast and rugged peaks.
O, dear blue hills, that lie apart.
And wait so patiently down there,
Your peace takes hold upon my heart
And makes its burden less to bear.
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# The Book of American Negro Poetry/The Harlem Dancer

THE HARLEM DANCER
Applauding youths laughed with young prostitutes
And watched her perfect, half-clothed body sway;
Her voice was like the sound of blended flutes
Blown by black players upon a picnic day.
She sang and danced on gracefully and calm,
The light gauze hanging loose about her form;
To me she seemed a proudly-swaying palm
Grown lovelier for passing through a storm.
Upon her swarthy neck black, shiny curls
Profusely fell; and, tossing coins in praise,
The wine-flushed, bold-eyed boys, and even the girls,
Devoured her with their eager, passionate gaze;
But, looking at her falsely-smiling face
I knew her self was not in that strange place.
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# The Book of American Negro Poetry/The Lynching

Claude McKay
THE LYNCHING
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# The Book of American Negro Poetry/The Negro Soldiers

Roscoe C. Jamison
THE NEGRO SOLDIERS
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# The Book of American Negro Poetry/The Road to the Bow

THE ROAD TO THE BOW
Ever and ever anon,
After the black storm, the eternal, beauteous bow!
Brother, to rosy-painted mists that arch beyond,
Blithely I go.
My brows men laureled and my lyre
Twined with immortal ivy for one little rippling song;
My "House of Golden Leaves" they praised and "passionate fire"—
But, Friend, the way is long!
Onward and onward, up! away!
Though Fear flaunt all his banners in my face,
And my feet stumble, lo! the Orphean Day!
Forward by God's grace!
These signs are still before me: "Fear,"
"Danger," "Unprecedented," and I hear black "No"
Still thundering, and "Churl." Good Friend, I rest me here—
Then to the glittering bow!
Loometh and cometh Hate in wrath.
Mailed Wrong, swart Servitude and Shame with bitter rue,
Nathless a Negro poet's feet must tread the path
The winged god knew.
Thus, my true Brother, dream-led, I
Forefend the anathema, following the span.
I hold my head as proudly high
As any man.
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# The Book of American Negro Poetry/The Rain Song

THE RAIN SONG
Bro. Simmons
"Walk right in Brother Wilson—how you feelin' today?"
Bro. Wilson
"Jes Mod'rate, Brother Simmons, but den I ginnerly feels dat way."
Bro. Simmons
"Here's White an' Black an' Brown an' Green; how's all you gent 'men's been?"
Bro. White
"My health is good but my bus'ness slack."
Bro. Black
"I'se been suff'rin' lots wid pains in my back."
Bro. Brown
"My ole 'ooman's sick, but I'se alright—"
Bro. Green
"Yes, I went aftuh Doctuh fuh her 'tuther night—"
Bro. Simmons
"Here's Sandy Turner, as I live!"
Bro. Turner
"Yes, I didn' 'spect to git here—but here I is!"
Bro. Simmons
"Now, gent'mens, make yo'selves to home,
Dare's nothin' to fear—my ole 'ooman's gone—
My stars; da weather's pow'ful warm—
I wouldn' be s'prised ef we had a storm."
Bro. Brown
"No, Brother Simmons, we kin safely say—
'Tain't gwine to be no storm to-day
Kase here am facts dat's mighty plain
An' any time you sees 'em you kin look fuh rain:
Any time you hears da cheers an' tables crack
An' da folks wid rheumatics—dare jints is on da rack—"
All
"Lookout fuh rain, rain, rain.
"When da ducks quack loud an' da peacocks cry,
An' da far off hills seems to be right nigh.
Prepare fuh rain, rain, rain!
"When da ole cat on da hearth wid her velvet paws
'Gins to wipin' over her whiskered jaws,
Sho' sign o' rain, rain, rain!
"When da frog's done changed his yaller vest,
An' in his brown suit he is dressed,
Mo' rain, an' still mo' rain!
"When you notice da air it stan's stock still,
An' da blackbird's voice it gits so awful shrill,
Dat am da time fuh rain.
"When yo' dog quits bones an' begins to fas'.
An' when you see him eatin'; he's eatin' grass:
Shoes', trues', cert'nes sign ob rain!"
Refrain
"No, Brother Simmons, we kin safely say,
'Tain't gwine tuh be no rain to-day,
Kase da sut ain't fallin' an' da dogs ain't sleep.
An' you ain't seen no spiders fum dare cobwebs creep;
Las' night da sun went bright to bed,
An' da moon ain't nevah once been seen to hang her head;
If you'se watched all dis, den you kin safely say,
Dat dare ain't a-gwine to be no rain to-day."
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# The Book of American Negro Poetry/The Haunted Oak

THE HAUNTED OAK
Pray why are you so bare, so bare,
Oh, bough of the old oak-tree;
And why, when I go through the shade you throw,
Runs a shudder over me?
My leaves were green as the best, I trow,
And sap ran free in my veins,
But I saw in the moonlight dim and weird
A guiltless victim's pains.
I bent me down to hear his sigh;
I shook with his gurgling moan,
And I trembled sore when they rode away,
And left him here alone.
They'd charged him with the old, old crime.
And set him fast in jail: Oh, why does the dog howl all night long,
And why does the night wind wail?
He prayed his prayer and he swore his oath,
And he raised his hand to the sky;
But the beat of hoofs smote on his ear,
And the steady tread drew nigh.
Who is it rides by night, by night.
Over the moonlit road?
And what is the spur that keeps the pace.
What is the galling goad?
And now they beat at the prison door,
"Ho, keeper, do not stay!
We are friends of him whom you hold within,
And we fain would take him away
"From those who ride fast on our heels
With mind to do him wrong;
They have no care for his innocence, And the rope they bear is long."
They have fooled the jailer with lying words,
They have fooled the man with lies;
The bolts unbar, the locks are drawn, And the great door open flies.
Now they have taken him from the jail,
And hard and fast they ride,
And the leader laughs low down in his throat,
As they halt my trunk beside.
Oh, the judge, he wore a mask of black,
And the doctor one of white,
And the minister, with his oldest son, Was curiously bedight.
Oh, foolish man, why weep you now?
Tis but a little space,
And the time will come when these shall dread
The mem'ry of your face.
I feel the rope against my bark, And the weight of him in my grain,
I feel in the throe of his final woe
The touch of my own last pain.
And never more shall leaves come forth
On a bough that bears the ban;
I am burned with dread, I am dried and dead,
From the curse of a guiltless man.
And ever the judge rides by, rides by,
And goes to hunt the deer,
And ever another rides his soul
In the guise of a mortal fear.
And ever the man he rides me hard,
And never a night stays he; For I feel his curse as a haunted bough
On the trunk of a haunted tree.
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# The Book of American Negro Poetry/The Negro Singer

THE NEGRO SINGER
O'er all my song the image of a face
Lieth, like shadow on the wild sweet flowers.
The dream, the ecstasy that prompts my powers;
The golden lyre's delights bring little grace
To bless the singer of a lowly race.
Long hath this mocked me: aye in marvelous hours,
When Hera's gardens gleamed, or Cynthia's bowers,
Or Hope's red pylons, in their far, hushed place!
But I shall dig me deeper to the gold; Fetch water, dripping, over desert miles.
From clear Nyanzas and mysterious Niles
Of love; and sing, nor one kind act withhold.
So shall men know me, and remember long,
Nor my dark face dishonor any song.
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# The Book of American Negro Poetry/The New Day

THE NEW DAY
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# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Baker, William Spohn

​BAKER, William Spohn, author, was born in Philadelphia. Pa., April 17, 1824, son of George Nice Baker, lieutenant of artillery company in the war of 1812. and Pennsylvania state representative and senator from 1823 to 1837. William Spohn was educated at private schools, afterwards studied and practised the profession of conveyancing, but retired in 1860, and turned his attention to art and literary pursuits. Mr. Baker was one of the directors of the Philadelphia school of design for women, 1874-'87; of the Pennsylvania academy of the fine arts, 1876-’90, and its vice-president, 1885-’90, and one of the vice-presidents of the Historical society of Pennsylvania; a member of the American philosophical society; of the American historical association, and other societies. In preparing materials for his contributions to Washingtoniana he brought together a remarkable collection of the portraits, medals, and biographies of Washington. He published "Origin and Antiquity of Engraving" (Philadelphia, 1872; Boston, 1875); "American Engravers and their Works" (1875); "William Sharp, engraver, and his Works" (1875); "Engraved Portraits of Washington" (1880); "Character Portraits of Washington" (1887); "Medallic Portraits of Washington" (1884); "Bibliotheca Washingtoniana" (1889); "Itinerary of General Washington, 1775-1783" (1892); "Early Sketches of George Washington, 1775-1795" (1894); and "Washington After the Revolution," (1784-1799); Pennsylvania Magazine of History, Vol. XVIII, and other historical papers. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 8, 1897.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Balch, Thomas

​BALCH, Thomas, author, was born at Leesburg, Loudon county, Va., July 23, 1821. He studied at Columbia college, read law in the office of Stephen Cambreleng, New York, and was admitted to the bar in 1850. In 1852 he removed to Philadelphia, served in the city councils and presided over some of its most important committees. At the request of the Historical society of Pennsylvania, he edited "The Shippen Papers," "Letters and Papers relating to the Provincial history of Pennsylvania," the "Maryland Papers," and "The Examination of Joseph Galloway for the Seventy-sixth Society." In 1859 he went to Europe, and remained upwards of ten years, making Paris his headquarters, collecting material for his work, entitled "Les Français en Amerique pendant la Guerre de L'Independence des Etats Unis, 1773-1783." In 1865 he proposed in a letter to Horace Greeley, published in the New York Tribune, a court of international arbitration as a measure of averting war, which is believed to have been the first step in this direction. In it was laid down the code of rules observed by the Geneva tribunal. Returning to the United States he devoted himself to literary labor. In September, 1876, he read before the Social science association at Saratoga, a paper in favor of a double standard in coinage, and a paper before a similar association in Philadelphia on "Free Coinage and a Self-adjusting Ratio." An account of many of his writings may be found in an obituary, by John Austin Stevens, in the Magazine of American History for June, 1877. He died in Philadelphia, March 29, 1876.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Baker, William Bliss

​BAKER, William Bliss, artist, was born in New York, N.Y., in 1859. He displayed artistic talent in his early boyhood, and at the age of seventeen became a student at the National academy of design, where he continued for four years, taking a first prize in the antique school the year before leaving, and a third prize ​in 1884 of one hundred dollars for his painting, "Woodland Brook." Among his other works are: "Pleasant Day at Lake George" (1883); "October Morning" (1884); "Solitude" (1885); and "Under the Apple Trees" (1886).
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Baker, William Benjamin

​BAKER, William Benjamin, representative, was born near Aberdeen, Md., July 22, 1840; son of George W, and Elizabeth (Greenland) Baker, and grandson of Nicholas Baker. He was educated in the common schools of Aberdeen and worked on a farm until 1872, when he engaged in fruit packing. He was a delegate to state and congressional conventions; was elected to the Maryland house of delegates in 1881; to the state senate in 1893 and was a Republican representative from Maryland in the 54th, 55th and 56th congresses, 1895-1901.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Baker, William Mumford

​BAKER, William Mumford, author, was born in Washington, D. C. , June 27, 1825, son of Daniel Baker, clergyman. In 1846 he was graduated at Princeton, and pursued a theological course under his father at Princeton seminary. He held pastoral charges in Presbyterian churches at Galveston and Austin, Texas, from 1850 to 1865; at Zanesville, Ohio, and Newburyport, Mass., and in South Boston, Mass., from 1874 to his death. He wrote much for contemporary Literature, and in 1858 published the "Life and Labors of Rev. Daniel Baker," and in 1866, under the pen-name of G. F. Harrington, "Inside: a Chronicle of Secession." This book, which vividly portrayed southern life and sentiment, was written from actual observation during his residence in Austin, attained a wide circulation and was followed by "Oak Mot" (1868); "Mose Evans" (1874); "Carter Quarterman" (1876); "A year Worth Living" (1878); "Colonel Dunwoodie" (1878); "The Virginians in Texas" (1878); "Thirlmore" and "The New Timothy" (1879); "His Majesty, Myself" (1879); "Blessed Saint Certainty" (1881); "The Ten Theophanies: or, the Manifestations of Christ before His Birth in Bethlehem" (1883); "The Making of a Man" was published in 1884. He died in South Boston, Mass., Aug, 20. 1883.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Balch, George Beall

​BALCH, George Beall, naval officer, was born in Tennessee, Jan. 3, 1821. He was taken to Alabama by his parents, and in 1837 was appointed a midshipman for that state. He served on the Cyane, and studied at the Philadelphia naval school, and in June, 1843, was promoted passed midshipman, and stationed at the naval observatory until the opening of the Mexican war in 1845, when he was attached to the squadron under Commodore Conner, and was actively employed in most of the naval engagements of the war. He served in the Mosquito fleet, and participated in the taking of Vera Cruz. From 1848-50 he served in the Mediterranean squadron and at the naval observatory. Washington. In 1850 he was promoted to a lieutenancy, and was attached to the Pacific squadron and occupied in cruising in foreign and United States waters. In 1860, while in command of the Sabine, he rescued nearly four hundred men from the sinking U. S. transport Governor, and in December, 1861, volunteered to lead the party which ​captured Tybee Island. He was promoted commander, July 16, 1863, and did gallant and efficient service on various occasions; notably upon the Black river, in repelling an attack by two Confederate forts in which his ship, the Pawnee, was struck forty-six times, and in an engagement with the Confederate forts on the Stono river and later on Tagoda creek, S. C., when he silenced the batteries and drove the Confederates from their breastworks. He was promoted captain July 26, 1886; was made commodore in 1872, and in 1878 was promoted rear-admiral. He was stationed at the navy yard at Washington from 1865 to 1868, commanded the flag-ship Albany during 1868 to 1869; employed on various shore services from 1870 to 1878; superintendent of the naval academy from 1879 to 1881, and commander of the Pacific squadron from 1881 until 1883, when he was placed on the retired list.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Baldwin, Abraham

​BALDWIN, Abraham, statesman, was born at Guilford, Conn., Nov. 6, 1754. In 1772 he was graduated from Yale college, and in 1775 was appointed tutor, which position he held until 1779. In 1777 he was made chaplain in the army, serving throughout the remainder of the war in this capacity. In 1784, through the influence of General Greene, he removed to Savannah, Ga., where he was admitted to the bar and was elected to the state legislature. He founded the University of Georgia, secured for it a grant of 40,000 acres of land, drew up the charter, and was its president for a number of years. In 1787 he was a member of the convention which framed the constitution of the United States. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1785 to 1788. From 1789 to 1792 served as a representative in the United States Congress, in 1799 was elected to the senate, and re-elected in 1805, retaining his seat until the time of his death, and serving as president pro tempore 1801 and 1802. He educated and supported his six fatherless half-brothers and sisters, and assisted several poor young men to obtain an education. He died in Washington, D. C., March 4, 1807.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Baker, Remember

​BAKER, Remember, pioneer, was born at Woodbury, Conn., about 1740. He served during the French and Indian wars in the campaign against Canada and was present at Ticonderoga, when Abernethy fell in 1758. He removed to Vermont in 1763 and settled in Arlington, where he built the first grist mill on the grants north of Bennington, and was prominent in the defensive action of the settlers against the encroachments of the New Yorkers. Governor Tryon of New York outlawed him, and in March, 1772, a dozen New Yorkers broke into his house and carried him off. He was rescued by his own party later in the day, after he had been shamefully maltreated by his captors. He served as a captain under Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga in 1775. While employed as a scout by Schuyler in the campaign against Canada, he was killed by Indians near St. Johns, August, 1775.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Baker, William

​BAKER, William, representative, was born in Washington county, Pa., April 29, 1831. He was graduated at Waynesbury college in 1856; was principal of the public schools at Council Bluffs, 1858-66; engaged in mercantile pursuits in Pennsylvania, 1866-77; removed to Kansas in 1878, and became a stockraiser. In 1890 he was elected to represent the 6th Kansas district in the 52d congress, the first candidate supported by the People's party in opposition to both Republican and Democratic nominees. He was returned to the 53d and 54th congresses.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Baker, William H.

​BAKER, William H., artist, was born in 1825, and until he was forty-two years old made his home in New Orleans, where he was engaged in business. He became interested in art, studying it first as an avocation, and later adopting it as a vocation. Though painting some from the ideal, his principal work was portrait painting. In 1865 he opened a studio in New York city, and exhibited his work in the National academy of design. In 18B9 he accepted the position of principal of the free school of design of the Brooklyn art association and was very successful in his educational work. Among his best examples are: "Cupid Disarmed" (1866); "Cupid Reprimanded" (1871); "Red Riding-Hood" (1871); "Cherry Time" (1872); "Lillies of the Field" (1873); "Truants from School" (1875), and a portrait of Bishop Quintard of Tennessee. He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., May 29, 1875.
# The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book/Friend o' Mine

48—FRIEND O' MINE
When you are happy, friend o' mine, And all your skies are blue, Tell me your luck, your fortune fine, And let me laugh with you. Tell me the hopes that spur you on, The deeds you mean to do, The gold you've struck, the fame you've won, And let me joy—with you!
When you are sad and heart a-cold, And all your skies are dark, Tell me the dreams that mocked your hold, The shafts that missed the mark. Am I not yours for weal or woe? How else can friends prove true? Tell me what breaks and brings you low, And let me stand—with you!
So, when the night falls tremulous, When the last lamp burns low, And one of us or both of us The long, lone road must go,— Look with your dear old eyes in mine, Give me a handshake true Whatever fate our soul await Let me be there—with you!
# The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book/Galway by the Sea

Published 1915, with music by Martin Barclay
96—GALWAY BY THE SEA
For it's there, just there! in Galway by the sea, It's there, just there! it's there I want to be For it's only you, my darlin', only you can make me blest, In the dear home in Galway, in the land I love the best.
# The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book/God Save the King

The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book
PART 1.—NATIONAL SONGS
1—GOD SAVE THE KING
God save our gracious King Long live our noble King, God save the King! Send him victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us: God save the King!
Thy choicest gifts in store, On him be pleased to pour; Long may he reign. May he defend our laws, And ever give us cause To sing with heart and voice God save the King!
# The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book/Have You Forgotten

From Bubbly (1917).
24—HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN? (Bubbly)
Have you forgotten, How we used to play together, When we were children In the bright and sunny weather? You have forgotten All the things we used to do, dear— Have you forgotten me? I've never forgotten you!
# The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book/For You Alone

52—FOR YOU ALONE
Take thou this rose, this little tender rose, The rarest flow'r in all God's garden fair, And let it be while yet its crimson glows An emblem of love—I proudly, proudly bear.
Take thou this heart—the heart that loves thee well— And let it flame before thy shrine, my own, Take thou my heart, for Oh, your dear eyes tell God fashioned it for you, for you alone.
# The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book/Glory Song

146—GLORY SONG
When all my labours and trials are o'er, And I am safe on that beautiful shore, Just to be near the dear Lord I adore, Will through the ages be glory for me.
Chorus
Oh, that will be . . . glory for me, . . . glory for me, . . . glory for me . . . When by His grace I shall look on His face That will be glory, be glory for me!
When by the gift of his infinite grace I am accorded in heaven a place, Just to be there and to look on His face Will through the ages be glory for me.
Friends will be there I have loved long ago; Joy like a river around me will flow; Yet just a smile from my Saviour, I know, Will through the ages be glory for me.