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Horseman; flying wild and free;

Tell me what shall be thy road

Whither speedest far from me?〃



〃From the dark into the light;

》From the small unto the great;

》From the valleys dark I ride

O'er the hills to conquer fate!〃



〃Take me with thee; horseman mine!

Let me madly rode with thee!〃

As he turned I met his eyes;

My own soul looked back at me!



LILLA CABOT PERRY







THREE QUATRAINS



THE CUP



SHE said; 〃Lift high the cup!〃

Of her arm's weariness she gave no sign;

But; smiling; raised it up

That none might see or guess it held no wine。





FORGIVE ME NOT!



FORGIVE me not! Hate me and I shall know

Some of Love's fire still burns within your breast!

Forgiveness finds its home in hearts at rest;

On dead volcanoes only lies the snow。





THE ROSE



ONE deep red rose I dropped into his grave;

So small a thing to give so great a friend!

Yet well he knew it was my heart I gave

And must fare on without it to the end;



LILLA CABOT PERRY



A VALENTINE; UNSENT

STAY; flaming rose; 'twould grieve her heart

To see you fade away;

Unloved; unwelcome and apart

》From every joy to…day。



Once long ago your tale was new;

Days distant yet so dear;

Why say her lover still is true;

When that is all her fear?



Why thus recall another's pain;

Her tender heart to fret?

Best let her think he loves again;

Who never can forget!



MARGARET PERRY







SHIPBUILDERS



THE German people reared them

An idol made of wood;

And Hindenburg before them

Lifelike and stupid stood。



To clothe him all in iron

And thus his soul express;

With nails and spikes they covered

His wooden nakedness。



And when they; thus had clothed him

All in a suit of mail;

Still came they; wild…eyed; looking

For space to drive a nail。

Whenever Teuton airmen

Slay boys and girls at play;

Or U…boats; drowning babies;

Create a holiday。



Then; gathering round their statue;

A happy German throng

Drive nails into the idol

To make him still more strong。



Avenge the babes; shipbuilders;

That on the seas have died;

Avenge the little children

Murdered for Wilhelm's pride。

Come; gather at the shipyards;

And let your hammers ring;

For more than ships and cargoes

Waits on your fashioning。



Come; gather at the shipyards;

With every bolt you drive

Bethink you ‘tis the Kaiser

Whose brutish head you rive。



Come; gather at the shipyards;

And swing with might and main;

‘Tis Tirpitz and the Crown Prince

That you to…day have slain。



Come; gather at the shipyards;

And heat the metal hot;

For it is Bethmann Hollweg

You're boiling in the pot。



Come; gather at the shipyards;

And when the day is done;

You've spent it in driving spikes;

In Hindernburg the Hun。



Come; gather at the shipyards;

And toil with healthy hate;

For only you can save the world;

The Hun is at the gate。



ARTHUR STANWOOD PIE









UNFADING PICTURES



(〃The air from the sea came blowing in again;

mixed with the perfume of the flowers。 。 。 。

The old…fashioned furniture brightly rubbed and pol…

ished; my aunt's inviolable chair and table by the

round green fan in the bow…window; the drugget…

covered carpet; the cat; the kettle…holder; the two

canaries; the old china 。。。 and; wonderfully out of

keeping with the rest; my dusty self upon the sofa;

taking note of everything。〃



…〃David Copperfield;〃 Chapter XIII。)



HOW many are the scenes he limned;

With artist strokes; clear…cut and free…

Our Dickens; time shall not efface

Their charm; and they will ever grace

The halls of memory。



Oft and again we turn to them;

To contemplate in pleased review;

And like some picture on the screen

Comes now to mind a favorite scene

His master…pencil drew:…



Upon a sofa; stretched in sleep;

I see a small lad; spent and worn;

And by the window; stern and grim;

A silent figure watching him;

So dusty; ragged; torn。



Ah; now she rises from behind

The round green fan beside her chair;

〃Poor fellow!〃 croons…and pity lends

Her voice new softness…and she bends

And brushes back his hair。



Then in his sleep he softly stirs。

Was that a dream; these murmured words?

He wakes! There by the casement sat

Miss Trotwood still; close by; her cat

And her canary birds。



The peaceful calm of that quaint room;

Its marks of comfort everywhere

Old china and mahogany

And blowing in; fresh from the sea;

The perfume…laden air。



Poor little pilgrim so bereft;

So weary at his journey's end!

What joy must then have filled his soul

To reach at last such happy goal…

To findoh; such a friend! 。 。 。



And then night came; and from his bed

He saw the sea; moonlit and bright;

And dreamed there came; to bless her son;

His mother; with her little one;

Adown that path of light。



Ah; greater blessing I'd not crave;

When my life's pilgrimage is o'er;

Than such repose; content; and love;

Some shining path that leads above

To dear ones gone before!



LOUELLA C。 POOLE





WITH WAVES AND WINGS



WAVES and Wings and Growing Things!

As through the gladden sight ye flow

And flit and glow;

Ye win me so

In soul to go;

I too am waves; I too am wings;

And kindred motion in me springs。



With thee I pass; glad growing grass!…

I climb the air with lissome mien;

Unsheathing keen

The vivid sheen

Of springing green;

I thrill the crude; exalt the crass

Fine…flex'd and fluent from Earth's mass。



And impulse craves with thee; Sea Waves!…

To make all mutable the floor

Of Earth's firm shore;

With flashing pour

Whose brimming o'er

Impassion'd motion loves and laves

And livens sombre slumbering caves。



Then soaring where the wild birds fare;

My song would sweep the windy lyre

Of Heaven's choir;

Pulsing desire

For starry fire;

Abashing chilling vagues of air

With throbbing of warm breasts that dare!



CHARLOTTE PORTER





BLUEBERRIES



UPON the hills of Garlingtown

Beneath the summer sky;

In many pleasant pastures

On sunny slopes and high;

Their skins abloom with dusty blue;

Asleep; the berries lie。



And all the lads of Garlingtown;


And all the lasses too;

Still climb the tranquil hillsides;

A merry; barefoot crew;

Still homeward plod with unfilled pails

And mouths of berry blue。



And all the birds of Garlingtown;

When flocking back to nest;

Remember well the patches

Where berries are the best;

They pick the ripest ones at dawn

And leave the lads the rest。



Upon the hills of Garlingtown

When berry…time was o'er;

I looked into the sunset;

And saw an open door;

And from the hills of Garlingtown

I went; and came no more。



FRANK PRENTICE RAND





NOCTURNE



NIGHT of infinite power and infinite silence and

space;

》From you may mortals infer; if ever; the scope

divine!

The jealous sun conceals all but his arrogant face;

You bid the Milky Way and a million suns to shine。



Each star to numberless planets gives light and

motion and heat;

But you enmantle them all; the nearest and most remote;

And the lustres of all the suns are but spangles

under your feet;…

Mere bubbles and beads of noon; they circle and

shine and float。



WILLIAM ROSCOE THAYER





ENVOI



I WALKED with poets in my youth;

Because the world they drew

Was beautiful and glorious

Beyond the world I knew。



The poets are my comrades still;

But dearer than in youth;

For now I know that they alone

Picture the world of truth。



WILLIAM ROSCOE THAYER





THERE WHERE THE SEA



THERE where the sea enwrapt

A strip of land and wind…swept dune;

Where nature was quiescent in the glimmering

Noonday sun of early June;

The Placid sea lay shimmering

In a mist of blue;

》From which the sky now drew

Its wealth of hu

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