111
Marsh Tackies 112
Back River 114
Dusk 117
Prose Notes and Bibliography
On the Chimes 121
On the Pirates 122
On the Sewee Indians 124
On La Fayette 125
On Theodosia Burr 126
On "The Last Crew" 127
On Edgar Allan Poe 128
On "Marsh Tackies" 130
Bibliography 131
CAROLINA CHANSONS
LEGENDS OF THE LOW COUNTRY
SéANCE AT SUNRISE
Place the new hands?In the old hands?Of the old generation,?And let us tilt tables?In the high room?Of our imagination.
Let the thick veil glow thin,?At sunrise--at sunrise--?Let the strange eyes peer in,?The red, the black, and the white faces?Of the still living dead?Of the three races.
Let a quaint voice begin:
Voice of an Indian?"Gone from the land,?We leave the music of our names,?As pleasant as the sound of waters;?Gone
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