Pæan 62
Eight Hours 65
Sleeping Beauty 68
Easter Morning 71
A Legend of St. Valentine 75
Frost-Bitten 79
A Song 81
Old Photographs 83
"_Le Dernier Jour d'un Condamné_" 85
Christmas Greens 88
Lake Mahopac--Saturday Night 91
Matinal Musings 95
A Romance of the Sawdust 99
Pyrotechnic Polyglot 105
Fishing 108
Nocturne 111
_Auto-da-Fé_ 113
An Afterthought 117
Reductio ad Absurdum 120
The Mothers of the Sirens 122
Per Aspera ad Astra 124
The Language of Love 126
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RETROSPECTION.
I'd wandered, for a week or more,
Through hills, and dells, and
doleful green'ry,
Lodging at any carnal door,
Sustaining life on pork,
and scenery.
A weary scribe, I'd just let slip
My collar, for a short
vacation,
And started on a walking trip,
That cheapest
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