Part 26
_Pear Tree_, 329
_Pear Tree, The_, 383
_Penury_, 100
_Pessimist and Optimist_, 10
_Peter Quince at the Clavier_, 266
_Petit, The Poet_, 121
_Phantasy of Heaven, A_, 282
PIPER, EDWIN FORD, 129-133
_Pitcher of Mignonette_, A, 68
_Pity Me Not_, 382
_Plain Language from Truthful James_, 19
_Plaint of the Camel, The_, 34
_Poet to His Love_, 369
_Portrait of a Boy_, 393
_Portrait of an Old Woman_, 274
POUND, EZRA, xxxviii, 300-305
_Prelude_, 358
_Preparedness_, 51
_Quickening_, 367
_Railway Train, The_, 6
REESE, LIZETTE WOODWORTH, 69-70
_Renascence_, 375
_Richard Cory_, 117
_Rich Man, The_, 238
RIDGE, LOLA, 262-265
_Robinson Crusoe’s Story_, 35
ROBINSON, E. A., xxxii, 109-119
ROBINSON, EDWIN MEADE, 234-237
_Roll a Rock Down_, 153
_Runaway, The_, 188
_Runner in the Skies, The_, 250
RUSSELL, IRWIN, xxvi, 55-60
RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB, xviii, xli, 38-41
SANDBURG, CARL, xxxv-xxxvii, 196-205
SARETT, LEW, xli
_Searchlights_, 391
_Sea-Scapes_, 214
SEEGER, ALAN, 352-354
_Seein’ Things_, 45
_Shake, Mulleary and Go-ethe_, 64
SHERMAN, FRANK D., 75-78
_Side Street, A_, 312
_Silence_, 123
SILL, EDWARD ROWLAND, xxv, 25-27
_Simon Legree_, 230
_Sinfonia Domestica_, 317
_Skaters, The_, 327
_Slave, The_, 250
_Smoke and Steel, From_, 199
_Snow_, 98
_Solitaire_, 165
_Solitude_, 26
_Son, The_, 173
_Song of Sunrise, A_, 63
_Song of the Chattahoochee_, 29
_Song of the Thrush, The_, 134
_Sonnet_, 275
_Spicewood_, 70
_Spring Night_, 295
_Station of the Metro, In a_, 305
_Stein Song, A_, 95
STERLING, GEORGE, 107-109
STEVENS, WALLACE, 266-269
_Street Lamps_, 282
_Summons_, 307
_Sunday Evening in the Common_, 338
_Sunrise_, 53
_Survival of the Fittest, The_, 195
_Suspense_, 5
_Swan, The_, 320
_Sweetgrass Range_, 132
_Swimmers_, 309
_Sycophantic Fox and the Gullible Raven, The_, 145
_Symbols_, 347
_Tasting the Earth_, 251
TAYLOR, BERT L., 101-102
_Tears_, 69
TEASDALE, SARA, xliii, 293-298
_They Went Forth to Battle but They Always Fell_, 344
THOMAS, EDITH M., 60-61
_Those Two Boys_, 239
_Three Sisters, The_, 275
TIETJENS, EUNICE, 289-293
_Tired_, 298
TORRENCE, RIDGELY, 171-173
_Trail-Makers, The_, 155
_Train-Mates_, 246
TRAUBEL, HORACE, 71-75
_Traveller, The_, 229
_Trees_, 341
_Triad_, 207
_Tuft of Flowers, The_, 178
_Turning of the Babies in the Bed, The_, 138
_Two Dyings, The_, 351
_Unmanifest Destiny_, 94
_Unrest_, 211
UNTERMEYER, JEAN STARR, 314, 319
UNTERMEYER, LOUIS, 305-313
_Vagabond Song, A_, 83
_Vain Gratuities_, 118
_Valley that God Forgot, The_, 151
_Victor, To the_, 194
_Virginal, A_, 303
_Voices_, 244
_Walker, From the_, 287
_War and Peace_, 238
_Warning, The_, 207
_Water_, 395
_Water Lilies_, 297
WATTLES, WILLARD, 354-356
_Wayfarer, The_, 128
WELLES, WINIFRED, 385-387
WHEELOCK, JOHN HALL, 337-340
_When I am Dead_, 241
“_When the Frost Is on the Punkin_,” 39
_While Loveliness Goes By_, 162
WHITMAN, WALT, xviii, xxi-xxiv, xliv, 71
_Whole Duty of Berkshire Brooks, The_, 208
WIDDEMER, MARGARET, 350-352
_Wild Ride, The_, 81
_Wild Swans_, 383
WILKINSON, MARGUERITE, 280
_Wind and Silver_, 170
_Wind in the Alleys_, 265
WOOD, C. E. S., 53-55
WOODBERRY, GEORGE E., 61-63
Footnote 1:
See _Modern British Poetry_, pages xi-xiii.
Footnote 2:
Permission to reprint this poem was granted by the Harr Wagner Publishing Co., San Francisco, California, publishers of Joaquin Miller’s Complete Poetical Works.
Footnote 3:
Permission to reprint this poem was granted by the Harr Wagner Publishing Co., San Francisco, California, publishers of Joaquin Miller’s Complete Poetical Works.
Footnote 4:
From _Poems of Sidney Lanier_. Copyright, 1884, 1891, 1916, by Mary D. Lanier; published by Charles Scribner’s Sons. By permission of the publishers.
Footnote 5:
From _Poems of Sidney Lanier_. Copyright, 1884, 1891, 1916, by Mary D. Lanier; published by Charles Scribner’s Sons. By permission of the publishers.
Footnote 6:
From _Poems of Sidney Lanier_. Copyright, 1884, 1891, 1916, by Mary D. Lanier; published by Charles Scribner’s Sons. By permission of the publishers.
Footnote 7:
From the Biographical Edition of the _Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley_. Copyright, 1913. Used by special permission of the publishers, The Bobbs-Merrill Company.
Footnote 8:
From the Biographical Edition of the _Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley_. Copyright, 1913. Used by special permission of the publishers, The Bobbs-Merrill Company.
Footnote 9:
Reprinted from _The Complete Works of Eugene Field_ by permission of Charles Scribner’s Sons, holders of the copyright.
Footnote 10:
Reprinted from _The Complete Works of Eugene Field_ by permission of Charles Scribner’s Sons, holders of the copyright.
Footnote 11:
Reprinted from _The Complete Works of Eugene Field_ by permission of Charles Scribner’s Sons, holders of the copyright.
Footnote 12:
Revised version, 1920. Copyright by Edwin Markham.
Footnote 13:
See pages 114, 123, 232, 245, 252, 323.
Footnote 14:
Reprinted, by permission, from _Poems_ by H. C. Bunner. Copyright, 1899, by Charles Scribner’s Sons.
Footnote 15:
Reprinted from _The Bashful Earthquake_ by Oliver Herford. Copyright, 1898, by Charles Scribner’s Sons.
Footnote 16:
Taken by permission from _The Vale of Tempe_ by Madison Cawein. Copyright, 1905, by E. P. Dutton and Co., New York.
Footnote 17:
Reprinted by permission of the publishers, Charles Scribner’s Sons, from _The Town down the River_ by E. A. Robinson.
Footnote 18:
Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company, from _The Man Against the Sky_ by E. A. Robinson.
Footnote 19:
See pages 51, 123, 232, 245, 252, 323.
Footnote 20:
Reprinted by permission of the publishers, Charles Scribner’s Sons, from _The Town down the River_ by E. A. Robinson.
Footnote 21:
Reprinted by permission of the publishers, Charles Scribner’s Sons, from _The Children of the Night_.
Footnote 22:
Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company, from _Spoon River Anthology_ by Edgar Lee Masters.
Footnote 23:
Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company, from _Spoon River Anthology_ by Edgar Lee Masters.
Footnote 24:
See pages 51, 114, 232, 245, 252, 323.
Footnote 25:
Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company, from _Spoon River Anthology_ by Edgar Lee Masters.
Footnote 26:
Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company, from _Songs and Satires_ by Edgar Lee Masters.
Footnote 27:
From _Lyrics of Love and Laughter_. Copyright, 1903, by Dodd, Mead & Company.
Footnote 28:
From _Lyrics of Lowly Life_. Copyright, 1896, by Dodd, Mead & Company.
Footnote 29:
From _Lyrics of Lowly Life._ Copyright, 1896, by Dodd, Mead & Company.
Footnote 30:
Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company, from _Pictures of the Floating World_ by Amy Lowell.
Footnote 31:
Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company, from _Sword Blades and Poppy Seed_ by Amy Lowell.
Footnote 32:
Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company, from _Pictures of the Floating World_ by Amy Lowell.
Footnote 33:
Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company, from _Pictures of the Floating World_ by Amy Lowell.
Footnote 34:
Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company, from _General William Booth Enters into Heaven and Other Poems_ by Vachel Lindsay.
Footnote 35:
Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company, from _The Congo and Other Poems_ by Vachel Lindsay.
Footnote 36:
See pages 51, 114, 123, 245, 252, 323.
Footnote 37:
Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company, from _The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems_ by Vachel Lindsay.
Footnote 38:
Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company, from _The Quest_ by John G. Neihardt.
Footnote 39:
Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company, from _The Quest_ by John G. Neihardt.
Footnote 40:
See pages 51, 114, 123, 232, 252, 323.
Footnote 41:
Reprinted by permission from _Grenstone Poems_ by Witter Bynner. Copyright, 1917, by Frederick A. Stokes Company.
Footnote 42:
Reprinted by permission from _Grenstone Poems_ by Witter Bynner. Copyright, 1917, by Frederick A. Stokes Company.
Footnote 43:
See pages 51, 114, 123, 232, 245, 323.
Footnote 44:
From _Sun and Saddle Leather_ by Badger Clark. Copyright, 1915. Richard G. Badger, Publisher.
Footnote 45:
From _Grass-Grown Trails_ by Badger Clark. Copyright, 1917. Richard G. Badger, Publisher.
Footnote 46:
Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company, from _Love Songs_ by Sara Teasdale.
Footnote 47:
Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company, from _Rivers to the Sea_ by Sara Teasdale.
Footnote 48:
Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company, from _Love Songs_ by Sara Teasdale.
Footnote 49:
Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company, from _Flame and Shadow_ by Sara Teasdale.
Footnote 50:
Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company, from _Flame and Shadow_ by Sara Teasdale.
Footnote 51:
Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company, from _Poems_ by Gladys Cromwell.
Footnote 52:
Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company, from _Poems_ by Gladys Cromwell.
Footnote 53:
See pages 51, 114, 123, 232, 245, 252.
Footnote 54:
From _Moons of Grandeur_ by William Rose Benét. Copyright, 1920, George H. Doran Company, Publishers.
Footnote 55:
From _Trees and Other Poems_ by Joyce Kilmer. Copyright, 1914, by George H. Doran Company, Publishers.
Footnote 56:
From _Trees and Other Poems_ by Joyce Kilmer. Copyright, 1914, by George H. Doran Company, Publishers.
Footnote 57:
Reprinted, by permission, from _Poetry: A Magazine of Verse_.
Footnote 58:
From _Poems_ by Alan Seeger. Copyright, 1916, by Charles Scribner’s Sons. By permission of the publishers.
Footnote 59:
Taken by permission from _Lanterns in Gethsemane_ by Willard Wattles. Copyright, 1918, by E. P. Dutton & Co., New York.
Footnote 60:
From _Hide and Seek_ by Christopher Morley. Copyright, 1920. George H. Doran Company, Publishers.
Footnote 61:
From _The Sonnet_. Copyright, 1918, by Mahlon Leonard Fisher.
Footnote 62:
Reprinted by permission of the Publishers, The Macmillan Company. From _Youth Riding_ by Mary Carolyn Davies.
Footnote 63:
Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company. From _Youth Riding_ by Mary Carolyn Davies.
Footnote 64:
From _Banners_ by Babette Deutsch. Copyright, 1919. George H. Doran Co., Publishers.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
1. P. 378–380, one of the poems (Renascence) was different in the two otherwise identical editions, so both sets of pages were included. See the second set below. 2. Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling. 3. Retained anachronistic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed. 4. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_. 5. Enclosed bold font in =equals=.
=Renascence= fragment mentioned above
And so beneath the weight lay I And suffered death, but could not die.
Deep in the earth I rested now; Cool is its hand upon the brow And soft its breast beneath the head Of one who is so gladly dead. And all at once, and over all, The pitying rain began to fall; O God, I cried, give me new birth, And put me back upon the earth! Upset each cloud’s gigantic gourd And let the heavy rain, down-poured In one big torrent, set me free, Washing my grave away from me!
I ceased; and, through the breathless hush That answered me, the far-off rush Of herald wings came whispering Like music down the vibrant string Of my ascending prayer, and—crash! Before the wild wind’s whistling lash The startled storm-clouds reared on high And plunged in terror down the sky, And the big rain in one black wave Fell from the sky and struck my grave.
I know not how such things can be I only know there came to me A fragrance such as never clings To aught save happy living things; A sound as of some joyous elf Singing sweet songs to please himself, And, through and over everything, A sense of glad awakening. The grass, a tip-toe at my ear, Whispering to me I could hear; I felt the rain’s cool finger-tips Brushed tenderly across my lips, Laid gently on my sealèd sight, And all at once the heavy night Fell from my eyes and I could see,— I lay and heard each pattering hoof Upon my lowly, thatchèd roof, And seemed to love the sound far more Than ever I had done before. For rain it hath a friendly sound To one who’s six feet underground; And scarce the friendly voice or face: A grave is such a quiet place.
The rain, I said, is kind to come And speak to me in my new home. I would I were alive again To kiss the fingers of the rain, To drink into my eyes the shine Of every slanting silver line, To catch the freshened, fragrant breeze From drenched and dripping apple-trees. For soon the shower will be done, And then the broad face of the sun Will laugh above the rain-soaked earth Until the world with answering mirth Shakes joyously, and each round drop Rolls, twinkling, from its grass-blade top. How can I bear it; buried here, While overhead the sky grows clear And blue again after the storm? O, multi-colored, multiform, Beloved beauty over me, That I shall never, never see Again! Spring-silver, autumn-gold, That I shall never more behold! Sleeping your myriad magics through, Close-sepulchred away from you! A drenched and dripping apple-tree, A last long line of silver rain, A sky grown clear and blue again. And as I looked a quickening gust Of wind blew up to me and thrust Into my face a miracle Of orchard-breath, and with the smell,— I know not how such things can be!— I breathed my soul back into me. Ah! Up then from the ground sprang I And hailed the earth with such a cry As is not heard save from a man Who has been dead, and lives again. About the trees my arms I wound; Like one gone mad I hugged the ground;
End of Project Gutenberg's Modern American Poetry, by Louis Untermeyer