Chapter 2

MADRIGAL, A 287 MARE RUBRUM 110 MASTER-PLAYER THE 17 MASTERS, THE 258 MEADOW LARK, THE 71 MELANCHOLIA 54 MEMORY OF MARTHA, THE 194 MERRY AUTUMN 56 MISTY DAY, A 207 MISAPPREHENSION 117 MONK'S WALK, THE 209 MORNING 252 MORNING SONG OF LOVE 202 MORTALITY 103 MY CORN-COB PIPE 129 MY LADY OF CASTLE GRAND 180 MY LITTLE MARCH GIRL 120 MY SORT O' MAN 140 MY SWEET BROWN GAL 176 MYSTERY, THE 17 MYSTIC SEA, THE 91 MURDERED LOVER, THE 211 MUSICAL, A 253

NATURE AND ART 52 NEGRO LOVE SONG, A 49 NEWS, THE 136 NIGHT 263 NIGHT, DIM NIGHT 227 NIGHT OF LOVE 46 NODDIN' BY DE FIRE 201 NOON 226 NORA: A SERENADE 62 NOT THEY WHO SOAR 18 NUTTING SONG 282

OCTOBER 63 ODE FOR MEMORIAL DAY 22 ODE TO ETHIOPIA 15 OLD APPLE-TREE, THE 10 OLD CABIN, THE 260 OLD FRONT GATE, THE 199 OLD HOMESTEAD, THE 283 OLD MEMORY, AN 284 OL' TUNES, THE 53 ON A CLEAN BOOK 203 ON THE DEATH OF W. C. 284 ON THE DEDICATION OF DOROTHY HALL 214 ON THE RIVER 285 ON THE ROAD 142 ON THE SEA WALL 115 ONE LIFE 72 OPPORTUNITY 242 OVER THE HILLS 90

PARADOX, THE 89 PARTED 240 PARTED 145 PARTY, THE 83 PASSION AND LOVE 11 PATH, THE 21 PHANTOM KISS, THE 109 PHILOSOPHY 212 PHOTOGRAPH, THE 144 PHYLLIS 74 PLACE WHERE THE RAINBOW ENDS, THE 246 PLANTATION CHILD'S LULLABY, THE 241 PLANTATION PORTRAIT, A 173 PLANTATION MELODY, A 193 PLEA, A 167 POET AND HIS SONG, THE 4 POET AND THE BABY, THE 114 POET, THE 191 POOL, THE 198 POOR WITHERED ROSE 286 POSSESSION 198 POSSUM 141 POSSUM TROT 147 PRAYER, A 14 PRECEDENT 106 PREFERENCE A 213 PREMONITION 23 PREPARATION 67 PROMETHEUS 117 PROMISE 12 PROTEST 133 PUTTIN' THE BABY AWAY 243

QUILTING, THE 240

RAIN-SONGS 270 REAL QUESTION, THE 135 RELIGION 38 RELUCTANCE 203 REMEMBERED 121 RESIGNATION 106 RESPONSE 175 RETORT 5 RETROSPECTION 24 RIDING TO TOWN 70 RIGHT TO DIE, THE 94 RIGHT'S SECURITY 75 RISING OF THE STORM, THE 8 RIVALS, THE 27 RIVER OF RUIN, THE 265 ROADWAY, A 214 ROBERT GOULD SHAW 221 ROSES 221 ROSES AND PEARLS 270

SAILOR'S SONG, A 92 SAND-MAN, THE 235 SCAMP 239 SECRET, THE 68 SEEDLING, THE 12 SHE GAVE ME A ROSE 103 SHE TOLD HER BEADS 106 SHIPS THAT PASS IN THE NIGHT 64 SIGNS OF THE TIMES 77 SILENCE 186 SLOW THROUGH THE DARK 211 SNOWIN' 168 SOLILOQUY OF A TURKEY 171 SONG 13 SONG 178 SONG, A 248 SONG, A 271 SONG OF SUMMER 26 SONG, THE 76 SONNET 115 SPARROW, THE 78 SPEAKIN' AT DE' COU'THOUSE 205 SPEAKIN' O' CHRISTMAS 78 SPELLIN'-BEE, THE 42 SPIRITUAL, A 194 SPRING FEVER 176 SPRING SONG 26 SPRING WOOING, A 164 STARRY NIGHT, A 288 SUMMER NIGHT, A 262 STIRRUP CUP, THE 125 SUMMER PASTORAL, A 279 SUMMER'S NIGHT, A 64 SUM, THE 114 SUNSET 9 SUPPOSE 258 SYMPATHY 102

TEMPTATION 146 THANKSGIVING POEM, A 281 THEN AND NOW 129 THEOLOGY 106 THOU ART MY LUTE 109 TILL THE WIND GETS RIGHT 262 TIME TO TINKER 'ROUN'! 135 TO A CAPTIOUS CRITIC 189 TO A LADY PLAYING THE HARP 116 TO A DEAD FRIEND 216 TO A VIOLET FOUND ON ALL SAINTS' DAY 179 TO AN INGRATE 223 TO DAN 248 TO E. H. K. 97 TO HER 266 TO J. Q. 238 TO LOUISE 26 TO PFRIMMER 277 TO THE EASTERN SHORE 202 TO THE MEMORY OF MARY YOUNG 81 TO THE MIAMI 277 TO THE ROAD 163 TO THE SOUTH 216 TROUBLE IN DE KITCHEN 268 TRYST, THE 166 TURNING OF THE BABIES IN THE BED, THE 170 'TWELL DE NIGHT IS PAS' 253 TWILIGHT 241 TWO LITTLE BOOTS 163 TWO SONGS 19

UNEXPRESSED 25 UNLUCKY APPLE, THE 251 UNSUNG HEROES, THE 196

VAGRANTS 119 VALSE, THE 175 VENGEANCE IS SWEET 98 VETERAN, THE 256 VOICE OF THE BANJO, THE 124 VISITOR, THE 177

WADING' IN DE CREEK 239 WAITING 100 WARM DAY IN WINTER, A 168 WE WEAR THE MASK 71 WARRIOR'S PRAYER, THE 123 WELTSCHMERTZ 220 W'EN I GITS HOME 195 WHAT'S THE USE 249 WHEN A FELLER'S ITCHIN' TO BE SPANKED 264 WHEN ALL IS DONE 113 WHEN DE CO'N PONE'S HOT 57 WHEN DEY 'LISTED COLORED SOLDIERS 182 WHEN MALINDY SINGS 82 WHEN SAM'L SINGS 208 WHEN THE OLD MAN SMOKES 95 WHEN WINTER DARKENING ALL AROUND 275 WHIP-POOR-WILL AND KATY-DID 186 WHISTLING SAM 156 WHITTIER 18 WHY FADES A DREAM? 77 WIND AND THE SEA, THE 69 WINTER-SONG 236 WINTER'S APPROACH 256 WINTER'S DAY, A 120 WITH THE LARK 90 WOOING, THE 55 WORN OUT 286 WRAITH, THE 186

YESTERDAY AND TO-MORROW 257

INDEX OF FIRST LINES

A bee that was searching for sweets one day 19 A blue-bell springs upon the ledge 26 A cloud fell down from the heavens 288 A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in 8 A hush is over all the teeming lists 6 A knock is at her door, but she is weak 73 A life was mine full of the close concern 103 A lilt and a swing 226 A little bird with plumage brown 78 A little dreaming by the way 114 A lover whom duty called over the wave 29 A maiden wept and, as a comforter 11 A man of low degree was sore oppressed 111 A song for the unsung heroes who rose in the country's need 196 A song is but a little thing 4 A youth went farming up and down 55 Across the hills and down the narrow ways 120 Adown the west a golden glow 263 Ah, Douglass, we have fall'n on evil days 208 Ah, I have changed, I do not know 270 Ah, love, my love is like a cry in the night 222 Ah me, it is cold and chill 186 Ah, Nora, my Nora, the light fades away 62 Ah, yes, 't is sweet still to remember 31 Ah, yes, the chapter ends to-day 101 Ain't it nice to have a mammy 239 Ain't nobody tol' you not a wo'd a-tall 181 Air a-gittin' cool an' coolah 77 All de night long twell de moon goes down 253 All hot and grimy from the road 224 Along by the river of ruin 265 An angel robed in spotless white 65 An old man planted and dug and tended 60 An old, worn harp that had been played 17 As a quiet little seedling 12 As in some dim baronial hall restrained 94 As lone I sat one summer's day 122 As some rapt gazer on the lowly earth 106 Ashes to ashes, dust unto dust 103 At the golden gate of song 179 Aye, lay him in his grave, the old dead year! 105

Back to the breast of thy mother 113 Because I had loved so deeply 256 Because you love me I have much achieved 238 Bedtime's come fu' little boys 144 Belated wanderer of the ways of spring 179 Beyond the years the answer lies 41 Bird of my lady's bower 19 Bones a-gittin' achy 153 Break me my bounds, and let me fly 285 Breezes blowin' middlin' brisk 78 Bring me the livery of no other man 92 By Mystic's banks I held my dream 204 By rugged ways and thro' the night 215 By the pool that I see in my dreams, dear love 198 By the stream I dream in calm delight, and watch as in a glass 50

Caught Susanner whistlin'; well 149 Come away to dreamin' town 254 Come, drink a stirrup cup with me 125 Come, essay a sprightly measure 97 Come on walkin' wid me, Lucy; 't ain't no time to mope erroun' 164 Come to the pane, draw the curtain apart 120 Come when the nights are bright with stars 61 Cool is the wind, for the summer is waning 163 Cover him over with daisies white 258

Daih's a moughty soothin' feelin' 187 Darling, my darling, my heart is on the wing 202 Days git wa'm an' wa'mah 239 De axes has been ringin' in de woods de blessid day 143 De breeze is blowin' 'cross de bay 145 De 'cession's stahted on de gospel way 194 De da'kest hour, dey allus say 165 De dog go howlin' 'long de road 247 De night creep down erlong de lan' 166 De ol' time's gone, de new time's hyeah 192 De sun hit shine an' de win' hit blow 256 De times is mighty stirrin' 'mong de people up ouah way 158 De trees is bendin' in de sto'm 193 De way t'ings come, hit seems to me 225 De win' is blowin' wahmah 236 De win' is hollahin' "Daih you" to de shuttahs an' de fiah 174 Dear critic, who my lightness so deplores 189 Dear heart, good-night! 23 Dear Miss Lucy: I been t'inkin' dat I'd write you long fo' dis 151 Deep in my heart that aches with the repression 25 Dey been speakin' at de cou't-house 205 Dey had a gread big pahty down to Tom's de othah night 83 Dey is snow upon the meddahs 168 Dey is times in life when Nature 57 Dey was oncet a awful quoil 'twixt de skillet an' de pot 268 Dey was talkin' in de cabin, dey was talkin' in de hall 182 Dey's a so't o' threatenin' feelin' in de blowin' of de breeze 171 Dinah stan' befo' de glass 206 Dis is gospel weathah sho'-- 26 Do' a-stan'in' on a jar, fiah a-shinin' thoo 196 Dolly sits a-quilting by her mother, stitch by stitch 240 Done are the toils and the wearisome marches 22 Dream days of fond delight and hours 287 Dream on, for dreams are sweet 100 Driftwood gathered here and there 277 Duck come switchin' 'cross de lot 275

Ef dey's anyt'ing dat riles me 141 Ef you's only got de powah fe' to blow a little whistle 250 Eight of 'em hyeah all tol' an' yet 243 Emblem of blasted hope and lost desire 115 Ere sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes 3

Folks ain't got no right to censuah othah folks about dey habits 5 Folks is talkin' 'bout de money, 'bout de silvah an' de gold 135 Four hundred years ago a tangled waste 47 Fu' de peace o' my eachin' heels, set down 222

God has his plans, and what if we 81 "Good-bye," I said to my conscience 31 Goo'-by, Jinks, I got to hump 64 Good hunting!--aye, good hunting 237 Good-night, my love, for I have dreamed of thee 93 Granny's gone a-visitin' 242 Grass commence a-comin' 176 Gray are the pages of record 205 Gray is the palace where she dwells 180 G'way an' quit dat noise, Miss Lucy 82

Hain't you see my Mandy Lou 173 He had his dream, and all through life 61 He loved her, and through many years 129 He sang of life serenely sweet 191 He scribbles some in prose and verse 49 Heart of my heart, the day is chill 207 Heart of the Southland, heed me pleading now 216 Heel and toe, heel and toe 170 Hello, ole man, you're a-gittin' gray 80 Hit's been drizzlin' an' been sprinklin' 180 Home agin, an' home to stay 259 How shall I woo thee to win thee, mine own? 289 How sweet the music sounded 284 How's a man to write a sonnet, can you tell 114 Hurt was the nation with a mighty wound 184 Hyeah come Cæsar Higgins 145 Hyeah dat singin' in de medders 208