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The Second Book of Modern Verse

by Jessie B. Rittenhouse

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  1. 1Foreword
  2. 2Epigraph
  3. 3The Road Not Taken. [Robert Frost]
  4. 4Symbol. [David Morton]
  5. 5Spring. [John Gould Fletcher]
  6. 6Spring Song. [William Griffith]
  7. 7The Day Before April. [Mary Carolyn Davies]
  8. 8Berkshires in April. [Clement Wood]
  9. 9In Excelsis. [Thomas S. Jones, Jr.]
  10. 10Blue Squills. [Sara Teasdale]
  11. 11Earth. [John Hall Wheelock]
  12. 12Trees. [Joyce Kilmer]
  13. 13Idealists. [Alfred Kreymborg]
  14. 14Blind. [Harry Kemp]
  15. 15Yellow Warblers. [Katharine Lee Bates]
  16. 16April — North Carolina. [Harriet Monroe]
  17. 17Path Flower. [Olive Tilford Dargan]
  18. 18Little Things. [Orrick Johns]
  19. 19New Dreams for Old. [Cale Young Rice]
  20. 20Invocation. [Clara Shanafelt]
  21. 21Dream. [Anna Hempstead Branch]
  22. 22Four Sonnets. [Thomas S. Jones, Jr.]
  23. 23II — The Last Spring
  24. 24III — The Garden
  25. 25Chanson of the Bells of Oseney. [Cale Young Rice]
  26. 26Poets. [Joyce Kilmer]
  27. 27Acceptance. [Willard Wattles]
  28. 28In the Hospital. [Arthur Guiterman]
  29. 29Overnight, a Rose. [Caroline Giltinan]
  30. 30The Idol-Maker Prays. [Arthur Guiterman]
  31. 31Reveille. [Louis Untermeyer]
  32. 32The Breaking. [Margaret Steele Anderson]
  33. 33The Falconer of God. [William Rose Benet]
  34. 34Dilemma. [Orrick Johns]
  35. 35To a Portrait of Whistler in the Brooklyn Art Museum. [Eleanor Roge…
  36. 36Flammonde. [Edwin Arlington Robinson]
  37. 37The Chinese Nightingale. [Vachel Lindsay]
  38. 38Love Songs. [Sara Teasdale]
  39. 39Message
  40. 40Moods
  41. 41Night Song at Amalfi
  42. 42Song
  43. 43Love Is a Terrible Thing. [Grace Fallow Norton]
  44. 44Valley Song. [Carl Sandburg]
  45. 45Spring in Carmel. [George Sterling]
  46. 46Music I Heard. [Conrad Aiken]
  47. 47Dusk at Sea. [Thomas S. Jones, Jr.]
  48. 48Old Ships. [David Morton]
  49. 49The Wanderer. [Zoe Akins]
  50. 50Harbury. [Louise Driscoll]
  51. 51A Lynmouth Widow. [Amelia Josephine Burr]
  52. 52City Roofs. [Charles Hanson Towne]
  53. 53Eye-Witness. [Ridgely Torrence]
  54. 54God’s Acre. [Witter Bynner]
  55. 55General William Booth Enters Into Heaven. [Vachel Lindsay] — I
  56. 56Compensation. [William Ellery Leonard]
  57. 57A Girl’s Songs. [Mary Carolyn Davies]
  58. 58Vintage
  59. 59The Kiss
  60. 60Free
  61. 61The Enchanted Sheepfold. [Josephine Preston Peabody]
  62. 62Where Love Is. [Amelia Josephine Burr]
  63. 63Interlude. [Scudder Middleton]
  64. 64The Lover Envies an Old Man. [Shaemas o Sheel]
  65. 65The Flower of Mending. [Vachel Lindsay]
  66. 66Venus Transiens. [Amy Lowell]
  67. 67The Dream of Aengus Og. [Eleanor Rogers Cox]
  68. 68You. [Ruth Guthrie Harding]
  69. 69Choice. [Angela Morgan]
  70. 70Song. [Margaret Steele Anderson]
  71. 71Romance. [Scudder Middleton]
  72. 72Good-Bye. [Norreys Jephson O’Conor]
  73. 73Beyond Rathkelly. [Francis Carlin]
  74. 74A Song of Two Wanderers. [Marguerite Wilkinson]
  75. 75In the Mushroom Meadows. [Thomas Walsh]
  76. 76The Path That Leads to Nowhere. [Corinne Roosevelt Robinson]
  77. 77Days. [Karle Wilson Baker]
  78. 78Ellis Park. [Helen Hoyt]
  79. 79A Note From the Pipes. [Leonora Speyer]
  80. 80Afternoon on a Hill. [Edna St. Vincent Millay]
  81. 81Open Windows. [Sara Teasdale]
  82. 82Old Amaze. [Mahlon Leonard Fisher]
  83. 83Voyage a l’Infini. [Walter Conrad Arensberg]
  84. 84After Sunset. [Grace Hazard Conkling]
  85. 85Morning Song of Senlin. [Conrad Aiken]
  86. 86Good Company. [Karle Wilson Baker]
  87. 87Birches. [Robert Frost]
  88. 88Fifty Years Spent. [Maxwell Struthers Burt]
  89. 89The City. [Charles Hanson Towne]
  90. 90The Most-Sacred Mountain. [Eunice Tietjens]
  91. 91The Chant of the Colorado. [Cale Young Rice]
  92. 92The Water Ouzel. [Harriet Monroe]
  93. 93Old Manuscript. [Alfred Kreymborg]
  94. 94The Runner in the Skies. [James Oppenheim]
  95. 95Evening Song of Senlin. [Conrad Aiken]
  96. 96A Thrush in the Moonlight. [Witter Bynner]
  97. 97Orchard. [H. D.]
  98. 98Heat. [H. D.]
  99. 99Madonna of the Evening Flowers. [Amy Lowell]
  100. 100The New God. [James Oppenheim]
  101. 101Patterns. [Amy Lowell]
  102. 102Richard Cory. [Edwin Arlington Robinson]
  103. 103Of One Self-Slain. [Charles Hanson Towne]
  104. 104The Silent Folk. [Charles Wharton Stork]
  105. 105Convention. [Agnes Lee]
  106. 106Mad Blake. [William Rose Benet]
  107. 107The Name. [Anna Hempstead Branch]
  108. 108Songs of an Empty House. [Marguerite Wilkinson]
  109. 109The End
  110. 110The Hill Wife. [Robert Frost]
  111. 111House Fear
  112. 112The Oft-Repeated Dream
  113. 113The Impulse
  114. 114A Love Song. [Theodosia Garrison]
  115. 115Envoi. [Josephine Preston Peabody]
  116. 116Our Little House. [Thomas Walsh]
  117. 117The Homeland. [Dana Burnet]
  118. 118Cradle Song. [Josephine Preston Peabody]
  119. 119Slumber Song. [Louis V. Ledoux]
  120. 120Ballad of a Child. [John G. Neihardt]
  121. 121Ambition. [Aline Kilmer]
  122. 122The Gift. [Louis V. Ledoux]
  123. 123The Ancient Beautiful Things. [Fannie Stearns Davis]
  124. 124Mater Dolorosa. [Louis V. Ledoux]
  125. 125Prevision. [Aline Kilmer]
  126. 126How Much of Godhood. [Louis Untermeyer]
  127. 127The First Food. [George Sterling]
  128. 128I — The Monk in the Kitchen. [Anna Hempstead Branch]
  129. 129A Saint’s Hours. [Sarah N. Cleghorn]
  130. 130A Lady. [Amy Lowell]
  131. 131The Child in Me. [May Riley Smith]
  132. 132The Son. [Ridgely Torrence]
  133. 133Muy Vieja Mexicana. [Alice Corbin]
  134. 134Hrolf’s Thrall, His Song. [Willard Wattles]
  135. 135The Interpreter. [Orrick Johns]
  136. 136Old King Cole. [Edwin Arlington Robinson]
  137. 137Spoon River Anthology. [Edgar Lee Masters]
  138. 138Harmon Whitney
  139. 139Thomas Trevelyan
  140. 140Alexander Throckmorton
  141. 141Rutherford McDowell
  142. 142William H. Herndon
  143. 143Anne Rutledge
  144. 144I — Lincoln. [John Gould Fletcher]
  145. 145Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight. [Vachel Lindsay]
  146. 146Prayer During Battle. [Hermann Hagedorn]
  147. 147Prayer of a Soldier in France. [Joyce Kilmer]
  148. 148The White Comrade. [Robert Haven Schauffler]
  149. 149Smith, of the Third Oregon, Dies. [Mary Carolyn Davies]
  150. 150Song. [Edward J. O’Brien]
  151. 151Lonely Burial. [Stephen Vincent Benet]
  152. 152I Have a Rendezvous With Death. [Alan Seeger]
  153. 153Rouge Bouquet. [Joyce Kilmer]
  154. 154Francis Ledwidge. [Grace Hazard Conkling]
  155. 155April on the Battlefields. [Leonora Speyer]
  156. 156Earth’s Easter. [Robert Haven Schauffler]
  157. 157The Fields. [Witter Bynner]
  158. 158In Spite of War. [Angela Morgan]
  159. 159Wide Haven. [Clement Wood]
  160. 160To Any One. [Witter Bynner]
  161. 161Peace. [Agnes Lee]
  162. 162The Kings Are Passing Deathward. [David Morton]
  163. 163Jerico. [Willard Wattles]
  164. 164Students. [Florence Wilkinson]
  165. 165Tampico. [Grace Hazard Conkling]
  166. 166Which. [Corinne Roosevelt Robinson]
  167. 167Apology. [Amy Lowell]
  168. 168The Great Hunt. [Carl Sandburg]
  169. 169Dialogue. [Walter Conrad Arensberg]
  170. 170Song. [Margaret Widdemer]
  171. 171The Bitter Herb. [Jeanne Robert Foster]
  172. 172Behind the House Is the Millet Plot. [Muna Lee]
  173. 173Men of Harlan. [William Aspinwall Bradley]
  174. 174Have You an Eye. [Edwin Ford Piper]
  175. 175After Apple-Picking. [Robert Frost]
  176. 176Autumn. [Jean Starr Untermeyer]
  177. 177Autumn Movement. [Carl Sandburg]
  178. 178God’s World. [Edna St. Vincent Millay]
  179. 179Overtones. [William Alexander Percy]
  180. 180When the Year Grows Old. [Edna St. Vincent Millay]
  181. 181In the Monastery. [Norreys Jephson O’Conor]
  182. 182The Narrow Doors. [Fannie Stearns Davis]
  183. 183Doors. [Hermann Hagedorn]
  184. 184Where Love Once Was. [James Oppenheim]
  185. 185Irish Love Song. [Margaret Widdemer]
  186. 186Nirvana. [John Hall Wheelock]
  187. 187A Nun. [Odell Shepard]
  188. 188Silence. [Edgar Lee Masters]
  189. 189The Dark Cavalier. [Margaret Widdemer]
  190. 190Indian Summer. [William Ellery Leonard]
  191. 191Death — Divination. [Charles Wharton Stork]
  192. 192The Mould. [Gladys Cromwell]
  193. 193In Patris Mei Memoriam. [John Myers O’Hara]
  194. 194Afterwards. [Mahlon Leonard Fisher]
  195. 195Pierrette in Memory. [William Griffith]
  196. 196The Three Sisters. [Arthur Davison Ficke]
  197. 197Song. [Adelaide Crapsey]
  198. 198The Unknown Beloved. [John Hall Wheelock]
  199. 199Cinquains. [Adelaide Crapsey] · Night Winds · The Warning — The Lon…
  200. 200Exile From God. [John Hall Wheelock]
  201. 201Loam. [Carl Sandburg]
  202. 202Hills of Home. [Witter Bynner]
  203. 203The Last Piper. [Edward J. O’Brien]
  204. 204The Provinces. [Francis Carlin]
  205. 205Omnium Exeunt in Mysterium. [George Sterling]
  206. 206Moth-Terror. [Benjamin de Casseres]
  207. 207Old Age. [Cale Young Rice]
  208. 208Atropos. [John Myers O’Hara]
  209. 209Biographical Notes

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