Peabody’s foreword of 1911 links these poems by one thought: that no human joy is untouched by those who pay the heavier cost of life. The book opens with an ode on the portion of labour and the title poem of a singer crushed by toil, and moves through trees, a foundling, golden shoes, noon at Paestum and a prophet’s voice.
Socially awakened lyric poetry of the Progressive era, by a poet who deserves to be better known. Download the free EPUB.