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A barefoot boy! I mark him at his play......... IV      915

A Child-World, yet a wondrous world no less VII   1711

A corpulent man is my bachelor chum..........          II       473

*A daring prince, of the realm Rangg Dhune VIII 2085
A dark, tempestuous night; the stars shut

in..........................................................           I       52

A day of torpor in the sullen heat.................           I       134

A deep, delicious hush in earth and sky.......         IV       1030

A face of youth mature; a mouth of tender. VII    1854

A fantasy that came to me............................           I       26o

A goddess, with a siren's grace....................           I       168

A good man never dies.......................... VIII    1991

" A homely little woman with big hands ".    II      552

A King—estranged from his loving Queen      I        65

A languid atmosphere, a lazy breeze..............           I       so

A little boy once played so loud.............. VIII    2050

A Little Dog-Woggy.....................................         VI         1654

*A little maid, of summers four................ VIII    2093

A lover said, " 0 Maiden, love me well ".........           I       42
A man by the name of Bolus—(all 'at we'll

ever know...............................................          V       1298

A misty memory—faint, far away............. VII     1934

A modest singer, with meek soul and heart VII      1936

A monument for the Soldiers.......................         IV         1002

A' old Tramp slep' in our stable wunst..........         VI         1425

*A palace veiled in a glimmering dusk                     II       341
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A passel o' the boys last night...................... ........ II       448

A peaceful life;—just toil and rest................. ........ IV       1055

A poor man? Yes, I must confess.................. ........ IV       950

A quite convincing axiom............................ .......... I       73

A something quiet and subdued.................... ...... III       726

A song of Long Ago................................. IV...... 88o

A strange life—strangely passed................... .......... I       166
A thing 'at's 'bout as tryin' as a healthy man

kin meet................................................. ......... V       1256
A thoughtful brow and face—of sallow

hue........................................................ ...... III       813

A troth, and a grief, and a blessing............... ........ IV       1046

A was an elegant Ape................................. ........ IV       1012

*A wee little worm in a hickory-nut......... VIII..... 2084

A woman's figure, on a ground of night .   III      658

A word of Godspeed and good cheer............. ........ VI       1466

Abe Martin!—dad-burn his old picture. . .  VIII    2189

*1E0! _'So! 1E0!............................................. ........ II       368

After a thoughtful, almost painful pause. .  VII     1920

After the frost! 0 the rose is dead................. ...... III       766

Ah! at last alone, love................................. ...... III       657

Ah, friend of mine, how goes it.................... .......... I       62

*Ah, help me! but her face and brow..........................        329

Ah, luxury! Beyond the heat........................ ...... III       811
Ah! this delights me more than words could

tell......................................................... ........ II       529

Ah, what a long and loitering way.......... VIII.... 2192

All 'at I ever want to be......................... VIII.... 2026

All day the sun and rain have been as friends III  687

All hope of rest withdrawn me..................... ........ VI       1579

All listlessly we float.................................. ........ II       512

All my feelin's in the Spring........................ ........ IV       977
*All seemed delighted, though the elders

more.................................................. VII.... 1781

All sudden she hath ceased to sing.............. ........ VI       1684

*All were quite gracious in their plaudits of  VII    1796

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Allus when our Pa he's away................. VIII..... 2142
Alone they walked—their fingers knit to‑

gether.................................................... ......... II        413

Always I see her in a saintly guise................ ........ VI        1616

Always suddenly they are gone..................... ......... V        1246

An afternoon as ripe with heat..................... ........ II        586

An alien wind that blew and blew............................ ....... 462
An empty glove—long withering in the

grasp..................................................... ....... III        743

An hour ago the lulling twilight leant........... ......... V        1214
An old sweetheart of mine!—Is this her

presence here with me............................ .......... I        90
And did you know our old friend Death is

dead...................................................... ........ II        447

And 0 shall one—high brother of the air........ .......... I        324
And there, in that ripe Summer night, once

more................................................. VII..... 1833

And this is the way the baby woke................ ........ IV        898
And where's the Land of Used-to-be, does

little baby wonder.................................... ....... III        748

And who hath known her—like as I............. ......... II        299

And you're the poet of this concern............... .......... I        191

Armazindy;—fambily name........................... ........ VI        1618

As a harvester, at dusk................................ ........ VI        1569

As a rosebud might, in dreams..................... ......... V        1192

As I sat smoking, alone, yesterday................ .......... I        23

As it's give' me to perceive............................ ........ VI        1507

" As love of native land," the old man said VII     1951

As one in sorrow looks upon................................... ....... 691

As tangible a form in History........................ ........ IX        2270
As the little white hearse went glimmering

by.......................................................... ........ IV          890

As though a gipsy maiden with dim look....... .......... I        143

As when in dreams we sometimes hear......... ......... II        423

At Billy Miller's Circus-Show                               VIII....... 2128

At first I laughed—for it was quite.................. ....... III        665

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At Noey's house—when they arrived with

him................................................... VII     1746

Awake, he loved their voices........................         IV       879

Awf'lest boy in this-here town................ VIII    2041

*Ay, Dwainie!—My Dwainie..........................         II       327

Ay, thou varlet! Laugh away.........................         IV       994

*Babe she's so always............................. VIII     2104

Baby's dying...............................................         III         742

Back from a two-years' sentence...................          V       1260
Bard of our Western world!—its prairies

wide.......................................................         VI       1629

Barefooted boys scud up the street................         IV       943

Be-gorrie, aI wor sorry.................................         IX       2267

Be it life, be it death, there is nearing...........        III       635

Be our fortunes as they may.........................        III       710
Bear with us, 0 Great Captain, if our

pride................................................. VII    1944

Because her eyes were far too deep...............           I       254

Behine de hen-house, on my knees......... VII    1957

Behold, one faith endureth still...................         VI       1451

Being his mother,—when he goes away. .   VI    1543

Below, cool grasses: over us.........................         IV       933

Best, I guess..............................................         VI       1669

Beyond the purple, hazy trees......................        III       584

Bleak January! Cold as fate.................... VIII    2207

Blossoms crimson, white, or blue.................         IV       993

Bound and bordered in green-leaf..................... 2039

VIII

Bowed, midst a universal grief that makes VIII    1999

Breath of Morning—breath of May..................... 2191

VIII

Bud, come here to your uncle a spell.............          V       1280

Burns sang of bonny Lesley.................... VII    1928

But yesterday I looked away.........................         III       618

But yesterday! 0 blooms of May................ VII    1931

*Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz..................................         II       363

By her white bed I muse a little space...........         VI       1546

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" Cassander! 0 Cassander! "—her mother's voice seems cle'r

705 Cat-like he creeps along where ways are dim     VII        I

771

'Cause Herbert Graham's a' only child........... ....... VI        1602

Chant me a rhyme of Christmas............. III..... 685

Children—take 'em as they run.............. VIII... 2236

^l'Crestillomeem! Crestillomeem..................... ....... II        311

Christ used to be like you and me.......... VIII.... 2167

⁼Chuck's allus had de Hoodoos bad......... VIII..... 2204

Clarence, my boy-friend, hale and strong...... ....... IV        1035

Close the book and dim the light................. ....... VI        1566

Close the book, and leave the tale................ ...... III        714

Clouds above, as white as wool.................... ....... IV        953

'Come! come! come................................. VII..... 1784
Come listen, good people, while a story I

do tell.................................................... ....... II        386

Come, sing a hale Heigh-ho................... VII.... 1921

Coming, clean from the Maryland-end.. . .  VII    1818

" Coon-dog Ness "—he allus went................ ....... VI        1512
Could I pour out the nectar the gods only

can........................................................ ........ V        1301

Crouched at the corner of the street............. ...... III        705

Crowd about me, little children................... ......... I        45
Curly Locks! Curly Locks! wilt thou be

mine...................................................... ....... IV        1138

Dah's Brudder Sims! Dast slam yo' Bible

shet....................................................... ...... III        704

Daintiest of Manicures............................... ....... IV        1031

Dainty Baby Austin.................................... ....... VI        1662

Dan O'Sullivan: It's your............................. ........ V        1290

Dan Wallingford, my jo Dan................... VII..... 1910
Dawn, noon and dewfall! Bluebird and

robin...................................................... ....... VI        156o

Dead! Dead! Dead....................................... ......... I        136

Dead, my lords and gentlemen.................... ........ V        1297

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Dead! my wayward boy—my own.......................... ......... V       1340

Dead? this peerless man of men.................. ........ VI       1439

Dear Lord! kind Lord.................................. ...... III       648

Dear Lord, to Thee my knee is bent.............. ......... V       1194
Dear Mother Goose! most motherly and

dear....................................................... ...... III       736

Dear old friend of us all in need............. VII.... 1946
Deep, tender, firm and true, the Nation's

heart...................................................... .......... I       126

Dem good old days done past and gone.... III..... 758

Desperate, at last I stand............................ ........ II       480

Dexery-Tethery! down in the dike................ .......... I       202
*Dey wunce wuz er time which I gwinter

tell you 'bout it.................................. VIII...... 2200

Dimple-cheeked and rosy-lipped.................. ........ II       475

Dogs, I contend, is jes' about................. VIII...... 2222

Donn Piatt—of Mac-o-chee.......................... ........ IV       1023

Down in the night I hear them.............. III..... 605

Dreamer, say, will you dream for me............. .......... I       266

Ef you don't know Doc Sifers I'll jes' argy,

here and now..................................... VII..... 1857

Elizabeth! Elizabeth.................................... ........ VI       1490

Elsie Mingus lisps, she does................ VIII...... 2111

Ere I went mad...................................... III..... 576
*Erewhile, as Autumn, to King Arthur's

court...................................................... ........ II       397

Even as a child to whom sad neighbors speak VIII 2002

Ever and ever, on and on..................... VIII...... 2122

Fair girl, fond wife, and dear....................... ...... III       715
Far in the night, and yet no rest for him!

The pillow next his own.......................... ........ IV         1093

Father all bountiful, in mercy bear......... VIII.... 1982

" Father! " (so The Word) He cried................. ........ IV       1043

Fer any boy 'at's little as me......................... ........ VI       1666

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Fer forty year and better you have been a

friend to me............................................        III       837

Fire! Fire! Ring and ring........................ VIII     2100

First and best of earthly joys.................. VIII     2232

First she come to our house..........................          V       1241

First the teacher called the roll.....................          V       1384

Fling him amongst the cobbles of the street III      739

Fly away! thou heavenly one.........................         VI       1497

*Fold me away in your arms, 0 night.............          II       353

" Fold the little waxen hands "......................           I          214

Folks has be'n to town, and Sahry.................         IV       1047

Folks in town, I reckon, thinks....................          V       1292
Folks up here at Rossville got up a Lectur'

Course....................................................          V       1186

For a hundred years the pulse of time............           I       271
For the sake of guilty conscience, and the

heart that ticks the time...........................           I          204

For the Song's sake; even so.........................          II       297
For three score years my wandering feet

have strayed............................................         II       390

For you, I could forget the gay.......................        III       664

Friend of a wayward hour, you came..............          II       468

Friend of my earliest youth...................... VII     1954

Friends, my heart is half aweary...................           I       49
From Delphi to Camden—little Hoosier

towns.....................................................         IV       1028

Funeral Darkness, drear and desolate............           I       144

*Gae the mirkest night an' stan'....................         VI       1657

Get gone, thou most uncomfortable ghost .......         IV       1088

Get thee back neglected friends....................          V       1193

Gifted and loved and praised........................          V       1251

Giunts is the biggest mens they air...............         VI       16o5

Give me the baby to hold, my dear.................         IV       96!

     Go away from me—do! I am tired of you. III      622

     Go, Winter! Go thy ways! We want again VI     1560
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" God bless us every one!" prayed Tiny Tim.   II      484

" Good-by, my friend "..................................         III       804

Good-by, Old Year........................................         III       693

Gracie wuz allus a careless tot................... VIII    2015
Grand Haven is in Michigan, and in posses‑

sion, too..................................................          V       1358

Granny's come to our house..........................         IV       1103

Guess 'at Billy hain't got back........................         IV       1039

Guiney-pigs is awful cute.............................          V       1412

Ha! My dear! I'm back again...........................          V       1341

Had a harelip—Joney had.............................         IV       x118

" Had, too ".................................................          V       1296

Hail! Ho .....................................................         VI       1614

Hail to thee with all good cheer.....................         VI       1583

Harsh-voiced it was, and shrill and high . . .         III       594

Has she forgotten? On this very May..............          V       1202

" He bore the name of William Brown "...........        III       671

He called her in from me and shut the door....         IV       956

He cometh in sweet sense to thee..................          V       1209

He faced his canvas (as a seer whose ken.......         IV       1098

He had toiled away for a weary while.............         II       437

He hears the whir of the battle-drum.............         II       538

" He is my friend," I said..............................         IV       983

He is the morning's poet......................... VIII    2164

He kisses me! Ah, now, at last......................          II       546

He leaned against a lamp-post, lost................         III       752

He left me for a foreign land.........................          II       479

He puts the poem by, to say..........................         III       677

He rests at last, as on the mother-breast.. VIII    2218

He said: " It is God's way "............................         IX       2249

He sailed o'er the weltery watery miles...........         VI       1665

He seemed so strange to me, every way... ......         IV       984

" He shall sleep unscathed of thieves "...........         IV       1128

He sings: and his song is heard............... VII     1917

" He smokes—and that's enough," says Ma......         IV       908

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He was a Dreamer of the Days................ VII     1777
He was jes' a plain, ever'-day, all-round

kind of a jour..........................................           V       1221

He was warned aginst the womern....................          II       528

He wooed her first in an atmosphere............            I         218

He would have holiday—outworn, in sooth VIII   1997

Hear dat rum'lin in de sky...........................          II       522

Hear what a dead man said to me ............ III       682
Heigh-ho! Babyhood! Tell me where you

linger.....................................................            I       269

Heigh-o! our jolly tilts at New World song.    II       396
Hence, long-tailed, ebon-eyed, nocturnal

ranger............................................... VII     1730

Her hair was, oh, so dense a blur................            I       258

Her heart knew naught of sorrow.................            I       149

Here where of old was heard................ VIII         2I8o

Here where the wayward stream............ III       574

Hereafter! 0 we need not waste....................        III       775

Herein are blown from out the South............           V       1390

Here's his ragged " roundabout "...................          IV       974

Herr Weiser!—Threescore years and ten.     IV        1026

He's jes' a great, big, awk'ard, hulkin'...........        III       607

*" Hey, Bud! 0 Bud! " rang out a gleeful call VII      1752

Hey! my little Yellowbird.............................          VI       1677

Hey, Old Midsummer! are you here again......            I       33

Hi and whoop-hooray, boys.........................          IV       990

Ho! but the darkness was densely black........          VI       1611

Ho! did ye hear of Mordameer......................           II       418

Ho! green fields and running brooks.............          VI       1544

Ho! ho; thou jolly god, with kinked lips........          II       517

Ho! ho! Ye Scholar recketh not how lean.......           II       446

Ho! I'm going back where....................... VII     1948

Ho! it's come, kids, come....................... VIII     2013

Ho! my little maiden...................................        III       763

Ho! The old Snow-Man.......................... VII     1828

Ho! we are loose. Hear how they shout.........        III       762

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Home-folks!—Well, that-air name to me. .. VIII.... 1980
Hope, bending o'er me one time, snowed

the flakes................................................ ........ II       514

Hot weather? Yes; but really not................... ........ IV       941

*" How can I make you love me more " .                547
How dear to my heart are the scenes of my

childhood............................................... ...... III       746

" How did you rest, last night? "................... ........ VI       1608
⁴How is it you woo?—and now answer me

true........................................................ ......... II       355

How large was Alexander, father............ III..... 524

How many of my selves are dead.................. .......... I       182

How many times that grim old phrase..... VIII.... 2107
How slight a thing may set one's fancy

drifting................................................... .......... I       165

How tired I am! I sink down all alone........... ...... III       667

" How would Willie like to go "..................... ......... V       116o
Howdy, Mister Hop-Toad! Glad to see you

out......................................................... ........ VI       1681

Hunter Boy of Hazlewood............................. ........ VI       1429
Hush! hush! list, heart of mine, and hearken

low........................................................ ...... III       689

I ain't a-goin' to cry no more, no more...... VIII.... 2117

I ain't, ner don't p'tend to be........................ ...... III       819

I am dazed and bewildered with living..... III..... 697
I am looking for Love. Has he passed this

way........................................................ ........ IV       1087

I am not prone to moralize........................... .......... I       123

I am tired of this........................................ ....... III       600

I bear dis cross dis many a mile................... ......... V       1244

I believe all children's good................... VIII.... 1968
I' b'en a-kindo' " musin'," as the feller says,

and I'm...............................................................        459
I' be'n down to the Capital at Washington,

D C........................................................ ......... V       1366

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I buried my first womern...............................         IV         1085

I cain't get used to city way............................         III         787

I can not say, and I will not say.....................         IV       Imo

I can't extend to every friend.........................           I       86
I caught but a glimpse of him. Summer

was here..................................................         IV         89!

I caught, for a second, across the crowd..........          II       563

I come upon it suddenly, alone......................           I       107

I crave, dear Lord.........................................         IV         1132

" I deem that God is not disquieted "...............          V       1227

I dream that you are kisses Allah sent. .          .... VIII         2206

I dreamed I was a spider...............................           I         264

I feel, if aught I ought to rhyme......................         IV         952

I find an old deserted nest............................           I         161

I got no patience with blues at all..................          V       1173

I' got to face mother to-day, fer a fact......... VIII    2168
I got to thinkin' of her—both her parunts

dead and gone...........................................          V       1307

I grow so weary, someway, of all things..........         III         718
I had fed the fire and stirred it, till the

sparkles in delight....................................           I         242

I hail thee, Nessmuk, for the lofty tone...........          V       1259

I hain't no hand at tellin' tales.......................           I       95

I have coaxed my pencil................................         IX       2275

I have jest about decided...............................         VI         1511

I have sipped, with drooping lashes...............         III         679
" I have twankled the strings of the twin‑

kling rain " .........................................................        247

I heard the bells at midnight.........................           I       153

I hold that the true age of wisdom is when. ....          V       1396
I hold your trembling hand to-night—and

yet...........................................................         II       423

I kin hump my back and take the rain............          V       1215

I know all about the Sphinx..........................         III         735

I lie low-coiled in a nest of dreams.................          II       503

I like fun—and I like jokes.............................         VI         1504

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I like me yet dot leedle chile........................ ...... III       773
*I loved her.—Why? I never knew.—Per‑

haps...................................................... ......... II       38o

I muse to-day, in a listless way.................... .......... I       223

I pray you, do not use this thing.................. ....... III       651

I put by the half-written poem..................... ......... II       525

I quarrel not with Destiny........................... ........ IV       955
I rickollect the little tad, back, years and

years ago................................................ ........ IV       916

I saw a man—and envied him beside............ .......... I       75

I saw them last night in a box at the play VII.... 1965
I so loved once, when Death came by I

hid.................................................................... ...... 591

I s'pose it takes a feller 'at's be'n............. VIII..... 2177

I strayed, all alone, where the Autumn . . . .. ......... II       457

I tell you what I'd ruther do......................... ........ VI       1449

I thought the deacon liked me, yit................ ......... II       549

I want to be a Soldier............................ VIII..... 2048

I want to say it, and I will........................... ........ IX       2266

I want to sing something—but this is all....... ........ IV       999
" I was born in Indiany," says a stranger,

lank and slim.......................................... ........ IV       1064

I was for Union—you, ag'in' it...................... ......... V       1379

I watch him with his Christmas sled........... ........ IV       to69
*I, who had hobnobbed with the shades of

kings..................................................... ........ VI       1670

*I will not hear the dying word.................... ......... II       372

I would not trace the hackneyed phrase.. ..... .......... I       156

If all his mourning friends unselfishly.... VII...... 1937

*If Browning only were here.................. VIII...... 2201

" If I die first," my old chum paused to say .... ........ VI         1606

If I knew what poets know.......................... .......... I       89

If I might see his face to-day........................ ........ IV       1057

*If one should ask me for a song.................. ......... II       321
If you never heard of Hunchley, I would

say in his behalf......................................................... ............ II         429

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Illileo, the moonlight seemed lost across the

vales.......................................................          V       1204

I'm a feelin' ruther sad................................         VI       1594

I'm been a-visitun 'bout a week.....................         VI       1613

I'm gittin' old—I know.................................         IX       2251

I'm home again, my dear old Room................          II       440

I'm not a-workin' now.................................         IX       2239

I'm one o' these cur'ous kind o' chaps............           I       76

I'm on'y thist a' idiot....................................          II       535

I'm The Old Man of the Sea—I am........... VIII.... 2125
I'm thist a little cripple boy, an' never goin'

to grow...................................................          V       1198

I'm twins, I guess, 'cause my Ma say........ VII     1940

In childish days! 0 memory..........................         IV       924

In days to come—whatever ache...................          V       1240

In fancy, always, at thy desk, thrown wide...          V       1349

In gentlest worship has he bowed........... VII    1929

In its color, shade and shine.......................         III       632

In olden days there dwelt a piper's son. . . . III      597

In some strange place............................ VII    1930
In Spring, when the green gits back in the

trees.......................................................          V       1305
In the dim summer night they were leaning

alone .....................................................          II       556

In the evening of our days...........................          V       1377

In the golden noon-shine............................         VI       1673

In the heart of June, love............................         III       737

In the jolly winters.....................................          V       1229

In the midmost glee of the Christmas............          V       1231

In the need that bows us thus................ VIII     2000

In the Orchard-Days, when you...................          V       1266

*In the warm, health-giving weather......... VII    1754

In youth he wrought, with eyes ablur............          V       1313

Try an' Billy an' Jo.....................................          V       1394

Is it the martins or katydids.........................         IV       995

It hain't no use to grumble and complane.......         IV       948

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It is a various tribute you command.......... VIII.... 1984

It is my dream to have you here with me ....... ......... V       1282

It tossed its head at the wooing breeze........... .......... I       233

It was a Jolly Miller lived on the River Dee..... ......... V       1206

It was a man of many parts........................... .......... I       178

It was just a very......................................... ........ IV       io18

It was needless to say 'twas a glorious day...... ........ IV       938

It whizzed and whistled along the blurred...... ........ VI       1465
It's a mystery to see me—a man o' fifty‑

four......................................................... .......... I       54

It's a purty hard world you find, my child.. VII..... 1852
It's Chairley Burke's in town, b'ys! He's

down til " Jamesy's Place "......................... ......... V         1350
It's lonesome—sorto' lonesome,—it's a Sun‑

d'y-day, to me........................................... ........ VI         1481
It's mighty good to git back to the old town,

shore....................................................... ......... V         1381

It's the curiousest thing in creation............... ......... V         1167

I've allus held—till jest of late....................... ........ VI       1576

I've be'n thinkin' back, of late........................ ...... VIII       216o

I've thought a power on men and things......... ........ VI       1581

Janey Pettibone's the best............................. ........ VI       1424
Jap Miller down at Martinsville's the

blamedest feller yit.................................... ......... V         1371

Jedge is good at argyin' ............................... ......... V         1233

Jes' a little bit o' feller—I remember still....    V      1346

Jest Frank Reed's his real name—though ... VI     1644

Jest rain and snow! and rain again............... ........ VI       1485

Jinglety-jing............................................... ...... III       659

John Jameson, my jo John........................... ......... V       1374

John McKeen, in his rusty dress................... ........ IV       1033

Jolly-hearted old Josh Billings...................... ......... V       1158

Junction-Station—Pilot Knob................... VII.... 1900

Just as of old! The world rolls on and on ...... ...... III       647

Just as of old,—with fearless foot............. VII....... 1926

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Just drifting on together. ............................. ....... III       76o

Just the airiest, fairiest slip of a thing........... ........ V       1270

Just to be good............................................ ....... III       751

Kathleen Mavourneen! The song is still ringing.                 VI           1539
Keats, Kirk White, David Gray and the rest

of you..................................................... ....... VI       1448

Knightly Rider of the Knee............................ ........ V       1398

Las' July—and, I persume............................. ....... IV       1135

Las' time 'at Uncle Sidney come..................... ....... VI       1441

*Last Chris'mus, little Benny................... VIII... 2103

Last Christmas was a year ago....................... ........ V       1320

Last night—how deep the darkness was.. ...... ...... III       712

Last night, in some lost mood of meditation III      613

Last Thanksgivin'-dinner we.................. VIII....... 2012

Lawsy! don't I rickollect................................ ........ V       1360

Lay away the story................................. VIII... 2060
Leave him here in the fresh greening grasses

and trees................................................. ...... VII       1911

Leedle Dutch baby haff come ter town............ ........ II         465
Lelloine! Lelloine! Don't you hear me call‑

ing......................................................... ....... III         756

" Leonainie! " angels missed her.................... ....... II       443

Leonainie—Angels named her....................... ......... I       216

Let me come in where you sit weeping,—ay   V     1397
Let me write you a rune of a rhyme, Dave

Field....................................................... ........ V       1155

Let us be thankful—not alone because............ ....... VI       1567

Let us forget. What matters it that we .       III      654

Let us rest ourselves a bit............................. ........ V       1318

Light falls the rain-drop on the fallen leaf ..... ...... III       676

Like a drift of faded blossoms........................ ....... IV       992

Lilies are both pure and fair.......................... ....... VI       1676

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*Linger, my Dwainie! Dwainie, lily-fair....... II      333

'Lish, you rickollect that-air.........................         VI       1509

Lithe-armed, and with satin-soft shoulders...         III       847

Little baby, you have wandered far away........         III       65o

Little brook! Little brook..............................        III       783

Little Busch and Tommy Hays......................          V       1413

Little Cousin Jasper, he..............................         VI       1590

Little Georgie Tompers, he..........................          V       1408

Little Girly-Girl, of you................................        III       713
" Little Haly! Little Haly! " cheeps the

robin in the tree......................................        III       831

* Little Julia, since that we.................... VIII     2092

Little Maid-o'-Dreams, with your...................         VI       1702

Little Mandy and her Ma.............................          V       1416
Little Orphant Annie's come to our house

to stay....................................................         VI       1169

Little Rapacity Greed was a glutton...............         IX       2244

'Ll where in the world my eyes has bin. .     V    1175

Lo, I am dying! And to feel the King. .         II      56o

Lo! steadfast and serene..............................         IV       967

Lo, whatever is at hand..............................          V       1363

Long life's a lovely thing to know............ VII     1922

Long years ago, a funny man.......................          II       55o

Looky here!—you fellers—you.......................         III       609
Look so neat an' sweet in all yer frills an'

fancy pleatin'...........................................         VI       1431

Louella Wainie! where are you.....................         III       662

Low hidden in among the forest trees...........         III       616

Luk at 'ere, ould baby,—who........................         II       527

Lying listless in the mosses........................           I       185

Ma put my Penny-Dog............................. VI    1663

Make me a song of all good things................         II       537

Mamma is a widow: There's only us three VIII       2101
Many pleasures of Youth have been buoy‑

antly sung...............................................         IV       877

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Master of masters in the clays of yore........... ........ IV         1084

Maud Muller worked at making hay.............. .......... I       176

Max an' Jim.............................................. ......... V       1409

Me an' Bert an' Minnie-Belle................. VIII...... 2010

Mellow hazes, lowly trailing........................ ......... II         499

*Miss Medairy Dory-Ann........................ VIII..... 2083

Mon cher Monsieur le Secretaire.................. ........ III         649
Mona Machree! och, the sootherin' flow

of it.......................................................... ........ IX       2265

'Mongst the Hills o' Somerset....................... ......... V       1315

*Most-like it was this kingly lad.............. VIII..... 2095

Most ontimely old man yit........................... ........ VI       I501
Most quaintly touching in her German

tongue.................................................... ........ VI       1442

Most tangible of all the gods that be......... VII.... 1898

Mostly, folks is law-abidin'.......................... ........ IV       1081

Mother, 0 mother! forever I cry for you ......... ......... II       412

Music!—Yea, and the airs you play........ VIII...... 2157

My dear old friends—It jes' beats all.............. ........ VI       1635

My dears, do you know........................... IX..... 2276

My eyes are feverish and dull...................... ........ H       540

My father's halls, so rich and rare................ .......... I         162
My fiddle?—Well, I kindo' keep her handy,

don't you know........................................ ...... III       848
My Foe? You name yourself, then,—I re‑

fuse................................................. VIII..... 2196

My grampa he's a-allus sayin'................. VIII.... 2166
" My grandfather Squeers," said The Rag‑

gedy Man................................................ ......... II       564

My gudewife—she that is tae be................... ........ VI         1535

My laddie wi' the bashfu' grace ................... ......... II         569

My little story, Cousin Rufus said............ VII..... 1802

My little woman, of you I sing................ VIII..... 2212

" My love or hate—choose which you will " III      623

My Mary, 0 my Mary............................... IV..... 928

My mother she's so good to me.....................         VI       1453

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My old Uncle Sidney he says it's a sign .   VIII      2238

My ole man named Silas: he........................ ......... V       1310

My very soul smiles as I listen to.................. ........ II       477

" Mylo Jones's wife " was all........................ ........ VI       1498

Nay, Death, thou mightiest of all............ VIII.... 2155

Neglected now is the old guitar.................... .......... I       112

Neither daylight, starlight, moonlight..... VIII..... 2106
Never talk back! sich things is repperhensi‑

ble......................................................... ........ IV       982

No one ever saw it...................................... ........ VI       1674

No song is mine of Arab steed...................... .......... I       140
Nobody on the old farm here but Mother,

me and John........................................... ........ VI       1547
Noey Bixler ketched him, an' fetched him in

to me...................................................... ........ VI       1426
Noon-time and June-time, down around the

river....................................................... ......... V       1337

Not a violinist—No (N)................................. ........ IV       502

Not only master of his art was he................. ........ VI       1630
Nothin' to say, my daughter! Nothin' at

all to say................................................. ........ IV       922
Now, Tudens, you sit on this knee—and

'scuse............................................... VIII..... 2074

Now utter calm and rest.............................. ........ VI       1586

O Big Old Tree so tall an' fine................ VIII..... 2059

O ever gracious Airs from Arcady.................. ........ IV       979
O friend of mine, whose kindly words come

to me...................................................... ........ III       617

O friend! There is no way........................... ...... III       767

*0 Friendship, when I muse on you............... ........ VI       1669

O gentlest kinsman of Humanity............ VIII..... 2185

O he can hold her hand, and full and fair.. II      427

O heart of mine, we shouldn't...................... ...... III       590

0 Henry, Afrite-chef of all delight................. ........ IX       2248

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dew....................................................... ..................... V                1189 0 her beauty was such that it dazzled my

eyes....................................................... ..................... III          578

0 her eyes are amber-fine............................ ..................... V                1226 *0 here's a little rhyme for the Spring- or

1 Summer-time.................................... VIII..... 2079

0-ho! ye sunny, sonnet-singin' vagrant......... ..................... IV            1094

" 0 I am weary! " she sighed, as her billowy   I      519 0 I will walk with you, my lad, whichever

way you fare....................................... VII...... 1932

0 I would I had a lover................................ ..................... IV            I099

0 in the depths of midnight........................ .......... I 138

0 it was a little dead man............................ .......... II            459

0 it was but a dream I had....................... III..... 7o7

0 it was Puck! I saw him yesternight............ .......... II           56o 0 it's good to ketch a relative 'at's richer

and don't run.......................................... ..................... V                1288 0 it's many's the scenes which is dear to my

mind...................................................... ..................... III            834

0 love is like an untamed steed.................... ..................... III          732

O mellow month and merry month.......... III..... 836

0 noble heart, and brave impetuous hand...... .......... II            285

0 noble, true and pure and lovable................ ..................... VI                1617

0 Pan is the goodliest god, I wist................. ..................... IV            892

0 playmate of the far-away........................... ..................... III          856

*0 Prince divine! 0 Prince divine.................. .......... II           311

0 princely poet!—kingly heir.................. VII...... 1848

" 0 Printerman of sallow face "..................... .......... I 195

0 queenly month of indolent repose.............. .......... I 190

0 say not he is dead................................... ..................... IX             2272

0 simple as the rhymes that tell............. VIII..... 2173

0 soul of mine, look out and see................... .......... II           414

O the days gone by! 0 the days gone by......... ..................... III          852

0 the drum.......................................... III..... 625

0 the lands of Where-Away......................... ..................... IV            864

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0 the Little Lady's dainty. .....................  VIII     2065
O the little tiny kickshaw that Mither sent

tae me....................................................          II       515
0 the Lockerbie Fair!—Have you heard of

its fame............................................ VIII    2123

0 the night was dark and the night was late VIII  2098
0 the old trundle-bed where I slept when

a boy......................................................         IV       926
O the Poet of the Future! He will come to

us as comes ............................................          V       1355

O the Raggedy Man! He works fer Pa .. . ......         VI       1458

0 the South Wind and the Sun.....................         IV       857

0 the Summer-time to-day............................        III       581
O the sun and the rain, and the rain and

the sun...................................................        III       818

O the waiting in the watches of the night ....         VI       1519

O the way that Billy could ride....................          V       1148

O there were three jolly hunters..................         VI       1652

O this is the way the baby came...................         IV       897

O Thou that doth all things devise...............        III       8o8

O touch me with your hands.................. III      573

O what a weary while it is to stand ........................ ...... 478

O what did the little boy do ........................         VI       1645

" 0 what is Life at last," says you..................          II       521

0 " William,"—in thy blithe companionship  V    1269

O your hands—they are strangely fair...........           I       121

Of all good gifts that the Lord lets fall.. . . ....        III       772
Of all the doctors I could cite you to in

this 'ere town..........................................          V       1272

Of all the rhymes of all the climes.......... VIli     2009

Of the North I wove a dream................................... ...... 85o

Of the wealth of facts and fancies................           i       114

Oh a lovely husband he was known....... VIII    1969

Oh if we had a rich boss.............................         IX       2245

*Oh, my little Sadie Sue I's a-serenadin' you VIII     2202

Oh! tell me a tale of the airly days................          V         1184

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Oh! the Circus-Day Parade! How the

bugles played and played..........................        III       823

*Oh, the golden afternoon..................... VIII     2197

Oh, the hobo's Life is a roving Life...............          IX       2284
Oh! the old swimmin'-hole! whare the crick

so still and deep......................................        III       798

Oh! Thou that veileth from all eyes..............          II       561

Oh! what of little children all................ VIII     2230

Old Bob White's a funny bird................. VIII     2073

Old friend of mine, whose chiming name . II      394

Old friends allus is the best........................          VI       1473

Old Glory! say, who............................... VII     1974

Old Granny Dusk, when the sun goes down VIII  2099

Old Indiany, 'course we know............... VIII     2182

Old John Clevenger lets on.........................          VI       1443
Old John's jes' made o' the commonest

stuff.......................................................          VI       1547

Old man never had much to say...................           V       1285

Old Man Whiskery-Whee-Kum-Wheeze.. ..  VII     1938

Old October's purt' nigh gone.......................           V       1224
Old wortermelon time is a-comin' round

ag'in.......................................................        III       814

On old Brandywine—about..........................           V       1210

On 'Scursion-days—an' Shows—an' Fairs VIII     2233
On the banks o' Deer Crick! There's the

place fer me............................................           V       7146

Once, in a dream, I saw a man....................            I       158

One Christmas in the early din...................           V       1141

One in the musical throng..................... VII     196o

One said: " Here is my hand to lean upon ",..        III       696

One time, when we's at Aunty's house..........          VI       1435

One's the pictur' of his Pa...........................        III       700

Only a dream! Her head is bent....................            I       147

Only a dream unfinished; only a form at rest II      286

Orphaned, I cry to thee...............................          II       551

Ot's a little Gristmas story...........................            I       81

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*Our dog Fred ......................................  VIII    2082

Our hired girl, she's 'Lizabuth Ann...............         VI       1462

Our Hired Girl, when it's bakin'-day....... VIII     2237
Our Land—our Home! the common home

indeed............................................... VII    1919

Our three cats is Maltese cats................ VIII    2045

Out at Woodruff Place—afar.........................         VI       1392

Out of the hitherwhere into the YON.................         IV       964

Over the eyes of gladness............................           I       145

Owned a pair o' skates onc't.—Traded..       VI    1508

Pa he bringed me here to stay......................         VI       1697

Pa wunst he scold' an' says to me............ VII    1950

Pansies! Pansies! How I love you, pansies. III      741

Pap had one old-fashioned sayin'.................         IV       'To'

Pap he allus ust to say........................... VII    1841
Pap's got his pattent-right, and rich as all

creation..................................................         IV       1107

Parunts don't git toys an' things.............. VIII    2105

Parunts knows lots more than us........... VIII    2051

Picnics is fun 'at's purty hard to beat....... VII    1943

Plain hoss-sense in poetry-writin'........... VII    1956

Ponchus Pilat ust to be................................         VI       1646

Poor victim of that vulture curse...................           I       252

Pore afflicted Evagene.................................         VI       1505

Pore-folks lives at Lonesomeville..................         VI       1651

Portentous sound! mysteriously vast.............          II       467

'Possum in de 'tater-patch............................         VI       164o

Prose or Verse—or Verse or Prose........... VIII     2127

*Prune your corn in the gray of the morn.    VI     1656

Rabbit in the cross-ties...............................         VI       1641

" Rain and rain! and rain and rain^! ".............         IV       92o

Rarest mood of all the year..........................         IV       946

'Ras Wilson, I respect you, 'cause.................         VI       1469

Reach your hand to me, my friend ...............         III       719

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Right here at home, boys, in old Hoosier‑

dom........................................................                       VI             1536

Ringlety-jing..............................................                       III             659

Robert Louis Stevenson...............................                       V            1262

Rumble, tumble, growl and grate..................                       IV            976

Said The Raggedy Man, on a hot afternoon  IV      912

Say farewell, and let me go..........................                       III             581 Say first he loved the dear home-hearts, and

then................................................. VIII       1989

Say good-by er howdy-do.............................                       IV            945

Say something to me! I've waited so long.......            I            215

Say! you feller! You...................................................                       III             845

Schoolmaster and Songmaster! Memory. . .  VI       1628

Scotty's dead.—Of course he is.....................                       IV            988

" Scur'ous-like," said the tree toad.................                       II           485

Season of snows, and season of flowers........                       V                1177

Seems like a feller'd ort'o jes' to-day..............            II           472

Sence I tuk holt o' Gibbses' Churn................                       V            II& Sence little Wesley went, the place seems all

so strange and still..................................                       V            1303

Settin' round the stove last night..................                       IV                1062

She came to me in a dazzling guise...............            II           531

She sang a song of May for me............... VIII       2179

She twankled a tune on her light guitar...   IV      894

She was false, and he was true....................                       IV            937

She will not smile......................................                       IV            ro8o

*Since I am old I have no care.......................                       II              547

Since my mother died, the tone....................                       II              5o1

Since pick av them I'm sore denied.......... VII       1895

*Sing! every bird! to-day................................            I                274

Sing! gangling lad, along the brink......... VIII       2086

Sing! 0 Voice of Valor, sing.................... VIII      2174

Sing, oh, rarest of roundelays................ VIII       2170

Sing us something full of laughter................            II           487

Singers there are of courtly themes...............                       V              1228

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Sitting by the glimmer.................................          IX         2274
Sleep, little one! The Twilight folds her

gloom.....................................................          VI       1648

Snow is in the air................................. VII      1913
So lone I stood, the very trees seemed

drawn....................................................           V         1238

Soldiers and saviors of the homes we love ....          III         793

Some certain misty yet tenable signs.............          VI         1669

Some credulous chroniclers tell us......... VIII      2235
*Some peoples thinks they ain't no Fairies

now...................................................................... VII       1788

Some sings of the lilly, and daisy, and rose. . III     854
Somebody's sent a funny little valentine to

me.........................................................           II       545

Someday:—So many tearful eyes.............. III      695

Somep'n 'at's common-like, and good........................ ...... 638

Sometimes I keep.................................. VIII      2057

Sometimes I think 'at Parunts does.......... VII     1942

Sometimes my Conscience says, says he..   IX     2289

Sometimes, when I bin bad..........................           V         1401
Songs of a Life-Time—with the Singer's

head.......................................................          VI         1492
Spring fails, in all its bravery of brilliant

gold and green................................... VIII       2159
Steadfastly from his childhood's earliest

hour.................................................. VII      1923

*Stir all your echoes up................................            I       277

Storms of the winter, and deepening snows..          III         797

Strange dreams of what I used to be..............          II       533

Strange—strange, 0 mortal Life............... VII     1850

Such a dear little street it is, nestled away ...                     III              6

*Such was the Child-World of the long ago VII       1717

Summer or Winter or Spring or Fall........ VIII      2052
Supinely we lie in the grove's shady green‑

ery.........................................................          IV         Ion

Sweet little face, so full of slumber now . .  III         724

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Sweet little myth of the nursery story........... .......... I       88

Sweet Singer that I loe the maist ................. ......... II       542
Sweet Sleep, with mellow palms trailed list‑

lessly..................................................... ........ II       555

Take a feller 'at's sick and laid up on the

shelf...................................................... ......... V       1264

" Talkin' 'bout yer bees," says Ike.................. ........ IV       mo

Talkin' o' poetry,--There're few men yit.. ...... ........ II       518

Tawdery!—faddery! Feathers and fuss . . ...... ........ VI       1664

Tell you a story—an' it's a fact...................... ...... III       633

Tell you what I like the best........................ ........ IV       1121

That-air young-un ust to set......................... ......... V       1332

*That little dog 'ud scratch at that door .      VII     1749

The afternoon of summer folds..................... ......... V       1421

The air falls chill....................................... ........ IV       1049

*The audience entire seemed pleased—indeed VII 1775

The Beautiful City! Forever.......................... ........ IV       935

The beauty of her hair bewilders me............. ........ IV       902

The bells that lift their yawning throats . . ... .......... I       249

The Boy lives on our Farm, he's not.............. ........ VI       1464

The Brightest Star's the modestest................. VIII..... 2113

*The Child-heart is so strange a little thing  VII  1724
The Child-World—long and long since lost

to view.............................................. VII..... 1710
The Children of the Childless !—Yours

and mine.......................................... VIII.... 2136
The chiming seas may clang; and Tubal

Cain....................................................... ...... III       745
The Circus!—The Circus!—The throb of

the drums............................................... ........ VI       1649

The clouds have deepened o'er the night . III      592
The Crankadox leaned o'er the edge of the

moon...................................................... .......... I       188

The dawn of the day was dreary.................. .......... I       237

The dawn was a dawn of splendor............... ...... III       796

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The delights of our childhood is soon passed away            VI         1493

*The drowsy eyes of the stars grow dim .     II      350
The frightened herds of clouds across the

sky.. .................................................................        143

The funniest thing in the world, I know.......          V       1420

*The Grandma Twilight Stories!—Still...... VIII    2106

The green below and the blue above.............         VI       1437

The green grass av owld Ireland..................         VI       1687

The greeting of the company throughout..  VII    1816

The harp has fallen from the master's hand..           I       268

The harp of the minstrel has never a tone. ...           I       163
The Hired Man's supper, which he sat be‑

fore................................................... VII    1757

The Hoosier Folk-Child—all unsung.............         VI       1556

The Hoosier in Exile—a toast................. VIII     2002

The hoss he is a splendud beast..................          V       1163

The hour before the dawn...........................         III       690

The Jaybird he's my favorite.................. VIII    2087

The kind of a man for you and me................         IV       972

The kind old man—the mild old man............         IV       998

The landscape, like the awed face of a child II      445
The light of the moon on the white of the

snow......................................................         IV       965

The lisping maid........................................         IX       2247

The Little Mock-man on the Stairs................         VI       1671

The little old poem that nobody reads...........          II       463

The Little-red-apple Tree.............................          V       1399

The little red ribbon, the ring and the rose. ..         IV       911
The little tiny kickshaw that Milner sent

tae me....................................................          II       515

The man that rooms next door to me.............         III       779

The maple strews the embers of its leaves. . II      417

The master-hand whose pencils trace...........           I       240

The meanest man I ever saw.................. VII    1962

*The merriment that followed was subdued VII     18o8

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The midnight is not more bewildering..........           V       x271

The minstrel's mystic wand.........................        III       63

The moon in the sky is a custard-pie............          IX       2240

The moonlight is failin'...............................          IV       888

The morning sun seemed fair as though.. . ..           V       1237

The mother-hands no further toil may know VIII  2008

The mother of the little boy that sleeps.. . . VI      1612
The Muskingum Valley!—How longin' the

gaze........................................................          IV       886

The night's blind-black, an' I 'low the stars's VII   1963

The Old Bob-white and Chipbird..................          VI       1658

The old days—the far days.................... VIII       2121
The old farm-home is Mother's yet and

mine................................................. VII     1893

The Old Haymow's the place to play.............           V       1410

The old sea-captain has sailed the seas........           V       1219

The orchard lands of Long Ago................ III       702

The past is like a story...............................            I       155

The Pipes of Pan! Not idler now are they......           V       1336
The Poems here at Home!—Who'll write

'em down................................................          VI       1588

*The pride of noon must wither soon.............          II       378

The rain! the rain! the rain.........................           V       1267

*The Redbreast loves the blooming bough.......          VI       5675

The rhyme o' The Raggedy Man's 'at's best    V      1414

The ripest peach is highest on the tree.........        III       731

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The Romancer's a nightingale................ VIII      ,973
 The saddest silence falls when Laughter

lays........................................................          VI       1704

The same old story told again......................            I       3o

The sea was breaking at my feet...................        III       709

The shrilling locust slowly sheathes............          II       505

The skies have grown troubled and dreary....         III       598

The smiling face of a happy boy...................            I       32

The Soldier!—meek the title, yet divine..  VIII      2019

The stars are failing, and the sky.......................         III       582

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The storm of love has burst at last................ ....... III       778
The summer winds is sniffin' round the

bloomin' locus' trees................................. ....... III       801

The Summer's put the idy in....................... ....... III       805

The terse old maxim of the poet's pen........... .......... I       289

The text: Love thou thy fellow man.............. ...... III       666

The ticking-ticking-ticking of the clock . .  IV      1130

The touches of her hands are like the fall..... ........ IV       872

The town Karanteel !—It's who'll reveal. . .... ....... IV         1021

The Trestle and the Buck-Saw..................... ........ VI       166i
The warm pulse of the nation has grown

chill....................................................... .......... I       229
The Whitheraways!—That's what I'll have

to call..................................................... ........ VI       1452

The winds have talked with him confidingly VI   1551

The world is turned ag'in' me...................... .......... I       119

There are many things that boys may know VIII   2024

There is a need for every ache of pain.......... ....... III       602

There is a princess in the South.................. ......... V       1196

There is ever a song somewhere, my dear. IV...... 98o

There is LORE of more devices................ VIII.... 2186

There! little girl; don't cry.......................................        615

*There was a cherry tree. Its bloomy snows VII    1714

*There was a curious quiet for a space..... VII..... 1825
There was Father, and Mother, and Emmy,

and Jane................................................ ........ IV       1095

There wasn't two purtier farms in the state.  I        34

There's a habit I have nurtured.................... .......... I       132

There's a space for good to bloom in............. ...... III       694
There's a Voice across the Nation like a

mighty ocean-hail.................................... ........ VI       1689

There's old man Willards; an' his wife.......... ........ IV       1071

These books you find three weeks behind  VIII   2018
*"They ain't much 'tale' about it!" Noey

said.................................................. VII.... 1798

They ain't no style about 'em........................ ........ II       454

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They all climbed up on a high board-fence... III..... 673

They called him Mr. What's-his-name............ ..................... IV            753

They faced each other: Topaz-brown.............. ..................... VI               ,1563

They meet to say farewell; Their way............. ..................... VI               1559

They rode right out of the morning sun.. . • ... ..................... IV               106o

They stood on either side the gate................. .......... II           435

They walk here with us, hand in hand.......... ..................... III             624

They wuz a Big Day wunst in town......... VIII.......... 2119

They's a kind o' feel in the air, to me............... ..................... VI               1679 They's a prejudice allus 'twixt country and

town........................................................ ..................... VI               1483

They's nothin' in the name to strike............... .......... II           508

This first book that I ever knew..................... ..................... VI               1700

This is a Christmas carol........................ VIII...... 2133 This is " The old Home by the Mill "—fer

we still call it so....................................... ..................... V            1283

This_, is the way the baby slept...................... ..................... IV            899

This man Jones was what you'd call.............. .......... II           493

This Pan is but an idle god, I guess............... .......... II            47o

This tress of hair my sweetheart sent to me.... .......... II            570

This woman, with the dear child-heart.......... ..................... VI                   1607 Thou brave, good woman! Loved of every

one.......................................................... ..................... VI               1584

Thou dread, uncanny thing.......................... ..................... III          83o Thou drowsy god, whose blurred eyes, half

awink...................................................... .......... II           507

Thou little naked statuette............................ .......... II           469

" Thou, of all God's gifts the best "........... VIII...... 1977

Thou Poet, who, like any lark....................... ..................... III          655

Though Doctor Glen—the best of men...... VIII.......... 2109 Thousands and thousands of hushed years

ago.......................................................... .......... II           559

Through every happy line I sing.................... ..................... IV            895

Through fire and flood this book has passed.. V       1386

Though now forever still....................... VIII...... 2140

Thweet Poethy! let me iithp forthwith............. ..................... IV            866

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