EMILY DICKINSON (1830–1886) Chartless 4 Indian Summer 4 Suspense 5 The Railway Train 6 A Cemetery 6 Beclouded 7
THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH (1836–1907) Memory 8 “Enamored Architect of Airy Rhyme” 9 Two Quatrains: Maple Leaves 9 Pessimist and Optimist 10
JOHN HAY (1838–1905) Jim Bludso 11 Banty Tim 13
BRET HARTE (1839–1902) “Jim” 16 Plain Language from Truthful James 19
JOAQUIN MILLER (1841–1913) By the Pacific Ocean 23 Crossing the Plains 24 From “Byron” 25
EDWARD ROWLAND SILL (1841–1887) Solitude 26 Dare You? 26
SIDNEY LANIER (1842–1881) Song of the Chattahoochee 29 Night and Day 31 From “The Marshes of Glynn” 32
CHARLES EDWARD CARRYL (1842–1920) The Plaint of the Camel 34 Robinson Crusoe’s Story 35
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY (1849–1916) “When the Frost is on the Punkin” 39 A Parting Guest 41
EUGENE FIELD (1850–1895) Our Two Opinions 43 Little Boy Blue 44 Seein’ Things 45
EDWIN MARKHAM (1852– ) Outwitted 48 The Man with the Hoe 49 Preparedness 51 Lincoln, The Man of the People 51
C. E. S. WOOD (1852– ) Sunrise 53 The Desert 54
IRWIN RUSSELL (1853–1879) Blessing the Dance 56 De Fust Banjo 58
EDITH M. THOMAS (1854– ) “Frost To-Night” 61
GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY (1855– ) Immortal Love 62 A Song of Sunrise 63
H. C. BUNNER (1855–1896) Shake, Mulleary and Go-ethe 64 Behold the Deeds 66 A Pitcher of Mignonette 68
LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE (1856– ) Tears 69 The Dust 70 Spicewood 70
HORACE TRAUBEL (1858–1919) How Are You, Dear World, This Morning? 72 O My Dead Comrade 74
FRANK DEMPSTER SHERMAN (1860–1917) At Midnight 76 Bacchus 76 Two Quatrains: Ivy 77 Dawn 78
CHARLOTTE P. S. GILMAN (1860– ) A Conservative 78
LOUISE IMOGEN GUINEY (1861–1920) The Wild Ride 80
BLISS CARMAN (1861– ) A Vagabond Song 83 The Gravedigger 83 Hem and Haw 86 Daisies 87
OLIVER HERFORD (1863– ) Earth 89 The Elf and the Dormouse 90
RICHARD HOVEY (1864–1900) At the Crossroads 92 Unmanifest Destiny 94 Love in the Winds 95 A Stein Song 95
MADISON CAWEIN (1865–1914) Snow 98 The Man Hunt 98 Penury 100 Deserted 100
BERT LESTON TAYLOR (1866–1921) Canopus 101
WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY (1869–1910) From “Jetsam” 103 Pandora’s Song 104 On a Soldier Fallen in the Philippines 105
GEORGE STERLING (1869– ) The Black Vulture 107 The Master Mariner 108
EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON (1869– ) Miniver Cheevy 111 The Gift of God 112 The Master 114 An Old Story 117 Richard Cory 117 Vain Gratuities 118 The Dark Hills 119