IN THE MORNING - 1890 - C O N T E N T S - VITA NUOVA . . . . . . . . . . . . II NOT IN THE WHIRLWIND . . . . . . . 5 DIAPASON . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 7 CHAMOUNIX . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0 IN THE MORNI . G . . . . . . . . . . 22 MARIGOLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 SEVENTEEN E . I GHTEEN M . A ID S A-WAITING 27 To M-. ON HER BIRTHDAY . . . . . . 29 U YOURS T RUL Y . . . . . . . . . 3 0 A SERMON BY A LAY PREACHER . . . . . 3 2 IN SOMNOV ERITAS . . . . . . . . . . 3 6 THALATTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 UNKNOWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 9 MY CROSS . . . . . . . . . . 41 A VALENTINE . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 WHITE PINK . . . . . . . . . . . 44 APRILLE . . . . . . . . . 45 MAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 AUGUST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7 CARLOSC HRISTMA . S . . . . . . . . . 4 8 THE SUN WAS RED AND LOW . . . . . . 5 0 Two VISIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 h l C RE ED . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4 AGAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5 PANSY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 5 GOLDEN-ROD . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7 To ZARGXRET. ON ST . VALESTINES DAY . 58 To A VERY SMALLP INE . . . . . . . . 59 MOSSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1 THE MOUNT OF THE HOLY CROSS . . . . 63 CHRISTMASS NOW . . . . . . . . . . 6 4 THE CREATION . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5 THE H APPYV ALLEY . . . . . . . . . 6 7 DOLLIES SPRING . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1 THET HIRD D AY . . . . . . . . . . . 73 THE S EVENTH D AY . . . . . . . . . . 7 3 FERN L IFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Its Home . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5 At School . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6 Asleep . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 A Cradle-Song of the Night Wind . . . 77 The Chime . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Thc Hymn of the Northern Pines . . . . 78 At Last . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Content S . 7 PAGE PAUSES A ND CLAUSE . S . . . . 80 To M -. WITH A COPY OF THE PETER-KIN PAPER . S . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 MEMORIAPLO EM . . . . . . . . . . . 83 DANDELION . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 MARJORIE . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 PRIMROS . E . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 CONTENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 WITH A SMALLL ETTER-OPENER . . . . 98 SEA-GIRLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 HOMEWARD . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 04 A NONSENSE-SO F N O G R M - . 107 TRANSLATION . S . . . . . . . . . . 3 In the North-land . . . . . . . . . 13 A Lovely Flower . . . . . . . . . 113 Eagerly I cry . . . . . . . . , . 114 He who for the first Time . . . . . . 114 Little Maid . . . . . . . . . . . 1 15 It was as if the Heavens . . . . . . 5 IN MORNING-LAN . D . . . . . . . . . 1 17 SIC ITUR AD ASTRA . . . . . . . . . 119 THE COMETN. OVEMBER 18 . 8 2 . 121 HIS STAR . . . . . . . . . . . 122 . . . . . . . . . U LICHT. M EHRL ICHT 124 PSALM L XXX . . . . . . . . . . . 126 UNTO T HE PERFECT D AY . . . . . . . I 27 8 Contents . PAGE H Y F OR N C HRISTMA E S V E . . . . . . 1 28 BLIND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 T W O sorvie TZyng8. r there fie, - Ay, three A Neste from which ye EZedgZitzgs havz been taken, A Lamb forznketz, A Pefnl front ye Wilde Rose yz dely sh. 0 f gZarine Thy zgesth ere fie more, - Ay, four A Lat-ke n fiove ye olde Neste GlitlreZy singi g, A Wilde Rose clingi zg f i 2 zafzo to ye Rock, n ShgAerde bri11gi1z. g A Lamb, found, irr his arms, - alzd Ch ystemezse Belrs a - ri zgzizg. THE MORNING. VITA NUOVA. DESERT, treeless, boundless, The low sun round and red, Air stifling, moveless, soundless - And I alone with my dead. Her head lay on my shoulder, The crimson light ebbed fast Her face grew paler, colder - The face of my own dead Past... --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.