POEMS

ALBERT HERTER

THE SONG OF THE WHEAT

POEMS

BY MARIE VAN VORST

DODD MEAD & COMPANY

Copyright, 1903, By Dodd, Mead and Company

First Edition published March, 1903

UNIVERSITY PRESS · JOHN WILSON AND SON · CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.

I INSCRIBE MY FIRST BOOK OF VERSE TO THE MEMORY OF MY BROTHER JOHN VAN VORST

Thanks are tendered to Scribner’s Magazine and to the Pall Mall Magazine for the courteous permission to reprint verses already published in these periodicals.

[Pg ix]

THE SONG OF THE WHEAT

I

[Pg 4]

II

[Pg 5]

III

[Pg 6]

IV

[Pg 7]

V

VI

[Pg 8]

VII

VIII

[Pg 10]

IX

[Pg 11]

X

[Pg 12]

XI

[Pg 13]

IN THE JOINT OF HIS ARMOUR

I

II

[Pg 14]

III

IV

[Pg 15]

V

VI

[Pg 16]

VII

VIII

[Pg 17]

IX

X

[Pg 18]

XI

XII

[Pg 19]

XIII

XIV

[Pg 20]

XV

[Pg 21]

LAURENS VILLA

[Pg 26]

THE HOST

[Pg 31]

THE PAGAN

I

[Pg 32]

II

[Pg 33]

III

[Pg 34]

IV

LYRICS

[Pg 37]

[Pg 39]

LYRICS

SING AGAIN

[Pg 41]

FOREST LOVERS

[Pg 43]

LIKE TO A SONGLESS BIRD

[Pg 45]

THREE YEARS!

[Pg 46]

THE WIND UPON A SUMMER DAY

[Pg 47]

ON THE NORMAN CLIFFS

[Pg 48]

MID-WINTER

[Pg 49]

MARE PLACIDO

[Pg 50]

IN THE GREENWOOD

[Pg 51]

EVENING TIME

[Pg 53]

IN THE WINDOW

[Pg 55]

THE GLASS

[Pg 56]

THREE DAYS MORE....

[Pg 58]

LOVE’S PARADOX

[Pg 59]

VITA, VITA!

[Pg 60]

THE SLEEP

[Pg 61]

THE REWARD

[Pg 63]

LES REVENANTS

[Pg 65]

THE BOON

[Pg 66]

THE SIGN

SONGS

[Pg 67]

[Pg 69]

SONGS

THE FIRESIDE

[Pg 70]

LOVE—WHERE YOU GO!

[Pg 72]

COSTANZA SINGS....

[Pg 73]

MAY IN FEBRUARY

[Pg 74]

BRIER ROSE

[Pg 75]

THE SLEEPING HEART

[Pg 76]

ABSENCE

[Pg 77]

TO-MORROW

[Pg 78]

OLD TIME MELODY

[Pg 79]

THOUGH ALL BETRAY

[Pg 80]

BREAK THY SLEEP

[Pg 81]

RED ROSES

[Pg 82]

SONG

[Pg 83]

SLUMBER SONG

(The White Elf Mother sings.)

[Pg 85]

FANTASY

ROUNDELS

ALBERT HERTER

[Pg 87]

[Pg 89]

ROUNDELS

THE INSPIRATION

[Pg 90]

LUCE ADORABILE

[Pg 91]

TEACH MY SONG

[Pg 92]

THE APOSTROPHE

[Pg 93]

CARRIER DOVES

[Pg 94]

THE NEW FRIEND

[Pg 95]

L’OISEAU DES BOIS

[Pg 96]

GOD’S IS THE NIGHT

[Pg 97]

CHRISTMAS

[Pg 98]

LOVE’S UNIVERSE

[Pg 99]

SUMMER

[Pg 100]

WINTER

[Pg 101]

AMOR IN EXCELSIS

[Pg 102]

THE ROSE

[Pg 103]

WHERE ARE YOU, DEAR?

[Pg 104]

LA MORT EST TOUJOURS FIDÈLE!

[Pg 105]

THE WATCH

[Pg 106]

THE YEAR’S END

[Pg 107]

OUTRE MORT

[Pg 108]

DEAD LOVE

SONNETS

ALBERT HERTER

[Pg 109]

[Pg 111]

SONNETS

VIVA! ANIMA CARISSIMA

I

[Pg 112]

II

[Pg 113]

III

[Pg 114]

IV

[Pg 115]

EXCOMMUNICATE

[Pg 116]

THE CONFESSION

[Pg 117]

THE KINGDOM

[Pg 118]

AMOR VICTRIX

[Pg 119]

SAINT OUEN

[Pg 120]

RENUNCIATION

[Pg 121]

ENVOI