THE LOST CHIMES

And Other Poems GUSTAV MELBY BOSTON RICHARD G. BADGER THE GORHAM PRESS

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Copyright, 1918, by Gustav Melby All Rights Reserved The Gorham Press, Boston, U. S. A. {3} To the Memory of My Friend Dr. Frank J. Cressy Whose Skill as a Physician Saved My Child’s Life, and Whose Kindness as a Friend Lent Inspiration to Life’s Pursuits

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THE LOST CHIMES

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THE SIBYL’S PROPHECY

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IN MEMORIAM Judge Gorham Powers, Died April 15, 1915.

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LINES WRITTEN ON RECEIVING NEWS OF MY FATHER’S DEATH

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THE YELLOW PERIL

Written after having heard the Hon. Duncan McKinley’s lecture on “The Japanese in America.”

MIDWINTER’S DREAM (1918)

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TO AN UNKNOWN MUSICIAN

(Verses written while listening to a melody played on board the “Princess Charlotte,” sailing through the strait of Juan de Fuca)

SUNSETS ON CLEARWATER LAKE, MINN. (To Mrs. A. W. W.)

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MY GOLDFISH

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