PART I.

THE COMBAT BETWEEN THE THUNDER-BIRDS AND THE WATER-DEMONS.

PART II.

THE GROVE.

PART III.

FOOTNOTES

[1] Thunder-Bird, a supernatural winged creature which causes thunder and lightning by the flapping of its wings and the winking of its eyes.

[2] The name given by the Dakotas to the first-born, if a female.

[3] Tipi, skin tent.

[4] An edible root found on the prairies.

[5] The Crow Indians, hereditary foes of the Dakotas, call themselves Absaraka, which means crow in their language.

[6] Each Indian guest at a banquet carries with him his own wooden bowl and horn spoon.

[7] Many Indians believe in the transmigration of souls, and some of them profess to remember previous states of existence.

[8] A renowned chief formerly living on Lake Pepin.

[9] A supernatural monster inhabiting the larger rivers and lakes, and hereditary foe of the Thunder-Bird.

[10] The falls of St. Anthony.

[11] The name given to the first-born, if a male. Upon becoming a warrior or performing some notable feat, the youth is permitted to select another name.

[12] Hereditary foe of the Dakotas.

[13] The Dakotas formerly disposed of their dead by fastening them to the branches of trees, or to rude platforms. This is still practised to some extent.

[14] The Indians paint and adorn a body before sepulture.

[41]

MISCELLANEOUS POEMS

[42]

[43]

TO A YOUNG MAN.

[45]

TELL ME, DEAR BIRD.

[47]

PERDITA.

[52]

STANZAS TO ⸺.

[55]

LOVE’S TRIBUTES.

[57]

THE LITTLE SHEPHERDESS.

PASTORELLE.

[58]

A FAREWELL.

[59]

TO A FICKLE FAIR ONE.

TO THE SAME.

[60]

THE PALACE OF REPOSE.

[63]

MOODS.

[74]

TO ⸺.

[76]

TO ⸺.

TO THE SAME.

TO THE SAME.

[77]

TRANSLATIONS AND IMITATIONS

[78]

[79]

IF MY VERSES HAD WINGS LIKE A BIRD.

AFTER VICTOR HUGO.

[80]

’TWIXT SLEEP AND WAKING.

AFTER THE FRENCH OF PROSPER BLANCHEMAIN.

[81]

WHITE SWAN SAILING.

FROM THE RUSSIAN.

[84]

THE ROSES OF SAADI.

AFTER THE FRENCH OF DESBORDES-VALMORE.

[85]

ROSE-BUDS.

AFTER THE FRENCH OF BÉRANGER.

[87]

THE BIRD I WAIT FOR.

AFTER THE FRENCH OF MOREAU.

[89]

VISIONS.

FROM THE FRENCH OF ALFRED DE MUSSET.

[92]

THE FISHERMAN’S BRIDAL.

AFTER DELAVIGNE.

[95]

YOU HAD MY WHOLE HEART.

FROM THE FRENCH OF DESBORDES VALMORE.

[97]

ART.

FROM THE FRENCH OF THÉOPHILE GAUTIER.

[100]

BARCAROLLE.

FROM THE SAME.

[103]

SHADOWS.

FROM THE SAME.

[113]

SONNET: OU VONT ILS?

FROM THE FRENCH OF SULLY PRUDHOMME.

[114]

THE GAY CASHIER.

ADAPTED FROM THE FRENCH.

[115]

THE RAVAGES OF TIME.

SCARRON.

[116]

HALLUCINATION.

FROM THE FRENCH.

I.

[117]

II.

III.

IV. IN THE GROVE.

[119]

TO MY CRITICS.

IMITATED FROM DE MUSSET.

[121]

THE YOUTH AND THE OLD MAN.

FLORIAN.

[123]

THE CATHEDRAL BELL AND ITS RIVAL.

IRIARTE.

[125]

BLUE EYES AND BLACK EYES.

IMITATED FROM ANDALUSIAN COPLAS.

I.

II.

[128]

COMPLAINT TO THE VIRGIN.

FROM A CUBAN POETESS.

[132]

THE CRUCIFIXION.

OLD FRENCH SONNET.

[133]

FROM THE SPANISH.

[134]

THE BOOK OF LIFE.

LAMARTINE.

[135]

MEMORIAL DAY, AND OTHER POEMS.

DEDICATED TO THE G. A. R.

[136]

[137]

TWENTY YEARS AGO.

WRITTEN FOR MEMORIAL DAY IN 1885.

[141]

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

[142]

THE PRISONER’S DREAM.

[143]

HOW OFT A SENTRY SAD AND LONE.

[144]

FROM COPLAS OF AN ANDALUSIAN SOLDIER.

[145]

FROM THE SAME.

[146]

THE GLORY OF A SPANISH DRAGOON.

FROM THE SAME.

[148]

WRITTEN FOR A REUNION OF VETERANS IN THE YEAR 1915.

[150]

[151]

TWENTY-FIVE SONNETS

[152]

[153]

TO ⸺.

[154]

POESY.

[155]

THE ROSE.

[156]

TO A FAIR SANTA BARBARAN.

[157]

LA DIVA.

[158]

TO A HAPPY LOVER.

[159]

METEMPSYCHOSIS.

I.

II.

[161]

THREE SONNETS IN MEMORIAM.

I. DESPAIR—THE ABYSS.

II. QUESTIONING.

III. CONSOLATION.

[163]

IN MEMORY OF D. G. R.

[164]

IN MEMORY OF JOHN BROWN OF OSSAWATTOMIE.

INSCRIBED TO JOHN J. INGALLS.

I.

[165]

II.

III.

[167]

OUR LOST ONES.

[168]

THE OCEAN OF THE PAST.

[169]

EVIL DAYS.

[170]

ENVY AND SLANDER.

TO N. A. M.

[171]

TRUE FREEDOM.

TO J. F. F.

[172]

“SOCIETY.”

[173]

THE STAGNANT POOL.

[174]

THE MAN WITH THE MUCK-RAKE.

[175]

IMMORTALITY.

[176]

TO A YOUNG ARTIST.

THE END.

Transcriber’s Note:

In poem “Shadows”, final stanza, “vail” changed to “veil”.

In poem “Twenty Years Ago”, penultimate stanza, “plantive” changed to “plaintive”.