Anthology of Massachusetts Poets

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Anthology of Massachusetts Poets by William Stanley Braithwaite is a collection of hidden gems by poets such as Marie Tudor, George Cabot Lodge, and Amy Lowell. Excerpt: "The moon is a wavering rim where one fish slips, The water makes a quietness of sound; Night is an anchoring of many ships Home-bound. There are strange tunnelers in the dark, and whirs Of wings that die, and hairy spiders spin The silence into nets, and tenants Move softly in. I step on shadows riding through the grass, And feel the night lean cool against my face; And challenged by the sentinel of space, I pass."

• Language: English
• Publisher: DigiCat
• Release date: Nov 22, 2022
• ISBN: 8596547409991

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Anthology of Massachusetts Poets

EAN 8596547409991

DigiCat, 2022

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Table of Contents

HOME-BOUND

AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL

YELLOW CLOVER

HUNGER

ROUSSEAU

THE CROSS-CURRENT

SUNRISE ON MANSFIELD MOUNTAIN

FOUR FOUNTAINS AFTER RESPIGHI

IN THE TROLLEY CAR

IN IRISH RAIN

CRETONNE TROPICS

HILL-FANTASY

GOD, THROUGH HIS OFFSPRING NATURE,. GAVE ME LOVE

THE VOICE IN THE SONG

HYMNS AND ANTHEMS SUNG AT. WELLESLEY COLLEGE

REUBEN ROY

WREATHS

MEMPHIS

THE FAREWELL

LOVE AUTUMNAL

MOTHERHOOD

ESSEX

THE SONG OF THE WAVE

FRIMAIRE

DRAGON

SLEEPY HOLLOW, CONCORD

SONG

THREE QUATRAINS

SHIPBUILDERS

UNFADING PICTURES

HOME BOUND JOSEPH AUSLANDER

AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL KATHERINE LEE BATES

YELLOW CLOVER KATHERINE LEE BATES

THE RETURNING SYLVESTER BAXTER

TWO MOODS FROM THE HILL ERNEST BENSHIMOL

A BANQUET ERNEST BENSHIMOL

SONG GEORGE CABOT LODGE

THE WORLDS MARTHA GILBERT DICKINSON BIANCHI

THE RIOT GAMALIEL BRADFORD

HUNGER GAMALIEL BRADFORD

EXIT GOD GAMALIEL BRADFORD

ROUSSEAU GAMALIEL BRADFORD

JOHN MASEFIELD AMY BRIDGMAN

1620-1920

LE BARON RUSSEL BRIGGS

THE CROSS-CURRENT ABBIE FARWELL BROWN

CANDLEMAS ALICE BROWN

SUNRISE ON MANSFIELD MOUNTAIN ALICE BROWN

BURNT ARE THE PETALS OF LIFE ELSIE PUMPELLY CABOT

FOUR FOUNTAINS. AFTER RESPIGHI JESSICA CARR

IN THE TROLLEY CAR RUTH BALDWIN CHENERY

IN IRISH RAIN MARTHA HASKELL CLARK

CRETONNE TROPICS GRACE HAZARD CONKLING

TO HILDA OF HER ROSES GRACE HAZARD CONKLING

DANDELION HILDA CONKLING

RED ROOSTER HILDA CONKLING

VELVETS HILDA CONKLING

THE MOODS FANNY STEARNS DAVIS

HILL-FANTASY FANNY STEARNS DAVIS

THE MIRAGE NATHAN HASKELL DOLE

THE ROAD BEYOND THE TOWN MICHAEL EARLS, S.J.

THE LILAC WALTER PRICHARD EATON

GOD, THROUGH HIS OFFSPRING NATURE, GAVE ME LOVE CHARLES GIBSON

TO MUSIC MAUDE GORDON-ROBY

THE VOICE IN THE SONG MARY GERTRUDE HAMILTON

HYMNS AND ANTHEMS SUNG AT WELLESLEY COLLEGE CAROLINE HAZARD

REUBEN ROY HAROLD CRAWFORD STEARNS

COUNTRY ROAD MARIE LOUISE HERSEY

WREATHS CAROLYN HILLMAN

MEMPHIS GORDON MALHERBE HILLMAN

SAINT COLUMBKILLE E.J.V. HUIGINN

MISS DOANE WINIFRED VIRGINIA JACKSON

FALLEN FENCES WINIFRED VIRGINIA JACKSON

CROSS-CURRENTS WINIFRED VIRGINIA JACKSON

THE FAREWELL WINIFRED VIRGINIA JACKSON

SONG OLIVER JENKINS

LOVE AUTUMNAL OLIVER JENKINS

ECHOES RUTH LAMBERT JONES

WAR PICTURES RUTH LAMBERT JONES

AN OLD SONG ARTHUR KETCHUM

ROADSIDE REST ARTHUR KETCHUM

OLD LIZETTE ON SLEEP AGNES LEE

MOTHERHOOD AGNES LEE

ESSEX GEORGE CABOT LODGE

THE SONG OF THE WAVE GEORGE CABOT LODGE

FRIMAIRE AMY LOWELL

PATTERNS AMY LOWELL

A BATHER AMY LOWELL

LEPRECHAUNS AND CLURICAUNS DENNIS A. MCCARTHY

L'ENVOI DOROTHEA LAWRENCE MANN

TO IMAGINATION DOROTHEA LAWRENCE MANN

DRAGON JEANETTE MARKS

GREEN GOLDEN DOOR JEANETTE MARKS

SLEEPY HOLLOW, CONCORD JOHN CLAIR MINOT

THE SWORD OF ARTHUR JOHN CLAIR MINOT

THE DIVINE FOREST CHARLES R. MURPHY

MAGIC EDWARD J. O'BRIEN

MICHAEL PAT EDWARD J. O'BRIAN

SONG EDWARD J. O'BRIAN

IN MEMORIAM: FRANCIS LEDWIDGE NORREYS JEPHSON O'CONNOR

EVENSONG NORREYS JEPHSON O'CONNOR

THE PROPHET JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY

HARVEST-MOON: 1914 JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY

HORSEMAN SPRINGING FROM THE DARK: A DREAM LILLA CABOT PERRY

THREE QUATRAINS LILLA CABOT PERRY

A VALENTINE UNSENT MARGARET PERRY

SHIPBUILDERS ARTHUR STANWOOD PIER

UNFADING PICTURES LOUELLA C. POOLE

WITH WAVES AND WINGS CHARLOTTE PORTER

BLUEBERRIES FRANK PRENTICE RAND

NOCTURNE WILLIAM ROSCOIE THAYER

ENVOI WILLIAM 'ROSCOE THAYER

THERE WHERE THE SEA MARIE TUDOR

MARRIAGE MARIE TUDOR

PITY HAROLD VINAL

A ROSE TO THE LIVING NIXON WATERMAN

THE STORM G.O. WARREN

WHERE THEY SLEEP G.O. WARREN

BEAUTY G.O. WARREN

COMRADES GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY

THE FLIGHT GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY

HOME-BOUND

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THE moon is a wavering rim where one fish slips,

The water makes a quietness of sound;

Night is an anchoring of many ships

Home-bound.

There are strange tunnelers in the dark, and whirs

Of wings that die, and hairy spiders spin

The silence into nets, and tenanters

Move softly in.

I step on shadows riding through the grass,

And feel the night lean cool against my face;

And challenged by the sentinel of space,

I pass.

JOSEPH AUSLANDE

AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL

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O BEAUTIFUL for spacious skies,

For amber waves of grain,

For purple mountain majesties

Above the fruited plain!

America! America!

God shed His grace on thee

And crown thy good with brotherhood

From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for pilgrim feet,

Those stern, impassioned stress

A thoroughfare for freedom beat

Across the wilderness!

America! America!

God mend thine every flaw,

Confirm thy soul in self-control,

Thy liberty in law!

O beautiful for heroes proved

In liberating strife

Who more than self their country loved,

And mercy more than life!

America! America!

May God thy gold refine,

Till all success be nobleness,

And every gain divine.

O beautiful for patriot dream

That sees beyond the years

Thine alabaster cities gleam

Undimmed by human tears!

America! America!

God shed His grace on thee

And crown thy good with brotherhood

From sea to shining sea!

KATHERINE LEE BATES

YELLOW CLOVER

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MUST I, who walk alone,

come on it still,

This Puck of plants

The wise would do away with,

The sunshine slants

To play with,

Our wee, gold-dusty flower, the yellow clover,

Which once in Parting for a time

That then seemed long,

Ere time for you was over,

We sealed our own?

Do you remember yet,

O Soul beyond the stars,

Beyond the uttermost dim bars

Of space,

Dear Soul, who found earth sweet,

Remember by love's grace,

In dreamy hushes of the heavenly song,

How suddenly we halted in our climb,

Lingering, reluctant, up that farthest hill,

Stooped for the blossoms closest to our feet,

And gave them as a token

Each to Each,

In lieu of speech,

In lieu of words too grievous to be spoken,

Those little, gypsy, wondering blossoms wet

With a strange dew of tears?

So it began,

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