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INTRODUCTION

FIFTY YEARS & OTHER POEMS

FIFTY YEARS

1863-1913

TO AMERICA

O BLACK AND UNKNOWN BARDS

O SOUTHLAND!

To HORACE BUMSTEAD

THE COLOR SERGEANT

(On an Incident at the Battle of San Juan Hill)

THE BLACK MAMMY

FATHER, FATHER ABRAHAM

(On the Anniversary of Lincoln's Birth)

BROTHERS

FRAGMENT

THE WHITE WITCH

MOTHER NIGHT

THE YOUNG WARRIOR

THE GLORY OF THE DAY WAS IN HER FACE

SONNET

(From the Spanish of Plácido)

FROM THE SPANISH

FROM THE GERMAN OF UHLAND

BEFORE A PAINTING

I HEAR THE STARS STILL SINGING

GIRL OF FIFTEEN

THE SUICIDE

DOWN BY THE CARIB SEA

I

Sunrise in the Tropics

II

Los Cigarillos

III

Teestay

IV

The Lottery Girl

V

The Dancing Girl

VI

Sunset in the Tropics

AND THE GREATEST OF THESE IS WAR

A MID-DAY DREAMER

THE TEMPTRESS

GHOSTS OF THE OLD YEAR

THE GHOST OF DEACON BROWN

"LAZY"

OMAR

DEEP IN THE QUIET WOOD

VOLUPTAS

THE WORD OF AN ENGINEER

LIFE

SLEEP

PRAYER AT SUNRISE

THE GIFT TO SING

MORNING, NOON AND NIGHT

HER EYES TWIN POOLS

THE AWAKENING

BEAUTY THAT IS NEVER OLD

VENUS IN A GARDEN

VASHTI

THE REWARD

JINGLES & CROONS

SENCE YOU WENT AWAY

MA LADY'S LIPS AM LIKE DE HONEY

(Negro Love Song)

TUNK

(A Lecture on Modern Education)

NOBODY'S LOOKIN' BUT DE OWL AND DE MOON

(A Negro Serenade)

YOU'S SWEET TO YO' MAMMY JES DE SAME

(Lullaby)

A PLANTATION BACCHANAL

JULY IN GEORGY

A BANJO SONG

ANSWER TO PRAYER

DAT GAL O' MINE

THE SEASONS

'POSSUM SONG

(A Warning)

BRER RABBIT, YOU'S DE CUTES' OF 'EM ALL

AN EXPLANATION

DE LITTLE PICKANINNY'S GONE TO SLEEP

THE RIVALS