PASTURES AND HILLSIDES
Song from "April"Irene Rutherford McLeod98The Road to the PoolGrace Hazard Conkling99The Wild RoseCharles Buxton Going99Up a Hill and a HillFannie Stearns Davis100The Joys of a Summer MorningHenry A. Wise Wood101South WindSiegfried Sassoon102To a WeedGertrude Hall102The PastureRobert Frost104The ThistleMiles M. Dawson104CloverJohn B. Tabb105Wild GardensAda Foster Murray106The DandelionVachel Lindsay107Joe-PyeweedLouis Untermeyer108To a DaisyAlice Meynell109A Soft DayW. M. Letts110ArbutusAdelaide Crapsey111Jewel-WeedFlorence Earle Coates111The WallAbbie Farwell Brown112BouldersCharles Wharton Stork114Afternoon on a HillEdna St. Vincent Millay115The Golden-RodMargaret Deland116The Path that leads to NowhereCorinne Roosevelt Robinson117
LOVERS AND ROSES
The MessageGeorge Edward Woodberry120"Where love is life"Duncan Campbell Scott121The Time of RosesSarojini Naidu122Love planted a RoseKatharine Lee Bates123The GardenAlice Meynell123Cloud and FlowerAgnes Lee124ProgressCharlotte Becker125"But we did walk in Eden"Josephine Preston Peabody125A Garden-PieceEdmund Gosse126"How many flowers are gently met"George Sterling127With a Rose, to BrunhildeVachel Lindsay127"My soul is like a garden-close"Thomas S. Jones, Jr.128A DreamAntoinette De Coursey Patterson129The RoseGrace Hazard Conkling130PrayerJohn Hall Wheelock130In a GardenLivingston L. Biddle131A Song of FairiesElizabeth Kirby131A Song to BelindaTheodosia Garrison132Sweetheart-LadyFrank L. Stanton133Heart's GardenNorreys Jephson O'Conor133A Rose LoverFrederic A. Whiting134SonnetElsa Barker135A Song in a GardenTheodosia Garrison135"It was June in the garden"Emile Verhaeren136Two RosesWilliam Lindsey138RosesWilfrid Wilson Gibson138Her GardenLouis Dodge139Ære PerenniusCharles Hanson Towne139Ever the SameJosephine Preston Peabody140The MessageHelen Hay Whitney141Tell-TaleOliver Herford142Da ThiefT. A. Daly143Results and RosesEdgar A. Guest145
UNDERNEATH THE BOUGH
MiracleL. H. Bailey148The AwakeningAngela Morgan149ShadeTheodosia Garrison150Selection from "Under the Trees"Anna Hempstead Branch151A Garden FriendCatherine Markham(Mrs. Edwin Markham)152A Lady of the SnowsHarriet Monroe153The TreeEvelyn Underhill153"Loveliest of trees"A. E. Housman155The Spirit of the BirchArthur Ketchum156Family TreesDouglas Malloch156IdealistsAlfred Kreymborg158"Draw closer, O ye trees"Lloyd Mifflin159TreesBliss Carman160The TreesSamuel Valentine Cole162The PoplarsTheodosia Garrison164TreesJoyce Kilmer165
THE LOST GARDENS OF THE HEART
As in a Rose-JarThomas S. Jones, Jr.168In an Old GardenMadison Cawein169The Garden of DreamsBliss Carman169HomesickJulia C. R. Dorr170The Ways of TimeWilliam H. Davies172A Midsummer GardenClinton Scollard172The White RoseCharles Hanson Towne173A Haunted GardenLouis Untermeyer174The Dusty Hour-GlassAmy Lowell176The Song of Wandering AengusW. B. Yeats177The Three Cherry TreesWalter de la Mare178Old GardensArthur Upson179The Blooming of the RoseAnna Hempstead Branch179The Garden of MnemosyneRosamund Marriott Watson181Ballade of the Dreamland RoseBrian Hooker181The Flowers of JuneJames Terry White183In Memory's GardenThomas Walsh183SerenadeMarjorie L. C. Pickthall184"What heart but fears a fragrance?"Martha Gilbert Dickinson Bianchi185Years AfterwardNancy Byrd Turner186AutumnalRichard Middleton186"Oh, tell me how my garden grows"Mildred Howells188Her GardenEldredge Denison189The Little GhostEdna St. Vincent Millay190Roses in the SubwayDana Burnet191
THE GARDEN OVER-SEAS
A Garden PrayerThomas Walsh194In the Garden-Close at MezraClinton Scollard195The CactusLaurence Hope195The White PeacockWilliam Sharp196At Isola BellaJessie B. Rittenhouse198The FountainSara Teasdale199The Champa FlowerRabindranath Tagore200In an Egyptian GardenClinton Scollard201Evening in Old JapanAntoinette De Coursey Patterson202ReflectionsAmy Lowell203In the GardenPai Ta-Shun204The Deserted GardenPai Ta-Shun204A Roman GardenFlorence Wilkinson Evans205Como in AprilRobert Underwood Johnson207An Exile's GardenSophie Jewett207The Cloister Garden at CertosaRichard Burton208A Garden in VeniceDorothy Frances Gurney209In a Garden of GranadaThomas Walsh210Amiel's GardenGertrude Huntington McGiffert211Eden-HungerWilliam Watson212The Garden at BemertonLizette Woodworth Reese212In an Oxford GardenArthur Upson213
THE HOMELY GARDEN
"Grandmother's gathering boneset"Edith M. Thomas216A Breath of MintGrace Hazard Conkling217A Seller of HerbsLizette Woodworth Reese218LavenderW. W. Blair Fish219Dawn in my GardenMarguerite Wilkinson221The Proud VegetablesMary McNeil Fenollosa221The ChoiceKatharine Tynan223Thoughts fer the Discuraged FarmerJames Whitcomb Riley225Grace for GardensLouise Driscoll226
SILVER BELLS AND COCKLE SHELLS
PlantingRobert Livingston230Spring PatchworkAbbie Farwell Brown231Baby's ValentineLaura E. Richards232Baby Seed SongE. Nesbit234Rain in the NightAmelia Josephine Burr235A Little Girl's Songs—I, Spring Song; II, Velvets (By a Bed of Pansies)Hilda Conkling(six years old)236When Swallows BuildCatherine Parmenter(eleven years old)238Spring PlantingHelen Hay Whitney239If I could dig like a RabbitRose Strong Hubbell239The Little GodKatharine Howard240DaisiesFrank Dempster Sherman241The Anxious FarmerBurges Johnson242Over the Garden WallEmily Selinger243The FlowerphoneAbbie Farwell Brown244The Faithless FlowersMargaret Widdemer245The Flower-SchoolRabindranath Tagore246Iris FlowersMary McNeil Fenollosa247If I were a FairyCharles Buxton Going249Fringed GentiansAmy Lowell250The Scissors-ManGrace Hazard Conkling250
THE GARDEN OF LIFE
God's GardenRichard Burton254"The Lord God planted a garden"Dorothy Frances Gurney255The LiliesGeorge E. Woodberry255BarterSara Teasdale256SonnetJohn Masefield257The TillingCale Young Rice258SafeRobert Haven Schauffler259Sorrow in a GardenMay Riley Smith260Moth-FlowersJeanne Robert Foster262AlchemySara Teasdale262Flowers in the DarkSarah Orne Jewett263WelcomeJohn Curtis Underwood264The Child in the GardenHenry van Dyke265A Wonder GardenFrederic A. Whiting266From a Car-WindowRuth Guthrie Harding267Song of the Weary TravellerBlanche Shoemaker Wagstaff267CobwebsLouise Imogen Guiney268BlindHarry Kemp269Herb of GraceAmelia Josephine Burr270Before Mary of Magdala cameEdwin Markham270ConscienceMargaret Steele Anderson273Rosa MysticaKatharine Tynan273The MysteryRalph Hodgson275The RoseAngela Morgan275For TheseEdward Thomas(Edward Eastaway)276Samuel GardnerEdgar Lee Masters277SeedsJohn Oxenham278"Lord, I ask a Garden"R. Arevalo Martinez279My Flower-RoomElla Wheeler Wilcox280"Vestured and veiled with twilight"Rosamund Marriott Watson282The Fruit Garden PathAmy Lowell283Wood SongSara Teasdale284A PrayerEdwin Markham284The Philosopher's GardenJohn Oxenham285Index of Titles287Index of Authors297
Grasshopper, your fairy songAnd my poem alike belongTo the deep and silent earthFrom which all poetry has birth;All we say and all we singIs but as the murmuringOf that drowsy heart of hersWhen from her deep dream she stirs:If we sorrow, or rejoice,You and I are but her voice.Deftly does the dust expressIn mind her hidden loveliness,And from her cool silence streamThe cricket's cry and Dante's dream:For the earth that breeds the treesBreeds cities too, and symphonies,Equally her beauty flowsInto a savior or a rose.Even as the growing grassUp from the soil religions pass,And the field that bears the ryeBears parables and prophecy.Out of the earth the poem growsLike the lily, or the rose;And all that man is or yet may be,Is but herself in agonyToiling up the steep ascentTowards the complete accomplishmentWhen all dust shall be, the wholeUniverse, one conscious soul.Yea, and this my poem, too,Is part of her as dust and dew,Wherein herself she doth declareThrough my lips, and say her prayer.
Grasshopper, your fairy songAnd my poem alike belongTo the deep and silent earthFrom which all poetry has birth;All we say and all we singIs but as the murmuringOf that drowsy heart of hersWhen from her deep dream she stirs:If we sorrow, or rejoice,You and I are but her voice.
Deftly does the dust expressIn mind her hidden loveliness,And from her cool silence streamThe cricket's cry and Dante's dream:For the earth that breeds the treesBreeds cities too, and symphonies,Equally her beauty flowsInto a savior or a rose.
Even as the growing grassUp from the soil religions pass,And the field that bears the ryeBears parables and prophecy.Out of the earth the poem growsLike the lily, or the rose;And all that man is or yet may be,Is but herself in agonyToiling up the steep ascentTowards the complete accomplishmentWhen all dust shall be, the wholeUniverse, one conscious soul.
Yea, and this my poem, too,Is part of her as dust and dew,Wherein herself she doth declareThrough my lips, and say her prayer.
John Hall Wheelock
Stride the hill, sower,Up to the sky-ridge,Flinging the seed,Scattering, exultant!Mouthing great rhythmsTo the long sea beatsOn the wide shore, behindThe ridge of the hillside.Below in the darkness—The slumber of mothers—The cradles at rest—The fire-seed sleepingDeep in white ashes!Give to darkness and sleep:O sower, O seer!Give me to the Earth.With the seed I would enter.O! the growth thro' the silenceFrom strength to new strength;Then the strong bursting forthAgainst primal forces,To laugh in the sunshine,To gladden the world!
Stride the hill, sower,Up to the sky-ridge,Flinging the seed,Scattering, exultant!Mouthing great rhythmsTo the long sea beatsOn the wide shore, behindThe ridge of the hillside.
Below in the darkness—The slumber of mothers—The cradles at rest—The fire-seed sleepingDeep in white ashes!
Give to darkness and sleep:O sower, O seer!Give me to the Earth.With the seed I would enter.O! the growth thro' the silenceFrom strength to new strength;Then the strong bursting forthAgainst primal forces,To laugh in the sunshine,To gladden the world!
Padraic Colum
There is strength in the soil;In the earth there is laughter and youth.There is solace and hope in the upturned loam.And lo, I shall plant my soul in it here like a seed!And forth it shall come to me as a flower of song;For I know it is good to get back to the earthThat is orderly, placid, all-patient!It is good to know how quietAnd noncommittal it breathes,This ample and opulent bosomThat must some day nurse us all!
There is strength in the soil;In the earth there is laughter and youth.There is solace and hope in the upturned loam.And lo, I shall plant my soul in it here like a seed!And forth it shall come to me as a flower of song;For I know it is good to get back to the earthThat is orderly, placid, all-patient!It is good to know how quietAnd noncommittal it breathes,This ample and opulent bosomThat must some day nurse us all!