PUBLISHERS' NOTE THE first attempt to gather Mr. Sill's poems into a single volume was made in 1902, when Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin and Company issued a limited edition, combining the three small volumes previously published by them, and adding a few pieces never before collected. The compiler of that edition, Mr. William Belmont Parker, has also edited the present Household Edition, and has here arranged all the poems as nearly as possible in their chronological order. This new and more satisfactory grouping has prevented his making full use of the group titles that have become familiar to Mr. Sill's readers, but he has retained them as far as the conditions permit. The kind coöperation of Mrs. Sill, and of other surviving friends of the poet, has also made it possible to enlarge the collection materially, so that it contains all of his poetical writings that it is thought desirable to preserve. BOSTON, September, 1906. 1006 CONTENTS UNDERGRADUATE AND EARLY POEMS THE POLAR SEA MORNING MIDNIGHT FAITH MUSIC. DREAM-Doomed. DESPAIR AND HOPE RETROSPECT DISCONTENT THE FOUNTAIN. SOLITUDE THE FOUR PICTURES POEMS WRITTEN BETWEEN 1862 AND 1867 THE RUBY HEART: A CHILD'S STORY TO CHILD ANNA . A FABLE TO CHILD ANNA THE CREATION THE FIRST CAUSE SEMELE. CLASS SONG: 1864 THE GAME OF LIFE MAN, THE SPIRIT THE FUTURE THE DEAD PRESIDENT 33 37 39 43 44 46 49 50 52 58 61 CONTENTS ix THE NEWS-GIRL THE HOUSE AND THE HEART. A TROPICAL MORNING AT SEA THE PICTURE OF THE WORLD FOR THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT THE TWO WAYS THE CLOCKS OF GNOSTER-TOWN THE LOST BIRD SUMMER RAIN THE BELLOWS-BOY THE NEW YEAR THE TRUANT SPRING . TRANQUILLITY IN A FAR COUNTRY THE WONDERFUL THOUGHT To "THE RADICAL THE INVISIBLE. A DRIFTING CLOUD A REPLY. THE SCHOOL-HOUSE WINDOWS A FOOLISH WISH. THE SECRET POEMS WRITTEN BETWEEN 1872 AND 1880 THE THINGS THAT WILL NOT DIE A CHILD AND A STAR . REVERIE IS IT SAFE? FIVE LIVES THE OPEN WINDOW GOOD NEWS SUNDAY |