Cross Roads :: By Margaret E. Sangster

By Margaret E. Sangster

To My Father

NOTE

Some of the verses in this book have been printed by The Christian Herald, Good Housekeeping, Pictorial Review, New Fiction Publishing Company and the C. H. Young Publishing Company. I wish to acknowledge, with thanks, permission to reprint them.

CONTENTS
PREFACE
WOOD MAGIC
WATERIN' TH' HORSES
AT DAWN
II. THE PIONEER
III. THE FARMER
THE HAUNTED HOUSE
TO A PAIR OF GLOVES
PEAKS
LIL' FELLER
TO AN OLD SCHOOLHOUSE
THE OLD SAILOR
THE RIVER AND THE TREE
AUTUMN SONG
SCARLET FLOWERS
ON FIFTH AVENUE
FROM A CITY WINDOW
THE LADY ACROSS THE COURT
TO A PORCELAIN PUPPY DOG
COLORS
LIGHTS OF THE CITY
STEEL
MUSIC OF THE SLUMS
I. THE VIOLIN-MAKER
II. THE PARK BAND
III. THE ORGAN MAN
"BE OF GOOD CHEER!"
FROM MY ROOM
THE BALCONY SCENES
A BOWERY PAWN-SHOP
SPRING IN THE CITY
LI'L EMPTY CLOSET
TWO LULLABYS
II. POPPY LAND
I DREAMED YOUR FACE
ANSWER
A BABY'S HANDS
ALL ALONG THE BROAD HIGHWAY
MY MOTHER
HEREDITY
APRIL
THE DESERT PATH—SEVEN SONNETS
SUMMER SONG
COMPREHENSION—A MOTHER'S SONG
SINGING ON THE MARCH
EASTER
RESURRECTION
THE QUEEN
FRAGMENTS
IT'S LOTS OF FUN—
VALENTINE
THE SACRIFICE
TO A CERTAIN ROOM
OTHER DAYS
AT TWILIGHT
THERE ARE SUCH WEARY LITTLE LINES
THREE SONGS OF AWAKENING
IN A CANOE
CAPTIVE-HEART
EVENING SONG
AFTER A DAY OF WAITING
INTANGIBLE
AT FIRST SIGHT
FIVE SONNETS
III. THE RAIN OUTSIDE
IV. I USED TO WRITE
V. MOON-GLOW
FORGIVEN
THE WRITING
AT PARTING
THE REFUGE
TO DREAM ALONE....
NOW I MAY SING OF SADNESS....
WHEN WAR CAME
WHEN YOU WENT BY
IN MEMORIAM
TOGETHER
JIM-DOG
SIX SONNETS
FROM THE DECK OF A TRANSPORT
TIM—MY BUNKIE
A PRAYER FOR OUR BOYS RETURNING
PARIS
II. THE RUE DE LA PAIX—(A STREET OF JEWELS)
III. THE FLOWER WAGONS
SONGS FROM FRANCE
FROM PARIS TO CHATEAU THIERRY
A RUINED CHURCH
CHILD FACES
RETURN
THE PHOENIX
INDEPENDENCE DAY—1919
SHADOWS
L'ENVOI

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