CONTENTS
SAGA OF THE OAK.
A DIAMOND.
MY CATBIRD. A CAPRICCIO.
THE TUNES DAN HARRISON USED TO PLAY.
FAIRYLAND.
SUMMER LOVE.
CLOVER HILL.
THE WEDDING DEFERRED.
TO THE LITTLE MIAMI RIVER.
IMMORTAL BIRDSONG.
HINCHMAN'S MILL.
VICTOR.
THE LAST FLIGHT.
A GENTLE MAN.
INVIOLATE.
FAITH.
PLATO.
DANTE. AFTER READING "PARADISO."
WAGNER'S KAISER MARCH. TO THEODORE THOMAS.
DEFOE IN THE PILLORY.
WE THE PEOPLE.
EIGHTY-SEVEN.
THE FOUNDERS OF OHIO. APRIL, 1888.
FOREST SONG.
A BALLAD OF OLD KENTUCKY.
JOHN FILSON.
JOHNNY APPLESEED. A Ballad of the Old Northwest.
WENDING WESTWARD.
THE TEACHER'S DREAM.
BY THEIR FRUITS.
PESTALOZZI.
"THERE IS NO CASTE IN BLOOD."
VIVA LA GUERRA. April 23, 1898.
BATTLE CRY. May 1, 1898.
EL EMPLAZADO.
NATIONAL SONG. Dedicated to the Business Men's Club of Cincinnati, May 13, 1903.
RIGHT OF MIGHT.
JAMES E. MURDOCH. On His Eightieth Birthday.
THE CONCORD SEER.
THE POET OF CLOVERNOOK.
THE GREENFIELD WIZARD. (J. W. R.)
WILLIAM BAIRD OF RIDGEVILLE.
LET'S SHAKE. Impromptu.
A WELCOME TO BOZ. Impromptu.
THE BOOK AUCTION.
A GIFT ACKNOWLEDGED. February 19, 1881.
THE OLD HOMESTEAD.
JENNIE MOORE.
ASHES.
POSY.
A SNOW BIRD.
THE UPSET.
THE SCHOOL GIRL.
THE READERS.
WAG. Obiit, February 7, 1878.
DONATELLO.
GABRIEL OF SCHWARTZENWALD.
COFFEA ARABICA.
AN INDIA SHAWL.
APOLOGY.
UNRECONCILED.
ANNIVERSARY.
AMAUROTE.
Saga of the Oak
AND OTHER POEMS
NEW YORK
Dodd, Mead & Company
1904
Copyright, 1884, 1893, by W. H. Venable
Copyright, 1904, by Dodd, Mead and Company
Published April, 1904
BURR PRINTING HOUSE
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