Prefatory Note Many of these poems have appeared in Scribner's, The Century, The Atlantic, and the San Francisco Examiner, and my thanks are due them for permission to republish. EDWIN MARKHAM. OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA. The Contents The Man with the Hoe 15 Song of the Followers of Pan 22 The Poet 30 The Whirlwind Road 32 The Desire of Nations 33 The Elf Child 39 The Goblin Laugh 40 Poetry 41 A Meeting 42 Infinite Depths 43 II The Contents A Leaf from the Devil's Jest-Book 44 The Paymaster 46 The Last Furrow 47 In the Storm 49 After Reading Shakspere 50 The Hidden Valley 52 The Poets 53 Love's Vigil 54 Two at a Fireside 56 The Butterfly 57 To William Watson 58 Keats A-Dying 59 Man 60 The Cricket 61 In High Sierras 62 The Wharf of Dreams 63 A Song at the Start 68 My Comrade 70 The Contents A Lyric of the Dawn 71 Joy of the Morning 80 Youth and Time 81 A Satyr Song 83 A Cry in the Night 84 In Death Valley 86 At Dawn 87 "Follow Me" 88 In Poppy Fields 89 The Joy of the Hills 90 The Invisible Bride 92 The Valley 94 The Climb of Life 95 The Tragedy 97 Divine Vision 98 Midsummer Noon 99 One Life, One Law 100 Griefs 101 An Old Road 102 |