FOREWORD THE HIS is a volume of inspirational poems. Its pur pose is to bring men courage and resolution, to cheer them, to fire them with new confidence when they grow dispirited, to strengthen their faith that THINGŠ ČAN BE DONE. It is better for this purpose than the entire works of any one poet, for it takes the cream of many and has greater diversity than any one writer can show. It is made up chiefly of very recent poems—not such as were written for anthologies of poetical "gems," but such as speak directly to the heart, always in very simple language, often in the phrases of shop or office or street. Included, however, with the poems of the day are a few of the fine old pieces that have been of comfort to men through the ages. Besides the poems themselves, the volume contains helps to their understanding and enjoyment. The pieces are introduced by short comments; these serve the same purpose as the strain played by the pianist before the singer begins to sing; they create a mood, give a point of view, throw light on the meaning of what follows. . Also the lives of the authors are briefly summarized; this is in answer to our natural interest in the writer of a poem we like, and in the case of living poets it brings together facts hardly to be found anywhere else. Finally, the book is not one to be read and then cast aside. It is to be kept as a constant companion and an unfailing recourse in weariness or gloom. Human companions are not always in the mood to cheer us, and may talk upon themes we dislike. But this book will converse or be silent, it is never out of sorts or discouraged, and so far from being wed to some single topic, it will speak to us at any time on any subject we desire. To many authors and publishers acknowledgment is due for generous permission to use copyright material. 87 158 Bars of Fate, The.. .. Ellen M. H. Gates.... Belly and the Members, The.William Shakespeare... 152 Borrowed Feathers. .Joseph Morris... 124 203 III Call of the Unbeaten, The.. Grantland Rice....... 48 Can You Sing a Song?. Joseph Morris. 35 Celestial Surgeon, The..... Robert Louis Stevenson 153 Chambered Nautilus, The..Oliver Wendell Holmes 30 Character of a Happy Life.Sir Henry Wotton..... 214 Columbus 128 198 178 Page ...William Shakcspeare... 194 . Edwin Markham 147 William Wordsworth.. 180 .James W. Foley. 63 179 Ralph Waldo Emerson 47 . Edwin Markham...... 207 John G. Neihardt.... 196 ..St. Clair Adams. 215 Fable Ralph Waldo Emerson 207 .John Keats 193 53 .Edward Rowland Sill.. 112 .S. E. Kiser 102 Sam Walter Foss..... 118 .Henry Van Dyke.. 3 9 108 George Herbert 211 183 ..Anna Hempstead 115 Gamaliel Bradford 89 William Shakespeare 216 .St. Clair Adams .. 43 109 J. G. Holland 200 .Griffith Alexander 134 93 188 C Page Happy Heart, The.... Thomas Dekker 149 • Has-Beens, The... Walt Mason 85 Having Done and Doing... William Shakespeare 52 Heinelet Gamaliel Bradford 169 Helpin' Out. .William Judson Kibby. 96 Here's Hopin'. ..Frank L. Stanton .. 164 Hero, A., ..Florence Earle Coates. 205 He Whom a Dream Hath Possessed ... Sheamus O Sheel .... 160 His Ally.. William Rose Benét 154 Hoe Your Row.. Frank L. Stanton... 203 Hold Fast. . Everard Jack Appleton 106 Hope .Anonymous 29 Hopeful Brother, A.......Frank L. Stanton. 67 House by the side of the Road, The.... .Sam Walter Foss.... 2 How Did You Die?. Edmund Vance Cooke. 20 How Do You Tackle Your Work? .Edgar A. Guest 50 Hymn to Happiness, A....James W. Foley.. 222 If John Kendrick Bangs.. 210 If Rudyard Kipling.. 4 If I Should Die.. .Ben King 13 If You Can't Go Over or Under, Go Round.. ...Joseph Morris 150 I'm Glad... . Anonymous 29 Inner Light, The. .John Milton 83 Invictus .William Ernest Henley 5 Is It Raining, Little Flower? Anonymous 199 It Couldn't Be Done.. Edgar A. Guest. 6 It May Be.... .S. E. Kiser.. 99 It Won't Stay Blowed. ....St. Clair Adams .... 116 |
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