Chapter I: Front Matter

APRIL TWILIGHTS
AND OTHER POEMS

BOOKS BY WILLA CATHER

ALEXANDER’S BRIDGE

O PIONEERS

THE SONG OF THE LARK

MY ANTONIA

YOUTH AND THE BRIGHT MEDUSA

ONE OF OURS

A LOST LADY
(_in preparation_)

APRIL TWILIGHTS

AND OTHER POEMS

BY

WILLA CATHER

ALFRED A KNOPF
NEW YORK · MCMXXIII

COPYRIGHT, 1923
BY ALFRED A. KNOPF, INC.

_Published, April, 1923_

MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

To my Father
for a Valentine

_The verses in Part I of this volume are reprinted from an early
volume_, APRIL TWILIGHTS, _published in 1903. Those in Part II are
of later composition, and for permission to republish them I am
indebted to the editors of_ SCRIBNER’S MAGAZINE, MCCLURE’S
MAGAZINE, _and the_ CENTURY MAGAZINE.

WILLA CATHER

CONTENTS

PAGE

“Grandmither, think not I forget” 13

Fides, Spes 15

The Tavern 16

The Hawthorn Tree 17

The Poor Minstrel 18

Antinous 20

London Roses 21

Winter at Delphi 22

Paradox 24

In Media Vita 25

Evening Song 26

Lament for Marsyas 27

“I Sought the Wood in Winter” 28

“Sleep, Minstrel, Sleep” 30

In Rose-Time 31

Poppies on Ludlow Castle 33

Prairie Dawn 35

Aftermath 36

Thou Art the Pearl 37

Arcadian Winter 38

Provençal Legend 40

The Encore 42

Song 43

L’Envoi 44

The Palatine 47

The Gaul in the Capitol 49

A Likeness 50

The Swedish Mother 52

Spanish Johnny 54

Autumn Melody 55

Prairie Spring 56

Macon Prairie 57

Street in Packingtown 60

A Silver Cup 62

Recognition 65

Going Home 66