Chapter I: Front Matter

Greek Wayfarers

and

Other Poems

By

Edwina Stanton Babcock

G. P. Putnam’s Sons
New York and London
The Knickerbocker Press
1916

COPYRIGHT, 1916
BY
EDWINA STANTON BABCOCK

The Knickerbocker Press, New York

To

MARIÁNTHE

The author believes that Greece today--largely because of her people’s opportunity in America--knows conscious renewal of her endless spirit while she still keeps wonder and glory for all who approach her.

Whatever her destiny, her natural beauties have not betrayed her, and through her glorious wildness and barrens her people are looking outward and forward. Therefore, if these verse-pictures of ancient and modern Greek life bring to those familiar with Greece any refreshing memory and to those who do not know this beautiful country an awakened interest, they will justify their existence.

CONTENTS

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THE AMAZONS AT EPÍDAUROS 3

THE BLACK SAIL 5

WIDOWED ANDROMACHE 6

THE SACRED SHIP FROM DELOS 7

THE LITTLE SHADE 9

THE CONTRAST--VOLO 10

“SHE HAD REVERENCE”--VOLO 11

THE GLORY--GOOD-FRIDAY NIGHT, ATHENS, 1914 12

SUNSET ON THE ACROPOLIS 15

THE STREET OF SHOES (ATHENS) 16

ON THE ELEUSINIAN WAY--SPRING 18

IN THE ROOM OF THE FUNERAL STELÆ (ATHENS MUSEUM) 20

“THE SEVEN-STRINGED MOUNTAIN LUTE” 22

GREEK WAYFARERS 23

THE THRESHING-FLOOR 30

BY THE WALLACHIAN TENTS--THESSALY 32

THE VALE OF TEMPÉ 35

THE ENCOUNTER 37

EASTER DANCE AT MEGARA--FIRST PICTURE 40

EASTER DANCE AT MEGARA--SECOND PICTURE 41

PEACE, 1914 44

DELPHI 46

THE DESCENT FROM DELPHI 49

TWILIGHT ON ACRO-CORINTH 51

ROMANCE 53

NIGHT IN OLD CORINTH 55

AQUAMARINE 57

THE SHEPHERDESS 60

MAY-DAY IN KALAMATA 63

FROM THE ARCADIAN GATE 66

THE ABBESS 68

GREEK FARMERS 70

SONG 73

TO THE OLYMPIAN HERMES 75

GREECE--1915-1916 78

THE SINGING STONES 80

THE OLD QUEST 83

THE GODS ARE NOT GONE, BUT MAN IS BLIND 86

THE SEA OF TIME 87

ON THE THOROUGHFARE 89

AT PÆSTUM 90

PHIDIAS--A DRAMATIC EPISODE 95