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AUTHOR’S WORD _xix_
THE EASTER FLOWER _3_
TO ONE COMING NORTH _4_
AMERICA _6_
ALFONSO, DRESSING TO WAIT AT TABLE _7_
THE TROPICS IN NEW YORK _8_
FLAME HEART _9_
HOME THOUGHTS _11_
ON BROADWAY _12_
THE BARRIER _13_
ADOLESCENCE _14_
HOMING SWALLOWS _15_
THE CITY’S LOVE _16_
NORTH AND SOUTH _17_
WILD MAY _18_
THE PLATEAU _19_
AFTER THE WINTER _20_
THE WILD GOAT _21_
HARLEM SHADOWS _22_
THE WHITE CITY _23_
THE SPANISH NEEDLE _24_
MY MOTHER _26_
IN BONDAGE _28_
DECEMBER, 1919 _29_
HERITAGE _30_
WHEN I HAVE PASSED AWAY _31_
ENSLAVED _32_
I SHALL RETURN _33_
MORNING JOY _34_
AFRICA _35_
ON A PRIMITIVE CANOE _36_
WINTER IN THE COUNTRY _37_
TO WINTER _39_
SPRING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE _40_
ON THE ROAD _41_
THE HARLEM DANCER _42_
DAWN IN NEW YORK _43_
THE TIRED WORKER _44_
OUTCAST _45_
I KNOW MY SOUL _46_
BIRDS OF PREY _47_
THE CASTAWAYS _48_
EXHORTATION: SUMMER, 1919 _49_
THE LYNCHING _51_
BAPTISM _52_
IF WE MUST DIE _53_
SUBWAY WIND _54_
THE NIGHT FIRE _55_
POETRY _56_
TO A POET _57_
A PRAYER _58_
WHEN DAWN COMES TO THE CITY _60_
O WORD I LOVE TO SING _63_
ABSENCE _64_
SUMMER MORN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE _66_
REST IN PEACE _67_
A RED FLOWER _68_
COURAGE _70_
TO O. E. A. _71_
ROMANCE _73_
FLOWER OF LOVE _75_
THE SNOW FAIRY _76_
LA PALOMA IN LONDON _78_
A MEMORY OF JUNE _79_
FLIRTATION _81_
TORMENTED _82_
POLARITY _83_
ONE YEAR AFTER _84_
FRENCH LEAVE _86_
JASMINES _88_
COMMEMORATION _89_
MEMORIAL _90_
THIRST _92_
FUTILITY _93_
THROUGH AGONY _94_