Chapter I: Front Matter

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_BY THE SAME AUTHOR_.
THE CRESCENT MOON

THE IRON AGE

THE DARK TOWER

DEEP SEA

UNDERGROWTH
(with E. Brett Young)

MARCHING ON TANGA

POEMS 1916–1918.
E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
NEW YORK

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THE
YOUNG PHYSICIAN

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BY
FRANCIS BRETT YOUNG
AUTHOR OF “MARCHING ON TANGA,” ETC.

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NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
881 FIFTH AVENUE

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Copyright, 1920,
By E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY

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_All Rights Reserved_

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_First printing_ _March_, 1920 _Second printing_ _March_, 1920 _Third printing_ _September_, 1920

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Printed in the United States of America

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TO

THOMAS BRETT YOUNG, M.D.

WITH THE LOVE AND ADMIRATION
OF HIS SON

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CONTENTS

BOOK I
CHAPTER PAGE
I. MURDERER’S CROSS 1
II. GOLDEN MEDIOCRITY 16
III. THE GREEN TREES 27
IV. MIDSUMMER 42
V. AIRS AND GRACES 57
VI. THUNDER WEATHER 69
VII. IMPURITY 86
VIII. HOMEWARDS 107
IX. THE DARK HOUSE 124
X. THRENODY 153
XI. THE THRESHOLD 184
XII. THE HILLS 211
BOOK II.
I. THE CITY OF IRON 249
II. MORTALITY BEHOLD 272
III. CARNIVAL 296
IV. SCIENCE 324
V. ROMANCE 346
VI. THE DRESSER 372
VII. THE CLERK 403
VIII. LOWER SPARKDALE 435
IX. EASY ROW 460
X. WHITE ROSES 487