Contents vii
PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR (1872-1906) 332
Sympathy 333
We Wear the Mask 334
WILLA CATHER (1875-1947) 335
Paul's Case 336
GERTRUDE STEIN (1874-1946) 355
The Gentle Lena 357
AMY LOWELL (1874-1925) 383
The Captured Goddess 384
Venus Transiens 385
Madonna of the Evening Flowers 386
September, 1918 387
New Heavens for Old 388
The Taxi 389
ROBERT FROST (1874-1965) 390
The Pasture 392
Mending Wall 392
Home Burial 393
After Apple-Picking 396
The Wood-Pile 398
The Road Not Taken 399
Birches 399
'Out, Out-' 401
Fire and Ice 402
Nothing Gold Can Stay 402
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening 403
Desert Places 403
Design 404
Neither Out Far Nor In Deep 404
SHERWOOD ANDERSON (1876-1941) 406
Hands 407
CARL SANDBURG (1878-1967) 413
Chicago 414
WALLACE STEVENS (1879-1955) 416
The Snow Man 418
Sunday Morning 418