Contents xiii
BY THE ROADSIDE
Gods 941
The Dalliance of the Eagles 941
DRUM-TAPS
Cavalry Crossing a Ford 942
Vigil Strange l Kept on the Field One Night 942
A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim 943
The Wound-Dresser 943
Look Down Fair Moon 945
Reconciliation 945
MEMORIES OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN
When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd 945
AUTUMN RIVULETS
There Was a Child Went Forth 951
To a Common Prostitute 952
Prayer of Columbus 952
The Sleepers 954
WHISPERS OF HEAVENLY DEATH
Darest Thou Now O Soul 959
Whispers of Heavenly Death 959
Chanting the Square Deific 960
A Noiseless Patient Spider 961
FROM NOON TO STARRY NIGHT
To a Locomotive in Winter 961
By Broad Potomac's Shore 962
SECOND ANNEX: GOOD-BYE MY FANCY
Good-bye My Fancy! 962
Democratic Vistas 963
EMILY DICKINSON (1830-1886) 971
49 [I never lost as much but twice] 973
67 [Success is counted sweetest] 973
130 [These are the days when Birds come back Ð] 973
214 [I taste a liquor never brewedÑ] 973
241 [I like a look of Agony] 974
249 [Wild Nights-Wild Nights!] 974
252 [l can wade GriefÑ] 974
258 [There's a certain Slant of light] 974
280 [I felt a Funeral, in my Brain] 974
285 [The Robin's my Criterion for TuneÑ] 975
288 [I'm Nobody! Who are you?] 975
290 [of BronzeÑand BlazeÑ] 975