Green Fields and Running Brooks, and Other PoemsTO MY SISTERSReading editionChapter navigation105 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterINDIANAPOLISCOPYRIGHT 1893TO MY SISTERSIntroductory materialGREEN FIELDS AND RUNNING BROOKSA COUNTRY PATHWAY.ON THE BANKS O' DEER CRICK.A DITTY OF NO TONE.A WATER-COLOR.THE CYCLONE.WHERE-AWAY.THE HOME-GOING.HOW JOHN QUIT THE FARM.NORTH AND SOUTH.THE IRON HORSE.HIS MOTHER'S WAYJAP MILLER.A SOUTHERN SINGER.A DREAM OF AUTUMN.TOM VAN ARDEN.JUST TO BE GOOD.HOME AT NIGHT.THE HOOSIER FOLK-CHILD.JACK THE GIANT KILLER.WHILE THE MUSICIAN PLAYED.AUGUST.TO HEAR HER SING.BEING HIS MOTHER.JUNE AT WOODRUFF.FARMER WHIPPLE.—BACHELOR.DAWN, NOON AND DEWFALL.NESSMUK.AS MY UNCLE USED TO SAY.THE SINGER.A FULL HARVEST.BLIND.RIGHT HERE AT HOME.THE LITTLE FAT DOCTOR.THE SHOEMAKER.THE OLD RETIRED SEA CAPTAIN.ROBERT BURNS WILSON.TO THE SERENADER.THE WIFE-BLESSED.SISTER JONES'S CONFESSION.THE CURSE OF THE WANDERING FOOT.A MONUMENT FOR THE SOLDIERS.THE RIVAL.IRY AND BILLY AND JO.A WRAITH OF SUMMERTIME.HER BEAUTIFUL EYES.DOT LEEDLE BOY.DONN PIATT OF MAC-O-CHEE.THEM FLOWERS.THE QUIET LODGER.THE WATCHES OF THE NIGHT.HIS VIGIL.THE PLAINT HUMANTO AN IMPORTUNATE GHOST.THE QUARREL.THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW.THE HEREAFTER.JOHN BROWN.A CUP OF TEA.JUDITH.THE ARTEMUS OF MICHIGAN.THE HOODOO.THE RIVALS; OR THE SHOWMAN'S RUSEWHAT CHRIS'MAS FETCHED THE WIGGINSES.GO, WINTER!ELIZABETH.SLEEP.DAN PAINE.OLD WINTERS ON THE FARMAT UTTER LOAF.A LOUNGER.A SONG OF LONG AGO.THE CHANT OF THE CROSS-BEARING CHILD.THANKSGIVING.AUTUMN.THE TWINS.BEDOUIN.TUGG MARTIN.LET US FORGET.JOHN ALDEN AND PERCILLY.REACH YOUR HAND TO ME.THE ROSE.MY FRIEND.SUSPENSE.THE PASSING OF A HEART.WE TO SIGH INSTEAD OF SING.THE BLOSSOMS ON THE TREES.A DISCOURAGING MODEL.LAST NIGHT—AND THIS.SEPTEMBER DARK.A GLIMPSE OF PAN.OUT OF NAZARETH.THE WANDERING JEW.LONGFELLOW.JOHN MCKEEN.THEIR SWEET SORROW.SOME SCATTERING REMARKS OF BUB'S.MR. WHAT'S-HIS-NAME.WHEN AGE COMES ON.ENVOY.Previous chapter ←COPYRIGHT 1893Next chapter →Introductory materialAll chapters and sections (105)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsINDIANAPOLISCOPYRIGHT 1893TO MY SISTERSOpening pagesIntroductory materialOther sectionsGREEN FIELDS AND RUNNING BROOKSA COUNTRY PATHWAY.ON THE BANKS O' DEER CRICK.A DITTY OF NO TONE.A WATER-COLOR.THE CYCLONE.WHERE-AWAY.THE HOME-GOING.HOW JOHN QUIT THE FARM.NORTH AND SOUTH.THE IRON HORSE.HIS MOTHER'S WAYJAP MILLER.A SOUTHERN SINGER.A DREAM OF AUTUMN.TOM VAN ARDEN.JUST TO BE GOOD.HOME AT NIGHT.THE HOOSIER FOLK-CHILD.JACK THE GIANT KILLER.WHILE THE MUSICIAN PLAYED.AUGUST.TO HEAR HER SING.BEING HIS MOTHER.JUNE AT WOODRUFF.FARMER WHIPPLE.—BACHELOR.DAWN, NOON AND DEWFALL.NESSMUK.AS MY UNCLE USED TO SAY.THE SINGER.A FULL HARVEST.BLIND.RIGHT HERE AT HOME.THE LITTLE FAT DOCTOR.THE SHOEMAKER.THE OLD RETIRED SEA CAPTAIN.ROBERT BURNS WILSON.TO THE SERENADER.THE WIFE-BLESSED.SISTER JONES'S CONFESSION.THE CURSE OF THE WANDERING FOOT.A MONUMENT FOR THE SOLDIERS.THE RIVAL.IRY AND BILLY AND JO.A WRAITH OF SUMMERTIME.HER BEAUTIFUL EYES.DOT LEEDLE BOY.DONN PIATT OF MAC-O-CHEE.THEM FLOWERS.THE QUIET LODGER.THE WATCHES OF THE NIGHT.HIS VIGIL.THE PLAINT HUMANTO AN IMPORTUNATE GHOST.THE QUARREL.THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW.THE HEREAFTER.JOHN BROWN.A CUP OF TEA.JUDITH.THE ARTEMUS OF MICHIGAN.THE HOODOO.THE RIVALS; OR THE SHOWMAN'S RUSEWHAT CHRIS'MAS FETCHED THE WIGGINSES.GO, WINTER!ELIZABETH.SLEEP.DAN PAINE.OLD WINTERS ON THE FARMAT UTTER LOAF.A LOUNGER.A SONG OF LONG AGO.THE CHANT OF THE CROSS-BEARING CHILD.THANKSGIVING.AUTUMN.THE TWINS.BEDOUIN.TUGG MARTIN.LET US FORGET.JOHN ALDEN AND PERCILLY.REACH YOUR HAND TO ME.THE ROSE.MY FRIEND.SUSPENSE.THE PASSING OF A HEART.WE TO SIGH INSTEAD OF SING.THE BLOSSOMS ON THE TREES.A DISCOURAGING MODEL.LAST NIGHT—AND THIS.SEPTEMBER DARK.A GLIMPSE OF PAN.OUT OF NAZARETH.THE WANDERING JEW.LONGFELLOW.JOHN MCKEEN.THEIR SWEET SORROW.SOME SCATTERING REMARKS OF BUB'S.MR. WHAT'S-HIS-NAME.WHEN AGE COMES ON.ENVOY.ELVA AND MARY← COPYRIGHT 1893Introductory material →