Joyce Kilmer, poems, essays and letters in two volumes. Volume 1, memoirs and poemsVolume 1 — EASTERReading editionChapter navigation92 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…JOYCE KILMER POEMS, ESSAYS AND LETTERS IN TWO VOLUMES VOLUME ONE: MEMOIR AND POEMSACKNOWLEDGMENTILLUSTRATIONSMEMOIRMEMOIR (continued 2)ROUGE BOUQUETTHE PEACEMAKERPRAYER OF A SOLDIER IN FRANCEWHEN THE SIXTY-NINTH COMES BACKMIRAGE DU CANTONMENTWARTIME CHRISTMASMAIN STREET (For S. M. L.)ROOFS (For Amelia Josephine Burr)THE SNOWMAN IN THE YARD (For Thomas Augustine Daly)A BLUE VALENTINE (For Aline)HOUSES (For Aline)IN MEMORYAPOLOGY (For Eleanor Rogers Cox)THE PROUD POET (For Shaemas O’Sheel)LIONEL JOHNSON (For the Rev. John J. Burke, C.S.P.)FATHER GERARD HOPKINS, S.J.GATES AND DOORS (For Richardson Little Wright)THE ROBE OF CHRIST (For Cecil Chesterton)THE SINGING GIRL (For the Rev. Edward F. Garesché, S.J.)THE ANNUNCIATION (For Helen Parry Eden)ROSES (For Katherine Brègy)THE VISITATION (For Louise Imogen Guiney)MULTIPLICATION (For S. M. E.)THANKSGIVING (For John Bunker)THE THORN (For the Rev. Charles L. O’Donnell, C.S.C.)THE BIG TOPMID-OCEAN IN WAR-TIME (For My Mother)QUEEN ELIZABETH SPEAKSIN MEMORY OF RUPERT BROOKETHE NEW SCHOOL (For My Mother)EASTER WEEK (In memory of Joseph Mary Plunkett)THE CATHEDRAL OF RHEIMS (From the French of Émile Verhaeren)KINGS (For the Rev. James B. Dollard)THE WHITE SHIPS AND THE RED (For Alden March)THE TWELVE-FORTY-FIVE (For Edward J. Wheeler)PENNIESTREES (For Mrs. Henry Mills Alden)STARS (For the Rev. James J. Daly, S.J.)OLD POETS (For Robert Cortes Holliday)DELICATESSENSERVANT GIRL AND GROCER’S BOYWEALTH (For Aline)MARTINTHE APARTMENT HOUSEAS WINDS THAT BLOW AGAINST A STAR (For Aline)ST. LAURENCETO A YOUNG POET WHO KILLED HIMSELFMEMORIAL DAY “Dulce et decorum est”THE ROSARYVISION (For Aline)TO CERTAIN POETSLOVE’S LANTERN (For Aline)ST. ALEXIS Patron of BeggarsFOLLY (For A. K. K.)MADNESS (For Sara Teasdale)POETSCITIZEN OF THE WORLDTO A BLACKBIRD AND HIS MATE WHO DIED IN THE SPRING (For Kenton)THE FOURTH SHEPHERD (For Thomas Walsh)EASTERMOUNT HOUVENKOPFTHE HOUSE WITH NOBODY IN ITDAVE LILLYALARM CLOCKSWAVERLEY 1814–1914IN A BOOK-SHOPSLENDER YOUR HANDSSLEEP SONGWHITE BIRD OF LOVETRANSFIGURATIONBALLADE OF MY LADY’S BEAUTYFOR A BIRTHDAYWAYFARERSPRINCESS BALLADELULLABY FOR A BABY FAIRYA DEAD POETTHE MAD FIDDLERTHE GRASS IN MADISON SQUARESAID THE ROSEMETAMORPHOSISFOR A CHILDTHE CLOUDED SUN (To A. S.)THE POET’S EPITAPHBEAUTY’S HAIRTHE WAY OF LOVE (An Old Legend)CHEVELY CROSSINGTHE OTHER LOVERPrevious chapter ←Volume 1 — THE FOURTH SHEPHERD (For Thomas Walsh)Next chapter →Volume 1 — MOUNT HOUVENKOPFAll chapters and sections (92)Sections1Volume 1 · Other sectionsACKNOWLEDGMENTILLUSTRATIONSMEMOIRMEMOIR (continued 2)ROUGE BOUQUETTHE PEACEMAKERPRAYER OF A SOLDIER IN FRANCEWHEN THE SIXTY-NINTH COMES BACKMIRAGE DU CANTONMENTWARTIME CHRISTMASMAIN STREET (For S. M. L.)ROOFS (For Amelia Josephine Burr)THE SNOWMAN IN THE YARD (For Thomas Augustine Daly)A BLUE VALENTINE (For Aline)HOUSES (For Aline)IN MEMORYAPOLOGY (For Eleanor Rogers Cox)THE PROUD POET (For Shaemas O’Sheel)LIONEL JOHNSON (For the Rev. John J. Burke, C.S.P.)FATHER GERARD HOPKINS, S.J.GATES AND DOORS (For Richardson Little Wright)THE ROBE OF CHRIST (For Cecil Chesterton)THE SINGING GIRL (For the Rev. Edward F. Garesché, S.J.)THE ANNUNCIATION (For Helen Parry Eden)ROSES (For Katherine Brègy)THE VISITATION (For Louise Imogen Guiney)MULTIPLICATION (For S. M. E.)THANKSGIVING (For John Bunker)THE THORN (For the Rev. Charles L. O’Donnell, C.S.C.)THE BIG TOPMID-OCEAN IN WAR-TIME (For My Mother)QUEEN ELIZABETH SPEAKSIN MEMORY OF RUPERT BROOKETHE NEW SCHOOL (For My Mother)EASTER WEEK (In memory of Joseph Mary Plunkett)THE CATHEDRAL OF RHEIMS (From the French of Émile Verhaeren)KINGS (For the Rev. James B. Dollard)THE WHITE SHIPS AND THE RED (For Alden March)THE TWELVE-FORTY-FIVE (For Edward J. Wheeler)PENNIESTREES (For Mrs. Henry Mills Alden)STARS (For the Rev. James J. Daly, S.J.)OLD POETS (For Robert Cortes Holliday)DELICATESSENSERVANT GIRL AND GROCER’S BOYWEALTH (For Aline)MARTINTHE APARTMENT HOUSEAS WINDS THAT BLOW AGAINST A STAR (For Aline)ST. LAURENCETO A YOUNG POET WHO KILLED HIMSELFMEMORIAL DAY “Dulce et decorum est”THE ROSARYVISION (For Aline)TO CERTAIN POETSLOVE’S LANTERN (For Aline)ST. ALEXIS Patron of BeggarsFOLLY (For A. K. K.)MADNESS (For Sara Teasdale)POETSCITIZEN OF THE WORLDTO A BLACKBIRD AND HIS MATE WHO DIED IN THE SPRING (For Kenton)THE FOURTH SHEPHERD (For Thomas Walsh)EASTERMOUNT HOUVENKOPFTHE HOUSE WITH NOBODY IN ITDAVE LILLYALARM CLOCKSWAVERLEY 1814–1914IN A BOOK-SHOPSLENDER YOUR HANDSSLEEP SONGWHITE BIRD OF LOVETRANSFIGURATIONBALLADE OF MY LADY’S BEAUTYFOR A BIRTHDAYWAYFARERSPRINCESS BALLADELULLABY FOR A BABY FAIRYA DEAD POETTHE MAD FIDDLERTHE GRASS IN MADISON SQUARESAID THE ROSEMETAMORPHOSISFOR A CHILDTHE CLOUDED SUN (To A. S.)THE POET’S EPITAPHBEAUTY’S HAIRTHE WAY OF LOVE (An Old Legend)CHEVELY CROSSINGTHE OTHER LOVERThe air is like a butterfly With frail blue wings. The happy earth looks at the sky And sings.◇← THE FOURTH SHEPHERD (For Thomas Walsh)MOUNT HOUVENKOPF →