Lincoln & other poemsThe Joy-MakerReading editionChapter navigation60 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterNoteLincoln, the Man of the PeopleIn a Corn-fieldThe SowerAt Little Virgil’s WindowThe Muse of BrotherhoodA Blossoming BoughKykaA Mendocino MemoryThe Witness of the DustThe Wall Street PitA CreedThe Mighty Hundred YearsWhich Was Dream?Our Deathless DeadThe BuildersThe AngelusThe SuicideThe AscensionAll-Men’s InnThe Field FraternityThe Errand ImperiousLove’s To-MorrowThe Leader of the PeopleArtOn Seeing Vedder’s “Pleiades”The Muse of LaborEven ScalesDreyfusMemory of Good DeedsThe New CenturyThe Need of the HourThe LizardThe Humming BirdThe Round-UpSong of the FayThe World-PurposeTo Young AmericaThe Brown o’ the YearWind of the FallThe Free PressA Bargain“Inasmuch....”“The Father’s Business”A Guard of the SepulchreThe Song of the ShepherdsThe Prince of WhimThe PlowmanSong’s EternityThe God of Song and MirthSt. Elizabeth of HungaryThe Joy-MakerThe Face of LifeThe Story of BacchusLost LandsPoet-LoreThe Hindered GuestSupplicationTRANSCRIBER’S NOTESPrevious chapter ←St. Elizabeth of HungaryNext chapter →The Face of LifeAll chapters and sections (60)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsNoteLincoln, the Man of the PeopleIn a Corn-fieldThe SowerAt Little Virgil’s WindowThe Muse of BrotherhoodA Blossoming BoughKykaA Mendocino MemoryThe Witness of the DustThe Wall Street PitA CreedThe Mighty Hundred YearsWhich Was Dream?Our Deathless DeadThe BuildersThe AngelusThe SuicideThe AscensionAll-Men’s InnThe Field FraternityThe Errand ImperiousLove’s To-MorrowThe Leader of the PeopleArtOn Seeing Vedder’s “Pleiades”The Muse of LaborEven ScalesDreyfusMemory of Good DeedsThe New CenturyThe Need of the HourThe LizardThe Humming BirdThe Round-UpSong of the FayThe World-PurposeTo Young AmericaThe Brown o’ the YearWind of the FallThe Free PressA Bargain“Inasmuch....”“The Father’s Business”A Guard of the SepulchreThe Song of the ShepherdsThe Prince of WhimThe PlowmanSong’s EternityThe God of Song and MirthSt. Elizabeth of HungaryThe Joy-MakerThe Face of LifeThe Story of BacchusLost LandsPoet-LoreThe Hindered GuestSupplicationTRANSCRIBER’S NOTESTime’s touch can dim our sorrows and destroy,◇But only Art can turn them into joy.◇114◇← St. Elizabeth of HungaryThe Face of Life →