Oklahoma and Other PoemsOKLAHOMAReading editionChapter navigation74 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterOKLAHOMAOTHER POEMSOKLAHOMA.THE RACE FOR HOMES.AT PERRY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1893."SING ME A SONG, O, WIND."A CHRISTMAS CAROL.YEARS THAT ARE TO BE.IF WE DON'T OR IF WE DO.DEAR SONGS OF MY COUNTRY!JULY FOURTH."O, GENTLE SHADE OF QUIET WOODS."LOVE.WINTERS ON THE FARM."O, WEAK AND WEARY WORLD!"EX ANIMA."LO, ALL THE AGE IS RANK WITH WRONG.""LOVE, THOU GAYEST FANCY-WEAVER."THE FARMER."NATURE HAS A THOUSAND CHOIRS."THE WORKINGMAN.GIVING AND FORGIVING."O, SACRED SOULS THAT GRANDLY SING."CHRISTMAS TIME.TRUEST HEROES ARE UNKNOWN.IF WE BUT KNEW.HOPE.DESPONDENCY.IF LOVE WERE KING."SING ME THE OLD SONGS, MOTHER."TWO LIVES."AWAY, AWAY, FROM THE SULTRY WAYS."SPINSTERHOOD."SWEET FAIRIES FROM THE ISLES OF SONG."STANZAS.MAKE THE MOST OF THIS LIFE."THE SONGS THAT MOTHER USED TO SING.""QUAFF THE GLASS, THE WINE IS RED."GOOD-NIGHT.LIVE LIFE WITH LOVE.DISCONTENT.STANZAS.THE WAY OF THE WORLD.MY SHADOW AND I.IN THE VALES.THE WILLOW.AT THE MILL.SHADOW AND SHINE.THE GROWTH OF SONG.SPRING AND MUSIC.COMPENSATION.MY MOLLIE, O!SING NOT OF BEAUTY.AT EVENTIDE.WHEN CHRISTMAS COMES.WHEN THOU ART NEAR.HE SLEEPS AT LAST.WHEN FORTUNES FROWN.WHEN WE SHALL MEET.SWEET EYES OF BLUE.HAD WE NOT MET.A SONNET.OKLAHOMA,—A SONNET.ESTRANGED.RECONCILED.THE DYING HERO.SONNET.GREATNESS LIVES APART.POEMS.SINGER AND SONG.TO ONE WHO PLEDGED HER FRIENDSHIP.THE BANKS O' TURKEY RUN.ENVOY.Previous chapter ←Front matterNext chapter →OTHER POEMSAll chapters and sections (74)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsOKLAHOMAOTHER POEMSOKLAHOMA.THE RACE FOR HOMES.AT PERRY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1893."SING ME A SONG, O, WIND."A CHRISTMAS CAROL.YEARS THAT ARE TO BE.IF WE DON'T OR IF WE DO.DEAR SONGS OF MY COUNTRY!JULY FOURTH."O, GENTLE SHADE OF QUIET WOODS."LOVE.WINTERS ON THE FARM."O, WEAK AND WEARY WORLD!"EX ANIMA."LO, ALL THE AGE IS RANK WITH WRONG.""LOVE, THOU GAYEST FANCY-WEAVER."THE FARMER."NATURE HAS A THOUSAND CHOIRS."THE WORKINGMAN.GIVING AND FORGIVING."O, SACRED SOULS THAT GRANDLY SING."CHRISTMAS TIME.TRUEST HEROES ARE UNKNOWN.IF WE BUT KNEW.HOPE.DESPONDENCY.IF LOVE WERE KING."SING ME THE OLD SONGS, MOTHER."TWO LIVES."AWAY, AWAY, FROM THE SULTRY WAYS."SPINSTERHOOD."SWEET FAIRIES FROM THE ISLES OF SONG."STANZAS.MAKE THE MOST OF THIS LIFE."THE SONGS THAT MOTHER USED TO SING.""QUAFF THE GLASS, THE WINE IS RED."GOOD-NIGHT.LIVE LIFE WITH LOVE.DISCONTENT.STANZAS.THE WAY OF THE WORLD.MY SHADOW AND I.IN THE VALES.THE WILLOW.AT THE MILL.SHADOW AND SHINE.THE GROWTH OF SONG.SPRING AND MUSIC.COMPENSATION.MY MOLLIE, O!SING NOT OF BEAUTY.AT EVENTIDE.WHEN CHRISTMAS COMES.WHEN THOU ART NEAR.HE SLEEPS AT LAST.WHEN FORTUNES FROWN.WHEN WE SHALL MEET.SWEET EYES OF BLUE.HAD WE NOT MET.A SONNET.OKLAHOMA,—A SONNET.ESTRANGED.RECONCILED.THE DYING HERO.SONNET.GREATNESS LIVES APART.POEMS.SINGER AND SONG.TO ONE WHO PLEDGED HER FRIENDSHIP.THE BANKS O' TURKEY RUN.ENVOY.AND← Front matterOTHER POEMS →