AUTHOR’S NOTE
Reading edition
Many of the poems in this collection have already appeared in the pages of English, American, or Canadian periodicals. For kind courtesies in regard to the reprinting of such poems my grateful acknowledgments are due to the editors of Harper’s Magazine, The Century, The Atlantic Monthly, Scribner’s Magazine, The Cosmopolitan, Massey’s Magazine, The Yellow Book, Harper’s Weekly, The Independent, Munsey’s Magazine, The Chap-Book, The Outlook, The Youth’s Companion, Harper’s Bazar, St. Nicholas, Truth.
C. G. D. R.
Fredericton, N.B., August, 1896.
To
Goodridge Bliss Roberts
The kindly strength of open fields, The faith of eve, the calm of air, They lift my spirit close to thee In memory and prayer.