IN THIS OUR WORLD AND OTHER POEMS - 1895 - CONTENTS - THE WORLD. The Rock and the Sea, 1 Songs, . 5 The Cup, . 6 On the Pawtuxet, . 7 Pioneers, 8 Heaven, . 9 Thanksgiving Hymn, . 10 Christmas Carol, . . 11 The Changeless Year, . 13 Where Memory Sleeps, . . 14 A Prayer, 14 The Ship, . 15, A Moonrise, . 15 Natures Answer, . . 16 Among the Gods, 18, What Then 2 0 Why Not 21, A Nevada Desert, . 2 2 The Heart of the Water, 22 kqThe Modern Skeleton, . . . . . 23 The Lion Path, 24 Baby Love, . 25 Too Much, 26 The Prophets, . 26 Reinforcements, 27 iv CONTENTS. THE WORLD Continued. For Us, . . 28 Desire, . 29 In Duty Bound, . . 30 The Lesson of Death, . 31 WOMAN. She Walketh Veiled and Sleeping, - 3 5 Girls of To-day, 36 Women of Today, . 38 To Mothers, . . 30 We, as Women, . . 42 Six Hours a Day, 44 Reassurance, . 45 Ballade of ye Gentil Mayde, 46 Feminine Vanity, . 48 Females, 50 Unsexed, . . 52 The Holy Stove, 54 A Brood Mare, . . 56 False Play, 59 To the Young Gife, ru . 6 0 An Old Proverb, 62 The Child Speaks, . 63 Mother to Child, . 65 To Man, . 68 She Who is to Come, 7 1 OUR HUMAN KIND. Similar Cases, . 72 A Conservative, 76 The Survival of the Fittest, . 78 An Obstacle, . 80 W hat s That . . 82 Christian Virtues, 84 Wedded Bliss, . 87 The Sweet Uses of Adversity, 88 A Hope, . . 89 The Amoeboid Cell, . 91 The Cart Before the Horse, . 94 CONTENTS. OUR HUMAN KIND Continued. The Poor Ye have Always with You, . Mr. Rockefellers Prayer, . The Old Time Wail, . . . Poor Human Nature, . Charity, . . m Division of Property, The Dead Level, The Looker On, . Free Land is Not Enough, . Waste, . Nationalism, . OTHER POEMS. Ballad of the Summer Sun, Wings, . Compromise, . As Flew the Crosa, . Services, . . Seeking, . Finding, . . . New Duty, m . Ruined, blotherhood, . . The Lost Game, . Who is to Blame . Out of Place, Out of the Gate, Limits, An Economist, The Pig and the Pearl, . A Misfit, The Keeper of the Light, P It is Good to be Alive, . Christmas Hymn, Thanksgiving, . Morning, . The Wolf at the Door, The Living God, . vi CONTENTS. OTHER POEMS Continued. My Cyclamen, . 152 Birth, . 153 SONGS OF SAN FRANCISCO From The Impress. The Hills, 155 Citys Beauty, . 156 An Unusual Rain, . . . 157 From Russian Hill, . . 159 Powell Street, . . 160 THE SATIRIST From The Intpress. A New Years Reminder, . . 163 Little Cell, . 164 The Modest Maid, . 165 Technique, . . 166 The Mothers Charge, . . . 167 A New Creation, . . . 169 Connoisseurs, . 170 A W e, 171 Unmentionable, . m . 172 New Years Day, 173 News, . . . 174 The Pastellette, 179 Work and Wages, . . 176 Step Faater, Please, . 177 Our San Francisco Climate, 178 Christmas Time, . 179 In Re Andromaniacs, . . . 181 The San Francisco Hen, . 182 En Banc, . . . . 183 I N T H I S OUR WORLD THE WORLD. THE ROCK AND THE SEA. THE ROCK. I am the Rock, presulnptuous Sea I am set to encounter thee. Angry and loud, or gentle aud still, I am set here to limit thy power, and I will-I am the Rock I am the Rock. From age to age I scorn thy fury and dare thy rage. Scarred by frost and worn by time, Brown with weed and green with slime, Thou mayst drench and defile me and spit in my face, But while I am here thou keepst thy place l I ain the Rock I am the Rock, beguiling Sea l I know thou art fair as fair can be, With golden glitter and silver sheen And bosom of blue and garments of green. 2 IN THIS OUR WORLD. Thou mayst pat my cheek wit11 baby hands, And lapmy feet in diamond sands, And play before me as children play But plead as thou wilt, I...