The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems
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THE FEAST OF THE VIRGINS
AND OTHER POEMS
BY
H.L. GORDON
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
PRELUDE
THE MISSISSIPPI
THE FEAST OF THE VIRGINS[1]
A LEGEND OF THE DAKOTAS
THE GAME OF BALL[2]
THE GAME OF BALL[2]
HEYOKA WACIPEE[16]
THE GIANT'S DANCE.
THE GIANT'S DANCE.
THE FEAST OF THE VIRGINS
TO THE MEMORY OF MY DEVOTED WIFE DEAD AND GONE YET ALWAYS WITH ME I DEDICATE PAULINE THE FLOWER OF MY HEART NURSED INTO BLOOM BY HER LOVING CARE AND OFTTIMES WATERED WITH HER TEARS H.L.G.
TO THE MEMORY OF MY DEVOTED WIFE DEAD AND GONE YET ALWAYS WITH ME I DEDICATE PAULINE THE FLOWER OF MY HEART NURSED INTO BLOOM BY HER LOVING CARE AND OFTTIMES WATERED WITH HER TEARS H.L.G.
PAULINE
PART I
INTRODUCTION
THE CAPTAIN'S STORY
INTRODUCTION
THE CAPTAIN'S STORY
PART II
PAUL' S HISTORY
FOOTNOTES
PAUL' S HISTORY
FOOTNOTES
THE SEA-GULL.[1]
THE LEGEND OF THE PICTURED ROCKS OF LAKE SUPERIOR. OJIBWAY
In the measure of Hiawatha.
In the measure of Hiawatha.
POETRY.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
BETZKO
A HUNGARIAN LEGEND
A HUNGARIAN LEGEND
WESSELENYI
A HUNGARIAN TALE
A HUNGARIAN TALE
ISABEL
BYRON AND THE ANGEL
CHRISTMAS EVE
I
II
I
II
OUT OF THE DEPTHS
FAME
WINONA.
THE FOOT RACES.
THE WAKAN-WACEPEE, OR SACRED DANCE. [81]
WINONA'S WARNING.
DULUTH'S DEPARTURE
THE CANOE RACE.
IN CAMP.
WINONA AND TA-TE-PSIN.
FAMINE.
DEATH OF TA-TE-PSIN.
DEATH OF WINONA.
FOOTNOTES
THE FOOT RACES.
THE WAKAN-WACEPEE, OR SACRED DANCE. [81]
WINONA'S WARNING.
DULUTH'S DEPARTURE
THE CANOE RACE.
IN CAMP.
WINONA AND TA-TE-PSIN.
FAMINE.
DEATH OF TA-TE-PSIN.
DEATH OF WINONA.
FOOTNOTES
SPRING
TO MOLLIE
TO SYLVA
THANKSGIVING.
[Nov. 26, 1857, during the great financial depression.]
[Nov. 26, 1857, during the great financial depression.]
CHARITY
CHARITY
[Written in a friend's book of autographs, 1876.]
[Written in a friend's book of autographs, 1876.]
SAILOR-BOY'S SONG
MY DEAD
DUST TO DUST
O LET ME DREAM THE DREAMS OF LONG AGO
THE PIONEER
[MINNESOTA—1860-1875]
FOOTNOTES
[MINNESOTA—1860-1875]
FOOTNOTES
NIGHT THOUGHTS
DANIEL
[Written at the grave of an old friend.]
[Written at the grave of an old friend.]
MINNETONKA[BZ]
FOOTNOTES
FOOTNOTES
BEYOND
LINES
On the death of Captain Hiram A. Coats, my old schoolmate and friend.
On the death of Captain Hiram A. Coats, my old schoolmate and friend.
MAULEY
THE BRAVE FERRY-MAN
FOOTNOTES
THE BRAVE FERRY-MAN
FOOTNOTES
MEN
HELOISE
CHANGE
FIDO
THE REIGN OF REASON
LOVE WILL FIND
AN OLD ENGLISH OAK
THE LEGEND OF THE FALLS[CH]
[Read at the Celebration of the Old Settlers of Hennepin County, at the Academy of Music, Minneapolis, July 4, 1879.]
[Read at the Celebration of the Old Settlers of Hennepin County, at the Academy of Music, Minneapolis, July 4, 1879.]
THE LEGEND
FOOTNOTES
FOOTNOTES
CHICKADEE
ANTHEM
[APRIL, 1861.]
[APRIL, 1861.]
HURRAH FOR THE VOLUNTEERS
[May, 1861.]
[May, 1861.]
CHARGE OF "THE BLACK-HORSE"
[First battle of Bull Run.]
[First battle of Bull Run.]
ONLY A PRIVATE KILLED
DO THEY THINK OF US?
[October, 1861, after the Battle of Ball's Bluff.]
[October, 1861, after the Battle of Ball's Bluff.]
CHARGE OF FREMONT'S BODY-GUARD
A MILLION MORE
[AUGUST, 1862.]
FOOTNOTES
[AUGUST, 1862.]
FOOTNOTES
ON READING PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S LETTER
To Horace Greeley, of date Aug. 22, 1862—"If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it," etc.
To Horace Greeley, of date Aug. 22, 1862—"If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it," etc.
THE DYING VETERAN
GRIERSON'S RAID
THE OLD FLAG
[Written July 4, 1863.]
[Written July 4, 1863.]
GETTYSBURG: CHARGE OF THE FIRST MINNESOTA
ADDRESS TO THE FLAG
[After the Battle of Gettysburg.]
FOOTNOTES
[After the Battle of Gettysburg.]
FOOTNOTES
NEW-YEARS ADDRESS—JANUARY 1, 1866
[Written for the St. Paul Pioneer.]
FOOTNOTES
[Written for the St. Paul Pioneer.]
FOOTNOTES
MY FATHER-LAND
[From the German of Theodor Korner.]
[From the German of Theodor Korner.]
MY HEART'S ON THE RHINE
[From the German of Wolfgang Muller.]
[From the German of Wolfgang Muller.]
THE MINSTREL
[From the German of Goethe]
[Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, Book 2, Chap. 2.]
[From the German of Goethe]
[Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, Book 2, Chap. 2.]
HOPE
[From the German of Schiller.]
[From the German of Schiller.]
MRS. MCNAIR
THE DRAFT
[January, 1865.]
[January, 1865.]
THE DEVIL AND THE MONK
FOOTNOTES
FOOTNOTES
THE TARIFF ON TIN
PAT AND THE PIG
FOOTNOTES
FOOTNOTES
NOTES
NOTES TO THE SEA-GULL
FINIS
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