THE LOOM OF LIFE

COTTON NOE

NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION

CONTENTS

PROEM

A SKEIN OF SILVER

THE OLD-FASHIONED LOOM

THE OLD OLD CLOCK

THE OLD SPINNING WHEEL

THE OLD WATER MILL

WATERLOO

IN THE HAPPY LONG AGO

THE OLD DRINKING GOURD

A SPOOL OF SILK

SOLITUDE

LOVE'S TRIUMPH

MY GUIDING STAR

AFTER READING SAMUEL MINTURN PECK'S RHYMES AND ROSES

THERE'S NOTHING DARK ABOUT HER BUT HER HAIR

BLIND TOM

A SONNET OF THE SEASON

EUTERPE

SCARLET DAYS

HER EYES ARE BROWN

THE NATURALIST

DEDICATION

NEARING THE MERIDIAN

OUR PILGRIMAGE

ANTE NUPTIAL

DR. MILES SAUNDERS

WORSHIP

GOLD AND GOSSAMER

TO THE MOCKING BIRD

A RONDEL

THE PLAY IS O'ER

A RONDEAU

THE RED BIRD

SUNSET IN BREATHITT

EYES DIVINE

JACK FROST

AD AQUILAM

THE ICE-KING IN THE SOUTH

FETTERED

HELEN OF TROY

COW BELLS

HOLLYHOCKS

BURNS

ROBERT LOVEMAN

BOOKS

SONGS UNSUNG

THE RAINBOW'S END

LINEN AND LACE

DOWN LOVER'S LANE

BENEATH THE CHESTNUT TREE

JACK AND JILL

NATURA

HER EYES

THE ROSE OF LOVE

MY JEWELS

A RECOLLECTION

THE MOONSHINERS

SILHOUETTES

WADE

A SONG

THE BLOOM OF LOVE!

MY MUSE

A HANK OF HOMESPUN

THE SCHOOL OF SKINNY

ONE-ARMED JOE

WES PERKINS

THE FIRST MESS OF GREENS

WES BANKS

PHILOSOPHY AT A BANQUET

ANENT HALLEY'S COMET