APRIL TWILIGHTS AND OTHER POEMS BOOKS BY WILLA CATHER [Illustration] ALEXANDER’S BRIDGE O PIONEERS THE SONG OF THE LARK MY ANTONIA YOUTH AND THE BRIGHT MEDUSA ONE OF OURS A LOST LADY (_in preparation_) [Illustration] APRIL TWILIGHTS AND OTHER POEMS BY WILLA CATHER [Illustration] ALFRED A KNOPF NEW YORK · MCMXXIII COPYRIGHT, 1923 BY ALFRED A. KNOPF, INC. _Published, April, 1923_ MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA To my Father for a Valentine _The verses in Part I of this volume are reprinted from an early volume_, APRIL TWILIGHTS, _published in 1903. Those in Part II are of later composition, and for permission to republish them I am indebted to the editors of_ SCRIBNER’S MAGAZINE, MCCLURE’S MAGAZINE, _and the_ CENTURY MAGAZINE. WILLA CATHER CONTENTS PAGE “Grandmither, think not I forget” 13 Fides, Spes 15 The Tavern 16 The Hawthorn Tree 17 The Poor Minstrel 18 Antinous 20 London Roses 21 Winter at Delphi 22 Paradox 24 In Media Vita 25 Evening Song 26 Lament for Marsyas 27 “I Sought the Wood in Winter” 28 “Sleep, Minstrel, Sleep” 30 In Rose-Time 31 Poppies on Ludlow Castle 33 Prairie Dawn 35 Aftermath 36