MADISON CAWEIN (1865–1914) Snow 98 The Man Hunt 98 Penury 100 Deserted 100 BERT LESTON TAYLOR (1866–1921) Canopus 101 WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY (1869–1910) From “Jetsam” 103 Pandora’s Song 104 On a Soldier Fallen in the Philippines 105 GEORGE STERLING (1869– ) The Black Vulture 107 The Master Mariner 108 EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON (1869– ) Miniver Cheevy 111 The Gift of God 112 The Master 114 An Old Story 117 Richard Cory 117 Vain Gratuities 118 The Dark Hills 119 EDGAR LEE MASTERS (1869– ) Petit, The Poet 121 Lucinda Matlock 122 Anne Rutledge 123 Silence 123 STEPHEN CRANE (1871–1900) I Saw a Man 127 The Wayfarer 128 Hymn 128 The Blades of Grass 129 EDWIN FORD PIPER (1871– ) Bindlestiff 130 Sweetgrass Range 132 T. A. DALY (1871– ) The Song of the Thrush 134 Mia Carlotta 135 Between Two Loves 136 PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR (1872–1906) The Turning of the Babies in the Bed 138 A Coquette Conquered 140 Discovered 141 GUY WETMORE CARRYL (1873–1904) How Jack Found that Beans May Go Back on a Chap 143 The Sycophantic Fox and the Gullible Raven 145 How a Cat Was Annoyed and a Poet Was Booted 147