POEMS ----BY---- HENRY REED CONANT. “’Tis pleasure, sure, to see one’s name in print: A book’s a book, although there’s nothing in’t.” --BYRON. 1893. THE SUN PUBLISHING CO., Kaukauna, Wis. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1893 By HENRY REED CONANT, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. TO MY BROTHER, CARLOS EVERETT CONANT, A. B., NOW PROFESSOR OF LANGUAGES IN THE CHADDOCK COLLEGE, ILL., AND FORMERLY PROFESSOR IN THE STATE UNIVERSITY, OF MINNESOTA, THIS BOOK OF POEMS IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED. CONTENTS. Telulah Spring, _Frontispiece_ Inscription, 5 Introduction, 11 Life, 17 Dream of a Fairy, 18 Together, 20 Be Not Discouraged, 21 Forest Delights, 22 Parting, 23 Song, 24 God’s Love, 25 Dreams, 26 Lines on Life, 28 Where are the Hearts we Cherished So? 29 Contentment, 31 The Telulah Spring, 33 Daybreak, 36 To a Brown Thrush, 37 Hope, 38 The Angel of Home, 39 To My Sister, 40 Woman, 40 The Fox River, 41 A Little Grave, 42 Autumn Days, 43 In Heaven, 44 Idleness, 46 The River, 47 The Crown of Fame, 49 Elegy on the Death of Hon. C. B. Clark, 52 A Reverie, 53