.. POEMS .. BY CROCKET McELROY. ST. CLAIR, MICHIGAN. [Illustration: colophon] CHICAGO, SCROLL PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1900. Copyrighted, 1900, BY CROCKET McELROY. TO HON. THOMAS W. PALMER, Detroit, Michigan; HON. JOSEPH B. MOORE, Lansing, Michigan; CAPTAIN BYRON WHITAKER, Detroit, Michigan; HENRY C. FRENCH, Esq., Buffalo, New York; CHARLES A. CALZIN, Esq., Marine City, Michigan; and all my other friends, this book is dedicated. CROCKET MCELROY. INDEX. POEMS OF PATRIOTISM. Our Country and Our Flag, 9 The Flag of Hobson’s Choice, 16 The Old Soldier, 21 Washington, 26 A Voice for Freedom, 29 The Reconcentrados, 31 The Celebration, 40 Ode to Ontario, 42 The United States and Canada, 44 Ode to Our Country, 45 POEMS OF SENTIMENT. The Milk of Human Kindness, 49 The Working Girl, 52 The Wayward Girl, 56 The Rose Cure, 59 To a Snow Drop, 61 A Family Song, 63 Thanksgiving Day, 64 Parental Advice, 65 The Doctor, 67 Brotherly Love, 69 The Minister’s Wife, 70 Nothing to Say, 73 The Heart, 74 My Darling Flora’s Margaret, 75 The Rich Sweet Sound of the Human Voice, 78 The Man for the Times, 82 POEMS OF FEELING. To My Soul, 87