SOLDIERS OF THE LIGHT BY HELEN GRAY CONE [Illustration] BOSTON RICHARD G. BADGER THE GORHAM PRESS 1911 Copyright, 1910, by Helen Gray Cone All Rights Reserved Many of the poems included in this volume are used through the courteous permission of the editors of _The Century Magazine_, _The Churchman_, _The Atlantic Monthly_, and _Scribner’s Magazine_, where they originally appeared. THE GORHAM PRESS, BOSTON, U. S. A. CONTENTS PAGE The Soldiers of the Light 5 The Third Day at Gettysburg 7 Abraham Lincoln: February 12, 1909 33 Greencastle Jenny: A Ballad of ’Sixty-Three 38 By the Blockhouse on the Hill: A Ballad of ’Ninety-Eight 40 The Admiral’s Story 42 Death After War 45 The Riddle of Wreck 46 The Common Street 47 Calnan’s Christmas 48 Guion 50 Poverty Row 52 The Inn of the Star 54 Marina Sings 55 The King’s Diamond 58 Death-Tryst 61 The Iris-Bridge 63 Desire of Fame 64 Rose-Rent 65 The Frigate-Ghost 66 Fair England 69 To the Memory of Richard Watson Gilder 71 “_Why of War, O thou that lovest rather Peace of roses in a rain-sweet garden, Peace of moonlit silver-heaving waters, All the lovely looks of little children? What strange mandate Bids thee sing of War, who lovest these things?_