TO BAYARD TAYLOR 265 THE MOUNTAIN 266 HOLYOKE VALLEY 270 THE FEAST OF HARVEST 272 AUTUMN SONG 275 WHAT THE WINDS BRING 275 BETROTHED ANEW 276 III. SHADOW-LAND. “THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY” 278 “DARKNESS AND THE SHADOW” 279 THE ASSAULT BY NIGHT 279 GEORGE ARNOLD 281 THE SAD BRIDAL 283 OCCASIONAL POEMS. SUMTER 287 WANTED—A MAN 289 TREASON’S LAST DEVICE 291 ABRAHAM LINCOLN 293 ISRAEL FREYER’S BID FOR GOLD 293 CUBA 297 CRETE 299 THE OLD ADMIRAL 300 GETTYSBURG 303 DARTMOUTH ODE 310 HORACE GREELEY 321 LATER POEMS. THE SONGSTER 327 CRABBED AGE AND YOUTH 331 STANZAS FOR MUSIC 333 THE FLIGHT OF THE BIRDS 334 HYPATIA 335 THE HEART OF NEW ENGLAND 338 EARLY POEMS. EARLY POEMS. BOHEMIA. A PILGRIMAGE. I. _When buttercups are blossoming_, The poets sang, _’tis best to wed_: So all for love we paired in Spring— Blanche and I—ere youth had sped, For Autumn’s wealth brings Autumn’s wane. Sworn fealty to royal Art Was ours, and doubly linked the chain, With symbols of her high domain, That twined us ever heart to heart; And onward, like the Babes in the Wood, We rambled, till before us stood The outposts of Bohemia. II. For, roaming blithely many a day, Eftsoons our little hoard of gold, Like Christian’s follies, slipt away, Unloosened from the pilgrim’s hold, But left us just as blithe and free; Whereat our footsteps turned aside From lord and lady of degree, And bore us to that brave countree Where merrily we now abide,— That proud and humble, poor and grand, Enchanted, golden Gypsy-Land, The Valley of Bohemia. III.