THE SONS OF THE NORTH WIND 66 ST. BRIDGET OF THE SHORES 76 THE HERALDS OF MARCH 87 THE TRIBE OF THE PLOVER 99 THE AWAKENER OF THE WOODS 112 THE WILD APPLE 124 RUNNING WATERS 136 THE SUMMER HERALDS 146 THE SEA-SPELL 158 SUMMER CLOUDS 168 THE CUCKOO’S SILENCE 178 THE COMING OF DUSK 188 AT THE RISING OF THE MOON 200 THE GARDENS OF THE SEA 211 THE MILKY WAY 221 SEPTEMBER 232 THE CHILDREN OF WIND AND THE CLAN OF PEACE 242 STILL WATERS 255 THE PLEIAD-MONTH 265 THE RAINY HYADES 277 WINTER STARS. I 290 WINTER STARS. II 301 BEYOND THE BLUE SEPTENTRIONS. TWO LEGENDS OF THE POLAR STARS 312 WHITE WEATHER: A MOUNTAIN REVERIE 327 ROSA MYSTICA (AND ROSES OF AUTUMN) 337 THE STAR OF REST: A FRAGMENT 349 Many runes the cold has taught me, Many lays the rain has brought me, Other songs the winds have sung me; Many birds from many forests Oft have sung me lays in concord; Waves of sea, and ocean billows, Music from the many waters, Music from the whole creation, Oft have been my guide and master. _The Kalevala._ [Illustration: “Beauty and solitude, ... these are the shepherd kings of the imagination, to compel our wandering memories, our thoughts, our dreams.” F. M.] WHERE THE FOREST MURMURS