"Sea-like in billowy distance, far away The half-broke prairies stretch on every hand; How wide the circuit of their s…"

"Looking along the horizon's endless line, Man seems a pigmy in these realms of space; ... Here are soft grasses, flow…"

"His cherished woods are mute. The stream glides down The hill as when I knew it years ago; The dark, pine arbor with …"

"Nor moves his pen our heedless nation now, Which, sworn to justice, stirred the people so. In some far world his much…"

"Pixie, kobold, elf, and sprite All are on their rounds to-night,— In the wan moon's silver ray Thrives their helter-s…"

"Don't we all, of long ago, By the ruddy fireplace glow, In the kitchen and the hall, Those queer, cooflike pranks rec…"

"A ball of fire shoots through the tamarack In scarlet splendor, on voluptuous wings; Delirious joy the pyrotechnist b…"

"Winged soul of beauty, tropic in desire, Thy love seems alien in our northern zone; Thou giv'st to our green lands a …"

"Bring cypress, rosemary and rue For him who kept his rudder true; Who went at dawn to that high star Where Washington…"

"The history of land-ownership ... is as strikingly a history of losses as it is of profits. We see the successes, as …"