Third Section

A Miscellany called "the Christmas Tree"

This Section is a Christmas Tree
The Sun Says his Prayers
Popcorn, Glass Balls, and Cranberries (As it were)
I. The Lion
II. An Explanation of the Grasshopper
III. The Dangerous Little Boy Fairies
IV. The Mouse that gnawed the Oak-tree Down
V. Parvenu
VI. The Spider and the Ghost of the Fly
VII. Crickets on a Strike
How a Little Girl Danced
In Praise of Songs that Die
Factory Windows are always Broken
To Mary Pickford
Blanche Sweet
Sunshine
An Apology for the Bottle Volcanic
When Gassy Thompson Struck it Rich
Rhymes for Gloriana
I. The Doll upon the Topmost Bough
II. On Suddenly Receiving a Curl Long Refused
III. On Receiving One of Gloriana's Letters
IV. In Praise of Gloriana's Remarkable Golden Hair

Fourth Section

Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech

Once More--To Gloriana

First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children
I. Euclid
II. The Haughty Snail-king
III. What the Rattlesnake Said
IV. The Moon's the North Wind's Cooky
V. Drying their Wings
VI. What the Gray-winged Fairy Said
VII. Yet Gentle will the Griffin Be

Second Section: The Moon is a Mirror
I. Prologue. A Sense of Humor
II. On the Garden-wall
III. Written for a Musician
IV. The Moon is a Painter
V. The Encyclopaedia
VI. What the Miner in the Desert Said
VII. What the Coal-heaver Said
VIII. What the Moon Saw
IX. What Semiramis Said
X. What the Ghost of the Gambler Said
XI. The Spice-tree
XII. The Scissors-grinder
XIII. My Lady in her White Silk Shawl
XIV. Aladdin and the Jinn
XV. The Strength of the Lonely

Fifth Section
War. September 1, 1914
Intended to be Read Aloud

I. Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight
II. A Curse for Kings
III. Who Knows?
IV. To Buddha
V. The Unpardonable Sin
VI. Above the Battle's Front
VII. Epilogue. Under the Blessing of Your Psyche Wings

First Section ~~ Poems intended to be read aloud, or chanted.

The Congo

A Study of the Negro Race

I. Their Basic Savagery

Fat black bucks in a wine-barrel room,
Barrel-house kings, with feet unstable,