*7"> y/.^^ ^' ^^aj MliiLiiiJLIUM -opkins . '^ . /fX^. ^^ ^/r/yis •'***, *»> y^'^^ ', v;- ^ THE MILLEIKIlLa jiOid. other roeus. library III cli 1 5. o n . printed, mai nly, fr om Vol\mtary Contri"butlons to The Springfield Repuhlican . and other -JoiirnalBf as well as &everal--af the- irilnor .oriodicals. Selected, and Revised, By the author. f5 ssis- j^^-j.,,— li^, , '"ii» -la^v-Y^^.^r "i "1. ■•;«-.-— A- Paii'"'""' ".'.'fr Law ;^li ^- '- , .-.itiOil-r . . . ► ?iio Preacher' TO "■l^aQntlL-PvOok. . . .^.^-.-. ^^..1- ""ne ■- lolcculc 1.. '^iiG ITiii vc r^-u-l 3pl rlt. . . . ._._._ ,. ... ... ... .^l-'- riiilotiOpiior lb '" . loolcieLi In SunQor. . . . . .^ .16 ■ " ..- ■"ilTcIinxiii:!; .~. 7~. .".'".T7T. T'.".T7T~. . , .I'''' ■"--.. jjovor .li' Tjio 3oetri-nuirc. .^r; . . . , ;~r .; SO 'aaej.'ic<-i. iii tlic World V.'ar 21' ''.OilK O.f Tiiy 3ur£,-. .- rr .-—.-7 ;-i-^- Tiin Bo l3he villi 24 TREETIITG . "" -■— li^-htsome thing it seeuV +0 be; '^oj t-tori^xi;— ncr(r-f5-aT^U-bx"'iit3iii: .ips— await The 6raft_ thus launched to meet^ sjic face its _ fate, . - - -. . 2^ In publishing a book, 'tis uuca one baaej For ir its author be^unkn'ov/nT to fam'e. It may, umioticed, sink into the deep-— ..here laany kindred ventures calmly sleep* i'he Reader^s eTeV-th-e~(JiTeid^s "caustrc"pen. Are gaunUets_jLO_be ,.rim^ and^ even then, The hapless author must contented be, To brave- th^ verdict of Posterity. " August, '1.920, :i. :..!. Paege 2, j-ijiij.^ Xi.< tj « A sighin^ _,uuivr softly sweeps Its v/ay across the icy deeps I Anon, there coaes a quickening breeze— Slov/ingjWarm, from Southern seas— ^i.nd, coujj^ng o'er the v/old around, It v/hispers to the sleeping ground; " Av/ake, av/ake! " and ciuickly fills, .,ith love and joy, the vales and hills. Old .winter' s gone; nor looks, to see Tlie mystic change in every tree That, lone and bare, and silent, stood ..hile he roaaaed, raging, thro* the r/ood; ?or, no\7, each leafy "branch doth ev/ay Host cheerily— and thro' all play A thoiTsanci feathered ^varblers, free, ■.ho rouse the echos merrily! All Life's astir. _ The humble bee, From bud to bud, flits busily O'er meadow, copse, and fallowed field. In search of sweets scarce yet revealed, The myriad insects in the air; xhe wood-mouse, creeping from his lairy The tini?:ling brooklet in the dell- All feel, anev/, the magic spell Of Spring, re-born in jiarth's slov; flight Into the Day, from out the ilightj -i* '> ^ ■¥* -t^ 'f» ^ 1885. V77*A-*«-c-c \iC\J'-*-^^^/Vfp'^^ftyC(A^ -ar^e 3 Time's uost provolcing tlov;, ..aen v/e desire haste; lien loath to have him go, -ie haa no- "!>ime to wastel Inconsistency; itself, lie hears no lover' b plea. But quickly flies — the elf— And laughs in- mo ckery J , u t , to t ne gao led wr e ten, xin hour seems an age,— until the sprite doth fetch T)he k:ey to his dull cage. ^-T" V ^ V ♦ 1885. My.M Orx'ORTUlJlTY. 'Tis said I knock but once, at_every door^ "And: then, forever, turn lay s^teps away; That tiiose v/ho hear, and follov/, me gain more Than the/ -vho hear ne Yiot--or, hearing, stay. The last is tr^ie, -I weenj not so the first. Some hidden portals I, no doubt, pass by— _To._a_ll, per iojrce, -I- cannot ^-o. The v/orst I«^or others, lies in ■./aiting until I x^y siujidons malcej pr,_ failing,^ iaiock again. 1 am no v/raith, to proul v/nere shadows fall! I love the light, and aia tne friend, of .men, Ano wOuenV v/ho , "believing, heed my call. 1386. ' /y.Y/uu^yM'l^^/^^^^-^ Page 4, xhou tripping, tuneful-thi'oatec mite— By thoughtless man misunderstood— whence come thy pleasing nolo dies*, Thy soft refrains that stir the hearty TThy' trilling~&yiiiphonies, and all Thy i^ythraic roundelays of song*? _..:ho_ taught Thee, aught of-JIarmony— Of str^iins sublimely sweet and lov7? V.'ho t:!Ught Thee hov/ to sing of love, -And croon a too thing -lullahy- Tp disappointed maid, or swain? Canst Thou divine the lif e_^ wi thin — And life v/ithout— that tiny breast, ^ts'Tio'pes^aJic: ~f eaTrs^'Xts^joys "an^d^ Or^ d ost thou caich, on beating-wing--^ The echos froia the spheres beyond! 1387 , .. „ TiJE IJiaW-YIi^. . - Another page of Tiue'b -j^reat book Ts" turned^. With eager eyes we look Th e volume- o*er and, from- the Past, ■..e fiin ',70uld read the Future's cast^ would know what Fortune has in store— ".iii - f-©4e -slights- feustained— bef o re , .^ happy life, and sink in night an of Hope, that- stands so high -:■•;■. ■ -.Mi-rsi ' .'iPi .-.l n II ("left r; , r.":"/'; Alas J the toiue iB mute, and v;e Can only pray for victory-— Ano trust the All-Creative .^ill -ToriiTsft "l-ts-bler-ir -- to us stll 1888. ^--y /^■//. ^' .^^A^o^^^ 4^^^^^fC^ iage 5. In tpace there lb a realiji', round v;hioh The Cosmic ocean rolls; .jhere pensive sprites, and el'fin gay, Together weave, by night and day, The fateful web, by Lestiny Decreed to uundane souls, .,«ith deft, -iua piitient, hands they work, IiiMune to grief and carej The while their misty fabric grov/s, A maze of human joys' and 'woes— Of sunshine, rainf and cliilling snov/s-— A-patterned in the air. J.ncl wheh~ fair liarth, wrth measurec v/hirl. This pend-ant way swings through, .loh broken thread, and .t_angled skein — .J fitful chance-^beoomes, amain, .. garb of Pleasure, or of irain. To v;hom it clings unto! 1'3G9. ^ /^.^U*^ /^^t^/K^'t^^ THE x,A.; Ai;X> 2Hi: j-i.lL,iAR. Page 6 . J. ♦ - J- A layman raet the Law, one day, A-walking on a putllc way, 'The layman stared--no sign made he To reoq^ize hlg_ ^a4es1 " How nov/. Sirrah." the latter cried, ■."iith dignity, and" injured pride, " You seem, me thinks, to Imov/me not! _I_ gffl your king— what is your lott " My Xing, good Sirl" the other said, " I labor for my daily hread; LIo sovej(jlg-n have I hut the law— ..'hom, . i ;aust own, I never sav/. " " „hat! catiff, say you truly sol If, i: hen, ray face you co not knov/, Pray^tell me v/hat .you_ may have Jaear^ — "Cr£_m y d'ecree s^^Lrliiy ro yal vjnr d^ '! Jhy- prithee. Sir, are you the law? ?he layman asked, with growing awe, ' I am, my friend," the first replied; ' Your liege, the^laT/ persdinified, " " iVe hear^ you mentloncdv:iialf-"in.oud, "" The layman said, and humbly bowed; " _ But never have I ^een your face .Before. m2:_li3Lr.d^_lai_ajay__^pliiiLg^ f. " what* nor uy likeness, nor my hand-^-r— For seal* Am I to understand That to my sub.iects I'm -unkno.v/n* " Tl^G monarch Qiiaj'ie(l,^-_:. lth a groan, . "Your pardon, oir*" the man rejoined^ _ " aomc" legal maxims .lave'been coined. To titillate the public ear; _ Of^^^;o ur dpcr ees^' WIS seldom hnar, " God "rest y'ou ,~Triend| I do perceive ._Yau-S-peak - t^i€ truth* and ■'• ^ell eve i,Iy stewards are, alone, at fault. To this I'll cuickly oall^-halt!" --OverT- ^M _Z_ irage". THE LA.; and TIIE LAYI-'AIJ— Gontd. ,.'ith that, he "bade the man adieu, And strolleo. along until the view ^''' Disclosed a Judge, in flovang gov/n, Ipproaching on his 'ja, '^'he judge returneo. the Law's salute, /f And quickly passed. " By ray repute," ' I'he latter mused, " Hot e'en this wight ttpan_ my bench laiov/6 -me- hy - si^t J" ■ — At this he turned about and strode. Behind the ^udge, a- down the road; /2.. ^nd , Shortly coming up ^_. espied " ^"""AT L awyer at t he .judged s side, ■"' **"7lbw by my ^oth — and what befell- j^ — Mere*s one, at least, who knows me v/ellj" So thought his Majesty, as near xhe- -twain he paused, and "bent an ear. The_lax5^er stared, as- did the judge. The second gave the first a nudge, ^4-. And j.vhlcperad, " Pray who is our friend? ■L>^e thinks h e could his manners mend^i! " It seems that v/e have met before , •* ilepliet. the Xnight of legal lore; " His face and form familiar grow— "^^^ll" lobk_^5i]a_u p. and let ./Ou laiow. " They frovmed and, turning thence away. They left his -Majesty a prey /'^' To deep amazement. " Zounds}" criec" he, " ieard I arightV Can these thIngs_beV__ _ .. Then,straight«he gat him to his court. And called, at once, for a Report ''T, ?rom_ every^minion of . the law ".>lio did a royal ctipen d rj^nr;, ' — These quickly c;ime->-._air duly sealedv- .inc each the hoary myth revealed /f That all -./ent well v/itliin the state? ' ^-(^ jst r m sth e ' r e ai m "Vi 1 ri' n gi t. a t a ^ " Ods, L j-nikins! I'll raise one, thenj"„ He-^oi7ed. -"— r*ll knoir bdtli -.'Ixy, 'and "/hen, /f. The lav; becaiae a mysteryi" .iji c i a ll — hirS- her al ds summo ne d he . 3<7. Jnilien_J;h£yLJiad_gathered--mu:e-h in fear of him :7hose mandate brought them there-- In tones that_.ma,de each-Varlet ouake, - ____To_J^ em tne ir ruler sternly spake:. " 5o cT "SirsT' I -iia .omaz e d t ha t /OU ^/, "ShouXd^o'your duties,_^rovc untrue* You>ve slept upon your potts each day, v^r i died , else /your time away. %*- — h.g.h. lapTG II. '2he xTeacher — Contd . •• The motes ox lixe we uiagnify Into great loeacas that bar our v/ay; And then, from these we basely fly — AiiC hope to climb another day/ " Along our hilly, thorny, road .ve fain v/oulc. ride in easy state^^» But .walk y.'e must — and bear the load Imposed upon us by our fate. " It is the law" that, through" travail, ■«e rise above ma t_erial.. cares, ,vho garners grain, must ply the flail, Anr' v/innov/ out the chaff and tares. " V.Tio seeks the light, must first forsake The blinded, leaders of the_ blind. in boundless growth—our souls awake— Shall "we '"OUT true'^Salvatio'n^f ind. " For GTTd,^ the" ever"^Tivrhg Qause Of all^hat is, >nd is _to_ be , Reveals the truth tiirough Nature's lawsj :S2ia bi ds"^F hearken 7 and be" free j " i neii , .^Lii^e ol^ _ue move s_. away; ._ iOid t;oon ii- lObt amid the throng. -So-d- send -him baok'another dayj Anc may„he live, .and... labar, long/ 1895. ^=^*^r-&-.-Hi tage 12, Insensate clay thou art, and yet Lie thinks thou must have felt a thrill Of GOnscioub pride, that fateful day The Pilgrim's feet, thy bosom trod: The i^uiet joy, that comes to those nho shrink not in. a crucial, hour I ..hen captious \7inds, an d t ides, .conspired To try the souls of pioneers, Sea-tossfidand -weary-«searehing out A haven where they might he free Tro'm"p2^es'tlyT2/Tanny^ and creeds Dehased to serve the ends o_f state— Thou failed them not, thou noble rock* what matters it if they forgot; Alii for a time themselves _ became. In lesser measure, tyrants too— ^ntil their fervent zeal grew cool, And sweeter, v/ith the lapse of years. And peace and liberty prevailed^ Zor "^tia the- tragic fate of man— Until he sees with with clearer eye, [Than 'now7 "the ~paTh~he^grbpes along^-* To doubt, and flout, his fellov7-man iiho thinketh not as he, but builds A &hrin@- ^nd- •70rBhipp€th— apart . ^^ere man attune(L . J-ike. unto Thee — Hi£ duty doing 7ith his might, As thou ..didst thine— -no meed of praise iiiipecting, ii^nd no censure feared-^ -Tiien -woiilc. , Inde-edT-the ligh t of' love , Of toleration, a.nc of toil, riJuf fuS'e "trie' Harfh' wltlTMndliness • .Ind -.vith his fe llows man -.yould liv e. AS live the i.'inds, and rocks, and sea— In. clLe£r£ul, natural acc«r4»» i'age 16. ..c are tv;o atoas, dhe anc" I, Uiiiteci in j. Molecule, '^o separate us none laay try»» .iO live v/ithin the Golden rule. %. ,.e 've v/itneasod j-iuch, ajid travellou jTorj Me»ve d\7elt in stations high and lov/. ■;e"»ve helped to fashion raany^a star-i* And aided in its overthrow. ,/e helped to pave the Milky-Way ; ,>e helped to shape- this mundane sphere. All i.'ia,t^^re *s maxidates v/e oTjcy-** uQ go , and -asJc no t - ;7^hy , nor whe re . .*;e»ve slurahered deep in Qaean's bed, v;e»ve lived in rooks, and trees, and flov/ers. vie^v e swirled in vapors overhead. And dropped to Earth in cooling shov/ers. r, : ..e*ve niuriuured in. the plunging str.eam, Ano in the Earthquake '"s trem"bling floor. .,e>ve shimmered in the lightning's gleam. And spoken in the thunderJJ!: roar,' ■ 6,7 : ',.o*ve sailed in icel')orgp. from the polo:* L. ' . jd ".'he- .illov;s ro?:. , ,uiA. v^.. ^.^—v^c " vyhe r-o _^ --.._.._ Ja^v^ ■■.^■■o. 7- e^v; ::park1 ed ,_jj ;/co t , in_..lu£ied._..- ..j. .o "^_. - . 'c realm' TTo lo":tt have worlcc." . r^'T-. G~in ctJUi.it I'S'E^ it, n-y-- ■ r..1,o. I* ... -.--.ets ,um - , ..,fA oxil.i^lSiW falfall. iaa_jiilll/ TuR-o 1. THE ira IYER S4L SPIRIT. _oxore an. uneoutii form of clay, "b e i b anc e raalri lig , in t lie "S uu t , To gi-G'it Bo-bo-no, kind and juct. — — ■5, ■- Buddlilst, on a tattered uia.t^ -y a v/o oden prayer- vyligel » sat y And turned th.e sacred symliol round, l';i±li_eyes fixed lnunbly on the ground. A Savage in the forest wild, "Vrith faith as of a^siciple child. Besought the aid of iJanitou-^ In that he v/as about to do. hristian, laiee ling, muttered low A prayer all men and women know, r.hen Pamine lays its shrivelled hand Upon a sorely-strioken land, A Bouhter— scorning all the oreeds^ That men have fashioned to^ their^needs- ^alked^ reve rently^ through a^^lade., By ilature's loving magic laid. Thus,, dp th^ the.- Splr i.t.Mckon _ all } And man, responding to the call, Learns , age- ^y^-ag-e ,-to Danish sin— i'lnd seek the Living 'Jod ""'ithinj i^--!. c^tis rroxih t'h^r_T_i'bAlo . The buds of Knowledge bloom not in a day. Doth love of nature hold thee in its thrall'*!- The R-recn-embov/ered v/oods, the sauoy v'.l'^Jfifm^i/y^ The granite tempXes^^tov/erlns ove'r ai:!*^ ,* ~ The re.stleee sea, the verdure-covero« A,Wthe„"iLLii3:.rd/T««4«M At its feetp^tranquilityf ^ ^ f ^ Beatliiig orag#^ and gaping canironL, Linked by lovely _par3cs "b^v/een*— yi "t , ~ail3^i c tur e s ^ue b oxapani ons' In d, vast, and wondrous, scene,* — «c - Placid lakes, their vigils keeping V.harcs- voloaai-e -firres -glowedj ' ' Gryi^tal brooklets, lightly leaping ■.7heJie the molten lava flowed! Terraced castles, bold and searay, Stretching up to skies of blue; floating cloudlets, white and _ dreamy--^ ',7ith the sunshine pulsing throughll 6 SnoTiy heights, ancl. rushing rivers, -atheo in opalescent sheen- Where- -the cheerful aspen (quivers, JjOid. the firs are ever ffreent y ^ ■ ' ' jTiere the wood-bird's note is sweetest; i7here_ the jnountain.- flowers bloom; ..here the hours run the fleetest, And the twillight holds no gloom, 9 Hidden treasure-chambers, veining .111 ^hcT TiB sure d granite through; x,impid meadows, slumber feigning, ,7her^e-^>he~foot-hills meet the view, T Air- of velvety pure and bracingj Vistas that amaze the sightt JverL_alL soft-- shadows, ehasing ijambent mo riling into night J IS of. ^ Page 17. THE LIILLEHIIIU1.I. .vhen Reason reigns, and all aro truly free, ' The^ Scales of Justice shall he laid asldej iiach soul the law's emlDOdiment shall "bet In every heart v/ill Charity abide. iJo longer shall' the strong oppress the v/eakg iJo more shall martyrs to the cross he led* TThoever v/ill, the Truth s^all freely speaK, And Error shall be crucified instead. Ho longer, from the cradle to the grave, -5hall nations dream of conquest by the sr/ordl iCo longer shall the Ilaster flay the Slave* -IIor-^Greed rob Industry of its reward. „y^*./t.ii6^- shall vain _.unbit ion's lust for Place i)rive Virtue, faint and bleeding, to the v/all^ llor then shall modest .Vorth itself abase, ^ "rcT^ploase the fride that " rideth to a fall"! '^ ^iot then -shall fruitful vales be rent in tv/ain— ilor busy cities paralyzed-* by strife, — ii0-r-ehall the iiad, unholy race for Gain Disturb the pleasant Thoroughfare of Life. Hot then shall demagogues the masses sway. And m alce^The "wo r s e appear the better" viewT Jor then shall government its trust betray, .ind ^rush the many , to exalt the _fev/., -TO Hot tlien shall man, through Ignorance and i? ear, ^I:e^ c a nd 't 0" env-j , a:hd 'di s t rus t , hi s kind y IJor then shall. Vice its. ugly head uprear-? dr - .fa&siroir-bli ght the blossoras~oX"t'he" mind . /*« — .^ t-4heaj— in -Suf^er-iiatur e' s caus e , unreal , Shull ;;iuperstition chant its childish lay^ -.or- cold Scclesiasticism steal — -,j.2i>c ;.iontj.l birthri.rht^ from himselj^v/ay. M M£_ ^ i -^/f^^^^y^^j t^ /cC( ige 18. ■^--^ i.xIjjj-i..-i.L.x.I^.x.x-~wontd . 9- i^ Page 19, 0, .Soddess of the golden days L'f plighted troth and v/edcing-ehimes, 1o r/hom the poets hymn their lays— x'md poet-asters drone their rh^n-ies— Come Sittm again thy pleasing strain; Anc- ]:)^ii±Jfi hence my grief and pain. If broken hearts may mended be— Ai> run tiio legends of thy skill-^- Vouchsafe thy gentle aid to me, Anc__i)end lii:^ lady to thy v;ill; For that thou gavest have I lost. And well I rue the bitter cost. Tae passing years no solace bringj Alone, I v/ander far and nearj iJor may I ever from me fling The memory of a form so dear-- That none in all the country-side, ti.ere aught beside my bonnie bride? -,A^-gentle--c70man, fair and sweet. She ruled my heart each blissful day; And sped the seasons, .all too fleet-- Until she turned her face away. ^en, from the eunits brightness _f led. And dark-nes:: filled theE.irth instead' /*= The reason why, Imay not tell, keeper of the flame divine f •In sooth, I laiow noi; what befell — Save that she seems no longer miner -Y-e-t^f do I ever fondly pray That she may send, for me, some day. Then haste thee, ^een of every heart, ^nd let mx. lady loiow jay..©ind; Lest fear and doubt hold us apart Porever, when my love is kind. And bless et" shall" thy mission "be — •or love servos all humanity/ "12. —^^, .tv lage EC, .Among the prophets of a race, Tho Doctrinaire seeias out of place; ?or though he thunders very -.veil--- ?ron out the fastness of his shell- Hi s virion seldom soars above The things the narrow-minded love. i'or him the Lav;s of i«atur© hold IJo message that need e'er be told-; And soundless, falls upon his ears The v/isdom of ten thousand yearsl IPor him the sunlight was not made— » , With him. Imagination plavB The leading role throughoTl^ rtiS:_days j "And in such v;ork-shop"— save the mark- He builds his idols, in the dark. Then sets he up, in temples dim, -These man-made-, sacred seraphim*. And leaves the timid, little choice. As with_,i.uthoritatiVG voice, • He bids all mortals bow the iaiee — Or, else, forever dainn-ed bel In Wiiate^er field hi?, f-te may fix— Religio^^t Stnics, Pollticsir- He threads his sanctimonious way. Chasing phantoms night and day( Fov him the Truth no substajice v/earffj VTis -for the shadows that he cares, l^jlf.. --y^J^ --.ge 21. AI.g^RICA IE THE V/ORLD V^'AR . Great land of Freemen, stand thou fast; And draw, r'itli eager hand, thy suord To stay the mad, barbaric horde That frets the Earth V7lth fiery blast. And fell rapine, and lust of pov/er| TJrave lahcT, *ti£ thine appointed hour. GrO thou, and smite them, low and high. And free the' world f orevermo re . Go lift the blighting fog of war. And let insand ±unbition die.' Go sound- the knell of feudal kings. And teach the grace that i'reedom brings! Sea,_^here thine allies, battling, hold The foul invader hard at bay; _There lies thy grim, unfaltering way— ■ As lay the paths of Xnights of old.' trO" "bii'eak the^ crueT"'sway of Mi ght , And usher in the reign of Rightl tvritteniijjon our declaration of v/ar agijinst the ilaiser's government. .. S\;^^/^j/l^>V='-=' —7^^^ .?* Pa;?e 24. TIE ::ql?.:if:ii::i. ••laat profits it to stop the liun, Anci let the Tartar threat the •vorlcl, ..ith v;orcc to coiflG»-his flag unfurled Against a Peace scarce yet hegun"]^? -Shall Tiifc to ry-£tgain - regale The future^vith the mournftil tale Of labor lost-— the Victor'*s sv;ord surrendered to a tjlavic horded ohall Zeal, mistaken at the heart, And seething v/ith envenoraeo flood, Lrench half the iiarth again in hloody '^Mle Lenin plays the tyrant's part— -AZLd^sendsahTQ-ad^a^callouS- crew,, _ _ To sov,' their poisoned seed, "anew? ^.^hb" shallot he" 'thaiikl'ess "ta'sTc engage, .uiuqalm the_ Llujik's sodden r age? " „h ./I", hoots it to dethrone -a iing.^— ..ho, though he rule% v/ith scornful might, iet guards the- meanest suhject's right ?o live .und lo^rey to -uoirkrnnfi: sing:, ..nd do aught el se h ifc lot demand s . ithin the lav/— if ruthless hands, iiy^(? on "by - vleieus-iai-ndBjr -despell The Ariz of centuries of toil J ilv. £^^ !?^\;^'.'v XT m