This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ... ON THE MOUNTAIN LAKE I In languid curves the ripples spread And end in whispers on the shore; The hawk slow circles overhead, His day of hunting o'er; The Sun hath kissed the West good-night; Immortal lover! Kisses rare! Each day they bring a new delight And leave fresh blushes there. O frail and clear mysterious ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ... ON THE MOUNTAIN LAKE I In languid curves the ripples spread And end in whispers on the shore; The hawk slow circles overhead, His day of hunting o'er; The Sun hath kissed the West good-night; Immortal lover! Kisses rare! Each day they bring a new delight And leave fresh blushes there. O frail and clear mysterious gleam Trembling from on high, Are you alone that which you seem, Pale princess of the sky? Thoughts you inspire of wider scope Than all the heavens are, And dim desires and deathless hope, O evening star. Swift hurtling through the yielding brush His branching antlers back, More swiftly than the startled thrush That flies athwart his track, Unto his verdant meal the deer, Lord of the woodland, leaps, To browse where on the waters clear The fragrant lily sleeps. II Weary am I of man's ways, The failures we name success--Our crowns and laurels and bays That hide much emptiness; For we bind the soul's freedom with thongs, With honor we compromise, Nor grant that all wrongs are wrongs And that all lies are lies. The trees do not barter for gain, And rich though the harvest grows Its gold shall not win for the grain An obsequious bow from the rose. The caress of the soft-lipped breeze And the blast of the loud-mouthed gale Are impartial to tallest of trees And frailest of blossoms frail. You say: "O dreamer most blind Yourself will you sweetly thus cheat? Is the hawk to the sparrow kind? Has the serpent forgotten deceit? Row forth to the furthermost shore And yet shall your vision be vain; These woods have seen carnage before, These waters shall know it again." Have your way and your say; but O soon Come thou, my love, unto me, And silent let us commune With all eternity. Short is our day. It must cease And death is never afar. Here in a beau...
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Near Fine. First edition. Papercovered boards with printed spine-label. Tiny chip on the spine label, very near fine. Inscribed by Hellman to A.B. Davies.
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HELLMAN, George S. THE HUDSON AND OTHER POEMS. NY: Putnam, 1909. 8vo., boards, paper spine label. First Edition. Warm signed presentation from Hellman on front endpaper. Near fine. $25.00.