Ballads of Beauty. Ballads of Beauty. BALLADS OF BEAUTY. EDITED BY GEORGE M. BAKER. GEORGE M. BAKER. WITH Forty Full Page Illustrations. "IF EYES WERE MADE FOR SEEING, THEN BEAUTY IS ITS OWN EXCUSE FOR BEING." Emerson. BOSTON: LEE AND SHEPARD, PUBLISHERS. NEW YORK: CHARLES T. DILLINGHAM. 1878. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by Lee and Shepard, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Lee and Shepard [ix] [ix] Contents. Beauty. Waiting in the Twilight. Life Songs. The Welcome.