Copyright, 1895, By Lamson, Wolffe, & Co. All rights reserved. To F. B.

Many of the poems in this volume are printed here for the first time; several, however, have appeared in either the “New York Independent,” the “New England Magazine,” the “Youth’s Companion,” the “Toronto Week,” or the “Travelers’ Record,” and to their editors thanks are due for permission to reprint them.

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The House of the Trees

The House of the Trees

OPE your doors and take me in,

O

Spirit of the wood;

Wash me clean of dust and din,

Clothe me in your mood.

Take me from the noisy light

To the sunless peace,

Where at midday standeth Night,

Signing Toil’s release.

All your dusky twilight stores

To my senses give;

Take me in and lock the doors,

Show me how to live.

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