CIHM Microfiche Series (Monographs) ICIVIH Collection de microfiches (monographies) Cantdian InttituM for Historical Microraproductions / institi t Canadian de microraproductions historiquot 1996 Technical and Bibliographic Notes / Notes technique et bibliographiques The Institute has attemoted to obtain the best original copy available for filming. Features of this copy which may be bibliographically unique, which may alter any of the images in the reproduction, or which may significantly change the usual method of filming are checked tielow. D D D D D D D n Coloured covers / Couverture de couleur Covers damaged / Couverturp endommagee Covers restored and/or laminated / Couverture restaur^ et/ou pelliculee Cover title missing / Le titre de couverture manque Coloured maps / Cartes geographiques en couleur Coloured ink (i.e. other than blue or black) / Encre de couleur (i.e. autre que bleue ou noire) Coloured plates and/or illustrations / Planches et/ou illustrations en couleur Bound with other material / Relie avec d'autres documents Only edition available / Seule edition disponible Tight binding may cause shadows or distortion along interior margin / La reliure serree peut causer de I'ombre ou de la distorsion le long de ta marge int^rieure. Blank leaves added durmg restorations may appear within the text. Whenever possible, these have been omitted from filming / II se peut que certaines pages blanches ajout^es lors d'une restauration apparaissent dans le texte, mais, lorsque cela §tait possible, ces pages n'ont pas et^ film^. L'Instltut a microfiln-ie le meitleur examplaire qu'il lui a ete possibia de se procurer. Les details de cet exem- plaire qui sont peut-etre uniques du point de vue bibli- ographique, qui peuvent nrtodifier une iriage reproduite, ou qui peuvent exiger une modifications rians la meth- ode normale de filmage sont indiques ci-dessous. 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KAMN'S in BLISS C.\RM \N Till-: .\i()N \i)\(H k i'iu:ss M- I M 1 N ^'-' ■ /^ ,.' ' : -I. L F V Cc^- tTo'. A s i:?r.■^^^ Craven self-seeking, tm-balent self-will, rr Resolved this very day No longer to obey The tyrant Mammon who begods us still. 13 i.»vtl A LL selfish gain at best Brings but profound unrest And inward loss, despite our fine professions. Think therefore what it is. What surety of bliss, To be absolved from burdensome possessions ! ^J HALL God, who doth provide The majesty and pride And beauty of this earth so lavishly. Deny them to the poor And lowly and obscure ? Nay, they are given to all justly and free. >3 A ND if I share my crust. As common manhood must, With one whose need is greater than my own. Shall I not also give His soul, that ii may live. Of the abundant pleasures I have known ? A ND so, if I have wrought. Amassed or conceived aught Of beauty or intelligence or power. It is not mine to hoard ; It stands there to afford Its generous service simply as a flower. 14 Ives, r T OW soon, my friends, how soon, ■■- -* We should obtain the boon Of shining peace for which the toiler delv If only we would give Our spirit room to live, Be, here and now, our brave untarnished selves. T F only we would dare -■- E. .. !se the good and fair Our soul, -nbound by custom, still perceives. And without compromise Or favour in men's eyes Live by the truth each one of us believes. >5 Bow not to vested wrong That we have served too long, Pawning our birthright for a tinsel star ! Shall the soul take upon her Time-service and mouth-honour ? Behold the fir-trees, how unswerved they are ! NATIVE to sun and storm. They cringe not nor conform, Save to the gentle law their sound heart knows ; Each day enough for them To rise, cone, branch, and stem, A leaf-breadth higher in their tall repose. i6 AH, what a travesty Of man's ascent, were I To bear myself less royally than they, After the ages spent In spirit's betterment, Through rounds of aspiration and decay! "Tj^ OR surely I have grown r ^ - . . .o 1 1 -*- Within a cleft of stone. With spray f mountain torrents in my face; Slow soaring ring by ring On moveless tilted wing, I have seen earth below me sink through space 17 LIT ¥ TOO in polar night LCi-T I Have hungered, gaunt and white. Alone amid the awful silences ; And fled on gaudy fin. When the blue tides came in. Through coral gardens under tropic seas. -K ND wheresoe'er I strove, The greater law was love, A faith too fine to falter or mistrust ; There was no wanton greed. Depravity of breed. Malice nor cant nor enmity unjust. i8 I^T AY, not till I was man, -^ ^ Learned I to scheme and plan The blackest depredation on my kind, Converting to my gain My fellow's need and pain. In chartered pillage ruthless and refined. npHEREFORE. my friends, I say, -■- Back to the fair sweet way Our mother Nature taught us long ago,— The large primeval mood. Leisure and amplitude. The dignity of patience strong' and ^l^iv' 'fi> >^.'^»0V» --> TTpH ^u 1 ''*«' '^ SJ tn pi, nf^-^ «^ ftfC/V, IET us go in once more — ^ By some blue mountain door. And hold communion with the forest leaves ; Where long ago we trod The Ghost House of the God, Through orange dawns and amethystine eves ! THERE bright-robed choristers Make music in the firs. Rejoicing in their service all day long ; And there the whole night through. Along the dark still blue. What glorious hosts with starry tapers throng ! 'T^^HERE in some deep ravine -■- Whose walls are living green, A sanctuary spacious, cool and dim. At earth-refreshing morn The pure white clouds are born, The ir-ense of the ground sent up to Hi TV T O slighted task is there, ^ But equal craft and care And love in irresistible accord. The test and sign of art. Bestowed through every part ; No thought of recognition or reward. 21 IN that diviner air We shall grow wise and fair, Not frayed by hurry nor distraught by noise,- Learn once again to be Noble, courageous, free, — Regain our primal ecstasy and poise. CALM in the deep control Of firmamental soul. Let us abide unfretful and secure. Knowledge and reason bent To further soul's intent, — Her veiled dim purposes remote yet sure. 22 l~^OR she has led us now. Science unravels how. Through cell and tissue up from dust to man; And will lead bye and bye. No logic tells us why. To fill her purport in the ampler pla ian. AH, trust the soul, my friends. To seek her own great ends Revealed not in the fashion of the hour! For she outlives intact The insufficient act. Herself the source and channel of all power. 23 f^l^HE soul survives, unmarred, -■- The mind care-worn and scarred That still is anxious over little things, To come unto her own. Through benefits unknown. And the green beauty of a thousand springs. FROM infinite resource She holds her gleaming course Through toil, distraction, hindrance, and dismay. Till some high destiny. Accomplished bye and bye, Reveals the splendid hope that was her stay. 44 r-p\HEREFORE should every hour -■- Replenish her with power Of joy and love and freedom and fresh truth, That we even in age May share her heritage Of ancient wisdom with the heart of youth. TORE of the worldly wise -'—'is folly in her eyes. r+,.N^^ All-energy, all-knowledge and all-love. Aware of deeps below This pageant that we know. Hers is the very faith accounted of 25 TT) Y Him who rose and bar's; -*-^ His friends be not afraid. When peril rocked their fishing-boat at sea, — Who bade the sick not fear. The sad be of good cheer. And in the hour they were made whole and free. ' I "VHE sceptic sees but part -*~ Of Nature's mighty heart. A wide berth would I give that dangerous shoal,- Steer for the open sea, No sight of land, but free. Trusting my senses, shall I doubt my soul ? 26 T" ET me each day anew -I— ^ My outward voyage pursue For the Far Islands and the Apple Lands ; Till through the breaking gloom Some evening they shall loom, With one pale star above the liJqc sands. A H, that day I shall know -^ ^ How the shy wood-flowers grow. In the deep forest, turning to the light ; Untrammelled impulse still With glad obedient will The only guide out of ancestral night. 27 ^'~^\ H, I shall comprehend — Truth at my journey's end, — What being is and what I strive to be, — What soul in beauty's guise Eludes our wistful eyes, Yet surely is akin to you and me. ' I A HEREFORE, towards that supreme -*- Knowledge, that unveiled dream. That promise of our life from day to day. The grace of joyousness Abide with us to bless And help us forth along the Perfect Way ! 28 r;< ' I ^ HE voice of the good priest "■- In benediction ceased ; The congregation like a murmur rose ; And when I set my pack Once more upon my back, 'Twas light as any thistle-down that blows. OF THIS I'DITION' OK lU.ISS CARMAN'S ■■Till'. WORDAI'sr. kAVIN'S"TIIR!'.Kin'M)RK11C(iriI s IIA\i-. Kl'.l.N I'RINiil) o\ AI,loN 1!\M)-MA1)I i'.M'i'.R, Oi' WIIKH TWO IHNDKI 11 \M> \M't'\ OM.V ARK I'OR .sAil'.. rlli, ORNAMlNIS AMI PLAN Ol-TIIK liooR ARi: 1111. WORK OI'llloMAS MAMTANH CLKI.ANl), .WH llll, I'ld.^sWORK HAS BKKN FAKCri ID AT I'Hi. III.IM/J'.M ANN I'RKSS. BOSTON. MASS. OCTOKKRTWKNI'V-Kll- liloNl riloT'-iNI) NlNhl ill Nimi:n .\Nn thrkk. 'f- : (t