IS 1^ ev«pHt s;t^inl<^y Hill» enect oi ram Cover, end papers, title pa^e an4 headings ^g^':^ «*• ■%? Cbe Poems Eastern Tpswicb is preeminently a country of beautiful distances. Cbe peace and tranquillity of tbe scenes tbat prompted tbe following verses bave toucbed me since cbildbood. Even beneatb storms and bigb winds tbe marsbes and rolling bills seemed to me, beyond most landscapes, to lie serene and uncbanged. Cbe nearby trees migbt rock and toss, but still tbe distance would somebow remind me of an impressive buman counte= nance, immobile and introspective. Jls to tbe composition of tbe verses T will only say tbat 1 used tbe pen more witb tbe spirit and feeling of a work= er In plastic art tban as a man of letters. Indeed, tbese impressions were set down witb but small tbougbt for tbe canons of literary art; and, perbaps it will be well to add, witb but sligbt knowledge of tbose precepts. Everett Stanley l>ubbard Cbe Pictures Salt tnarsbes set about witb round^jopped billSt barberry bedges along old stone walls tbat climb over tbe upland pastures, grassy spaces patterned witb savin and bay= berry, wild apple trees in tbe tbickets, wide fields of daisies and frost flowers, sbore lines of goldenrod and scarlet lilies, dark marsb islands, far and near, reflected in creek and salt pond, baystacks crowding into tbe borizon*s perspective, a blue line of sea beyond tbe distant sand bills; sucb is tbe familiar Tpswicb landscape, varied by season and sky and tide. tnr. Iiubbard and T were boys togetber in tbis country of tbe marsbes, and bere we bave studied and painted. For tbis reason T find a special pleasure in making tbese color prints to accompany bis songs. Cbe pictures, designs, and lettering of titles are frankly tbe imprint of tbe kni!e=engraved wood block. Jlrtbur mesley Dow CO B, UJ. D. Cbc mar$be$ lie in softly rippUd white, Cbe woodland wears a dusky violet bue, JInd JFIdamenticus a far tbin mystic blue, lUbile over all is winter's keen crisp lidbt; Hnd silence, save at intervals a slidbt Hnd timid rustling of tbe grass and vines, Cbe cawing of tbe crows among tbe Pines Hnd ax strokes in tbe Cbicket to tbe rigbt. Cike one wbo offers to an old-time friend. In otber scenes, a sketcb made bastily Of native bills, tbis tbougbt of bome T send, Hnd trust it dawns on you familiarly. Ulbile groping idly wbere tbe sbadows blend T found it face to wall in memory. ' Zhc marshes lie in softly rippled white, Che woodland wears a dusky violet hue," Ipswicb niarsbcs l^autit of tbc beroti atid tbe rosemary's bome, Cbe marsbes stretcb to eastward till tbe sbeen Of doldeti sandbiHs crests tbe sweeping dreeti» Jind winding creeHs reflect tbe azure dome. $but from tbe turmoil of tbe ocean waves, Jind far from surge of life in busy towns, Cbere reigns unbroken 'neatb tbe salty downs Cbe perfect peace of dim catbedral naves. f;U " ■ : ji^^^i";' '^''ite®%«S5 "Che marshes stretch to eastward till the sheen Of aolden sandhills crests the sweeping green" :^#ll niarsb Goldcnrod Itlarsb doldenrod is blooming on Cbe borders of tbe dra$$y sea, Cbrougb autumn bours balcyon jRnd fraudbt witb ibystic propbeey; marsb doldenrod in flowing roods niong tbe foot of spur and dell, Ulbere life glides by in deeper moods Und reveries tban tongue can tell. marsb goldenrod and days of grace Dream side by side upon tbe sbore; Friend, feign witb me a fleeting space Cbat strife and tempest waUe no more. 'marsh doldenrod in glowing roods Jllong the foot of spur and dell" Cbe Old Stone lUall lUbere shadows rest, wbere summits sbine, Cbe wall dips low and curves and climbs, J1 repetition in eacb line CiHe old immortal rbymes* Cbe bowlders rest among tbe reeds, Cbe butterflies above tbem dance, Cbroudb all tbe tangle of tbe weeds Cbe sbattered sunbeams glance. Cbe tansy waves, tbe mulleins nod, Cbe succory's forgotten blue Between tbe rocUs and goldenrod Repeats tbe beaven*s bue. It is tbe sguirreFs safe bigbway lUbere evermore tbe sparrow sings, lUbile on its stones tbe licbens gray Outlive a line of kings. ' Ulbere shadows rest, where summits shine, Che wall dips low and curves and climbs," Cbc tnarsb Island Cily In sylvan solitude tbc Illy waves, Cbe scarlet lily of marsb island birtb. $be envies not tbe royal rose, nor craves Cbe pride of eartb. For sbe is