Lyrics of Earth

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h1 style="margin-top: 80px;">LYRICS OF EARTH</h1> <h3>BY</h3> <h2>ARCHIBALD LAMPMAN</h2> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/tp.png" style="margin-top: 40px; margin-bottom: 40px;" width-obs="101" height-obs="150" alt="Printer's Colophon" title="" /></div> <p class="center">BOSTON</p> <p class="center">COPELAND AND DAY</p> <p class="center" style="font-size: smaller;">MDCCCXCV</p> <p class="center" style="margin-top: 40px; margin-bottom: 80px;">Copyright by Copeland and Day, 1895.</p> <h2>CONTENTS</h2> <table summary="Table of Contents"> <tr> <td>The Sweetness of Life</td> <td class="right"><SPAN href="#THE_SWEETNESS_OF_LIFE">5</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td>God-speed to the Snow</td> <td class="right"><SPAN href="#GOD-SPEED_TO_THE_SNOW">7</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td>April in the Hills</td> <td class="right"><SPAN href="#APRIL_IN_THE_HILLS">8</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Forest Moods</td> <td class="right"><SPAN href="#FOREST_MOODS">9</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding-right: 80px;">The Return of the Year</td> <td class="right"><SPAN href="#THE_RETURN_OF_THE_YEAR">10</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Favorites of Pan</td> <td class="right"><SPAN href="#FAVORITES_OF_PAN">11</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Meadow</td> <td class="right"><SPAN href="#THE_MEADOW">14</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td>In May</td> <td class="right"><SPAN href="#IN_MAY">17</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Life and Nature</td> <td class="right"><SPAN href="#LIFE_AND_NATURE">19</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td>With the Night</td> <td class="right"><SPAN href="#WITH_THE_NIGHT">20</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td>June</td> <td class="right"><SPAN href="#JUNE">21</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Distance</td> <td class="right"><SPAN href="#DISTANCE">24</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Bird and the Hour</td> <td class="right"><SPAN href="#THE_BIRD_AND_THE_HOUR">25</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td>After Rain</td> <td class="right"><SPAN href="#AFTER_RAIN">25</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Cloud-break</td> <td class="right"><SPAN href="#CLOUD-BREAK">27</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Moon-path</td> <td class="right"><SPAN href="#THE_MOON-PATH">28</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Comfort of the Fields</td> <td class="right"><SPAN href="#COMFORT_OF_THE_FIELDS">29</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td>At the Ferry</td> <td class="right"><SPAN href="#AT_THE_FERRY">32</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td>September</td> <td class="right"><SPAN href="#SEPTEMBER">35</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td>A Re-assurance</td> <td class="right"><SPAN href="#A_RE-ASSURANCE">38</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Poet's Possession</td> <td class="right"><SPAN href="#THE_POETS_POSSESSION">39</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td>An Autumn Landscape</td> <td class="right"><SPAN href="#AN_AUTUMN_LANDSCAPE">39</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td>In November</td> <td class="right"><SPAN href="#IN_NOVEMBER">40</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td>By an Autumn Stream</td> <td class="right"><SPAN href="#BY_AN_AUTUMN_STREAM">42</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Snowbirds</td> <td class="right"><SPAN href="#SNOWBIRDS">44</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Snow</td> <td class="right"><SPAN href="#SNOW">45</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sunset</td> <td class="right"><SPAN href="#SUNSET">46</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Winter-store</td> <td class="right"><SPAN href="#WINTER-STORE">48</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Sun Cup</td> <td class="right"><SPAN href="#THE_SUN_CUP">56</SPAN></td> </tr> </table> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>TO MY MOTHER</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Mother, to whose valiant will,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Battling long ago,<br/></span> <span class="i0">What the heaping years fulfil,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Light and song, I owe;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Send my little book a-field,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Fronting praise or blame<br/></span> <span class="i0">With the shining flag and shield<br/></span> <span class="i2">Of your name.<br/></span></div> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[5]</SPAN></span></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />