TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Some minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book.
The Book of the Native
By
Charles G. D. Roberts
Boston—New York—London
Lamson, Wolffe and Company
The Copp, Clark Company, Limited
Toronto
MDCCCXCVI
Copyright, 1896,
By Lamson, Wolffe and Company.
All rights reserved
Norwood Press
J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith
Norwood Mass. U.S.A.
AUTHOR’S NOTE
Many of the poems in this collection have alreadyappeared in the pages of English, American, or Canadianperiodicals. For kind courtesies in regard tothe reprinting of such poems my grateful acknowledgmentsare due to the editors of Harper’s Magazine,The Century, The Atlantic Monthly, Scribner’s Magazine,The Cosmopolitan, Massey’s Magazine, TheYellow Book, Harper’s Weekly, The Independent,Munsey’s Magazine, The Chap-Book, The Outlook,The Youth’s Companion, Harper’s Bazar, St. Nicholas,Truth.
C. G. D. R.
Fredericton, N.B., August, 1896.
To
Goodridge Bliss Roberts
The kindly strength of open fields,
The faith of eve, the calm of air,
They lift my spirit close to thee
In memory and prayer.
CONTENTS
| I. THE BOOK OF THE NATIVE | Page |
| Kinship | 11 |
| Origins | 16 |
| An April Adoration | 19 |
| An Oblation | 21 |
| Resurrection | 25 |
| Afoot | 27 | ...