Songs of the Wind on a Southern Shore, and other Poems of Florida
“Cypresses”
by George E. Merrick
An ode to the Florida Cypress.
An ode to the Florida Cypress.
While in the presence of death, the characters of the story are confronted by a strange entity.
A poem about the bond of friendship.
A child trudges up to bed.
"The sun hath shed its kindly light,"
The many members of the Bird family return home to visit during the holidays.
Du Bois explains and presents the Sorrow Songs of the olden days.
"A song is but a little thing,"
The author gives the reader some insight to into the purpose of his book.
A poinciana comes to full bloom under the Florida sky.
"Oh, what shall I do? I am wholly upset;"
The author gives an account of a runaway slave who escapes his master’s beatings.
A poem about the ringing of the bells in a Flemish belfry
A poem about violence and war.
A short story about a caterpillar’s transformation into a butterfly.
"The November sun invites me,"
FROM dark abodes to fair etherial light
The Toyman makes the three children whistles from a weeping willow and they serve as a bird call for Orioles.
The author remembers his childhood in the orange groves.
Mr. Peck passes away.
The death notice.
A poem about blackbirds that get baked in a pie.