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.
"The sun hath shed its kindly light,"
"A song is but a little thing,"
The author gives the reader some insight to into the purpose of his book.
Du Bois explains and presents the Sorrow Songs of the olden days.
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.
The author remembers his childhood in the orange groves.
A child trudges up to bed.
A poem about blackbirds that get baked in a pie.
Thou art my life, by thee I live,
The poet reflects on the world at noon, while laying back and dozing.
"Because I had loved so deeply,"
"A blue–bell springs upon the ledge,"
The poet wonders about the wind.
This poem describes the artistic town of Nuremburg through the eyes of merchants and laborers
Tommy Stubbins tells about his life in Puddleby-on-the-Marsh and his three friends, Joe, Matthew Mugg, and Luke.