ARGOSIES

A book, I think, is strangely like a boat;
Its builder never knows to whose far hand
His craft may fall, nor to what port remote,
Yet knows that if he build it staunch to stand
The billows and the barnacles of years,
He may survey the ages with a smile
At blasts of critics and of mutineers,
And futile tempests of capricious style.

Some men build freighters bulked with ponderous words
And some build tugs with engines in the hold;
But some build schooners, swift as scudding birds,
Glowing with grapes and spice and Ophir's gold-
These are the deathless ones whose white-winged stream
Sails flaming down the future like a dream!
-ERNEST HARTSOCK.

PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CONTENTS
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
SUPPLEMENTARY READING LIST
ATLANTA - A WORKSHOP FOR POETS
SONGS BY ATLANTA WRITERS
INDEX
Book Cover

CONTENTS

I. MEDITATION AND THE SEARCHING SPIRIT

Strange Splendor-Ernest Hartsock
Second Coming-Ernest Hartsock
Stirrup Cup-Ernest Hartsock
Final Lightning-James E. Warren, Junior
Only the Dream Is Real-Anderson M. Scruggs
Lines to a Practical Man-Anderson M. Scruggs
Elegy on the Wind-Lola Pergament
Words Are No Net for Beauty-Minnie Hite Moody
Incident in the Green Pastures-Marguerite Steedman
There Is a Little Wisdom-Janef Newman Preston
Choice-Mavis Garey
Paradox-Mavis Garey
First Symphony of Brahms-Gilbert Maxwell
On Hearing a Bach Fugue-Merle G. Walker
Prayer for a Righteous Man-Marguerite Steedman
Logic-Merle G. Walker
Lullabye for a Dead Child-Randolph Shaffer, Junior
Barriers-Glenn W. Rainey
Plus Ultra-Ernest Hartsock
Mystery-David Edward Ungar
Relegation-Robert Leseur Jones
Consolation-Frank L. Stanton
This World-Frank L. Stanton
Let Us Believe-Frank L. Stanton
Keep- A-Goin'-Frank L. Stanton
My Library-Charles W. Hubner
Some Brooklet Be-Robert Norris
Horizon-Marshall Walker, Junior
Preparedness-Catherine Walker
Reform-Martha Hodgson Ellis
Pain at Loveliness-Robert Leseur Jones
Unicorn-Gilbert Maxwell
Friend and Enemy-Constance Gay Morenus

II. LOCAL COLOR

Prodigal-Glenn W. Rainey
Fog-Agues Kendrick Gray
Okefenokee Swamp-Ernest Hartsock
Tallulah Dam-Ernest Hartsock
Forest Fire-Ernest Hartsock
Cotton Field-Minnie Hite Moody
An Old Battlefield-Frank L. Stanton
The Covered Bridge-Anderson M. Scruggs
Country Store-Ernest Hartsock
Day-Coach, August-Ernest Hartsock
Georgia Camp Meeting-Ernest Hartsock
County Square-Gilbert Maxwell
Lynched-Frank L. Stanton
Pharaoh's Army-Agnes Kendrick Gray
Georgia Monday-Minnie Hite Moody
Dark Atlanta-Sonnet Sequence-Minnie Hite Moody
Auburn Avenue-Colored Emergency
Buttermilk Bottom-Decatur Street
Peachtree Creek-Lincoln Cemetery
Centennial Sonnets-Agnes Kendrick Gray
The Founding-Resurgens-Dogwood-
Stone Mountain

III. PORTRAITS AND PERSONALITIES

The Dispossession-Gilbert Maxwell
Memory Recurrent-Gilbert Maxwell
Final Soliloquy of an Egotist-Ernest Hartsock
Seed and Stubble-Lola Pergament
The Dawn Fisherman-Arthur Crew Inman
Confederate Veteran-James E. Warren, Junior
Transient-Minnie Hite Moody
A Poor Unfortunate-Frank L. Stanton
Street Beggar-Anderson M. Scruggs
Portrait of a Girl-Janef Newman Preston
Tell Me, Old Woman-Minnie Hite Moody
Country Woman-Mildred Clark
Georgia Farmer-Ellis Atkisson McDonald
New Teacher-Mildred Clark
The Poet-James R. Barrick
Painting-Still Life-Constance Gay Morenus
Portrait in Glass-Lola Pergament
Grotesque March-Martha Hodgson Ellis
The Madness of Pierrot-Dolores Aguilar Dalton
The Death of Pierrot-Dolores Aguilar Dalton
Greek Professor-Mavis Garey
The Wedding of Polycrates-Randolph Shaffer, Junior
Helicon at the Corner of Peachtree and Third-Randolph Shaffer, Junior
Titian's Man With a Falcon-Agnes Kendrick Gray
The Eyes of Raleigh-James E. Warren, Junior
Leonardo-Prophet of Wings-Agnes Kendrick Gray
Frate Francesco-Agnes Kendrick Gray
Sheba-James E. Warren, Junior
Philippa-Arthur Crew Inman
Sappho Departs-Marguerite Steedman

IV. CITIES

Cities-James E. Warren, Junior
Machines-Daniel Whitehead Hicky
On Seeing a Marble Building Cleansed-Anderson M. Scruggs
First April in the City-Mildred Clark
To a Cosmopolite in Spring-Ernest Hartsock
On a City, Highway-Anderson M. Scruggs
Say This of Horses-Minnie Hite Moody
Lament Picaresque-Ernest Hartsock
Altar of Fire-Arthur Crew Inman
City Park in Summer-James Warren, Junior
City Park in Winter-James E. Warren, Junior
The Cinema-Thornwell Jacobs
Antaeus on Broadway-Glenn W. Rainey
City Dusk From an Airplane-Minnie Hite Moody

V. TRAVEL PICTURES

Lands-James E. Warren, Junior
Letter to Many (Fragment) -James E. Warren, Junior
April at Chateau-Thierry-Daniel Whitehead Hicky
An Italian Donkey-Agnes Kendrick Gray
Cape Cod-Martha Hodgson Ellis
Moonlight and Maya. Ruins-Arthur Crew Inman
Sunrise Over Chester-Agnes Kendrick Gray
Off the Creek Coast-Daniel Whitehead Hicky
Amber from Egypt-Agnes Kendrick Gray
Assyria-James Edward Routh
Music of the Orient-James E. Warren, Junior

VI. NATURE

Druid's Advice-Ernest Hartsock
For Dee, Growing Up-Gilbert Maxwell
Thrush at Dusk-Robert Leseur Jones
Blue Jay-Ernest Hartsock
The Mocking Bird-Frank L. Stanton
The Hermit Thrush-Agnes Kendrick Gray
Crow-Ernest Hartsock
Ducks and Herons-Agnes Kendrick Gray
My Year Begins in the Fall-Askew
The Fear of Spring-Minnie Hite Moody
Beach Resort in Winter-Anderson M. Scruggs
April Mile-Ernest Hartsock
Hill Country April-Lida Wilson Turner
Midsummer Morning-Janef Newman Preston
Night in Summer-Maude Lay Elton
August Sadness-Minnie Hite Moody
Indian Summer-Minnie Hite Moody
Tree in Rain-Anderson M. Scruggs
Tree Flame-Robert Leseur Jones
My Tree-Wightman F. Melton
Forest Jokers-Wightman F. Melton
The Poet's Garden-Lida Wilson Turner
Adventure with Violets-Ernest Hartsock
Bloodroot-Daniel Whitehead Hicky
The Terrapin-Gilbert Maxwell
Tumble-Bugs-Elmer Grant Campbell
Dandelion-Lida Wilson Turner
Rain-Robert Leseur Jones
The South Wind-Wightman F. Melton
The Sun Is Drawing Water-Wightman F. Melton
To a Mountain-Maude Lay Elton
Some Day-Thornwell Jacobs
Sea Fancy-Martha Hodgson Ellis
Storm Arising-Anderson M. Scruggs
Mountain Storm-Janef Newman Preston