My Vigil 23 To Mrs. Julia Ward Howe 24 The Soarer 24 A Fancy 25 The Shrieking Woman 25 The Huguenot Lovers 26 To John Townsend Trowbridge 27 Weed or Flower 27 To Thomas Wentworth Higginson 28     II LIGHTER VERSE   PAGE Frightened 31 The Christmas Letter 32 A Victim 33 Jack Frost 34 A Curiosity 35 The First Lie 35 The Parasol 36 A Modern Grandmother 37 Signs for the Serious 38 Trimming 39 The Annex 40 A Liberty Bond 41 A Hero 42 The Rivals 44     III FROM THE ODES OF HORACE   PAGE To Mæcenas 47 To Leuconoë 49 Neobule 49 The Hardy Youth 50 To the State 51 To Apollo 52 To Diana 52 To Melpomene 53 Horace and Lydia 54 To Censorinus 55 To Thaliarchus 56 To Chloe