MEMORIAL DAY

AND OTHER VERSE

(ORIGINAL AND TRANSLATED)

BY

HELEN LEAH REED

AUTHOR OF SERBIA; A SKETCH
NAPOLEON'S YOUNG NEIGHBOR
THE BRENDA SERIES, ETC.

DE WOLFE AND FISKE CO.
20 FRANKLIN ST.
BOSTON

COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY
HELEN LEAH REED

Entered at Stationers' Hall

This book is sold for the benefit of work for blinded soldiers

THE·PLIMPTON·PRESS
NORWOOD·MASS·U·S·A

TO THE MEMORY OF

THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON

SOLDIER, SCHOLAR, FRIEND

The author thanks the editors of the followingpublications for the right to reprint certain poemsof hers that they first published:

Scribner's Magazine, Horace III-29. Collier's Weekly,Horace I-14. Poet Lore, Horace I-11. Chicago Interocean,The Fading Vision. The Christian Union, Jack Frost andthe Flowers. New York Sun, The Rivals. MetropolitanMagazine, Strength Renewed. Christian Endeavor World,Town and Country. Boston Transcript, Summer in London;His Monument; Memorial Day. Boston Herald, The Cry ofthe Women. Ladies' Home Journal, The Christmas Letter.Woman's Home Companion, Frightened. The Delineator,The Victim; A Modern Grandmother. The Youth's Companion,A Curiosity.

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