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<p class="c">APRIL TWILIGHTS<br/>
AND OTHER POEMS</p>
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<p class="c">BOOKS BY WILLA CATHER
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ALEXANDER’S BRIDGE<br/>
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O PIONEERS<br/>
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THE SONG OF THE LARK<br/>
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MY ANTONIA<br/>
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YOUTH AND THE BRIGHT MEDUSA<br/>
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ONE OF OURS<br/>
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A LOST LADY<br/><small>
(<i>in preparation</i>)</small><br/><br/>
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<h1> APRIL TWILIGHTS <br/><small> AND OTHER POEMS</small></h1>
<p class="c">BY<br/>
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WILLA CATHER<br/>
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ALFRED A KNOPF<br/>
NEW YORK · MCMXXIII<br/></p>
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<p class="c"><small>COPYRIGHT, 1923<br/>
<span class="smcap">BY</span> ALFRED A. KNOPF, <span class="smcap">Inc.</span><br/>
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<i>Published, April, 1923</i><br/>
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MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA</small><br/><br/>
<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_5" id="page_5">{5}</SPAN></span><br/>
To my Father<br/>
for a Valentine<br/></p>
<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_6" id="page_6">{6}</SPAN></span> </p>
<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_7" id="page_7">{7}</SPAN></span> </p>
<div class="blockquot"><p class="indd"><span class="letra">T</span>HE <i>verses in Part I of this volume are reprinted from an early
volume</i>, <span class="smcap">April Twilights</span>, <i>published in 1903. Those in Part II are
of later composition, and for permission to republish them I am
indebted to the editors of</i> <span class="smcap">Scribner’s Magazine</span>, <span class="smcap">McClure’s
Magazine</span>, <i>and the</i> <span class="smcap">Century Magazine</span>.</p>
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<span class="smcap">Willa Cather</span></p>
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<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_8" id="page_8">{8}</SPAN></span> </p>
<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_9" id="page_9">{9}</SPAN></span> </p>
<h2><SPAN name="CONTENTS" id="CONTENTS"></SPAN>CONTENTS</h2>
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<tr><td> </td><td class="rt"><small>PAGE</small></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#GRANDMITHER_THINK_NOT_I_FORGET">“Grandmither, think not I forget”</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_13">13</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#FIDES_SPES">Fides, Spes</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_15">15</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#THE_TAVERN">The Tavern</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_16">16</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#THE_HAWTHORN_TREE">The Hawthorn Tree</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_17">17</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#THE_POOR_MINSTREL">The Poor Minstrel</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_18">18</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#ANTINOUS">Antinous</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_20">20</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#LONDON_ROSES">London Roses</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_21">21</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#WINTER_AT_DELPHI">Winter at Delphi</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_22">22</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#PARADOX">Paradox</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_24">24</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#IN_MEDIA_VITA">In Media Vita</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_25">25</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#EVENING_SONG">Evening Song</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_26">26</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#LAMENT_FOR_MARSYAS">Lament for Marsyas</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_27">27</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#I_SOUGHT_THE_WOOD_IN_WINTER">“I Sought the Wood in Winter”</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_28">28</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#SLEEP_MINSTREL_SLEEP">“Sleep, Minstrel, Sleep”</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_30">30</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#IN_ROSE-TIME">In Rose-Time</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_31">31</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#POPPIES_ON_LUDLOW_CASTLE">Poppies on Ludlow Castle</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_33">33</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#PRAIRIE_DAWN">Prairie Dawn</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_35">35</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#AFTERMATH">Aftermath</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_36">36</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#THOU_ART_THE_PEARL">Thou Art the Pearl</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_37">37</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#ARCADIAN_WINTER">Arcadian Winter</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_38">38</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#PROVENCAL_LEGEND">Provençal Legend</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_40">40</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#THE_ENCORE">The Encore</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_42">42</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#SONG">Song</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_43">43</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#LENVOI">L’Envoi</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_44">44</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#THE_PALATINE">The Palatine</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_47">47</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#THE_GAUL_IN_THE_CAPITOL">The Gaul in the Capitol</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_49">49</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#A_LIKENESS">A Likeness</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_50">50</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#THE_SWEDISH_MOTHER">The Swedish Mother</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_52">52</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#SPANISH_JOHNNY">Spanish Johnny</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_54">54</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#AUTUMN_MELODY">Autumn Melody</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_55">55</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#PRAIRIE_SPRING">Prairie Spring</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_56">56</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#MACON_PRAIRIE">Macon Prairie</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_57">57</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#STREET_IN_PACKINGTOWN">Street in Packingtown</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_60">60</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#A_SILVER_CUP">A Silver Cup</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_62">62</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#RECOGNITION">Recognition</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_65">65</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><SPAN href="#GOING_HOME">Going Home</SPAN></td><td class="rt" valign="bottom"><SPAN href="#page_66">66</SPAN></td></tr>
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<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_12" id="page_12">{12}</SPAN></span> </p>
<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_13" id="page_13">{13}</SPAN></span> </p>
<h2><SPAN name="PART_I" id="PART_I"></SPAN>PART I</h2>
<h1>APRIL TWILIGHTS<br/> <span class="subhd"> AND OTHER POEMS</span></h1>
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<h3><SPAN name="GRANDMITHER_THINK_NOT_I_FORGET" id="GRANDMITHER_THINK_NOT_I_FORGET"></SPAN>“GRANDMITHER, THINK NOT I FORGET”</h3>
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<span class="i0"><span class="letra2">G</span>randmither, think not I forget, when I come back to town,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">An’ wander the old ways again an’ tread them up an’ down.<br/></span>
<span class="i0">I never smell the clover bloom, nor see the swallows pass,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Without I mind how good ye were unto a little lass.<br/></span>
<span class="i0">I never hear the winter rain a-pelting all night through,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Without I think and mind me of how cold it falls on you.<br/></span>
<span class="i0">And if I come not often to your bed beneath the thyme,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Mayhap ’t is that I’d change wi’ ye, and gie my bed for thine,<br/></span>
<span class="i6">Would like to sleep in thine.<br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">I never hear the summer winds among the roses blow,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Without I wonder why it was ye loved the lassie so.<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Ye gave me cakes and lollipops and pretty toys a score,—<br/></span>
<span class="i0">I never thought I should come back and ask ye now for more.<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Grandmither, gie me your still, white hands, that lie upon your breast,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">For mine do beat the dark all night and never find me rest;<br/></span>
<span class="i0">They grope among the shadows an’ they beat the cold black air,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">They go seekin’ in the darkness, an’ they never find him there,<br/></span>
<span class="i6">An’ they never find him there.<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_14" id="page_14">{14}</SPAN></span><br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">Grandmither, gie me your sightless eyes, that I may never see<br/></span>
<span class="i0">His own a-burnin’ full o’ love that must not shine for me.<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Grandmither, gie me your peaceful lips, white as the kirkyard snow,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">For mine be red wi’ burnin’ thirst, an’ he must never know.<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Grandmither, gie me your clay-stopped ears, that I may never hear<br/></span>
<span class="i0">My lad a-singin’ in the night when I am sick wi’ fear;<br/></span>
<span class="i0">A-singin’ when the moonlight over a’ the land is white—<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Aw God! I’ll up an’ go to him a-singin’ in the night,<br/></span>
<span class="i6">A-callin’ in the night.<br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">Grandmither, gie me your clay-cold heart that has forgot to ache,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">For mine be fire within my breast and yet it cannot break.<br/></span>
<span class="i0">It beats an’ throbs forever for the things that must not be,—<br/></span>
<span class="i0">An’ can ye not let me creep in an’ rest awhile by ye?<br/></span>
<span class="i0">A little lass afeard o’ dark slept by ye years agone—<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Ah, she has found what night can hold ’twixt sunset an’ the dawn!<br/></span>
<span class="i0">So when I plant the rose an’ rue above your grave for ye,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Ye’ll know it’s under rue an’ rose that I would like to be,<br/></span>
<span class="i6">That I would like to be.<br/></span>
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