. The hope of the world and other poems. f Grass for Justice Cries, 35 He Eats and Sleeps, then Passes on his Way. 37 In Which to Sleep, and Sleeping be Forgot. 39 But ONLY Deepening Shadows Make Reply. 42 God is the Sun, the Warmth, the Wonder, and the Might. 44 All Nature Understands the Touch Divine, .... 46 There is Something in the Earth and Air. 48 And Every Flower He Knew. 50 Oer Land and Sea He Broodeth with His Wings. . 53 Chasing the Sunbeams Over a Shallow. 56 Whip-poor-will, Whip-poor-will, Under the Hill. 58 A Bit of Nature. 59 With Tiny Eivers Laughing Down Each Slope. ... 63 Fre
. The hope of the world and other poems. f Grass for Justice Cries, 35 He Eats and Sleeps, then Passes on his Way. 37 In Which to Sleep, and Sleeping be Forgot. 39 But ONLY Deepening Shadows Make Reply. 42 God is the Sun, the Warmth, the Wonder, and the Might. 44 All Nature Understands the Touch Divine, .... 46 There is Something in the Earth and Air. 48 And Every Flower He Knew. 50 Oer Land and Sea He Broodeth with His Wings. . 53 Chasing the Sunbeams Over a Shallow. 56 Whip-poor-will, Whip-poor-will, Under the Hill. 58 A Bit of Nature. 59 With Tiny Eivers Laughing Down Each Slope. ... 63 Freedom Afield. 65 Heart of the Torrent, Pulsing Wild and Free. . 67 ILLUSTRATIONS. 19 Where Neath the Grass a Ximule River Ran,. ... 69 When the Day is Done. 72 A Rustic Maid, Her Tryst t(j Keep. 75 Blossoms Forming, Rivers Flowing. 79 When Waning Autumn, as the Days Grow Di^l. 81 Truth Shall Outlive Yon Granite Rocks. 85 In Watches of the Xight. 87 Out of the Heart of Thjngs Unknown. 89 As jSTight Doth Follow Day. 91 Tailpiece 93. INTRODUCTION. Mr. Clarence Hawkes has long since awakened not onlya sympathy such as must rightly be given to one blind ofphysical sight, but the more important sympathy which followsthat compensatory inner sight of the poet. Indeed, there is acertain spiritualization which aptly derives from that privativefate, and is constantly felt in the poetic writings of Mr. is thereby removed from the world, and exalted above it,in a degree which places him in touch with the greater singersand seers, and gives to his utterances a character of the years have gone on, and Mr. Hawkes has passed fromthe position of the popular entertainer to the place of theprophet,—which is that of the singer in the days of minstrelsy,—he demands a wider consideration, and deserves it. Mr. Hawkess group of thoughts and emotions, which hecalls The Hope of the World, marks an advance in his powerof expression, but also a stirring of depths in his nature
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