An Inn for Journeying Thoughts

by William James Roe

An Inn For
Journeying Thoughts

WILLIAM J. ROE

RICHARD G. BADGER
THE GORHAM PRESS
BOSTON

Copyright, 1912, by William J. Roe

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All Rights Reserved

The Gorham Press, Boston, U. S. A.

In loving memory of my wife
MARY STUART NORTON ROE
whose never failing appreciation of
my work was always an inspiration

CONTENTS

Part I

Page

A Poet ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

11

Fairy Thought ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

12

Valor ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

14

The Winter Sea ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

15

The Unbeliever ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

16

Woman ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

17

Alpenglow ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

18

Night ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

19

The Moon was Low ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

20

Fairy Tales ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

21

White Truth ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

22

The Lost Sword ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

23

Theiss of the Monterey ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

26

Five Years ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

28

The Islander ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

29

Song of the Machine ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

30

Part II—Devotional

The Christ ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

35

Anthem—No King but God ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

36

"They Have Taken Away the Lord" ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

37

The Day of Judgement ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

38

The Black Wolf's Key ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

39

The Continuing City ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

41

In His Princely Place ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

43

City of the Stranger’s Gate ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

45

The Usurper's Assassin ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

46

Immortality ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

49

Progress ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

50

Part III—Mystic, Metaphysical and Intellectual.

Left With the Flowers ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

53

The Cavern of the Enchanted Truths ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

55

My Soul ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

57

Out of the Great Tribulation ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

58

The Seal ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

59

The Argonaut ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

60

Asteroid ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

61

The Natural Body ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

63

In the Garden of God ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

64

Alcyone ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

65

Sleep ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

66

Evolution ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

67

The Babes of Themis ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

68

Polaris ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

69

Part IV—Humorous

Sprinkled Rhymes ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

73

A September Idyl ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

74

Puzzled ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

75

Character ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

76

Ambition ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

77

Signs and Wonders ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

78

Burglar Alarms ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

81

The Same Old Choice ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

84

Co-operation ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

85

How Man Came to be Lord of Creation ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

86

Part V—Juvenile

Nan's White World ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

89

Clematis ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

91

Bumble Words ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

93

The Land of Upside Down ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

95

Little Columbus ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

96

"To Make You Wise" ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

97

The Critics ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

98

Recognition ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

100

INN FOR JOURNEYING THOUGHTS