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INTRODUCTIONix AUTHOR'S WORDxix THE EASTER FLOWER3 TO ONE COMING NORTH4 AMERICA6 ALFONSO, DRESSING TO WAIT AT TABLE7 THE TROPICS IN NEW YORK8 FLAME HEART9 HOME THOUGHTS11 ON BROADWAY12 THE BARRIER13 ADOLESCENCE14 HOMING SWALLOWS15 THE CITY'S LOVE16 NORTH AND SOUTH17 WILD MAY18 THE PLATEAU19 AFTER THE WINTER20 THE WILD GOAT21 HARLEM SHADOWS22 THE WHITE CITY23 THE SPANISH NEEDLE24 MY MOTHER26 IN BONDAGE28 DECEMBER, 191929 HERITAGE30 WHEN I HAVE PASSED AWAY31 ENSLAVED32 I SHALL RETURN33 MORNING JOY34 AFRICA35 ON A PRIMITIVE CANOE36 WINTER IN THE COUNTRY37 TO WINTER39 SPRING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE40 ON THE ROAD41 THE HARLEM DANCER42 DAWN IN NEW YORK43 THE TIRED WORKER44 OUTCAST45 I KNOW MY SOUL46 BIRDS OF PREY47 THE CASTAWAYS48 EXHORTATION: SUMMER, 191949 THE LYNCHING51 BAPTISM52 IF WE MUST DIE53 SUBWAY WIND54 THE NIGHT FIRE55 POETRY56 TO A POET57 A PRAYER58 WHEN DAWN COMES TO THE CITY60 O WORD I LOVE TO SING63 ABSENCE64 SUMMER MORN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE66 REST IN PEACE67 A RED FLOWER68 COURAGE70 TO O. E. A.71 ROMANCE73 FLOWER OF LOVE75 THE SNOW FAIRY76 LA PALOMA IN LONDON78 A MEMORY OF JUNE79 FLIRTATION81 TORMENTED82 POLARITY83 ONE YEAR AFTER84 FRENCH LEAVE86 JASMINES88 COMMEMORATION89 MEMORIAL90 THIRST92 FUTILITY93 THROUGH AGONY94