Stanton, Henry T., Tanner, A. A.. Lorin, Cal. 1289 Toronto, Can. 1275 Gretna, La. 1270 Forest City, Ja. 1301 Springfield, Ill. 1331 San Diego, Cal. 1155 Oakley, Id. 1169 Portsmouth, N. H. 1140 Vineland, N. J. 1171 Lafayette, Ind. 1198 Skyanon, Ore. 1094 Thomas, Dr. W. D., Grand Rapids, Mich. 1266 White, Jas. T, New York, N.Y. 1233 Onset Bay, Mass. 1191 Ottawa, Can. 1130 Somerset, N. Y. 1107 Gaiva, Ill. 1222 Syllacauga, Ala. 1203 Livermore, Ky. 1086 Oskaloosa, Ia. 1175 Danville, Ind. 1117 Weston, Mich. 1082 Pueblo, Colo. 1377 Lawrence, Mass. 1324 1392 Haverhill, Mass. 1333 Trenton, N. J. 1176 Salem, Ore. 1361 LOCAL AND NATIONAL POETS OF AMERICA. COLONEL GEO. W. WARDER. BORN: RICHMOND, MO. WHEN but a boy in years Mr Warder taught school, studied law, and was a practicing attorney at Chillicothe, Mo. He is a lawyer, a business man, a financier, a scholar, and a COLONEL GEO. W. WARDER. poet. Mr. Warder has issued three volumes of verse, which have attracted considerable attention, and established for the author an enviable reputation; in 1873 appeared Poetic Writings or College Poems; in 1874 Eden Dell or Love's Wanderings; and his third volume, a collection of his finest poems, entitled Utopian Dreams and Lotus Leaves, was issued from the London press in 1885. Since his residence in Kansas City, Col. Warder has attained a position of prominence and influence in the community. He is president of the Mining Exchange, a director in the Exposition Association, the Warder Grand Opera House, Newsboys Home, and is connected with many enterprises and charitable institutions. WOMAN. Methinks, o'er all the realms of space, A nobler form, or fairer face, With brighter charm, or sweeter grace, For her approving love and smiles. First at the cradle and the grave, With swelling heart and anxious breath, She ope's the eyes of great and brave, And shuts them in the glare of death. Then lordly man, that scoffs at fear, At your own hearth, or where ye roam, Strive with true love to bless and cheer This angel of our earthly home. MEMORY AND IMAGINATION. Thou mighty magicians to stir the heart fair; 34 LOCAL AND NATIONAL POETS OF AMERICA. Voice sad and sweet as a Magdalen's prayer To a pardoning Christ when He set her free. Thy genius, purpose and mission grand Teaches men to feel and their souls expand, That mercy may blend with her loving eyes, The joys of earth with the dreams of the skies. THY FACE IS FAIR AND LOVELY. Thine eyes are softly blue, Who knows the wealth and depth of love Thy soul looks through the doors of sight, And once I gazed into those eyes That beam with heavenly thought, That diamond gem within it. Then fleeting time did plume her wing, And from the streams of bliss did bring Us gladness without measure. The zephyrs sang unto the sea. The golden stars were beaming, While hope, like bird on pinions free, Her sweetest dream was dreaming. Endymion on the moonlit hills Ne'er bathed in Cynthia's smiling, And felt the sweet enrapturing thrills, As in that hour's beguiling. MARY ANDERSON. Interpreter of truth and art, With regal form and queenly grace? Is thy sweet charm of womanhood; Bright empress of a fairer land Than czar, or king, or magnates rule, Where beauty, heart and truth's at school, And in angelic livery stand, In art, expression, form and grace, SADDEST THOUGHTS MAKE SWEETEST When the twilight shades are falling And from shadows dim and fleeting Sad, yet brightest that I may! O! our saddest thoughts are sweetest! O'er the world of memory. Hope crowned, heavenward and untiring, Like the murmur of bright rivers Like a birdling in its nest, KISS OUR DARLING AND COME AWAY. EXTRACT. Dead! Our darling is dead, dear wife, Kiss him again, for only to-day Can you kiss our darling, and come away. LOCAL AND NATIONAL POETS OF AMERICA. MAY PERLEY. BORN: LEMPSTER, N. H. AFTER receiving her education at the Tilden Female Seminary of West Lebanon, Miss Perley became a school teacher. Her poems have received extensive publication in the periodi Child of mine look up above you, Up into the starry skies, To those myriad worlds of glory Raise your timid dazzled eyes; Think you of their awful wonder, Of the race they each must run, On for aye, sometimes in darkness, 'Round and 'round the shining sun. Think you of the years that wait them, Changeless years of night and day, Think you of the hand that guides them, For they cannot lose their way. Thus whatever may betide you, There is One that knoweth best, So lay down your head a moment, Know that it is time for rest. 35 MAY PERLEY. cal press, and she is represented in The New Hampshire Poets. Miss Perley is still a resident of her native place, where she is surrounded by a host of friends and admirers. THE VOICE OF NATURE. With a voice of wondrous sweetness Though it knoweth not the way. Where the oak lifts up its head; Grand in solemn strength it standeth Heeding not thy timid tread; See its mighty arms outstretching, AFTER DARK. Come now, imp of night, with your mirror For this is the true witching hour; I'll look, if 'tis only to please you, So come in your magical power. O, fle! 'tis unjust, it is cruel To show me the picture I shun! Your magic can show me another Yes many, with skies bright and fair- And mine has a bountiful share. The great silent gloom of the forest, The vast, changeless blue all above, Then, too, is the mystical future O, say! little wizard, I know it, I feel it, It must be, each year brings the harvest, |