SELECTIONS FROM

AMERICAN POETRY

WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO
POE, LONG FELLOW, LOWELL,

AND WHITTIER

EDITED BY

MARGARET SPRAGUE CARHARŤ, A.M.

TEACHER OF ENGLISH IN PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

1917

"I Broke the Spell that Held Me Long"

A Forest Hymn

The Death of the Flowers

The Gladness of Nature

To the Fringed Gentian

Song of Marion's Men

The Crowded Street

The Snow-Shower

Robert of Lincoln

The Poet

Abraham Lincoln

FRANCIS SCOTT KEY:

The Star-Spangled Banner

JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE:

The American Flag

The Culprit Fay