Cactus and pine: Songs of the Southwest
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Excerpt from Cactus and PineTo the mother Who bore my body; To the land that mothered my soul; To the Ultimate Guide Who led me Scarred through the battle, but Whole; Mother, and Land, and The Vision, Stern trails Where my feet Were set; Take these from the Price I owe ye.
Chapters (314)
- CACTUS AND PINE SONGS OF THE SOUTHWEST
- CONTENTS
- THE WEST
- THE SANTA FE TRAIL
- THE SONG OF THE COLORADO
- TWO BITS
- SPRING IN THE DESERT
- IN OLD TUCSON
- THE LITTLE HOUSE OF MARY
- THE SONG OF THE PINE
- SHEEP HERDING
- THE MERCY OF NA-CHIS
- THE SEA TO A DESERT DWELLER
- HIS PLACE
- THE TRAIL OF DEATH
- THE PINES OF THE MOGOLLONES
- THE IVORY CRUCIFIX
- A SONG FROM THE HILLS
- JUAN OF THE SLAG POTS
- OVER THE RANGE
- A SADDLE SONG
- AT MISSION PURISSIMA
- POPPIES OF WICKENBURG
- BOOT HILL
- THE DESERT QUEEN
- TO A HOME IN A CANON
- THE DEATH OF THE OLD HUNTER
- THE MASS OF MANGAS
- THE WATER TANK AT DUSK
- DOLORES’ OLLA
- SAN JUAN’S DAY
- ALL SOUL’S NIGHT
- NIGHT IN THE PINES
- THE DESERT
- THE EAGLE OF SACRAMENTO
- CACTUS AND ROSE
- OUR LADY OF MIRAGE
- THE MAID OF TUCANO
- A FLOWER ON THE TRAIL
- THE OCCULTATION OF VENUS
- A FOREST LULLABY
- THE COLORADO RIVER
- THE END OF THE TRAIL
- THE RANGE RIDER
- THE YUCCA PALMS
- IN THE BRACKEN.
- ARIZONA
- THE HASH-WRASTLER
- WATCH
- The Old Prospector’s Dog
- MONTE BILL
- THE GREATER FLAG
- THE HYMN OF THE MEN THAT FAIL
- THE LAST CAMP-FIRE
- THE GIVERS
- A CREED
- QUITS
- MEDUSA TO PERSEUS
- THE LONG QUEST
- A LITANY OF EVERY DAY
- WIND SONG
- THE LOST THOUGHTS
- THE STRANGER
- DAY’S END
- THE FIRST FIRE ON THE HEARTH
- A TRUCE WITH DEAD SOULS
- A FRIEND
- MAGDALEN
- THE EARTH MADONNA
- LOVE’S WISDOM
- THE GIFTS
- LIFE IS A DAY
- MORNING
- NOON
- NIGHT
- THE COMPACT
- COMPANIONED
- ALONE
- THE INHERITOR
- ON MY OWN PORTRAIT
- THE IMMORTAL
- THE BEDESMAN OF THE YEAR
- THE LONG MARCH
- REVEILLE
- THE CAMP
- THE BIVOUAC
- THE RACE MOTHER
- ROAD’S END.
- THE CHOOSING
- WINE OF DREAMS
- MY GARDEN
- SUMMER APPLES
- HER FINGER FATE
- DUMB IN JUNE
- MEMORIAM
- AS A LITTLE SHADOW ON THE GRASS
- DAWN
- A BALLAD OF CHARLIE’S MEN
- A LOST IDEAL
- THE LIFE-BOND
- TO SONG
- HER GIFT
- THE LIFE EXPRESS
- FOR A BIRTHDAY
- GOD SPEED
- A CHANT TO DEATH
- THE FAR-CALLED
- TIRED
- WHEN SHE WENT ON
- O GREAT CONSOLER
- AND THIS IS LIFE
- THE THINKER
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