For Your Sweet Sake
POEMS
By JAMES E. McGIRT
Philadelphia: THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO.
Copyright 1906, by JAMES E. McGIRT.
CONTENTS.
BORN LIKE THE PINES.
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A MYSTERY.
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THE SPIRIT OF THE OAK.
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“HOME SICK.”
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DES FO’ DAY.
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MY SOUL’S AT REST.
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INSPIRATION.
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THE CENTURY’S PRAYER.
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ANNA, WON’T YOU MARRY ME?
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SPRING.
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A WARRIOR’S JUDGMENT.
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UNCLE IS’REL.
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IF LOVING WERE WOOING.
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WINTER.
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THE SIEGE OF MANILA.
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SIGNS O’ RAIN.
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NO USE IN SIGNS.
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LULLABY, GO TO SLEEP.
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GOD BLESS OUR COUNTRY.
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TRUE LOVE.
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WEEP NOT.
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MEMORY OF W. W. BROWN.
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WHEN DE SUN SHINES HOT.
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EXPERIENCE.
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SUCCESS.
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DEFEATED.
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I SHALL SUCCEED.
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THE ROSY DAWN.
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A SONG OF LOVE.
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THANKSGIVING PRAYER.
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LOVE.
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RIGHT WILL WIN.
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VICTORIA THE QUEEN.
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LIFE AND LOVE.
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A SLOTHFUL YOUTH.
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A QUEST.
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SIGNS OF DEATH.
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A SAILOR’S DEPARTURE.
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A TEST OF LOVE.
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A BALM FOR WEARY MINDS.
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TELL ME, DEEP OCEAN.
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SHOULD I SPY LOVE.
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IF LOVE COULD SEE.
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TEMPTATION.
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I find in Mr. McGirt’s verses a meaning and accent which belong only to the true poet.
(Mrs.) REBECCA HARDING DAVIS.
Mr. McGirt’s poetry is spontaneous, natural and true.
(Mrs.) MARGARET E. SANGSTER.
My Dear Mr. McGirt: Your verses indicate talent. I see no reason why you should not have a great deal of success.
Sincerely Yours, (Mrs.) ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
Mr. James E. McGirt:
Dear Sir:—You show in these verses a talent for putting thoughts into literary form ... very rare. I have found the sentiment of the poems always pure and orthodox—often sweet and touching; there is a simplicity about them which wins the reader’s attention....
I remain sincerely yours, JULIAN HAWTHORNE.
You show a great deal of talent in your poems. I find them very interesting and sweet.
THOMAS NELSON PAGE.
Mr. James E. McGirt, Philadelphia,
My Dear Sir:—I have given some spare hours to the reading of your poems, which you were kind enough to furnish me in volume and manuscript. It is always gratifying to me to find one of your race aim to advance or excel in literary efforts. I was specially pleased with the merits of your poems, which should certainly command a large circle of readers, not only among your own people, but among all lovers of genuine poetic effort.
Yours truly, (Col.) A. K. McCLURE.