Florence Earle Coates Guide-Book/B

A Ballad of a Drum. (The Austrians at Arcola) The Delineator (as "The Ballad of a Drum") v. 64 no. ? p. 934 (December 1904); 1904 p. 49; 1916 v. 1 p. 85. Lines 6, 22, 29, 36:

The Band of the Titanic. (Up, lads! they say we've struck a berg, though there's no danger yet) Lippincott's Monthly Magazine v. 90 no. 535 p. 115 (July 1912); 1912 p. 52; 1916 v. 2 p. 152. Lines 11, 14:

Base-Born. (My parents had great joy, I wis) 1912 p. 94; 1916 v. 1 p. 94. Line 13:

Be Thou My Guide. (Be Thou my guide, and I will walk in darkness) Lippincott's Monthly Magazine v. 50 no. ? p. 782 (December 1892); 1898 p. 28; 1916 v. 1 p. 162. Line 3:

Beatrice before Death. (The day, from slumber waking, dawns most fair) The Minaret v. ? no. ? p. ? (June 1916); 1916 v. 1 p. 188.

Beauty's Path. (All ugliness wears on its brow the brand) The Outlook v. 89 no. 17 p. 946 (22 August 1908); 1909 p. 56; 1916 v. 2 p. 106. Line 13:

Beethoven. (He cursed the day that he was born) 1904 p. 59; 1916 v. 1 p. 115.

Before the Dawn. (I looked on beauteous forms, as I lay dreaming) Putnam's Monthly & the Reader v. 4 no. 6 p. 655 (September 1908); 1909 p. 27; 1916 v. 1 p. 78. Lines 6, 23:

Before the Hour. (Untimely blossom! poor, impatient thing) Lippincott's Monthly Magazine v. 47 no. ? p. 790 (June 1891); 1898 p. 19; 1916 v. 1 p. 22. Lines 10, 14:

Belgium. (I had a dream of Greatness; and I saw) The Bellman v. 25 no. 636 p. 325 (21 September 1918).

Benjamin Franklin. (Franklin! our Franklin! America's loved son!) The Reader v. 7 no. 4 p. 418-19 (March 1906); 1909 p. 12; 1916 v. 2 p. 15.

Bereft. (Death took away from me my heart's desire) The Reader v. 10 no. 1 p. 95 (June 1907); 1909 p. 84; 1916 v. 1 p. 146.

Beside a Pleasant Shore. (I lay upon my narrow bed) 1909 p. 61; 1916 v. 2 p. 165.

Betrothal. (Both your hands? ... What mean they, dear?) 1904 p. 13; 1916 v. 1 p. 69.

Better to Die. (Better to die, where gallant men are dying) 1912 p. 33; 1916 v. 1 p. 218; 1917. Lines 9, 10:

Beyond. (Had we the present—only that, no more!) 1909 p. 40; 1916 v. 2 p. 222.

"Blessèd". (Blessèd: so have they named her. With just pride) The Century Magazine v. 68 no. 4 p. 650 (August 1904); 1904 p. 139; 1916 v. 1 p. 110. Line 20:

The Brave. (It is not the desert lonely) Harper's Magazine v. 130 no. 779 p. 714 (April 1915).

Breathless We Strive. (Breathless we strive, contending for success) The Century Magazine v. 68 no. 5 p. 803 (September 1904); 1904 p. 118; 1916 v. 1 p. 90.

Britannia. (I am calling together my sons) 1916 v. 2 p. 202.

Brook-Song: To the Spring. (O beauty! vision of forgotten gladness!) The Outlook (as "The Brook's Song to Spring") v. 62 no. 1 p. 49 (6 May 1899); 1904 p. 3; 1916 v. 1 p. 35. Lines 2, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24:

The Brook's Song to Spring. (see Brook-Song: To the Spring)

Buffalo : September 6, 1901. (A Transient city, marvelously fair) The Independent v. 53 no. 2758 p. 2389 (10 October 1901); 1904 p. 174; 1916 v. 1 p. 138. Written in Germantown, PA.

The Burial of Robert Louis Stevenson at Samoa. (Where shall we lay you down to rest?) The Outlook v. 69 no. 2 p. 137 (14 September 1901); 1904 p. 148; 1916 v. 1 p. 89.

By the Conemaugh : (May 31, 1889). (Foreboding sudden of untoward change) The American v. 18 no. 463 p. 154 (22 June 1889); 1898 p. 34. Last line:

A fourth stanza is present in the 1889 version, but omitted from the 1898 version: