Pictured above is a first edition of Higginson’s book of poetry, The Voice of April-Land and Other Poems, inscribed by Higginson to Lovie Anne Ferguson Vachon of Bellingham, Washington.
The Voice of April-Land was published by the Macmillan Company in 1903. The book contains the following 78 poems.
“To the Pioneers of the West”
“The Voice of the April-Land”
“House-of-the-Stars”
“The Chinook Wind”
“The Mother Prays”
“The Little Girl of Violet-Land”
“Then and Now”
“‘Fare-Thee-Well'”
“Love’s Trembling-Cup”
“The Message”
“The Rose”
“The Wayfarer”
“March”
“Surrender in Victory”
“The Star”
“In Wake-Robin Land”
“The Path of Gold”
“‘Then You’ll Remember Me'”
“The Rose of Day”
“A Parable”
“To M. B.”
“My Thoughts are Birds”
“Triolet”
“Love Learns Slowly”
“The Guests of the Heart”
“‘To Her the Blessed Sleep'”
“April”
“Midwinter Dream”
“The Blue Sea Calls”
“After Summer Days”
“Laurels”
“Love-Song of the Wanderer”
“Annie Lisle”
“The Nights of June”
“At Midnight Mass”
“The Sweet, Low Speech of the Rain”
“The House That Once was Blessed of Thee”
“His Star”
“‘I Am So Sorry'”
“The Trembling Heart”
“Dawn”
“The Mirror”
“Mother’s Picture”
“The Cry of the Drowned”
“The Darkest Hour”
“September”
“The Little Child that Went Away”
“Remembrance”
“The Bad Dandelions”
“An Easter Love-Song”
“In the Marsh”
“October”
“Midnight on Brooklyn Bridge”
“November”
“The Little Wave-Maidens”
“Burial”
“A Mood”
“The Vision”
“Forget-Me-Nots”
“The Call in the Dark”
“The Opal-Sea”
“Thanksgiving”
“Riches”
“Up, My Heart, and Sing”
“A Threnody”
“The Fog Horns”
“Love, the Firefly”
“‘The Pale Green Alder-Way‘”
“Betrothal“
“The Childless Mother’s Lullaby“
“Bloom-Time“
“June Rain“
“The Sailor’s Sweetheart“
“The Still Willamette River“
“The Watchword of the Stars“
“Adoration“
“The Lady of Poppies“
“Undaunted“