to be moulded, and not facts to be
recorded. Above all here is no pretence of propaganda.

As some of the material touched on is not accessible in standard
reference, prose notes have been included giving the historical facts or
background of legend upon which a poem has been based. These notes
together with a bibliography will be found at the back of the volume.

If the only result of this book is to call attention to the literary and
artistic values inherent in the South, and to the essentially unique and
yet nationally interesting qualities of the Carolina Low Country, its
landscapes and legends, the labor bestowed here will have secured its
harvest.

DuBOSE HEYWARD--HERVEY ALLEN.

Charleston, S.C.
December, 1921.

CONTENTS

PAGE

Preface 9

_Poems_
Seance at Sunrise 17
Silences 20
Presences 23
The Pirates 25
The Sewees of Sewee Bay 34
La Fayette Lands 38

_Legend of Theodosia Burr_
The Priest and the Pirate 42

Palmetto Town 50
Carolina Spring Song 52

_The First Submarine_
The Last Crew 54

Landbound 65
Two Pages from the Book of the Sea Islands 66
1. SHADOWS 66
2. SUNSHINE 69

_Negro Poems_
Modern Philosopher 72
Upstairs-Downstairs 73
Hag-hollerin' Time 74
Macabre in Macaws 75
Gamesters All 76
Eclipse