Stories in Verse

Henry Abbey (1842-1911) was an American poet who is best known for the poem What do We Plant When We Plant a Tree? and May Dreams. His other works include Ralph and Other Poems (1866), Stories in Verse (1869), Ballads of Good Deeds (1872), Poems (1879), The City of Success and Other Poems (1883) and Dream of Love (1910). " "Violets! Violets! Violets! " This was the cry I heard As I passed through the street of a city; And quickly my heart was stirred To an incomprehensible pity, At the undertone of the cry; For it seemed like the voice of one Who was stricken, and all undone, Who was only longing to die. "