A BOOK OF RHYME
BYAUGUSTA WEBSTER
London MACMILLAN AND CO.
1881Printed by R. & R. CLARK, Edinburgh.
CONTENTS
- POULAIN THE PRISONER 1
- A SONG OF A SPRING-TIME 4
- “ONCE A SEA-NYMPH LOVED A BOY” 5
- BELATED 7
- SISTE VIATOR 8
- NOT LOVE 11
- THE FLOWER BY THE PATH 13
- THE OLDEST INHABITANT 14
- THE WIND'S TIDINGS IN AUGUST 1870 25
- NO NEWS FROM THE WAR—
- THE SWALLOWS 33
- THE BROOK RHINE 36
- TO-DAY 36
- “JOY THAT'S HALF TOO KEEN, AND TRUE” 41
- MY LOSS 42
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- QUESTION AND ANSWER 44
- ST. AMÉ 45
- “TOO SOON SO FAIR, FAIR LILIES” 49
- HER MEMORIES 51
- WAITING 54
- “SEEDS WITH WINGS, BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY” 56
- IN AFTER YEARS 58
- THE OLD LOVE 60
- “DEAREST, THIS ONE DAY WE OWN” 62
- “HARK THE SKYLARK IN THE CLOUD” 63
- A COARSE MORNING 64
- NI-CHAN'S DIRGE FOR YEN-OEY 66
- YU-PE-YA'S DIRGE FOR TSE-KY 67
- “NEWS TO THE KING, GOOD NEWS FOR ALL” 69
- AUTUMN WARNINGS 71
- “WHERE FOUND LOVE HIS YESTERDAY?” 74
- BETROTHED 76
- NOT TO BE 78
- “A BIRD AND FLOWER UPON THE TREE” 80
- ONCE 83
- “WHILE THE WOODS WERE GREEN” 85
- DISENCHANTED 86
- “DAY IS DEAD, AND LET US SLEEP” 97
- A COMRADE 98
- “ONE STAR ONLY FOR LOVE'S HEAVEN” 100
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- A SUMMER MOOD 101
- “TELL THEE TRUTH, SWEET; NO” 103
- THE SKYLARK'S SONG 104
- “TELL ME NOT OF MORROWS, SWEET” 106
- WHERE HOME WAS 108
- “DEAR LOVE, GOOD NIGHT” 111
- THE FIRST SPRING DAY 112
- THE SEA-MAID'S SONG 114
- THE OLD DREAM 116
- “WAITING, WAITING” 118
- “FAREWELL” 119
- THE MISSING STAR 121
- “YOUNG MAY SAT FAINTING AND CHILL” 123
- “MILES AND MILES OF HERE AND THERE” 124
- BEYOND THE SHADOW 125
- THE BUTTERFLY 126
- WHITE ROSE AND RED 128
- MARJORY—