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Printed 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—
  • I. At the Camp 29
  • II. In the Meadow 30
  • III. From a Special Correspondent's Letter 31
• THE SWALLOWS 33
• THE BROOK RHINE 36
• TO-DAY 36
• “JOY THAT'S HALF TOO KEEN, AND TRUE” 41
• MY LOSS 42
• page: vi
• 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
• page: vii
• 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—
  • Spring Stornelli—
    • The Rivulet 131
    • Spring and Summer 132
    • The Violet and the Rose 132
    • The Primrose 133
    • Linnet and Lark 133
  • page: viii
  • Summer Stornelli—
    • The Bees in the Lime 134
    • The Cornflower 134
    • The Flowing Tide 135
    • The Whisper 135
    • The Heart that lacks Room 136
    • The Lovers 136
    • The Nightingale 137
    • The Storm 137
    • Baby Eyes 138
    • The Bindweed 138
  • Autumn Stornelli—
    • The Heather 139
    • The Pine 139
    • Late Roses 140
    • The Brambles 140
    • We Two 141
    • We Two 141
    • The Apple Orchard 142
  • Winter Stornelli—
    • The Snows 143
    • The Holly 143
    • The Graveyard 144
    • The Frozen River 144
    • The Daughter 145
    • We Two 145
    • We Two 145
    • The Flowers to Come 146