Many Voices POEMS:
ByE. Nesbit
Author of “The Incredible Honeymoon,” etc.
LONDON:
HUTCHINSON & CO.
PATERNOSTER ROW
To my dear Daughter in law and Daughter in love, GERTRUDE BLAND, I, E. Nesbit, dedicate this book
Jesson St. Mary's, Romney. 1922.
page: v
CONTENTS
- THE RETURN 9
- FOR DOLLY 12
- QUESTIONS 13
- THE DAISIES 14
- THE TOUCHSTONE 16
- THE DECEMBER ROSE 17
- THE FIRE 18
- SONG 21
- A PARTING 22
- THE GIFT OF LIFE 23
- INCOMPATIBILITIES 24
- THE STOLEN GOD 25
- WINTER 28
- SEA-SHELLS 29
- HOPE 30
- THE PRODIGAL'S RETURN 31
- THE SKYLARK 32
- SATURDAY SONG 33
- THE CHAMPION 35
- THE GARDEN REFUSED 37
- THESE LITTLE ONES 38
- THE DESPOT 39
- THE MAGIC RING 40
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- PHILOSOPHY 41
- THE WHIRLIGIG OF TIME 42
- MAGIC 43
- WINDFLOWERS 44
- AS IT IS 45
- BEFORE WINTER 46
- THE VAULT 47
- SURRENDER 49
- VALUES 50
- IN THE PEOPLE'S PARK 51
- WEDDING DAY 52
- THE LAST DEFEAT 53
- MAY DAY 54
- GRETNA GREEN 55
- THE ETERNAL 57
- THE POINT OF VIEW. I. 58
- THE POINT OF VIEW. II. 59
- MARY OF MAGDALA 60
- THE HOME-COMING 62
- AGE TO YOUTH 63
- IN AGE 64
- WHITE MAGIC 65
- FROM THE PORTUGUESE. I. 66
- FROM THE PORTUGUESE. II. 68
- THE NEST 70
- THE OLD MAGIC 71
- FAITH 72
- THE DEATH OF AGNES 73
- IN TROUBLE 74
- GRATITUDE 76
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- AT THE LAST 77
- FEAR 78
- THE DAY OF JUDGMENT 79
- A FAREWELL 80
- IN HOSPITAL 81
- PRAYER IN TIME OF WAR 82
- AT PARTING 83
- INVOCATION 84
- TO HER: IN TIME OF WAR 85
- THE FIELD OF FLANDERS 86
- SPRINT IN WAR-TIME 87
- THE MOTHER'S PRAYER 88
- “INASMUCH AS YE DID IT NOT 91
