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Of this Edition 750 copies have been printed for England and America.

TO MY FRIEND MARSHALL STEELE

CONTENTS

• AMBERGRIS
  • The Spider Queen 3
  • The Golden Rose 6
  • Inspiration 8
  • Flower of Aloe 9
  • The Lost Embassy 11
  • The Gift of the Gods 13
• LAVENDER
  • Lullaby 17
  • Child's Song in Spring 18
  • Dream-dew 19
  • Day and Night 20
  • The Spell 21
  • Seed-time and Harvest 23
  • Surrender 25
• page: viii
• ROSE
  • Song of the Rose 29
  • Morning 30
  • A Garden of Girls 31
  • Margaret 32
  • The Glow-worm to her Love 34
  • In Sanctuary 36
  • In the Rose Garden 38
• ROSEMARY
  • A Song of Partings 41
  • The Ghost 46
  • The Way of the Wood 47
  • Quieta ne Movete 48
  • Envoys 49
  • The Garden 50
  • Through the Wood 51
  • A Kentish Garden 52
• MYRRH
  • The Past 57
  • The Better Part 59
  • The Gray Folk 60
  • The Treasure 61
  • New Year Snow 62
  • Love's Guerdons 63
• page: ix
• MUSK
  • Indiscretion 67
  • The Invitation 68
  • To One who bade him Work 69
  • The Claim 70
  • To his Lady 72
  • The Charm 74
  • Deferred 75
  • Spring Song 76
• BERGAMOT
  • Villeggiature 79
  • Town and Country 80
  • Rejected 81
  • Compensation 82
  • The Last Ditch 83
  • The Choice 85
  • A Comedy 86
  • The End 88

Some of these Poems have appeared in THE PALL MALL GAZETTE, and elsewhere