The Ring of Amethyst
The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Ring of Amethyst, by Alice Wellington Rollins
BY ALICE WELLINGTON ROLLINS
“He but only kissed
The fingers of this hand wherewith I write.
A ring of Amethyst
I could not wear here plainer to my sight
Than that first kiss.”
— Mrs. Browning.
NEW YORK G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS 182 FIFTH AVENUE 1878
Copyright by ALICE WELLINGTON ROLLINS 1878
Alice Wellington Rollins
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THE RING OF AMETHYST.
CONTENTS.
“THE RING AND THE BOOK.”
THE RING.——TO GEORGE ELIOT.
THE BOOK.——To D. M. R.
PROEM.
JOY.
PAIN.
A STUDY.
“MANY THINGS THOU HAST GIVEN ME, DEAR HEART.”
BRUTUS AT PHILIPPI.
CHARM.
A FACE.
“LOVE WILL FIND OUT A WAY.”
SUMNER.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
SIGHT.
PURITY.
A ROSE.
RUE WITH A DIFFERENCE.
TO MAY H. R——.
CYCLES.
EXPERIENCE.
A TRUST IN GOD.
FORESIGHT.
“THE EAGER SUN COMES GLADLY FROM THE SEA.”
RESERVE.
A SONG OF SUMMER.
THOUGHT.
A CHANCE ACQUAINTANCE.
DAWN.
WITH AN ANTIQUE.
DOUBT.
“I KNOW MYSELF THE BEST-BELOVED OF ALL.”
OCTOBER.
SERENITY.
“A YEAR AGO TO-DAY, LOVE.”
STEADFAST.
ABSENT-MINDED.
ANSWERED PRAYER.
EXPRESSION.
FULFILLMENT.
“THERE WILL BE SILENCE HERE, LOVE.”
FAITH IN WORKS.
LONGING.
THE NEW DAY.
CONFESSION.
“AMONG THOSE JOYS FOR WHICH WE UTTER PRAISE.”
BECAUSE.
IVY.
INFLUENCE.
MIRACLE.
“SHE CAME AND WENT.”
DREAMERS.
I.
II.
ANDROMEDA.
LOVE SONG.
CLOSED.
“IF I COULD KNOW, LOVE.”
THE DIFFERENCE.
INDIAN SUMMER.
“LAST—AN AMETHYST.”
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