The Dales of Arcady
THE
DALES OF ARCADY
DOROTHY UNA RATCLIFFE
ERSKINE MACDONALD, LTD.
LONDON, W.C.1
All Rights Reserved First published November 1918
DEDICATED TO THE FIRST YORKSHIREMAN I SET EYES ON DADDY
CONTENTS
The youngest Goddess sat in a corner of the Universe and sulked.
For æons, she had watched the older Goddesses play each in turn with the Earth-Ball, and every time the Ball passed her way, someone said,
She is too young, and, if she played with the Ball, might injure it.
Dorothy Una Ratcliffe
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PROLOGUE
DALESHIRE
ON OTLEY CHEVIN
THE SONG OF NIDDERDALE
SONG OF THE MISTS
WANDER-THIRST
THE ROAD
THE SWALING* OF THE MOOR
THE MOORS IN SUMMER
MY HERBARY
RUSHES
SATAN* AND I
TO THE WIND
SAADI AND THE ROSE
THE DIFFERENCE
SONG OF THE PRIMROSES
LILIES
THE PEAR-TREE
BEGGAR'S GOLD
I
II
III
IV
ON EARLY RISING
JEWELS
BARGAINING
SONG OF GOOD-BYE
KING YESTERDAY
KISSING
PHILOSOPHY
A THRUSH'S SONG
A FEBRUARY DAY
LAUS DEO
"PAST-TEN-O'CLOCK-LAND"
TO MEMORY
A WAR PRAYER FOR A LITTLE BOY
STAR-SCANDAL
THE FIRST OF JULY 1916
I
II
III
"THE IDEAL MAN"
TO THE COMING SPRING
QUESTION
THE DALES OF ARCADY
A WAR-TIME GRACE
QUEEN MAB'S AWAKENING