FOREWORD.

If be it so—by chance—this little book should claim for me

a friend, who, sometime, when I’m far away, shall search

and find a bit of rosemary, swept through with light, and

scatter it among the grasses where I sleep,

Then, then will I have found the garland I had hoped to

win, and from that quiet spot, that Land of Youth,

where my immortal spirit dwells, I’ll send a little wandering

prayer of gratitude, that heart hath answered

heart.