TO MY WIFE
CONTENTS
[ILLUSTRATIONS]
[PEARL OF THE PEARL OF THE SILVER SEA!]
[PART THE FIRST]—PEARL
[PART THE SECOND]—LOST PEARL
[PART THE THIRD]—PEARL ISLAND
[PART THE FOURTH]—PEARL OF PEARL ISLAND
[PART THE FIFTH]—PEARL IN A RING
[PART THE SIXTH]—SMALLER PEARLS
[WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR]
ILLUSTRATIONS
[Frontispiece (untitled)]
[THE CONVANCHE CAVERN]
[HAVRE GOSSELIN LADDERS]
[IN LITTLE SARK]
[THE GAP IN THE HEDGE]
[IN THE FRESHNESS OF THE MORNING]
[THE SOUFFLEUR]
[IN DERRIBLE BAY]
[THE ROCK BEHIND TINTAGEU]
[IN THE WINDOW-SEAT]
[SARK CLIFFS, FROM BELÊME]
[THE SEIGNEURIE GARDEN]
[IN GRANDE GRÈVE]
[THE HARBOUR]
[IN THE GLOAMING]
[ROUND THE ISLAND]
[UNDER THE AUTELETS]
PEARL OF THE PEARL OF THE SILVER SEA!
PEARL Iridescent! Pearl of the sea!
Shimmering, glimmering Pearl of the sea!
White in the sun-flecked silver sea,
White in the moon-decked silver sea,
White in the wrath of the silver sea,—
Pearl of the Silver Sea!
Lapped in the smile of the Silver Sea,
Ringed in the foam of the Silver Sea,
Glamoured in mists of the Silver Sea,—
Pearl of the Silver Sea!
Glancing and glimmering under the sun,
Jewel and casket all in one,
Joy supreme of the sun's day-dream,
Soft in the gleam of the golden beam,—
Pearl of the Silver Sea!
Splendour of Hope in the rising sun,
Glory of Love in the noonday sun,
Wonder of Faith in the setting sun,—
Pearl of the Silver Sea!
Gaunt and grim to the outer world,
Jewel and casket all impearled
With the kiss of the Silver Sea!—
With the flying kiss of the Silver Sea,
With the long sweet kiss of the Silver Sea,
With the rainbow kiss of the Silver Sea,—
Pearl of the Silver Sea!
And oh the sight,—the wonderful sight,
When calm and white, in the mystic light,
Of her quivering pathway, broad and bright,
The Queen of the Night, in silver dight,
Sails over the Silver Sea!
Wherever I go, and wherever I be,
The joy and the longing are there with me,—
The gleam And the glamour come back to me,—
In a mystical rapture there comes to me,
The call of the Silver Sea!
As needle to pole is my heart to thee,
Pearl of the Silver Sea!
Pearl of the Pearl of the Silver Sea!
To some you are Margaret, but to me,
Always and ever, wherever I be,
You are Pearl of the Pearl of the Silver Sea!
J.C.G.
