CONTENTS

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Introductory Note[xi]
[POEMS: 1909–1910]
In the Rangitaki Valley[3]
Spring Wind in London[4]
Butterfly Laughter[6]
The Candle[7]
Little Brother’s Secret[8]
Little Brother’s Story[9]
The Man with the Wooden Leg[10]
When I was a Bird[11]
The Arabian Shawl[12]
Sleeping Together[13]
The Quarrel[14]
[POEMS: 1911–1913]
Loneliness[17]
The Meeting[18]
The Gulf[19]
The Storm[20]
Across the Red Sky[21]
Very Early Spring[22]
The Awakening River[23]
The Sea-Child[24]
The Earth-Child in the Grass[25]
To God the Father[26]
The Opal Dream Cave[27]
Sea[28]
Jangling Memory[29]
There was a Child once[30]
The Secret[31]
Sea Song[32]
Countrywomen[34]
Stars[35]
Deaf House Agent[36]
[POEMS AT THE VILLA PAULINE: 1916]
Villa Pauline[39]
Camomile Tea[40]
Waves[41]
The Town between the Hills[43]
Voices of the Air[45]
Sanary[46]
To L. H. B. (1894–1915)[47]
[POEMS: 1917–1919]
Night-Scented Stock[51]
Now I am a Plant, a Weed....[53]
There is a Solemn Wind To-night[54]
Out in the Garden[55]
Fairy Tale[56]
Covering Wings[57]
Firelight[59]
Sorrowing Love[60]
A Little Girl’s Prayer[61]
The Wounded Bird[62]
[CHILD VERSES: 1907]
A Fairy Tale[65]
Opposites[67]
Song of Karen, the Dancing Child[69]
A Joyful Song of Five[70]
The Candle Fairy[71]
Song by the Window before Bed[72]
A Little Boy’s Dream[73]
Winter Song[74]
On a Young Lady’s Sixth Anniversary[75]
Song of the Little White Girl[76]
A Few Rules for Beginners[77]
A Day in Bed[78]
The Lonesome Child[79]
A Fine Day[80]
Evening Song of the Thoughtful Child[81]
A New Hymn[83]
Autumn Song[84]
The Black Monkey[85]
The Pillar Box[86]
The Quarrel[87]
Grown-up Talk[88]
The Family[89]