| | PAGE |
| 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] |