Transcriber's Notes:
Title punctuation was standardized, but poetry itself retained as in original, including hyphenation variations and indentation changes.
Duplicate title "THE ASCENT OF MAN" at beginning was deleted.
There are two poems titled "THE RED SUNSETS, 1883."; one on P. 154 and the second immediately after it on P. 155.
THE
ASCENT OF MAN
BY
MATHILDE BLIND
London
CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY
1889