The Ballad of the Quest

by Virna Sheard

The

Ballad

of

The Quest

by

Virna Sheard

McClelland & Stewart, Ltd.,
Publishers
Toronto

Copyright 1922 by
THE JAMES A. McCANN COMPANY
All Rights Reserved
PRINTED IN THE U. S. A.

To the sweet memory
of my Mother

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

We acknowledge with thanks the kindness of Messrs. J. M. Dent & Sons, London, England, for permitting us to use the poems published by them in "The Miracle"; also we thank the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire for permission to use those poems brought out by them in "Carry On."

CONTENTS

[The Ballad of the Quest]
[A Song of Poppies]
[The Shepherd Wind]
[In Solitude]
[The Slumber Angel]
[At Midnight]
[Dreams]
[A Southern Lullaby]
[When Jonquils Blow]
[Lament]
[The Sea]
[The Cry]
[The Bridge of Dreams]
[The Shells]
[Requiem]
[The Crosses]
[The Lonely Road]
[To One Who Sleeps]
[April Again!]
[Histories]
[Fireflies]
[The Vanished]
[Pathfinders]
[The Call]
[Before the Dawn]
[The Fairy Clock]
[The Temple]
[The Whistler]
[March]
[On Silver Nights]
[The Birth-Right]
[A Love Song]
[A Song]
[The Night of all Saints]
[In the Last Year]
[Ships]
[June]
[October Goes]
[The Lily-Pond]