CONTENTS

MARCHING TO ZION[9]
DUSKY RUTH[29]
WEEP NOT MY WANTON[45]
PIFFINGCAP[53]
THE KING OF THE WORLD[71]
ADAM AND EVE AND PINCH ME[83]
THE PRINCESS OF KINGDOM GONE[101]
COMMUNION[111]
THE QUIET WOMAN[119]
THE TRUMPETERS[141]
THE ANGEL AND THE SWEEP[151]
ARABESQUE[163]
FELIX TINCLER[175]
THE ELIXIR OF YOUTH[191]
THE CHERRY TREE[207]
CLORINDA WALKS IN HEAVEN[215]
CRAVEN ARMS[225]
COTTON[267]
A BROADSHEET BALLAD[283]
POMONA’S BABE[295]
THE HURLY-BURLY[319]

MARCHING TO ZION


MARCHING TO ZION

In the great days that are gone I was walking the Journey upon its easy smiling roads and came one morning of windy spring to the side of a wood. I had but just rested to eat my crusts and suck a drink from the pool when a fat woman appeared and sat down before me. I gave her the grace of the morning.

“And how many miles is it now?” I asked of her.

“What!” said she, “you’re not going the journey?”