Than that first kiss.”

—Mrs. Browning.

NEW YORK
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
182 FIFTH AVENUE
1878

Copyright by
ALICE WELLINGTON ROLLINS
1878

CONTENTS.

PAGE
THE RING AND THE BOOK:
THE RING:—TO GEORGE ELIOT[v]
THE BOOK:—TO D.M.R.[vi]
TO THE CRITIC[vii]
NARCISSUS[viii]
PROEM[ix]
JOY[1]
PAIN[3]
A STUDY[5]
“MANY THINGS THOU HAST GIVEN ME, DEAR HEART”[7]
BRUTUS AT PHILIPPI[8]
“VINO SANTO” TO H. H.[9]
CHARM[12]
A FACE[14]
LOVE WILL FIND OUT A WAY[17]
SUMNER[18]
SIGHT[29]
PURITY[30]
A ROSE[32]
RUE WITH A DIFFERENCE[33]
TO MAY H. R——.[34]
CYCLES[35]
EXPERIENCE[37]
A TRUST IN GOD[38]
FORESIGHT[41]
TO FRANK S. R——. WITH A VIOLIN[42]
“THE EAGER SUN COMES GLADLY FROM THE SEA”[43]
RESERVE[44]
A SONG OF SUMMER[47]
THOUGHT[50]
A CHANCE ACQUAINTANCE[51]
A REMEMBERED CRITIC. TO J. R. D.[52]
DAWN[53]
WITH AN ANTIQUE[55]
DOUBT[56]
“I KNOW MYSELF THE BEST BELOVED OF ALL”[58]
OCTOBER[59]
SERENITY[61]
“A YEAR AGO TO-DAY, LOVE”[62]
STEADFAST[63]
WITH A CRYSTAL LION. FOR L. R. W.[64]
ABSENT-MINDED[66]
ANSWERED PRAYER[68]
EXPRESSION[69]
FULFILLMENT[71]
“THERE WILL BE SILENCE HERE, LOVE”[73]
FAITH IN WORKS[74]
“NO. 33—A PORTRAIT.” FOR R. H. L.[75]
LONGING[76]
THE NEW DAY[78]
CONFESSION[79]
“AMONG THOSE JOYS FOR WHICH WE UTTER PRAISE.”[82]
BECAUSE[83]
IVY[85]
INFLUENCE[86]
MIRACLE[88]
“SHE CAME AND WENT”[89]
DREAMERS[91]
ANDROMEDA[93]
LOVE SONG[97]
CLOSED[98]
BABY-HOOD. M. W. R.[100]
“IF I COULD KNOW, LOVE.”[102]
THE DIFFERENCE[103]
INDIAN SUMMER[104]
LAST—AN AMETHYST[108]