Many Voices: Poems

by E. Nesbit

Transcribed from the 1922 Hutchinson and Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org

Many Voices

POEMS: By E. NESBIT

Author of “The Incredible Honeymoon,” etc.

LONDON: HUTCHINSON & CO.
:: PATERNOSTER ROW ::

To
my dear
Daughter in law
and
Daughter in love,
GERTRUDE BLAND
I, E. Nesbit,
dedicate
this book

Jesson St. Mary’s,
Romney, 1922.

CONTENTS

	PAGE
THE RETURN	[9]
FOR DOLLY	[12]
QUESTIONS	[13]
THE DAISIES	[14]
THE TOUCHSTONE	[16]
THE DECEMBER ROSE	[17]
THE FIRE	[18]
SONG	[21]
A PARTING	[22]
THE GIFT OF LIFE	[23]
INCOMPATIBILITIES	[24]
THE STOLEN GOD	[25]
WINTER	[28]
SEA-SHELLS	[29]
HOPE	[30]
THE PRODIGAL’S RETURN	[31]
THE SKYLARK	[32]
SATURDAY SONG	[33]
THE CHAMPION	[35]
THE GARDEN REFUSED	[37]
THESE LITTLE ONES	[38]
THE DESPOT	[39]
THE MAGIC RING	[40]
PHILOSOPHY	[41]
THE WHIRLIGIG OF TIME	[42]
MAGIC	[43]
WINDFLOWERS	[44]
AS IT IS	[45]
BEFORE WINTER	[46]
THE VAULT	[47]
SURRENDER	[49]
VALUES	[50]
IN THE PEOPLE’S PARK	[51]
WEDDING DAY	[52]
THE LAST DEFEAT	[53]
MAY DAY	[54]
GRETNA GREEN	[55]
THE ETERNAL	[57]
THE POINT OF VIEW: I	[58]
THE POINT OF VIEW: II	[59]
MARY OF MAGDALA	[60]
THE HOME-COMING	[62]
AGE TO YOUTH	[63]
IN AGE	[64]
WHITE MAGIC	[65]
FROM THE PORTUGUESE. I.	[66]
FROM THE PORTUGUESE. II.	[68]
THE NEST	[70]
THE OLD MAGIC	[71]
FAITH	[72]
THE DEATH OF AGNES	[73]
IN TROUBLE	[74]
GRATITUDE	[76]
AT THE LAST	[77]
FEAR	[78]
THE DAY OF JUDGMENT	[79]
A FAREWELL	[80]
IN HOSPITAL	[81]
PRAYER IN TIME OF WAR	[82]
AT PARTING	[83]
INVOCATION	[84]
TO HER: IN TIME OF WAR	[85]
THE FIELDS OF FLANDERS	[86]
SPRING IN WAR-TIME	[87]
THE MOTHER’S PRAYER	[88]
“INASMUCH AS YE DID IT NOT”	[91]