A great number of the following verses are already known to readers of The Herb o' Grace, and of the little reprint, Songs of Childhood. As these pamphlets, however, did not reach the public, it has been thought advisable to re-issue the verses in book-form, together with three or four more collected from various reviews, and a number that are here printed for the first time.

L.A.T.

Contents

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CHILDHOOD
KING BABY[3]
A BLESSING FOR THE BLESSED[5]
TO RAOUL BOUCHARD[8]
TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW[10]
THE NESTING HOUR[11]
THE LITTLE SISTER—
Bath-time[12]
Bed-time[13]
A TWILIGHT SONG[14]
A WINTRY LULLABY[15]
THE WARM CRADLE[16]
THE DROOPING FLOWER[17]
MOTHERS IN THE GARDEN—
I.[18]
II.[19]
THE GRAVEL PATH[20]
THE NEW PELISSE[21]
SOLACE[22]
STRANGE LANDS[23]
MARCH MEADOWS—
A Lark[24]
Lambs[25]
THE ROBIN[26]
THE MOUSE[27]
THE BAT[28]
THE SWALLOW[29]
SNOWDROPS[30]
FROST[32]
APPLES[33]
LONELY CHILDREN—
I.[34]
II.[35]
PLAYGROUNDS[36]
FAIRINGS[38]
THE FLOWER TO THE BUD[40]
SIX SONGS OF GIRLHOOD
LOVE AND THE MAIDENS[43]
AWAKENINGS[44]
THE CLOUDED SOUL[46]
THE HEALER[47]
THE OPEN DOOR[48]
THE FUGITIVE[49]
THE FAITHFUL WIFE[53]
WOMANHOOD
A WOMAN TO HER POET[63]
THE INFIDEL[64]
LOVE WITHIN VOWS[65]
THE EXILE[66]
THE SCAR INDELIBLE[67]
REVULSION[68]
THE CAPTIVE[69]
POSSESSION'S ANGUISH[70]
TREASURES OF POVERTY[72]
SOLITUDE[73]
THE HEART ASLEEP[74]
ADVERSITY[75]
FACES OF THE DEAD[76]
THE SLEEPER[80]
STARS[81]
TRELAWNY'S GRAVE[82]
V.R.I.—JANUARY 22, 1901[83]
LINES ON A PICTURE BY MARY GOW[84]
TO SERENITY[85]
ELEVEN SONNETS[89]
THE OPEN AIR
SUNSHINE IN FEBRUARY[103]
THE CUCKOO[104]
A SONG IN THE MORNING[107]
IN A LONDON SQUARE[109]
THE CALL OF THE GREEN[111]
SUMMER ENDING[112]
NEAR AUTUMN[114]
NOVEMBER[115]
THE COMMON WEALTH[117]

CHILDHOOD