CONTENTS.
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| Cradle | Feb. 1864 | Mentia Taylor | [1] |
| Bells | March, 1864 | Marian James | [3] |
| Mirror | June, 1864 | Lewis Morris | [4] |
| Shadows | Nov. 1864 | Catherine Taylor | [5] |
| Shadows | Nov. 1864 | Lewis Sergeant | [6] |
| Organ Boys | Dec. 1864 | Frances Power Cobbe | [7] |
| Organ Boys | Dec. 1864 | Lewis Morris | [9] |
| Stumbling Blocks | March, 1865 | Professor Seeley | [16] |
| Witchcraft | May, 1865 | Mentia Taylor | [19] |
| Chivalry | Feb. 1866 | Marian James | [22] |
| Castles in the Air | March, 1866 | Annie Keary | [26] |
| Autumn Leaves | May, 1866 | Arthur Munby | [28] |
| Silence | June, 1866 | Mentia Taylor | [30] |
| Lights and Shadows | Dec. 1866 | Lewis Morris | [31] |
| Echoes | Feb. 1867 | M. D. Conway | [36] |
| Expediency | March, 1867 | Professor Seeley | [40] |
| Rest | April, 1867 | Joseph Mazzini | [43] |
| Rest | April, 1867 | Alice Malleson | [45] |
| Rest | April, 1867 | Edwin Arnold | [46] |
| Gossip | Nov. 1867 | Catherine Taylor | [49] |
| Chips | May, 1868 | Austin Dobson | [54] |
| Chips | May, 1868 | Joseph Biggs | [57] |
| Transformation | Dec. 1868 | Caroline Biggs | [62] |
| Transformation | Dec. 1868 | Eliza Keary | [67] |
| Surprise | March, 1869 | Edwin Arnold | [75] |
| The Gloaming | March, 1869 | Henry Fellowes | [78] |
| Sketches | April, 1869 | Lewis Sergeant | [83] |
| Sketches | April, 1869 | Annie Keary | [84] |
| Sketches | April, 1869 | Austin Dobson | [92] |
| Things Gone By | May, 1869 | Sheldon Amos | [97] |
| Things Gone By | May, 1869 | P. A. Taylor | [99] |
| Things Gone By | May, 1869 | Arthur Munby | [102] |
| No; or, the Little Goose Girl | May, 1869 | Eliza Keary | [103] |
| Exile | Jan. 1870 | Caroline Biggs | [108] |
| Exile | Jan. 1870 | Joseph Biggs | [111] |
| Tradition | Feb. 1870 | H. W. Higgins | [115] |
| Regret | March, 1870 | A. D. Atkinson | [117] |
| Realities | Dec. 1870 | P. A. Taylor | [118] |
| Realities | Dec. 1870 | Lewis Sergeant | [125] |
| Bark | Feb. 1871 | Lewis Sergeant | [128] |
| Smoke | April, 1871 | J. S. Babb | [130] |
| Wherefore | Nov. 1871 | H. W. Higgins | [132] |
| Voices | Nov. 1871 | M. J. Ronniger | [134] |
| Return of the Swallows | March, 1874 | Agnes Macdonell | [135] |
| Return of the Swallows | March, 1874 | William Allingham | [137] |
| Return of the Swallows | March, 1874 | Edmund Gosse | [142] |
| Auld Lang Syne | March, 1874 | Thomas Webster | [144] |
| Auld Lang Syne | March, 1874 | Augusta Webster | [149] |
| River | April, 1874 | Austin Dobson | [151] |
| River | April, 1874 | Adelaide Manning | [156] |
| Footpath | April, 1874 | Ashurst Biggs | [158] |
| Footpath | April, 1874 | C. E. Maurice | [162] |
| Footpath | April, 1874 | Edward Carpenter | [164] |
| Footpath | April, 1874 | Edmund Gosse | [165] |
| Footpath | April, 1874 | Austin Dobson | [170] |
| Turn of the Tide | May, 1874 | Caroline Biggs | [171] |
| Turn of the Tide | May, 1874 | A. M. Stoddart | [173] |
| Turn of the Tide | May, 1874 | G. A. Simcox | [174] |
| Compromise | May, 1874 | Thomas Webster | [175] |
| Farewell | Mentia Taylor | [176] |
CRADLE.
The human heart is cradle of deep love,
Which growing and expanding from its birth,
Ever finds space within that living cot;
Howe’er remotely o’er this beauteous earth
Its subtle influences may joy impart,
Whilst nestling in the human heart.
The human mind is cradle of high thought,
Ever aspiring to extend its sphere,
To penetrate those mysteries of life
Philosophy has fail’d to render clear.
Howe’er expansive, thought will ever find
Its cradle in the human mind.
The human soul is cradle of deep faith,
Of aspirations, and of purpose strong,
To kindle into life the seeds of truth—
Eradicate the germs of vice and wrong.
Howe’er these seeds develop and increase,
Within man’s soul they’ll find their place.
Three living cradles in one living form,
Expanding ever from their early birth;
High thought and sweet affection in ye dwell,
And Faith which hallows all things on this earth.
Each human being in himself may find
Three living cradles—soul, heart, mind.