Chapter M: A. J.,

_the first and cordial critic of many of these verses, it gives me great pleasure to dedicate this collection of them_.

J. D. B.

CONTENTS

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MOTHERHOOD 1

THE SLEEPY SONG 3

THE GOLDEN DAYS 5

THE VIGIL 6

THE SEA MAN 8

THE SONS OF SLEEP 12

FOUR SONGS:

I. THE PEASANT GIRL 14

II. AN INTERLUDE 15

III. HEART’S SEASONS 16

IV. OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY 17

THE SAILOR’S SONG 18

QUATRAIN 19

THE OLD COUNTRY 20

THE LITTLE BLIND BEGGAR 22

THE STRANGER CHILD 24

SONGS OF ISEULT DESERTED 26

THE OLD CAPTIVE 28

SONG TO OPHELIA 31

A CHRISTMAS HYMN FOR CHILDREN 32

THE GYPSY MAID 34

THREE SONGS:

I. THE SAILOR 36

II. THE HUNTER 37

III. THE PRINCE 38

THE LITTLE DEAD CHILD 39

AT PARTING 42

THE NIXY 43

A JAPANESE FAN 44

TWO SONNETS FROM THE HEBREW

I. THE PREPARATION 45

II. THE INCARNATION 46

ODE: WRITTEN FOR THE TWENTY-SECOND OF FEBRUARY 47

THE DEATH SONG 50

SEVEN CHILD SONGS

I. DO YOU KNOW? 53

II. THE SECRET PLAYMATE 55

III. LONELINESS 56

IV. DREAMS 57

V. THE SHADOW 58

VI. HEAVEN 60