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
VII. THE PEAR TREE 61
INSCRIPTIONS:
FOR A CHILD’S PLATE 62
FOR HIS CUP 62
FOR HIS CHAIR 62
FOR HIS BED 63
THE WANDERERS 64