THE summer roses all are gone— Dead, laid in shroud of rain-wet m… And passion’s lightning time is do… And Love is laid out white and co… Summer and youth for us are dead,

A YEAR ago we walked the wood— A year ago to-day; A blackbird fluttered round her br… Deep in the white-flowered may. We trod the happy woodland ways,

ALL winter through I sat alone, Doors barred and windows shuttered… And listened to the wind’s faint m… And ghostly mutterings of the past… And in the pauses of the rain,

THERE are white moon daisies in… Where the flowered grass scatters… There are purple orchis by the woo… There are pale dog-roses by the wh… And the grass, the grass is tall,…

THE day was wild with wind and ra… One grey wrapped sky and sea and s… It seemed our marsh would never ag… Wear the rich robes that once it w… The scattered farms looked sad and…

LEAN down and see your little fa… Reflected in the forest pool, Tall foxgloves grow about the plac… Forget-me-nots grow green and cool… Look deep and see the naiad rise

The grass was gray with the moonli… The stones were white as I came t… I came down the path by the thirte… Through the blocks of shade that t… And when I came to the high lych-…

LIKE the sway of the silver birc… Is her dainty way; Like the gray of a twilight sky or… Are her eyes of gray; Like the clouds in their moving wh…

The Spirit of Darkness, the Prin… The terror that walketh by night,… The legions of Evil, alert and aw… Press round him each hour; and I… God! call up Thy legions to fight…

LET them sing of their primrose a… Their daffodil-gold-coloured hair, Their bluebells, blue eyes, and wh… All the pale dreamy things they fi… Give me stir of brown leaves in th…

THE sunshine of your presence lie… On the glad garden of my heart And bids the leaves of silence par… To show the flowers to your dear e… And flower on flower blooms there…

A LEGEND IN midst of wide green pasture-la… By lines of alders bordering deep-… Where bulrushes and yellow iris gr… And rest and peace, and all the fl…

THESE three grey walls are still… Though the fourth wide wall has cr… Where the sea swept by when the la… And the great waves thundered alon… Under the sailing seagull’s feathe…

THIS is Christ’s birthday: long… He lay upon His Mother’s knee, Who kissed and blessed Him soft a… God’s gift to her, as you to me. My baby dear, my little one,

AND you could leave me now— After the first remembered whisper… Which sings for ever and ever in m… The vow which God among His Ange… After the long-drawn years,