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,

Mary of Magdala came to bed; There were no soft curtains round… She had no mother to hold of worth The little baby she brought to bir… Mary of Magdala groaned and praye…

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,

‘GIVE me thy dreams,’ she said,… With empty hands and very poor, Watched my fair flowery visions di… Upon the temple’s marble floor. ‘Give joy,’ she said. I let joy g…

WHEN all the weary flowers, Worn out with sunlit hours, Droop o’er the garden beds Their little sleepy heads, The dewy dusk on quiet wings comes…

YES—kiss my forehead where the pa… Is grinding outwards from my brain… But will not pity teach you, too, To kiss these lips no fire burns t… These cheeks, made colourless and…

That was the skylark we heard Singing so high, The little quivering bird We saw, and the sky. The earth was drenched with sun,

IT is not, Dear, because I am al… For I am lonelier when the rest a… But that my place against your hea… Too dear to dream of when you are… I weep because my thoughts no more…

SMILE on me, mouth of red—so muc… Shine on me, eyes which darkened l… Turn, turn my way, oh glorious gol… My soul is lost, then let the pric… Amid rich flowers your rosy lampli…

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

ARE you going for a soldier with… And a scarlet coat instead of the… Are you going to drive the foe as… Are you going for a soldier now? I am going for a soldier, and my t…

DEAR, do you sigh that your love… Laugh with and play with you, Weep with and pray with you, All his life through? Think, O my heart, if you never h…

22nd January, 1901. THE Queen is dead. God save the… In this his hour of grief, When sorrow gathers memories in a… To lay them on his shoulders as he…

So good-bye! This is where we end it, you and… Life’s to live, you know, and deat… So good-bye! I was yours

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…