. Wayfarings . es 70 To a Butterfly 71 Playmates 72 Tempest-Tost 73 CONTENTS. vii V ^ PAGE Appellation yy Elizabethan Catches . yZ The Two Loves 79 Tell-Tales 79 The Coming of Love 80 Unto My Ladye 8r A Ballade of Cycling 82 v VI A Merry Can 85 A Special Occasion 86 A Childs Evening Hymn 87 As Far as the Gate 88 When Christ was Born 89 What They Liked Best 90 All Things in Him Consist 91 Makebelieves Mistake 92 The Bunny Story 93 What the Man in the Moon Said 94 v TO MOTHER. f KiJ WAYFARINGS, THRESHOLD. Is it to be the new year, or the oldYears fruitless mining for a fabled goldRepeated? Doubt
. Wayfarings . es 70 To a Butterfly 71 Playmates 72 Tempest-Tost 73 CONTENTS. vii V ^ PAGE Appellation yy Elizabethan Catches . yZ The Two Loves 79 Tell-Tales 79 The Coming of Love 80 Unto My Ladye 8r A Ballade of Cycling 82 v VI A Merry Can 85 A Special Occasion 86 A Childs Evening Hymn 87 As Far as the Gate 88 When Christ was Born 89 What They Liked Best 90 All Things in Him Consist 91 Makebelieves Mistake 92 The Bunny Story 93 What the Man in the Moon Said 94 v TO MOTHER. f KiJ WAYFARINGS, THRESHOLD. Is it to be the new year, or the oldYears fruitless mining for a fabled goldRepeated? Doubtful glints, or heaven-blue?Is it to be the old year, or the new? 13 ECCLESIASTES. God speaks. Life beats within the brainAnd crowding onward comes the cry Of worlds,—and in the senses, pain!And in the heart, eternity! DISPENSATION. When you are thanking God for what is goodThank him that light and warmth have not sufficed. Darkness and cold are part of humanhood,—Joy to accept the testing-time of Christ. 14. Guercino. Incredulity of Thomas. MY LORD AND MY GODI Be very sure, Thomas;It may have been ^ I have seen. Yet sight is nothing:Ones eyes may be A pair of spoke to me. Only a voice, Thomas,A floating word: No meaning had it,—Christs love I heard. What did the Vision,Then, ask of you? * Touch mef and held hisTorn hand in view. ^Feel me! and straightwayMy trembling pride, Glad but reluctant^Found out his side. You cannot prove, Thomas,These things are so. Why should I question?I know, I know! Yet you the DoubterWere wont to be. My Lord has answeredAll things for me. 15 A PRAYER FOR THANKSGIVING. For thy love and strong compassion We adore thee, Saviour,May that love, in tender fashion, Better our behavior!Where thou art sin cannot be;Make our hearts, Lord, bright with theeTill in Heavens eternity We sing: O mighty Saviour! Angel voices sing thy praises, Sweetly sounds their trying,But when man the chorus raises He forgets his of
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