When the Birds Begin to Sing. Winifred Graham
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Winifred Graham
When the Birds Begin to Sing
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066224196
Table of Contents
"IMPARADIS'D IN ONE ANOTHER'S ARMS."— Milton .
GOD MADE THE WOMAN FOR THE MAN.— Tennyson .
"THE FLY THAT SIPS TREACLE IS LOST IN THE SWEETS."
LIKE ONE THAT ON A LONESOME ROAD DOST WALK IN FEAR AND DREAD.
KIND HEARTS ARE MORE THAN CORONETS.
HEART SICK AND WEARY WITH THE JOURNEY'S FRET.
FALSER THAN ALL FANCY FATHOMS.
IF WE ONLY KNOW! IF WE ONLY KNOW!
TO-MORROW, AND TO-MORROW, AND TO-MORROW.— Shakespeare .
IF NEED, TO DIE—NOT LIVE.— Chas. Kingsley .
IN CLOUDS OF SILENCE FOLDED OUT OF SIGHT.
AH, FOR SOME RETREAT, DEEP IN YONDER SHINING ORIENT.— Tennyson .
OH, LOVE! IN SUCH A WILDERNESS AS THIS.
"WHERE THERE AIN'T NO TEN COMMANDMENTS." " The Road to Mandalay. "— Rudyard Kipling .
THE IDEAL! DIM VANITIES OF DREAMS BY NIGHT.
LIFE IS THORNY, AND YOUTH IS VAIN.
BY A ROUTE OBSCURE AND LONELY, HAUNTED BY ILL ANGELS ONLY.— E. A. Poe .
NO FOOTSTEP STIRRED—THE HATED WORLD ALL SLEPT, SAVE ONLY THEE AND ME. (OH, HEAVEN! OH, GOD!)
OH, I DEFY THEE, HELL, TO SHOW ON BEDS OF FIRE THAT BURN BELOW, A DEEPER WOE.— E. A. Poe .
"THE VICAR'S WIFE WOULD HAVE A FIT IF I LOUNGED LIKE THIS" … Frontispiece
SALUTING THE OLD PICTURES ON THE WALL WITH MOCK COURTESY
THE DINING-ROOM DOOR OPENS, AND PHILIP ROCHE STANDS BEFORE THEM