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Contents

Poems: 1909–1910

Introductory Note	xi
In the Rangitaki Valley	3
Spring Wind in London	4
Butterfly Laughter	6
The Candle	7
Little Brother's Secret	9
Little Brother's Story	10
The Man With the Wooden Leg	11
When I Was A Bird	12
The Arabian Shawl	14
Sleeping Together	15
The Quarrel	16

Poems: 1911–1913

Loneliness	19
The Meeting	20
The Gulf	21
The Storm	22
Across The Red Sky	24
Very Early Spring	25
The Awakening River	26 page viii
The Sea-Child	27
The Earth-Child in the Grass	28
To God the Father	30
The Opal Dream Cave	32
Sea	33
Jangling Memory	34
There Was a Child Once	35
The Secret	37
Sea Song	38
Countrywomen	40
Stars	41
Deaf House Agent	42

Poems at the Villa Pauline : 1916

Villa Pauline	45
Camomile Tea	46
Waves	47
The Town Between The Hills	50
Voices Of The Air	53
Sanary	54
To L. H. B. (1894–1915)	55

Poems: 1917–1919

Night-Scented Stock	59
Now I am a Plant, a Weed …	61 page ix
There is a Solemn Wind To-Night	63
Out in the Garden	64
Fairy Tale	65
Covering Wings	66
Firelight	67
Sorrowing Love	69
A Little Girl's Prayer	71
The Wounded Bird	72
A Sunset	74
Old-Fashioned Widow's Song	75

Child Verses : 1907

A Fairy Tale	79
Opposites	82
Song Of Karen, The Dancing Child	84
A Joyful Song Of Five	85
The Candle Fairy	86
Song By The Window Before Bed	88
A Little Boy'S Dream	89
Winter Song	91
On A Young Lady's Sixth Anniversary	92
Song of the Little White Girl	93
A Few Rules For Beginners	94
A Day In Bed	95
The Lonesome Child	96 page x
A Fine Day	97
Evening Song Of The Thoughtful Child	98
A New Hymn	100
Autumn Song	101
The Black Monkey	102
The Pillar Box	104
The Quarrel	105
Grown-Up Talk	106
The Family	107