A 1905 poetry collection by Scottish writer Violet Jacob, who was also a novelist. It gathers lyrical poems in traditional forms, offering quiet observation and reflection. Worth listening for its place in early twentieth-century Scottish poetry and its gentle, measured voice.
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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).
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Opening of the book
VERSES
THE GARDEN OF KAMA; and other Love Lyrics from India.
Arranged in Verse by LĵǼǡŧƿŕŧ HLjǙŧ. Square 8vo, 5s. net.
STARS OF THE DESERT. By LĵǼǡŧƿŕŧ HLjǙŧ. Square 8vo, price 5s. net.
Uniform with the above (shortly)
LAST POEMS. By LĵǼǡŧƿŕŧ HLjǙŧ.
LLjƿŠLjƿ: WILLIAM HEINEMANN.
VERSES BY VIOLET JACOB (MRS. ARTHUR JACOB) AUTHOR OF ‘THE SHEEP-STEALERS,’ ‘THE INTERLOPER’ LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN 1905
All rights reserved. ТО THE IDEAL CRITIC
I have to thank the Editors of the Westminster Gazette, The English
Illustrated Magazine, and Country Life for permission to reprint some of the following poems.—V. J.
CONTENTS PAGE To H. M. C. 1 Half-way 2 White Magic 4 Serenade 5 The Shadow 6 The Mill-house 8 ‘I sleep but my Heart waketh’ 13 An Immortelle 14 The Two Queens 15 The Lost Track 16 At a Brookside 18 Revenant 18 To Aurelia, with a Pearl Necklace 19 Beyond the Walls 20 ‘Come on, come up, ye rovers’ 22 An Echo 24 A Young Moon 26 The Soul 27 The Ballad of Hakon 29 Ignis Fatuus 33 The Little Nightjar 34 Possession 36 Airlie Kirk 38
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