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Verses — Violet Jacob

Verses

Violet Jacob

  • Poetry
  • Book language: English
  • 83 pages

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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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. VERSES
  2. CONTENTS
  3. TO H. M. C.
  4. HALF-WAY
  5. WHITE MAGIC
  6. SERENADE
  7. THE SHADOW
  8. THE MILL-HOUSE
  9. ‘I SLEEP BUT MY HEART WAKETH’
  10. AN IMMORTELLE
  11. THE TWO QUEENS
  12. THE LOST TRACK
  13. AT A BROOKSIDE
  14. REVENANT
  15. TO AURELIA, WITH A PEARL NECKLACE
  16. BEYOND THE WALLS
  17. ‘COME ON, COME UP, YE ROVERS’
  18. AN ECHO
  19. A YOUNG MOON
  20. THE SOUL
  21. THE BALLAD OF HAKON
  22. IGNIS FATUUS
  23. THE LITTLE NIGHTJAR
  24. POSSESSION
  25. AIRLIE KIRK
  26. THE FLUTE PLAYER
  27. IN LOWER EGYPT
  28. WINTER AND SPRING
  29. A TRYST
  30. THE CALL

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