FLORENCE HARRISON (Active 1887-1937)

AND ALL THE PEOPLE RAN UP THE STEEPLE
AND CAUGHT POOR FINGERS AND THUMBS TAILPIECE TO CONTENTS CONTENTS
OH! GAY, GAY IS THEIR WILD PLAY HOLDING A SASH EXTINGUISHING THE TORCH
WITH QUIET EYES UNFAITHFUL TO THE TRUTH
AND POINT THEE FORWARD TO A DISTANT LIGHT LOVE AND DEATH O THAT ''TWERE POSSIBLE
AFTER LONG GRIEF AND PAIN
TO FIND THE ARMS OF MY TRUE LOVE
ROUND ME ONCE AGAIN!
THEN SHE RODE FORTH, CLOTHED ON WITH CHASTITY TO STRIVE, TO SEEK, TO FIND, AND NOT TO YIELD ULYSSES
THE GARDENER'S DAUGHTER RECOLLECTIONS OF THE ARABIAN NIGHTS THE POET IN A GOLDEN CLIME WAS BORN
WITH GOLDEN STARS ABOVE
SHE WEPT, 'I AM AWEARY, AWEARY,
O GOD, THAT I WERE DEAD!' LIST OF COLOURED PLATES READING A SCROLL
CONTENTS THE PIPER PEEP IN A TENT
AND SEE WHAT WASN'T THERE
HER HAIR WAS LONG, BUT IT STOOD UPRIGHT THE BIG SCARE-CROW CRIED, 'BO, HO, HO!' THE RHYME OF A RUN
MARIGOLD MARY'S HAIR WAS GOLD,
HER HAIR WAS LONG, BUT IT STOOD UPRIGHT,
TILL SHE LOOKED, TO THAT OLD AND BALD KOBOLD,
LIKE A TORCH ALIGHT ON A WINDY NIGHT   

FLORENCE HARRISON (Active 1887-1937)

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