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Title: The Rainbow and the Rose

Author: E. Nesbit

Posting Date: August 8, 2009 [EBook #4513]
Release Date: October, 2003
First Posted: January 28, 2002

Language: English

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Produced by Charles Aldarondo.

THE RAINBOW AND THE ROSE

BY

E. NESBIT

1905

TO IRIS AND ROSAMUND

CONTENTS.

I.

THE THINGS THAT MATTER
THE CONFESSION
WORK
THE JILTED LOVER
THE WILL TO LIVE
THE BEATIFIC VISION

II.

MUMMY WHEAT
THE BEECH TREE
IN ABSENCE
SILENCE
RAISON D'ETRE
THE ONLOOKER
THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE
AT PARTING
SONG
RENUNCIATION

III.

THE VEIL OF MAYA
SONG
TO VERA
THE POET TO HIS LOVE
THE MAIDEN'S PRAYER
SONG
THE MAGIC FLOWER
LA DERNIERE ROBE DE SOIE
THE LEAST POSSIBLE
EN TOUT CAS
APPEAL
ST. VALENTINE'S DAY
CHAGRIN D'AMOUR
BRIDAL EVE
LOVE AND LIFE
FROM THE ITALIAN

IV.

"OUT OF THE FULNESS OF THE HEART"
SUMMER SONG
THE LOWER ROOM
SONG
MAY SONG

V.

TO IRIS
TO A CHILD
BIRTHDAY TALK FOR A CHILD
TO ROSAMUND
FROM THE TUSCAN
MOTHER SONG: FROM THE PORTUGUESE

VI.

THE ISLAND
POSSESSION
ACCESSION
THE DESTROYER
THE EGOISTS
THE WAY OF LOVE
TO ONE WHO PLEADED FOR CANDOUR IN LOVE
THE ENCHANTED GARDEN
THE POOR MAN'S GUEST
IN THE SHALLOWS
"AND THE RAINS DESCENDED AND THE FLOODS CAME"
THE STAR

VII.

THE PRODIGAL SON
DESPAIR
THE TEMPTATION
SECOND NATURE
DE PROFUNDIS

VIII.

AT THE GATE
VIA AMORIS
RETRO SATHANAS
THE OLD DISPENSATION
THE NEW DISPENSATION
THE THREE KINGS

IX.

AFTER DEATH
CHLOE
INVOCATION
THE LAST BETRAYAL
A PRAYER FOR THE KING'S MAJESTY
TRUE LOVE AND NEW LOVE
DEATH
IN MEMORY OF SARETTA DEAKIN
A PARTING

I.

THE THINGS THAT MATTER.

NOW that I've nearly done my days,
And grown too stiff to sweep or sew,
I sit and think, till I'm amaze,
About what lots of things I know:
Things a