161

A STOLEN KISS 162

THE ORPHAN BOY 166

A BRIGHT DAY, AFTER A SEASON OF DULL WEATHER 167

MUSIC 169

THE EVIL ONE 172

FRIENDSHIP 174

TO THE SPIRIT OF POETRY 177

BOYISH DAYS 180

BEAUTY 182

MY SCHOOLMATES 184

THE DEPARTED YEAR 185

TO THE SNOWDROP 187

SPRING 189

THE BEREAVEMENT (WRITTEN FOR S. L.) 191

FAREWELL 195

IN FANCY BOUND 196

COUNTRY RAMBLES 198

THE OWL 200

MINNIE LEE (A PICTURE) 201

THE AIM OF LIFE 204

THE PRIMROSE 206

IN MOONLIGHT MET (TO L. A. A.) 208

A WAYWARD CHILD (TO K. N.) 209

A FLIRT (TO L. W.) 210

THE LITTLE ROGUE (TO H. B.) 211

ENAMOURED 212

A PRESENCE SWEET 213

FAITHLESS 214

DECEITFUL 215

PRELUDE.

ADDRESSED TO THE CRITIC.

Critics of art, connoisseurs of fair Fame,
Who on her bulwarks stand, to guard the way
Unto the courts wherein her favored dwell,
Where they have g