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NOTICES OF BOOKS. 133
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Post Office and p Savings ublished ' Ban...
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1. Poems And , Co B ., Y Edinburg The Au...
" Within _tlie narrow street I stood beside a bed—I held a dying head
When the night and inorning meet ; And every word was sweet , Though few the words we said .
" And as we talked , dawn drew To day—the world was fair In fields afarI knew ;
Yet spoke , not to him there Of how the grasses grew , Besprent with dew-drops rare .
" We spoke not of the sun , _JSIot of this green earth fair ; This soulwhose day was done
Had never , claimed its share , In these , and yet its rare Rich heritage had won .
" From the dark and narrow street Into a world of love A child was horn—speak low
Speak reverent , for , we know , _ETot how tliey speak above , When the night and morning meet . "
Grer & a Fay ' s poems are more unequal , but liave evidence of skill , power We have , and no tenderness to do . more " Daisies than " recommend is a very comp them lete to little our readers poem . space
and give one as a specimen : — " The The Ni whole ghtingale niht throng long
Smote and silenced my heart g with song ; " " prayer , nor dream Miht stem the stream
That sovereign g harmony reigned supreme : And throug " As All h worlds , the all torrent was of hushed silver gushed y Silence , rushed ,
" Thi And s in wondrous such wild day way the woods f !
Was borne to the birth o ' er oMay "
Notices Of Books. 133
NOTICES OF BOOKS . 133
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1861, page 133, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101861/page/61/
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