Victorian Women Writers Project

Poems. Belloc, Bessie Rayner (1829–1925). LONDON: PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET.

Dedicated TO BARBARA LEIGH SMITH.

page: v

CONTENTS.

• WARNING 1
• DEATH THE ENCIRCLER 2
• MYSTERIES 4
• THE MOORS 6
• A BALLAD OF SMUGGLING DAYS 11
• A CAROL FOR WILLIE 15
• CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A‐YEAR 18
• NEW‐YEAR’S EVE AND NEW‐YEAR’S DAY 20
• SUMMER’S SONG 22
• HASTINGS IN APRIL 24
• STONELEIGH 26
• KENILWORTH 28
• MARSH FLOWERS 30
• SONG 31
• REMINISCENCES 32
• SONG 34
• WITH PRIMROSES 35
• THE OLD WATER‐COLOUR EXHIBITION 36
• THE ALPS. THUSIS 37
• CHIAVENNA ON A SEPTEMBER EVENING 38
• THE PLAINS OF LOMBARDY 40
• GIOTTO, DA VINCI, TITIAN 42
• HOME TO ENGLAND 43
• THE HIGHLANDS 44
• THE CATHEDRAL 45
• TWO SKETCHES FOR PICTURES 48
• THE DESERTED VILLAGE 50
• TO AN AUTHOR WHO LOVED TRUTH MORE THAN FAME 51
• LONDON FROM HAMPSTEAD HEATH 52
• THE WAYFARER 56
• THE WATCH IN HEAVEN 58
• THE CLOUD‐FACE 60
• REST 61
• LIFE’S RIVER 62
• THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS UNSEEN 64
• “LIFE IS OUR DICTIONARY.”—Emerson 66
• MUSIC 68
• THE EXPERIENCE OF ALL MEN 69
• ENGLAND AND HUNGARY IN 1849 70
• THE LAST HOME 72
• MARY 73
• TWO SCENES OF INFANCY 74
• GIORGIONE AND VIOLANTE 76
• THE MEETING OF PLATO AND HORACE IN THE ELYSIAN FIELDS 78
• MY OLD HOUSE 81
• EARTH’S QUESTION 84
• THE REPLY OF THE FAIRIES 86
• THE TEACHING OF CORNELIUS 88
• LITTLE SARAH 89
• THE OLD PALACE GARDEN 90
• TO BIRMINGHAM 92
• To * * * * * 93
• TO E.B. 94