Poems by Katherine Mansfield
Contents
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Contents
Introductory Note | xi |
In the Rangitaki Valley | 3 |
Spring Wind in London | 4 |
Butterfly Laughter | 6 |
The Candle | 7 |
Little Brother's Secret | 9 |
Little Brother's Story | 10 |
The Man With the Wooden Leg | 11 |
When I Was A Bird | 12 |
The Arabian Shawl | 14 |
Sleeping Together | 15 |
The Quarrel | 16 |
Loneliness | 19 |
The Meeting | 20 |
The Gulf | 21 |
The Storm | 22 |
Across The Red Sky | 24 |
Very Early Spring | 25 |
The Awakening River | 26 page viii |
The Sea-Child | 27 |
The Earth-Child in the Grass | 28 |
To God the Father | 30 |
The Opal Dream Cave | 32 |
Sea | 33 |
Jangling Memory | 34 |
There Was a Child Once | 35 |
The Secret | 37 |
Sea Song | 38 |
Countrywomen | 40 |
Stars | 41 |
Deaf House Agent | 42 |
Villa Pauline | 45 |
Camomile Tea | 46 |
Waves | 47 |
The Town Between The Hills | 50 |
Voices Of The Air | 53 |
Sanary | 54 |
To L. H. B. (1894–1915) | 55 |
Night-Scented Stock | 59 |
Now I am a Plant, a Weed … | 61 page ix |
There is a Solemn Wind To-Night | 63 |
Out in the Garden | 64 |
Fairy Tale | 65 |
Covering Wings | 66 |
Firelight | 67 |
Sorrowing Love | 69 |
A Little Girl's Prayer | 71 |
The Wounded Bird | 72 |
A Sunset | 74 |
Old-Fashioned Widow's Song | 75 |
A Fairy Tale | 79 |
Opposites | 82 |
Song Of Karen, The Dancing Child | 84 |
A Joyful Song Of Five | 85 |
The Candle Fairy | 86 |
Song By The Window Before Bed | 88 |
A Little Boy'S Dream | 89 |
Winter Song | 91 |
On A Young Lady's Sixth Anniversary | 92 |
Song of the Little White Girl | 93 |
A Few Rules For Beginners | 94 |
A Day In Bed | 95 |
The Lonesome Child | 96 page x |
A Fine Day | 97 |
Evening Song Of The Thoughtful Child | 98 |
A New Hymn | 100 |
Autumn Song | 101 |
The Black Monkey | 102 |
The Pillar Box | 104 |
The Quarrel | 105 |
Grown-Up Talk | 106 |
The Family | 107 |