Category: Poetry
Thanks are due to Messrs. Smith, Elder, & Co., for permission to reprint "The King's Death," "The Three Kings," and the first part of "Averlaine and Arkeld," from _The Cornhill Magazine_; to the editor of _Macmillan's Magazine_ for leave to reprint "In the Valley"; to the edit...
She paused one moment, with wild-heaving breast; Then, turning unto Oswald, spake again, With softer voice: "But you--have you no pity? You who are but God's servant--surely you...
1. Part 1Thanks are due to Messrs. Smith, Elder, & Co., for permission to reprint "The King's Death," "The Three Kings," and the first part of "Averlaine and Arkeld," from _The Cornhill...
3. Part 3VOICE OF THE EVENING WIND: The sun is gone, and the last, red flame Has faded away in a shimmer of rose-- A shimmer of rose that shivers to grey. The kings are glad of the dying...
4. Part 4Christine as yet in dreamless slumber lay Within her turret-chamber; but a bird Within the laurel singing softly stirred Her eyes to wakeful life, and from her bed She rose and...
5. Part 5Queen Hild sat weaving in her garden-close, When on her startled ear there fell the news Of Christine's flight before the darkling dews Had thrilled with dawn. A strand of golde...