AND SONGS

BY

HELEN HAY WHITNEY

NEW YORK AND LONDON

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

MCMV

Copyright, 1905, by Harper & Brothers.

All rights reserved. Published August, 1905.

TO

SONNETS

[Pg 3]

I

Ave atque Vale

[Pg 4]

II

“Chaque baiser vaut un roman.”

[Pg 5]

III

As a Pale Child

[Pg 6]

IV

Flower of the Clove

[Pg 7]

V

Too Late

[Pg 8]

VI

The Supreme Sacrifice

[Pg 9]

VII

Malua

[Pg 10]

VIII

Love’s Legacy

[Pg 11]

IX

How we would Live!

[Pg 12]

X

In Extremis

[Pg 13]

XI

The Forgiveness

[Pg 14]

XII

With Music

[Pg 15]

XIII

Alpha and Omega

[Pg 16]

XIV

Flowers of Ice

[Pg 17]

XV

Love and Death

[Pg 18]

XVI

The Message

[Pg 19]

XVII

Tempest and Calm

[Pg 20]

XVIII

After Rain

[Pg 21]

XIX

Not through this Door

[Pg 22]

XX

Pot-Pourri

[Pg 23]

XXI

Eadem Semper

[Pg 24]

XXII

To a Woman

[Pg 25]

XXIII

Aspiration

I

[Pg 26]

XXIV

Aspiration

II

[Pg 27]

XXV

The Gypsy Blood

[Pg 28]

XXVI

Not Dead but Sleeping

[Pg 29]

XXVII

The Last Gift

[Pg 30]

XXVIII

Amor Mysticus

[Pg 31]

XXIX

The Pattern of the Earth

[Pg 32]

XXX

Disguised

[Pg 33-34]

SONGS

[Pg 35]

I

On the White Road

[Pg 36]

II

The Wanderer

[Pg 37]

III

False

[Pg 38]

IV

A Song of the Oregon Trail

[Pg 39]

V

The Apple-Tree

[Pg 40]

VI

Silver and Rose

[Pg 41]

VII

To-Morrow

[Pg 42]

VIII

The Greater Joy

[Pg 43]

IX

The Rose-Colored Camelia-Tree

[Pg 44]

X

Good-Bye Sorrow

[Pg 45]

XI

In Harbor

[Pg 46]

XII

Rosa Mundi

[Pg 47]

XIII

The Ribbon

[Pg 48]

XIV

The Aster

[Pg 49]

XV

Heart and Hand

[Pg 50]

XVI

The Golden Fruit

[Pg 52]

XVII

To a Moth

[Pg 53]

XVIII

Winter Song

[Pg 54]

XIX

Youth

[Pg 55]

XX

Persephone

[Pg 57]

XXI

Étoiles d’Enfer

[Pg 58]

XXII

Enough of Singing

[Pg 59]

XXIII

Truth

[Pg 60]

XXIV

The Philosopher

[Pg 61]

XXV

Prayers

[Pg 62]

XXVI

A South-Sea Lover Scorned

[Pg 64]

XXVII

In May

[Pg 65]

XXVIII

For Your Sake

[Pg 67]

XXIX

Lyric Love

[Pg 68]

XXX

Be Still

[Pg 69]

XXXI

Butterfly Words

[Pg 70]

XXXII

Music

[Pg 72]

XXXIII

The Ghost

[Pg 74]

XXXIV

Fight!

[Pg 75]

XXXV

In Tonga

[Pg 76]

XXXVI

This was the Song

[Pg 78]

XXXVII

To E. D.

[Pg 79]

XXXVIII

The Dance

[Pg 80]

XXXIX

Vanquished

[Pg 81]

XL

Tranquillity

Transcriber’s Note:

No changes have been made from the original book; this e-text is a faithful transcription of the author’s words and intent.