Drift a Sea Shore Idyl And Other Poems

N . . . 106 GONE . . . . 108 DE PROFUNDIS . . .109 A FAREWELL VALE .-. .. EXPRESSION........ . no 112 115 THE TRYST 117 AMONG THE HEATHER . . . . 119 THE LEES OF LIFE . FARCEUR DE POETE . 121 BEER . . . . 123 YOUTH AND AGE.... .... 126 THE BUTTERFLY AND THE POET 127 GUI BONO 128 THE GOLDEN FISH 130 CA M EST EGAL 131 GOLD AND PURPLE 133 PARTING . 134 THEN AND Now 135 SUMMER WINDS 137 LAZINESS 141 THE SIMPLE RHYME . -. 120 142 MEADOW SWEET 144 Contents. 5 FAREWELL TO SUMMER 145 SEPTEMBER 148 THE HEART S REST . . . . . . 151 THE SIREN OF THE ROSE 153 ON THE SANDS 155 FOUL WEATHER . 157 APART 158 AT DUSK SERENADE VIA CRUCIS 164 CHRISTMAS EVE 165 NEW-YEAR S EVE 168 JUBILATE 17 THE MATRON YEAR 171 REQUIESCAM 174 IN THE DARK .176 160 162 r GEORGE ARNOLD. I HE author of the poems contained in this -- volume was very dear to me as a comrade, and so I do not pretend to speak impartially of his character and his writings. During a period of six years it was my fortune to be associated with him under a variety of circumstances, and to participate in many of his pleasures and in some of his sorrows. Not many weeks have passed, since all that was mortal of him was laid in the tomb. It may chance, therefore, that ten derness for his memory and grief for his loss will somewhat color the language of this me moir. Affection is not critical. But, whatever be the faults of this attempt to depict the de parted poet, I confidently believe that every ap preciative reader of these poems will recognize