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EMBERS

By Gilbert Parker

Volume 1.

CONTENTS

Volume 1.EMBERSROSLEENWILL YOU COME BACK HOME?MARY CALLAGHAN AND MEKILDAREYOU'LL TRAVEL FAR AND WIDEFARCALLADEN RISEGIVE ME THE LIGHT HEARTWHERE SHALL WE BETAKE US?NO MAN'S LANDAT SEAATHENIANEYES LIKE THE SEAUNDER THE CLIFFOPEN TRY GATESUMMER IS COMEO FLOWER OF ALL THE WORLDWAS IT SOME GOLDEN STAR?I HEARD THE DESERT CALLINGTHE FORGOTTEN WORDWHAT WILL IT MATTER?THE COURIER STARCONTENTSCONTENTSTHE WORLD IN MAKINGHEWO SON OF MANAT THE END OF THE WORLDWAYFARERSTHE RED PATROLTHE YELLOW SWANTHE HEART OF THE PIONEERTHE NORTH TRAILALONETHE SCARLET HILLSTHE WOODSMAN LOVERQUI VIVETHE LITTLE HOUSESPINNINGFLY AWAY, MY HEARTSUZONMY LITTLE TENDER HEARTTHE MEN OF THE NORTHTHE CROWNINGCLOSE UPW. E. H.WHEN BLOWS THE WIND

Volume 2.DOLLYLIFE'S SWEET WAGESTO THE VALLEYTHE LILY FLOWERLOVE IN HER COLD GRAVE LIESGRANADA, GRANADATHE NEW APHRODITEAN ANCIENT PLEDGETHE TRIBUTE OF KING HATHTHERE IS AN ORCHARDHEART OF THE WORLDEPITAPHSTHE BEGGARTHE MAIDTHE FOOLTHE FIGHTERTHE SEA-REAPERSTHE WATCHERTHE WAKINGWHEN ONE FORGETSALOES AND MYRRHIN WASTE PLACESLAST OF ALLAFTERREMEDIALTHE TWILIGHT OF LOVEIRREVOCABLETHE LAST DREAMWAITINGIN MAYTIMEINSIDE THE BARTHE CHILDRENLITTLE GARAINETO A LITTLE CHILDL'EMPEREUR, MORTPHYLLISBAIRNIE

Volume 3.IN CAMDEN TOWNJEANA MEMORYIN CAMP AT JUNIPER COVEJUNIPER COVE TWENTY YEARS AFTERLISTENINGNEVERTHELESSISHMAELOVER THE HILLSTHE DELIVERERTHE DESERT ROADA SON OF THE NILEA FAREWELL FROM THE HAREMAN ARAB LOVE SONGTHE CAMEL-DRIVER TO HIS CAMELTHE TALL DABOONTHERE IS SORROW ON THE SEATHE AUSTRALIAN STOCKRIDERTHE BRIDGE OF THE HUNDRED SPANSNELL LATORE

INTRODUCTION

I had not intended that Embers should ever be given to the public, butfriends whose judgment I respect have urged me to include it in thesubscription edition at least, and with real reluctance I have consented.It was a pleasure to me to have one piece of work of mine which made nobid for pence or praise; but if that is a kind of selfishness, perhapsunnecessary, since no one may wish to read the verses, I will now freemyself from any chance of reproach. This much I will say to soothe awaymy own compunctions, that the book will only make the bid for popularityor consideration with near a score of others, and not separately, andthat my responsibility is thus modified. The preface to Embers says allthat need be said about a collection which is, on the whole, merely abook of youth and memory and impressionism in verse. At least it was allspontaneous; it was not made to order on any page of it, and it is thehandful left from very many handfuls destroyed. Since the first edition(intended only for my personal friends) was published I have written"Rosleen," "Where Shall We Betake Us?" "Granada," "Mary Callaghan andMe," "The Crowning" (on the Coronation of King Edward VII), the fragment"Kildare" and "I Heard the Desert Calling"; and I have also includedothers like "The Tall Dakoon" and "The Red Patrol," written over twentyyears ago. "Mary Callaghan and Me" has been set to music by Mr. MaxMuller, and has made many friends, and "The Crowning" was the Coronationode of 'The People', which gave a prize, too ample I think, for the bestmusical setting of the lines. Many of the other pieces in 'Embers' havebeen set to music by distinguished composers like Sir Edward Elgar, whohas made a song-cycle of se

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