THE PIPER AND THE REED

Know you a garden near the road?
Its walls are very high;
A gift of dream on me bestowed,
And covered with the sky:
There one may walk and talk and talk,
Forgetful of aught else but friends,
When twilight into evening blends.

Sincerely yours, Robert Norwood

THE PIPER
AND THE REED

BY

ROBERT NORWOOD

AUTHOR OF "THE WITCH OF ENDOR," "HIS LADY OF THE SONNETS," ETC.

MCCLELLAND, GOODCHILD & STEWART
PUBLISHERS :: :: :: TORONTO

COPYRIGHT, 1917,
BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

TO

L. L. H.

CONTENTS

The Piper and the Reed
Aldebaran
Comrades
After the Order of Melchisedec
O Little Pale Pilgrim of Dream
A Song of Evolution
A Song of the Trinity
A Song of the Father
A Song of the Mother
A Song of the Son
Te Deum
O Will You Come With Me
The King of Glory
Matins
A Cradle Song of Life
A Song of the All
The Slow Emerger
A Song of the New Gods
The Optimist
Revelation
A Song of Workers
A Song of Battles
Can You Forget
Bartimæus
The Cock
The Stream
The One Oblation
A Question
Combatants
On the Wide, White Road
That One Should Love Me
Rahab
On Guard
The Ploughman
Dear Little Maid of Dream
The Violet to the Aster
Magic
The King and the Maid
A Woman's Prayer
Foeman
Geraint
...