Songs of love and empire
by E. Nesbit
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About This Book
"Songs of Love and Empire" is a 1898 collection of poetry by E. Nesbit. Edith Nesbit (1858 – 1924) was an English poet and author. She is perhaps best remembered for her children's literature, publishing more than 60 such books under the name E. Nesbit. She was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, which had a significant influence on the Labour Party and British politics in general. This wonderful collection of her best poetry will appeal to fans of her work and would make for a fantastic addition to any bookshelf. The poems “To The Queen of England”, “After Sixty Years...
Chapters (69)
- SONGS OF LOVE AND EMPIRE
- CONTENTS (in order of appearance)
- CONTENTS (alphabetical)
- I
- TO THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND [June 22, 1897]
- AFTER SIXTY YEARS
- TRAFALGAR DAY
- A SONG OF TRAFALGAR
- WATERLOO DAY [June 18]
- A SONG OF PEACE AND HONOUR [December, 1895] TO THE QUEEN
- II
- THE BALLAD OF THE WHITE LADY
- THE GHOST BEREFT
- THE VAIN SPELL
- THE ADVENTURER
- IN THE ENCHANTED TOWER
- FAITH
- THE REFUSAL
- PRELUDE
- AT THE SOUND OF THE DRUM
- THE GOOSE-GIRL
- THE PEDLAR
- THE GUARDIAN ANGEL
- III
- “SHEPHERDS ALL AND MAIDENS FAIR”
- A PORTRAIT
- THE OFFERING
- ENTREATY
- THE FOREST POOL
- DISCRETION
- SPRING SONG
- TOO LATE
- THE APPEAL
- AUTUMN SONG
- THE LAST ACT
- FAUTE DE MIEUX
- SONG OF LONG AGO
- IN ECLIPSE
- SPECIAL PLEADING
- “LOVE WELL THE HOUR”
- BETRAYED
- THE HEART OF SADNESS
- THE HEART OF JOY
- THE HEART OF GRIEF
- REQUIEM
- TEINT NEUTRE
- OUT OF HOPE
- HAUNTED
- A DIRGE
- IV
- EVENING SONG
- “THIS DESIRABLE MANSION”
- EBB-TIDE
- ON THE DOWNS
- NEW COLLEGE GARDENS, OXFORD
- TO A TULIP-BULB
- FEBRUARY
- THE PROMISE OF SPRING
- MEDWAY SONG (Air: Carnaval de Venise)
- CHAINS INVISIBLE
- AT EVENING TIME THERE SHALL BE LIGHT
- MAIDENHOOD
- V
- THE MONK
- THE CROWN OF LIFE
- MAGNIFICAT
- EVENING PRAYER
- CHRISTMAS HYMN
- ABSOLUTION
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