mmmISiiiliiiPiPfm^ THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BEQUEST OF Alice R. Hilgard a / 1-*-^ifU^^'' ^i^7y ^ 'yc^/,-^^u^,A/ ar/ ^ 7 0/>-^^.^->*>//dZc^ ^CC/^J^^tSMA^U^ Jjg ^X/ ~^-p4^/ '--^(Z^C^ frX^ -^^^x foCA 7, ' and SunshineThe Hillocks Aie Green Full of The BookFragrant Note Legend of the FlowerRomance and the Bye-WayGarden and By Coan, LL.B.C. Arthur " " Nature's HarmonicHistory of an Appearance"The etc.Unity" {collab.), and Illustrated byDecorated Ghallenor GoanFrances G. SonsG. P. Putnam's LondonNew York and •ftnicfterbocftcc prceaZTbe 1917 Copyright, 1917 BY PUTNAM'S SONSG. P. GIFT Ube ftnfcliecboclter press, l^ew ISorh ————————————— : CONTENTS PAGB Introductory: The Lodge of the Dumb Porter I I. TheGarden Gate, including"TheGarden Antiphone,"* 5 II. Spring's Promise 9 III. The Dingle Dell . i6 IV. The Little People . 29 Hera'sV. Messenger Service 45 VI. The Morn of a Thousand Roses 49 VII. The Four Winds of Heaven.* An Inter LUDE 55 VIII. Great-Grandam's Posy . 62 IX. Hedgerows and Hillocks Green 69 X. The Masquerader... 85 XL Flora's Sceptre 90 XII.—^A Year and a Day.* An Interlude 96 XIII. The Chancellor's Conscience 98 XIV. Auspicious Hope 105 The Cold Frames . "5 *the interludes Introduced as interludes or incidental verses will be found the following poems composed by the author and, with one or two exceptions, written especially for The Fragrant Note Book.
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