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THE VERSE-BOOK

OF A
HOMELY WOMAN
BY
FAY INCHFAWN
[Elizabeth Rebecca Ward]
CONTENTS
PART I
INDOORS
THE LONG VIEW
WITHIN MY HOUSE
THE HOUSEWIFE
TO MOTHER
IN SUCH AN HOUR
THE DAILY INTERVIEW
THE LITTLE HOUSE
THE HOUSE-MOTHER
A WOMAN IN HOSPITAL
IN CONVALESCENCE
HOMESICK
ON WASHING DAY
WHEN BABY STRAYED

IF ONLY ----
LISTENING
THE DEAR FOLKS IN DEVON
THE REASON
TWO WOMEN
THE PRIZE FIGHT
THE HOME LIGHTS
TO AN OLD TEAPOT
TO A REBELLIOUS DAUGHTER
FOR MOTHERING!
LITTLE FAN
THE NAUGHTY DAY
TO A LITTLE WHITE BIRD
BECAUSE
WHEN HE COMES
PART II
OUT OF DOORS
EARLY SPRING
THE WITNESS
IN SOMERSET

SONG OF A WOODLAND STREAM
LUGGAGE IN ADVANCE
AT THE CROSS ROADS
SUMMER MET ME
THE CARRIER
THE LAD'S LOVE BY THE GATE
THE THRUSH
IN DORSET DEAR
THE FLIGHT OF THE FAIRIES
THE STREET PLAYER
ON ALL SOULS' EVE
THE LOG FIRE
GOD SAVE THE KING
Dedicated
TO
MY FIRST LOVE, MY MOTHER
Part I
INDOORS
The Long View
Some day of days! Some dawning

yet to be
I shall be clothed with immortality!
And, in that day, I shall not greatly