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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 care?That Jane spilt candle grease upon the
stair.
It will not grieve me then, as once it did,?That careless hands have chipped my
teapot lid.
I groan, being burdened. But, in that
glad day,?I shall forget vexations of the way.
That needs were often great, when means
were small,?Will not perplex me any more at all?A few short years at most (it may be less),?I shall have done with earthly storm and
stress.
So, for this day, I lay me at Thy feet.?O, keep me sweet, my Master! Keep
me sweet!
Within my House
First, there's the entrance, narrow,
and so small,?The hat-stand seems to fill the tiny hall;?That staircase, too, has such an awkward
bend,?The carpet rucks, and rises up on end!?Then, all the rooms are cramped and close
together;?And there's a musty smell in rainy weather.?Yes, and it makes the daily work