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A Father of Women, and Other Poems - Alice Meynell
Alice Meynell
A Father of Women, and Other Poems
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Table of Contents
A FATHER OF WOMEN
LENGTH OF DAYS to the early dead in battle
NURSE EDITH CAVELL
SUMMER IN ENGLAND, 1914
TO TINTORETTO IN VENICE
A THRUSH BEFORE DAWN
THE TWO SHAKESPEARE TERCENTENARIES: of birth , 1864 : of death , 1916 .
TO O—, OF HER DARK EYES
THE TREASURE
A WIND OF CLEAR WEATHER IN ENGLAND
IN SLEEP
THE DIVINE PRIVILEGE
FREE WILL
THE TWO QUESTIONS
THE LORD’S PRAYER
EASTER NIGHT
A FATHER OF WOMEN
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