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BY THE SEA
AND OTHER VERSES

_By_
_H. Lavinia Baily_

[Illustration]

BOSTON
RICHARD G. BADGER
The Gorham Press
1907


_Copyright 1907 by H. Lavinia Baily_

_All Rights Reserved_

_The Gorham Press, Boston_




CONTENTS


Myself and You                             7

By the Sea                                 8

At the Close of the Year                  14

Risen                                     16

Elizabeth Crowned                         18

Who is Sufficient                         19

Peace                                     21

Boys and Girls                            22

A Smile                                   23

A Sparrow Alone on the Housetop           24

To Mother                                 24

Psalm CXXI                                25

To R. T. B.                               26

On New Year, 1897                         27

To Anna                                   27

A Song of Tens                            28

Jessica                                   29

Transition                                29

To A. H. B.                               30

To Winnie                                 31

A Life Work                               32

Visions                                   32

Be Ye also Ready                          39

Mimosa                                    40

At the Crisis                             41

On the Death of Dr. James E. Rhoads       42

Eternal Youth                             43

Building Time                             44

Sunrise                                   45

Neal Dow                                  47

"Paradise will Pay for All"               48

Forgiveness                               49

A Lost Song?                              51

A New Earth                               52

Recall                                    53

Philistia's Triumph                       54

The White Ribbon Army                     55

Christmas                                 57

"A Day in June"                           57

To-day                                    59

Losing Victories                          59

Not Mine                                  61

In the Desert                             61

A Phantom in the "Circle"                 62

A Valentine                               66

A Convention Hymn                         66

A Collection Song                         67

The Ballad of the Boundary Line           68

Margaret Lee                              71

Soaring Upward                            74

The End of the Road                       75




BY THE SEA

_AND OTHER VERSES_




MYSELF AND YOU


There are only myself and you in the world,
  There are only myself