Poems of Queensland / by Constance Gittins

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Gittins, Constance, 1875-?
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WHELAN 362
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Hongkong : Hongkong Daily Press, 1917
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POEMS OF QUEENSLAND 1
POEMS OF QUEENSLAND 5
POEMS OF QUEENSLAND 7
CONTENTS 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
TO OUR AUSTRALIAN MOTHERS. 13
THE LIVING BRAVE. “ FOR KITH AND KIN ! ” 14 , 15
OUR HONOUR. AFTER REFERENDUM DAY, OCT. 28, 1916. 16 , 17
LINES ON THE WORDS “GRANT US BY THY MERCY VICTORY AND PEACE!” (Children’s War Hymn.) 18 , 19
WATTLE-LAND. 20 , 21
THE WIND IN THE CORN-FIELD, 22
TREASURE-TROVE. 23
THE VOICE OF GOD. 24 , 25
“LAUGHING WATER.” 26 , 27
RETROSPECT. 28 , 29
THE EVERLASTING HILLS. 30 , 31
TENDRILS. 32
WILD-FLOWERS OF THOUGHT. 33 , 34
A MORNING AT THE CASCADES. 35 , 36
THE COMING OF SPRING. 37 , 38
A SYMBOL OF FRIENDSHIP. 39
POEMS OF QUEENSLAND 40
A LOVE LYRIC 41 , 42
DAYBREAK. 43
RUSTLING LEAVES. 44
IN PASSING. 45
A SUNSET THOUGHT 46 , 47
HARVEST THOUGHTS. 48
MESSENGERS. 49
SPRAY. 50 , 51
“UP THERE.” 52
THE HEART OF THINGS. 53 , 54
SHADOWS. 55
MELLOWED LIGHT. 56
“PEACE ON THE NIGHT-QUEEN’S BOSOM.” 57 , 58
STORM-DRIVEN. 59 , 60
“THE LOVE OF CHRIST CONSTRAINETH US.” 61 , 62
SUMMER. 63 , 64
A SABBATH PRELUDE. 65 , 66
“EVENING BREEZE ASTRAYING.” 67 , 68
ABSENT. 69
A LULL BEFORE THE STORM. 70 , 71
LINES WRITTEN AT SUNSET. 72 , 73
FRUITAGE. 74 , 75
“THE MEASURE OF MAN’S MIND.” 76 , 77
“THE LORD WILL PROVIDE.” 78 , 79
SONNET. 80
GOD KNOWS. 81 , 82
LIGHT. 83 , 84
LINES IN MEMORIAM.— “Let patience have her perfect work.” 85
BURNS. 86 , 87
A SPRIG OF HEATHER. 88
“BETWIXT.” A NEW YEAR THOUGHT. 89
THE PASSING OF THE YEAR (1916). 90 , 91
NEW YEAR’S DAY. 92
A TWILIGHT THOUGHT. (NEW YEAR'S DAY, 1917.) 93
CHRISTINA G. ROSSETTI. (AFTER READING HER POEMS.) 94
FRIENDSHIP. 95
TO A MOTHER IN TROUBLE. 96 , 97
SACRED PAGES. 98 , 99
“CALLED TO BE SAINTS.” 100
STRAY LINES. 101 , 102
WAITING. 103 , 104
A MINOR CHORD. 105 , 106
"OH! THAT I HAD WINGS LIKE A DOVE!" 107
ALONE. 108
FAREWELL. 109 , 110
GOOD FRIDAY. 111
RAIN AND SUNSHINE. 112 , 113
OMNIPOTENCE. 114 , 115
“THE LORD WILL PERFECT THAT WHICH CONCERNETH ME.” (Psalm cxxxviii., 8.) 116
HEART UNTO HEART. 117 , 118
“TRUTH ! WHAT IS TRUTH ?” 119
LIGHT IS SOWN FOR THE RIGHTEOUS, AND GLADNESS FOR THE UPRIGHT IN HEART. (To A Friend.) 120
A WOMAN’S HEART 121 , 122
IN MEMORIAM. 123 , 124
“O’ER THE YEARS.” 125
“PEACE IN BELIEVING." 126 , 127
A SABBATH EVENING. 128 , 129

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