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_Published_ 1903 _Reprinted_ 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908 1909 (_three times_), 1910 (_four times_), 1911, 1912 (_twice_), 1913, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1918
_N.B._—_The only volumes of my poems issued_ _with my approval in the British Empire are_ _published by_ MESSRS. GAY & HANCOCK.
_The final word in the title of this volume refers to the DIVINE POWER in every human being_, _the recognition of which is the secret to all success and happiness_. _It is this idea which many of the verses endeavour to illustrate_.
PAGE The Queen’s last ride 1 The Meeting of the Centuries 3 Death has Crowned him a Martyr 7 Grief 10 Illusion 12 Assertion 14 I Am 16 Wishing 18 We two 20 The Poet’s Theme 22 Song of the Spirit 25 Womanhood 27 Morning Prayer 29 The Voices of the People 30 The World grows Better 32 A Man’s Ideal 34 The Fire Brigade 36 The Tides 38 When the Regiment came back 39 Woman to Man 41 The Traveller 43 The Earth 45 Now 46 You and To-day 47 The Reason 49 Mission 50 Repetition 52 Begin the Day 53 Words 54 Fate and I 55 Attainment 58 A Plea to Peace 59 Presumption 61 High Noon 63 Thought-magnets 66 Smiles 67 The Undiscovered Country 69 The Universal Route 70 Unanswered Prayers 72 Thanksgiving 74 Contrasts 76 Thy Ship 77 Life 79 A Marine Etching 81 “Love Thyself Last” 82 Christmas Fancies 84 The River 87 Sorry 89 Ambition’s trail 92 Uncontrolled 93 Will 94 To an Astrologer 96 The Tendril’s Fate 98 The Times 100 The Question 102 Sorrow’s Uses 103 If 104 Which are you? 106 The Creed to be 108 Inspiration 110 The Wish 112 Three Friends 113 You never can tell 115 Here and now 117 Unconquered 119 All that love asks 120 “Does it pay?” 122 Sestina 123 The Optimist 126 The Pessimist 127 An Inspiration 128 Life’s Harmonies 130 Preparation 131 Gethsemane 133 God’s Measure 135 Noblesse Oblige 136 Through Tears 137 What we Need 139 Plea to Science 141 Respite 143 Song 145 My Ships 147 Her Love 149 If 151 Love’s burial 153 “Love is enough” 155 Life is a Privilege 157 Insight 159 A Woman’s Answer 162 The World’s Need 164
(Written on the day of Queen Victoria’s funeral)
The Queen is taking a drive to-day, They have hung with purple the carriage-way, They have dressed with purple the royal track Where the Queen goes forth and never comes back.