Masterpieces From Charles Kingsley Author:Charles Kingsley General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1893 Original Publisher: Woodward Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select... more » from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: POEMS. THE SANDS OF DEE. " S MARY, go and call the cattle home, " And call the cattle home, And call the cattle home Across the sands of Dee; " The western wind was wild and dank with foam, And all alone went she. The western tide crept up along the sand, And o'er and o'er the sand, And round and round the sand, As far as eye could see. The rolling mist came down and hid the land: And never home came she. " Oh ! is it weed, or fish, or floating hair -- A tress of golden hair, A drowned maiden's hair, Above the nets at sea ? Was never salmon yet that shone so fair Among the stakes on Dee.1' They rowed her in across the rolling foam, The cruel crawling foam, The cruel hungry foam, To her grave beside the sea : But still the boatmen hear her call the cattle home Across the sands of Dee. MARGARET TO DOLCINO. A SK if I love thee ? Oh, smiles cannot tell Plainer what tears are now showing too well. Had I not loved thee, my sky had been clear : Had I not loved thee, I had not been here, Weeping by thee. Ask if I love thee ? How else could I borrow Pride from, man's slander, and strength from my sorrow ? Laugh when they sneer at the fanatic's bride, Knowing no bliss, save to toil and abide Weeping by thee. DOLCINO TO MARGARET. '"PHE world goes up and the world goes down, And the sunshine follows the rain; And yesterday's sneer and yesterday's frown Can never come over again, Sweet wife: No, never come over again. For woman is warm though man be cold, And the night will hallow the day; Till the heart wh...« less