A father of women, and other poems

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First published: September, 1917.
Reprinted: October, 1917.


A FATHER OF WOMEN

AND OTHER POEMS
by
Alice Meynell



BURNS & OATES Ltd
28 Orchard Street
London W


To
V. L.


THE CONTENTS

A Father of Women Page 7
Length of Days: To the Early Dead in Battle 9
Nurse Edith Cavell 11
Summer in England, 1914 12
To Tintoretto in Venice 14
A Thrush Before Dawn 16
The Two Shakespeare Tercentenaries 18
To O——, of her Dark Eyes 19
The Treasure 20
A Wind of Clear Weather in England 22
In Sleep 23
The Divine Privilege 24
Free Will 26
The Two Questions 27
The Lord's Prayer 29
Easter Night 30