I. The Lost Joy.

II. The Hunter (From "The Story of of an African Farm").

III. The Gardens of Pleasure.

IV. In a Far-off World.

V. Three Dreams in a Desert.

VI. A Dream of Wild Bees (Written as a letter to a friend).

VII. In a Ruined Chapel.

VIII. Life's Gifts.

IX. The Artist's Secret.

X. "I Thought I Stood."

XI. The Sunlight Lay across My Bed.




I. THE LOST JOY.

All day, where the sunlight played on the sea-shore, Life sat.

All day the soft wind played with her hair, and the young, young face