Transcribed from the 1884 Deighton, Bell, and Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org FLY LEAVES BY C. S. CALVERLEY, AUTHOR OF “VERSES AND TRANSLATIONS.” * * * * * _TENTH THOUSAND_. * * * * * CAMBRIDGE: DEIGHTON, BELL, AND CO. LONDON: GEORGE BELL AND SONS. 1884 * * * * * CHISWICK PRESS:—C. WHITTINGHAM AND CO., TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE. CONTENTS. Page MORNING 1 EVENING 4 SHELTER 6 IN THE GLOAMING 8 THE PALACE 13 PEACE 17 THE ARAB 19 LINES ON HEARING THE ORGAN 22 CHANGED 29 FIRST LOVE 32 WANDERERS 36 SAD MEMORIES 39 COMPANIONS 45 BALLAD 48 PRECIOUS STONES 51 DISASTER 56 CONTENTMENT 59 THE SCHOOLMASTER 63 ARCADES AMBO 66 WAITING 69 PLAY 71 LOVE 74 THOUGHTS AT A RAILWAY STATION 78 ON THE BRINK 81 “FOREVER” 86 UNDER THE TREES 89 MOTHERHOOD 92 MYSTERY 95 FLIGHT 99 ON THE BEACH 104 LOVERS, AND A REFLECTION 108 THE COCK AND THE BULL 113 AN EXAMINATION PAPER 121 MORNING. ’TIS the hour when white-horsed Day Chases Night her mares away; When the Gates of Dawn (they say) Phœbus opes: And I gather that the Queen May be uniformly seen, Should the weather be serene, On the slopes. When the ploughman, as he goes Leathern-gaitered o’er the snows, From his hat and from his nose Knocks the ice; And the panes are frosted o’er, And the lawn is crisp and hoar, As has been observed before Once or twice.