By Fay Inchfawn

[Elizabeth Rebecca Ward]

CONTENTS

PART I

INDOORS

THE LONG VIEW

WITHIN MY HOUSE

THE HOUSEWIFE

TO MOTHER

IN SUCH AN HOUR

THE DAILY INTERVIEW

THE LITTLE HOUSE

THE HOUSE MOTHER

A WOMAN IN HOSPITAL

IN CONVALESCENCE

HOMESICK

ON WASHING DAY

WHEN BABY STRAYED

IF ONLY

LISTENING

THE DEAR FOLKS IN DEVON

THE REASON

TWO WOMEN

THE PRIZE FIGHT

THE HOME LIGHTS

TO AN OLD TEAPOT

TO A REBELLIOUS DAUGHTER

FOR MOTHERING!

LITTLE FAN

THE NAUGHTY DAY

TO A LITTLE WHITE BIRD

BECAUSE

WHEN HE COMES

PART II

OUT OF DOORS

EARLY SPRING

THE WITNESS

IN SOMERSET

SONG OF A WOODLAND STREAM

LUGGAGE IN ADVANCE

AT THE CROSS ROADS

SUMMER MET ME

THE CARRIER

THE LAD'S LOVE BY THE GATE

THE THRUSH

IN DORSET DEAR

THE FLIGHT OF THE FAIRIES

THE STREET PLAYER

ON ALL SOULS' EVE

THE LOG FIRE

GOD SAVE THE KING

Dedicated

TO

MY FIRST LOVE, MY MOTHER