By the same Writer
THE KINGDOM OF TWILIGHT
THE GARDEN GOD
THE GARDEN GOD
A Tale of Two Boys
BY
This frail song of hope and fear.
Thou art Love, of one accord
With kind Sleep to bring him near,
Still-eyed, deep-eyed, ah, how dear!
Master, Lord,
In his name implor’d, O hear!’
SECOND IMPRESSION
LONDON
At the Sign of the Phœnix
LONG ACRE
1906
Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to His Majesty
TO
THIS SLIGHT TOKEN
OF RESPECT
AND ADMIRATION
LIST OF CHAPTERS
‘My dear Allingham,’ he wrote, ‘it is verycharming of you to think of venturinginto this remote corner of theworld for no other reason than torenew our friendship, and I must beg of you tolet as little time as possible elapse between yourpromise and its fulfilment. Not only do I consideryour idea a delightful one, but also I ventureto find it really courageous, since to look me up again,after so many years, must be to take something remarkablylike a leap in the dark. Well! at all eventsI hope—perhaps I should say fear—that you may notdiscover in me any extraordinary change. Indeed,from this moment I throw myself entirely upon yourmercy, plead guilty to all the charges you bringagainst me in your letter. It is perfectly true thatin living here the life of a hermit—a hermit, I hasten[2]...