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SEVEN MILES
TO ARDEN
BY
RUTH SAWYER
AUTHOR OF
The Primrose Ring
ILLUSTRATED
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK & LONDON
SEVEN MILES TO ARDEN
Copyright, 1915, 1916, by The Curtis Publishing Company
Copyright, 1915, 1916, by Harper & Brothers
Printed in the United States of America
Published April, 1916
Books by
RUTH SAWYER
SEVEN MILES TO ARDEN. Illustrated. Post 8vo
THE PRIMROSE RING. Illustrated. Post 8vo
HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK
(See page 220)“Where twin oaks rustle in the wind
There waits a lad for Rosalind”
to
HIMSELF
It leads away, at the ring o’ day,On to the beckoning hills;And the throstles sing by the holy springWhich the Blessed Virgin fills.
White is the road and light is the load,For the burden we bear together.Our feet beat time on the upward climbThat ends in the purpling heather.
There is spring in the air and everywhereThe throb of a life new-born,In mating thrush and blossoming brush,In the hush o’ the glowing morn.
Our hearts bound free as the open sea;Where now is our dole o’ sorrow?The winds have swept the tears we’ve wept—And promise a braver morrow.
But this I pray as we go our way:To find the Hills o’ Heather,And, at hush o’ night, in peace to lightOur roadside fire together.
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