The
Ballad
of
The Quest
by
Virna Sheard
McClelland & Stewart, Ltd.,
Publishers
Toronto
Copyright 1922 by
THE JAMES A. McCANN COMPANY
All Rights Reserved
PRINTED IN THE U. S. A.
To the sweet memory
of my Mother
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
We acknowledge with thanks the kindness of Messrs. J. M. Dent & Sons,London, England, for permitting us to use the poems published by themin "The Miracle"; also we thank the Imperial Order of the Daughters ofthe Empire for permission to use those poems brought out by them in"Carry On."
CONTENTS
The Ballad of the Quest
A Song of Poppies
The Shepherd Wind
In Solitude
The Slumber Angel
At Midnight
Dreams
A Southern Lullaby
When Jonquils Blow
Lament
The Sea
The Cry
The Bridge of Dreams
The Shells
Requiem
The Crosses
The Lonely Road
To One Who Sleeps
April Again!
Histories
Fireflies
The Vanished
Pathfinders
The Call
Before the Dawn
The Fairy Clock
The Temple
The Whistler
March
On Silver Nights
The Birth-Right
A Love Song
A Song
The Night of all Saints
In the Last Year
Ships
June
October Goes
The Lily-Pond