Songs of Three Counties, and Other Poems

Chapter 57: TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE

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About This Book

A lyrical collection of short poems anchored in rural landscapes and local life, portraying courting, village lanes, churchyards, and the Malvern Hills alongside seasonal birdsong and harvest imagery. The verses often use plain, folk-inflected language to express longing, memory, and quiet grief, while several pieces turn outward to Mediterranean and American scenes for travel‑tinged reflections. Recurring themes include the consolation of the earth, passing time, spiritual yearning, and the small rituals of everyday existence. The book groups pastoral songs, child‑songs, and miscellaneous meditations, balancing intimate domestic detail with contemplative, nature‑centred observation.

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE

Repeating titles have been removed from the front of the book.

Punctuation has been normalized, including standardization of hyphenation and punctuation between poem titles within the book and those in the Table of Contents.

The division “Rustic Courting” as placed before the first poem has been added to the Table of Contents.

The contributor R. B. Cunninghame-Graham, as presented on the book’s original title page, is otherwise presented as R. B. Cunninghame Graham.

In the poem “The Meeting-Place”, the line “My love would come to me!” has been retained non-indented as in the original, however, there is a possibility this is a printer’s error, as that line does not follow the pattern of indentation of the rest of the poem.