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The singing leaves

Chapter 1: THE SINGING LEAVES A BOOK OF SONGS AND SPELLS BY JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY
By Josephine Preston Peabody
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This collection presents short lyrical poems that move between songs, charms, and meditative pieces. Recurring images of sun, road, house, birds, trees, and seasonal change probe themes of longing, home, journey, and spiritual awakening. Many poems shift from sorrow toward consolation, urging trust, patience, and moral reflection in simple, musical language. The material is arranged in thematic sequences—road-songs, memories of the past, youthful observations, and miscellaneous lyrics—concluding with meditative epilogues. The voice alternates playful charm and solemn mysticism, offering brief, melodic meditations on everyday life and inner yearning.

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Title: The singing leaves

A book of songs and spells

Author: Josephine Preston Peabody

Release date: April 13, 2025 [eBook #75847]

Language: English

Original publication: United States: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1903

Credits: Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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THE SINGING LEAVES
A BOOK OF SONGS AND SPELLS BY JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY

‘Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field. Let us lodge in the villages.’

BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
COPYRIGHT 1903 BY JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Published November, 1903
TENTH IMPRESSION

Thanks are due to the editors of Harper’s Monthly, Scribner’s Magazine, and other periodicals, for their courteous permission to reprint many of the following poems.