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The singing leaves

Chapter 2: DEDICATION.
By Josephine Preston Peabody
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About This Book

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.

THE SINGING LEAVES

DEDICATION.

Whosoever cares to look
In my little Book,
If he care to look again,
Let him so; and then,
Should there be a very few
Glad to say Amen
To old wonders ever new,
—Why, it is for You.
SONGS AND SPELLS.
   
THE HOUSE AND THE ROAD PAGE 3
CHARM TO BE SAID IN THE SUN 4
BEFORE MEAT 6
SAD TRUTH 7
GLAD TRUTH 8
THE BIRD IN THE HAND 9
WAKING 10
THE MAGIC 12
ROAD-SONGS. I. AND II. 14, 15
THE CEDARS 16
ALMS 17
THE INN 18
SINS 19
THE WATCHER 20
TO SAD-HEART 21
SONG AND NEED 22
HERE’S APRIL 25
THE COMING 26
MUSIC 27
EVER THE SAME 28
MAYBE 29
THE SONG OUTSIDE 30
THE PASSERS-BY 32
   
THE LITTLE PAST.
JOURNEY 35
SUNSET 37
THE BUSY CHILD 38
CONCERNING LOVE 40
COW-BELLS 41
WIND 42
THE MYSTIC 43
THE MASTERPIECE 44
LATE 46
CAKES AND ALE 47
EARLY 48
   
THE YOUNG THINGS.
THE SAPLING 51
THE HERO 52
NESTS 53
SIDE-STREETS 55
THE FIR-TREE 56
EARLY-HEART 57
BEAUTIFUL 58
AFTER ALL 59
VANITY, SAITH THE PREACHER 60
THE TOP OF THE MORNING 62
FORETHOUGHT 63
UNSAID 64
DANCE-TIME 65
THE ENCHANTED SHEEP-FOLD 67
YES, LOVE IS BLIND 69
THE MORNING WAS SO BRIGHT 71
THE TWO 73
AFTER-THOUGHT 74
   
OTHERS.
NEAR AND FAR 77
FRIENDS ALL 78
VANTAGE 79
A SONG OF SOLOMON 80
COUNSEL TO BEGGARS 81
THE TWA CHEERLESS 83
THE WALK 84
REFRAINS 86
OUTSIDE THE MUSIC 87
THE FAIREST 88
THE CHILD AND THE ANGEL 90
READING FOR THE POOR 91
THE BLIND ONE 92
HOLIDAY 93
THE FOOL 94
DRUDGE 96
THE YOUNGEST DRYAD 97
COME BUY! 99
PRINCE CHARLIE 100
THE MEETING 101
THE COBBLER 102
MIRACLE 103
OPEN HOUSE 104
O SLEEP, SLEEP, SLEEP! 105
THE CLOUD 107
THE RAVENS 109
NEIGHBORS 111
THE MORNING SOUL 112
THE HILL-TOP 114
THE DOVES 115
FOUND 116
ALL HAIL 117
THE ANOINTED 119
   
EPILOGUE.
TO THE EVENING STAR 123
TO HER BOOK 124