RUTH SAWYER
Reading edition
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 spring Which 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 climb That ends in the purpling heather. There is spring in the air and everywhere The 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 light Our roadside fire together.