The Ring of Amethyst

								


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THE RING OF AMETHYST.
by
ALICE WELLINGTON ROLLINS

                    “He but only kissed
The fingers of this hand wherewith I write.

                    A ring of Amethyst
I could not wear here plainer to my sight
Than that first kiss.”



                              --Mrs. Browning.

New York
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
182 Fifth Avenue
1878
Copyright by
Alice Wellington Rollins
1878

CONTENTS.

                                                                    PAGE

    THE RING AND THE BOOK:



        THE RING:--TO GEORGE ELIOT                                     v

        THE BOOK:--TO D.M.R.                                          vi

        TO THE CRITIC                                                vii

        NARCISSUS                                                   viii

        PROEM                                                         ix



    JOY                                                                1



    PAIN                                                               3



    A STUDY                                                            5



    “MANY THINGS THOU HAST GIVEN ME, DEAR HEART”                       7



    BRUTUS AT PHILIPPI                                                 8



    “VINO SANTO” TO H. H.                                              9



    CHARM                                                             12



    A FACE                                                            14



    LOVE WILL FIND OUT A WAY                                          17



    SUMNER                                                            18



    SIGHT                                                             29



    PURITY                                                            30



    A ROSE                                                            32



    RUE WITH A DIFFERENCE                                             33



    TO MAY H. R----.                                                  34



    CYCLES                                                            35



    EXPERIENCE                                                        37



    A TRUST IN GOD                                                    38



    FORESIGHT                                                         41



    TO FRANK S. R----. WITH A VIOLIN                                  42



    “THE EAGER SUN COMES GLADLY FROM THE SEA”                         43