D E B R I S

SELECTIONS FROM POEMS

BY MADGE MORRIS

SACRAMENTO
H. S. CROCKER & CO., PRINTERS
1881.

To the one who, reading, may fancy—
With a kindly thought for me—
There's a grain of gold in its driftings,
I dedicate this "Debris."

PREFACE. MYSTERY OF CARMEL WASTED HOURS. ROCKING THE BABY. "I DON'T CARE." A STAINED LILY. A VALENTINE WHICH ONE LIFE'S WAY UNCLE SAM'S SOLILOQUY. NAY, DO NOT ASK. A PICTURE. HANG UP YOUR STOCKING. OPENING THE GATE FOR PAPA. WHITE HONEYSUCKLE ESTRANGEMENT. BRING FLOWERS. GOOD-BYE. IN THE TWILIGHT. HOME. WHY? OUT IN THE COLD. TO JENNIE. WATCHING THE SHADOWS. I GIVE THEE BACK THY HEART. LIGHT BEYOND.

A NEGLECTED "WOMAN'S RIGHT." WOULD YOU CARE? A THOUGHT OF HEAVEN. CONSOLANCE. WHEN THE ROSES GO. THE DIFFERENCE. BEWARE. A REGRET. "IT IS LIFE TO DIE." O, SPEAK IT NOT. A SHATTERED IDOL. POOR LITTLE JOE. FATE. THE GHOSTS IN THE HEART.