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The Human Inheritance

The New Hope, Motherhood. By William Sharp

Sharp, William,1855-1905

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THE HUMAN INHERITANCE.

I.

CYCLE I. CHILDHOOD'S INHERITANCE.

II.

CYCLE II. YOUTH'S INHERITANCE.

III.

CYCLE III. MANHOOD AND WOMANHOOD'S INHERITANCE.

IV.

CYCLE IV. OLD AGE'S INHERITANCE.

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TRANSCRIPTS FROM NATURE.

I.

I. SUNRISE ABOVE BROAD WHEAT-FIELDS.

II.

II. THE STONE-BREAKER.

III.

III. WILD-ROSES.

IV.

IV. LIGHT OF THE SETTING SUN ON MOUNTAIN-ASH BERRIES.

V.

VI.

VI. THE WINDMILL.

VII.

VII. SEA-WRACK.

VIII.

VIII. THE BLUE HERON.

IX.

IX. SHELLS ON THE SEA-SHORE.

X.

X. THE NIGHTINGALE.

XI.

XI. THE SWOLLEN RIVER.

XII.

XII. MOONLIGHT AT SEA.

XIII.

XIII. A DEAD CALM AND MIST.

XIV.

XIV. LABOURERS RETURNING HOME.

XV.

XV. A GREEN WAVE.

XVI.

XVI. MORNING GLORY.

XVII.

XVII. DAWN AMID SCOTCH FIRS.

XVIII.

XVIII. GROUND-LIGHTNING.

XIX.

XIX. THE EBBING TIDE.

XX.

XX. THE INCOMING TIDE.

XXI.

XXI. TWO OLD YEWS.

XXII.

XXII. PHOSPHORESCENT SEA. (I.)

XXIII.

XXIII. PHOSPHORESCENT SEA. (II.)

XXIV.

XXIV. PHOSPHORESCENT SEA. (III.)

XXV.

XXV. MOUNTAIN MISTS.

XXVI.

XXVI. MOONRISE.

XXVII.

XXVII. MOONRISE.

XXVIII.

XXVIII. MOONRISE.

XXIX.

XXIX.—PINES IN STORM.

XXX.

XXX.—THE LONELY LARCH.

THE TIDES OF VENICE.

TO THE SPIRIT CALLED LAUDANUM.

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XIX. THE EBBING TIDE.

A long low gurgle down the strand,
The sputtering of the drying wrack!
The tide is slowly ebbing back
With listless murmuring from the land,
And the small waves reluctant flow
Where the broad-bosomed currents go.

The sea has fall'n asleep, and lies
Dense blue beneath the dense blue skies.