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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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Dedicated IN LOVE AND UPLOOKING TO MY FRIEND JOHN ALEX. ELDER.

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SINCE THE ABOVE WAS WRITTEN HE TO WHOM IT WAS ADDRESSED DIED SUDDENLY IN HIS THIRTIETH YEAR. BUT I LET IT STAND AS IT IS. A TRUER FRIEND AND NOBLER SPIRIT NO MAN COULD KNOW.