A Spray of Lilac, and Other Poems and Songs

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Marie Hedderwick-Browne was born in Ireland, but spent her formative years in Glasgow, Scotland, where her father, John Hedderwick, was a prominent member of the literary world. This volume of poetry reflects her Scottish heritage, and poems of nature and sentiment, including "In An Old Churchyard" and "Wee Elsie" written in Scottish dialect. - Summary by Larry Wilson

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queue_music Chapters 71

1 01 - Oh, Lilac Bloom! & Prefatory Note 1:08
2 02 - A Spray of Lilac 1:38
3 03 - Old Garden 1:32
4 04 - A Mother’s Grief 2:59
5 05 - A Summer Memory 2:18
6 06 - Unsatisfied 1:09
7 07 - My Song 1:33
8 08 - In An Old Churchyard 2:03
9 09 - Secrets 1:02
10 10 - Revealed—Not Spoken 1:52
11 11 - Buried Treasures 1:01
12 12 - Affinity 1:04
13 13 - “My House Is Left unto Me Desolate” 1:13
14 14 - An Old Man’s Dream 1:53
15 15 - A Summer Wooing 1:29
16 16 - Wee Elsie 1:36
17 17 - Bide Wi’ Mither 2:04
18 18 - Child Angels 1:25
19 19 - My Love of Long Ago 1:15
20 20 - In Summer Time 1:25
21 21 - Twin-Sisters 1:28
22 22 - At Last 1:19
23 23 - Trysting-Time 1:07
24 24 - Beside the Dead 2:16
25 25 - Her First Season 2:09
26 26 - Anticipated 1:06
27 27 - When Thou Art Near 1:01
28 28 - A Portrait 1:02
29 29 - Dorothy 1:19
30 30 - Daffodils 1:10
31 31 - The Blackbird 1:06
32 32 - “Whom the Gods Love Die Young” 0:54
33 33 - Grannie’s Bairn 1:55
34 34 - Love’s Power 0:50
35 35 - A June Memory 1:43
36 36 - A Message 1:30
37 37 - Her Window 1:10
38 38 - Shattered Hopes 1:36
39 39 - Hand in Hand 1:22
40 40 - “And for the Weary, Rest” 1:05
41 41 - In an Old Orchard 1:44
42 42 - By the Sea 1:16
43 43 - Regret 1:25
44 44 - Wae’s Me 1:17
45 45 - The Reason Why 1:34
46 46 - Down by the Sea 1:05
47 47 - A Venture 1:33
48 48 - Water Lilies 0:49
49 49 - The Sentinel 1:23
50 50 - A Love Song 1:12
51 51 - Autumn 1:05
52 52 - A Quaker Maid 1:17
53 53 - The Time, the Place, the Beloved 1:04
54 54 - Day Dreams 0:58
55 55 - Song of the Seasons 0:58
56 56 - One Summer Day 0:55
57 57 - The Inscrutable 0:50
58 58 - Delilah 1:00
59 59 - A Baby’s Grave 1:06
60 60 - A Child’s Favourite 1:06
61 61 - Rich or Poor? 0:55
62 62 - Dolly’s Garden 1:12
63 63 - In a Dream-Ship 1:55
64 64 - The Flower-Queen’s Fall 1:53
65 65 - A Veteran 1:18
66 66 - To a Butterfly 1:11
67 67 - When and Where 1:11
68 68 - When Love Is Young 1:10
69 69 - A Character Sketch 1:20
70 70 - Friends 1:25
71 71 - Bed-Time 1:15