Lays and Legends E. Nesbit Lays and Legends Table of Contents Lays and Legends......................................................................................................................................................1 E. Nesbit.........................................................................................................................................................1 TO TWO WOMEN........................................................................................................................................2 TEKEL...........................................................................................................................................................3 THE MOAT HOUSE...................................................................................................................................11 PART I.........................................................................................................................................................11 I....................................................................................................................................................................11 Song.............................................................................................................................................................13 II...................................................................................................................................................................13 Song.............................................................................................................................................................16 III..................................................................................................................................................................17 Song.............................................................................................................................................................18 Song.............................................................................................................................................................19 IV.................................................................................................................................................................19 Song.............................................................................................................................................................21 PART II........................................................................................................................................................22 I....................................................................................................................................................................22 Song.............................................................................................................................................................24 II...................................................................................................................................................................25 III..................................................................................................................................................................26 Song.............................................................................................................................................................28 UNOFFICIAL..............................................................................................................................................29 PESSIMISM.................................................................................................................................................30 I....................................................................................................................................................................30 II...................................................................................................................................................................30 GHOSTS......................................................................................................................................................31 THE DEAD TO THE LIVING....................................................................................................................32 THE SPHINX..............................................................................................................................................34 QUIETA NE MOVETE...............................................................................................................................36 MICROCOSM.............................................................................................................................................36 THE HUSBAND OF TO−DAY..................................................................................................................37 THE WIFE OF ALL AGES.........................................................................................................................38 TWO VOICES.............................................................................................................................................38 COUNTRY..................................................................................................................................................39 CITY............................................................................................................................................................40 VIES MANQUÉES......................................................................................................................................41 A LAST APPEAL........................................................................................................................................41 OVER AND DONE.....................................................................................................................................42 OVER AND UNDONE...............................................................................................................................43 CHRISTMAS...............................................................................................................................................43 NEW YEAR SONG.....................................................................................................................................44 THE SINGING OF THE MAGNIFICAT...................................................................................................45 LOVE'S SUICIDE.......................................................................................................................................50 CHRISTMAS ROSES.................................................................................................................................51 A CHOICE...................................................................................................................................................52 A LIFE'S STORY........................................................................................................................................52 ABSOLUTION............................................................................................................................................53 CUL−DE−SAC............................................................................................................................................61 i Lays and Legends Table of Contents Lays and Legends THE MOORS...............................................................................................................................................62 SONG...........................................................................................................................................................62 RICHBOROUGH CASTLE........................................................................................................................63 AUGUST.....................................................................................................................................................64 THE LAST ENVOY....................................................................................................................................66 BABY'S BIRTHDAY..................................................................................................................................68 JANUARY...................................................................................................................................................68 CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUNDS IN THE CITY.......................................................................................69 THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA......................................................................................................................70 I....................................................................................................................................................................70 II...................................................................................................................................................................70 TO HIS LADY,............................................................................................................................................71 AT THE FEAST..........................................................................................................................................71