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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 (1 hr 37 min)

Chapters

Oh, Lilac Bloom! & Prefatory Note

1:08

Read by Larry Wilson

A Spray of Lilac

1:38

Read by Larry Wilson

Old Garden

1:32

Read by Bruce Kachuk

A Mother’s Grief

2:59

Read by Anna Shirey

A Summer Memory

2:18

Read by Bruce Kachuk

Unsatisfied

1:09

Read by Megan Rae

My Song

1:33

Read by Bruce Kachuk

In An Old Churchyard

2:03

Read by Alan Mapstone

Secrets

1:02

Read by RileyH

Revealed—Not Spoken

1:52

Read by Emmi Kranz

Buried Treasures

1:01

Read by Emmi Kranz

Affinity

1:04

Read by Emmi Kranz

“My House Is Left unto Me Desolate”

1:13

Read by Emmi Kranz

An Old Man’s Dream

1:53

Read by Larry Wilson

A Summer Wooing

1:29

Read by Emmi Kranz

Wee Elsie

1:36

Read by Alan Mapstone

Bide Wi’ Mither

2:04

Read by Alan Mapstone

Child Angels

1:25

Read by RileyH

My Love of Long Ago

1:15

Read by RileyH

In Summer Time

1:25

Read by Megan Rae

Twin-Sisters

1:28

Read by Emmi Kranz

At Last

1:19

Read by Emmi Kranz

Trysting-Time

1:07

Read by nighthawks

Beside the Dead

2:16

Read by nighthawks

Her First Season

2:09

Read by Thea Hori

Anticipated

1:06

Read by Arnav Darnal

When Thou Art Near

1:01

Read by Cavaet

A Portrait

1:02

Read by RileyH

Dorothy

1:19

Read by Laurel Drobits

Daffodils

1:10

Read by mleigh

The Blackbird

1:05

Read by ambsweet13

“Whom the Gods Love Die Young”

0:54

Read by Lynda K Arndt

Grannie’s Bairn

1:55

Read by Alan Mapstone

Love’s Power

0:49

Read by Stefan Von Blon

A June Memory

1:43

Read by B.H.F. Russell

A Message

1:29

Read by nbvoices

Her Window

1:10

Read by Laurel Drobits

Shattered Hopes

1:36

Read by B.H.F. Russell

Hand in Hand

1:21

Read by Stefan Von Blon

“And for the Weary, Rest”

1:05

Read by Agnes Robert Behr

In an Old Orchard

1:44

Read by B.H.F. Russell

By the Sea

1:16

Read by Kris M

Regret

1:24

Read by Stefan Von Blon

Wae’s Me

1:16

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Reason Why

1:34

Read by Alan Mapstone

Down by the Sea

1:05

Read by Kris M

A Venture

1:33

Read by Stefan Von Blon

Water Lilies

0:49

Read by Thea Hori

The Sentinel

1:23

Read by ambsweet13

A Love Song

1:12

Read by ambsweet13

Autumn

1:05

Read by mleigh

A Quaker Maid

1:17

Read by RileyH

The Time, the Place, the Beloved

1:04

Read by Sonia

Day Dreams

0:58

Read by tmwest

Song of the Seasons

0:58

Read by tmwest

One Summer Day

0:55

Read by ambsweet13

The Inscrutable

0:50

Read by Josiah

Delilah

1:00

Read by Josiah

A Baby’s Grave

1:06

Read by mleigh

A Child’s Favourite

1:06

Read by ambsweet13

Rich or Poor?

0:55

Read by mleigh

Dolly’s Garden

1:11

Read by nighthawks

In a Dream-Ship

1:54

Read by nighthawks

The Flower-Queen’s Fall

1:53

Read by nighthawks

A Veteran

1:18

Read by nighthawks

To a Butterfly

1:11

Read by Angela

When and Where

1:11

Read by Angela

When Love Is Young

1:10

Read by Angela

A Character Sketch

1:20

Read by B.H.F. Russell

Friends

1:25

Read by Angela

Bed-Time

1:15

Read by Larry Wilson