Aylwin

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Aylwin, by Theodore Watts-DuntonThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: AylwinAuthor: Theodore Watts-DuntonRelease Date: September 14, 2004 [eBook #13454]Language: English***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AYLWIN***E-text prepared by Roy Brown, Trowbridge, EnglandAYLWINWith Two Appendices, One Containing a Note on the Character ofD'arcy; the Other a Key to the Story, Reprinted from Notes andQueriesbyTHEODORE WATTS-DUNTONAuthor of 'The Coming of Love: Rhona Boswell's Story,' etc. etc.TO C. J. R. IN REMEMBRANCE OF SUNNY DAYS ANDSTARLIT NIGHTS WHEN WE RAMBLED TOGETHERON CRUMBLING CLIFFS THAT ARE NOW AT THEBOTTOM OF THE SEA THIS EDITION OF A STORYWHICH HAS BEEN A LINK BETWEEN US IS INSCRIBEDCAUGHT IN THE EBBING TIDEA REMINISCENCE OF RAXTOX CLIFFSThe mightiest Titan's stroke could not withstand An ebbing tide like this. These swirls denote How wind and tide conspire. I can but floatTo the open sea and strike no more for land.Farewell, brown cliffs, farewell, beloved sand Her feet have pressed—farewell, dear little boat Where Gelert,[Footnote] calmly sitting on my coat,Unconscious of my peril, gazes bland!All dangers grip me save the deadliest, fear: Yet these air-pictures of the past that glide— ...