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CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE I. The Voice in the Night................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1 II. The Spirit of the City................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................18 III. An Interlude of Enlightenment................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................27 IV. The World and the Woman................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................83 V Between Blossom and Fruit................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................48 VI. The Two Voices................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................58 VII. The April of Love................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................65 VIII. Life's Iron Crown................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................80 IX. The Twilight of the Goddess................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................86 X. Broken Links................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................93 XI. The Stonier Upland................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................105 XII. Eros the Reluctant................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................111 XIII. The Fettered Release................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................120 XIV. The Fire in the Clearing.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................130 XV. The Mill and Its Grist................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................144 XVI. Reinforcements................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................157 XVII. Ineffectual Flutters................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................170 XVIII. The Fulness of Life................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................164 XIX. Was Ever Poetess Thus Made?................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................182 XX. A Power not Herself................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................188 XXI. The Signs of Blight................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................192