Ballads

· 1894

THE SONG OF RAHÉRO: A LEGEND OF TAHITI— DEDICATION: TO ORI A ORI 1 I. THE SLAYING OF TÁMATÉA 3 II. THE VENGING OF TÁMATÉA 20 III. RAHÉRO 40 NOTES TO THE SONG OF RAHÉRO 55 THE FEAST OF FAMINE: MARQUESAN MANNERS— I. THE PRIEST’S VIGIL 61 II. THE LOVERS 67 III. THE FEAST 75 IV. THE RAID 86 NOTES TO THE FEAST OF FAMINE 95 TICONDEROGA: A LEGEND OF THE WEST HIGHLANDS— TICONDEROGA 99 I. THE SAYING OF THE NAME 100 II. THE SEEKING OF THE NAME 109 III. THE PLACE OF THE NAME 113 NOTES TO TICONDEROGA 119 HEATHER ALE: A GALLOWAY LEGEND— HEATHER ALE 123 NOTE TO HEATHER ALE 129 CHRISTMAS AT SEA— CHRISTMAS AT SEA 133 ORI, my brother in the island mode, In every tongue and meaning much my friend, This story…

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