Balbernie is " "Shanghai Girl,"" ae The writer of these poems Misa Kit
daughter of the late Captain Balbernie, who was for maw years on the cost. They betray the possession of delicate fancy and of the observant {acalty in regard to Nature. The light and gracious touch with which Miss Balbernie is gifted is shown in her Jane Lyrics" which read 1, Butterfly Song.
So high and Light, with fi down of the thltle alcae The rote's scent up-smoking clings To my frail, faint shadow: fluttered low, I feel the fire on her petala glow Then rise like thistle down, light and high, 2, Bird Bong. know where little Sower Sprea a Notes of my trilling, foe and clear! See from over it, faint shine 1 the delicate heart appears O little fower of mine, Tt may bs dew ~it may be tears Considerations of space prevent longer notice of this dainty lift! one y little volume, and ship tes from the ndshij ites fi sated with her aod
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.