Chapter I: Front Matter

THE ROMANCE OF A PRINCESS
A COMEDY
AND
OTHER POEMS

BY

AMY REDPATH RODDICK

Author of "The Flag and Other Poems"
"The Armistice and Other Poems"
"The Seekers, and Indian Mystery Play"
"The Birth of Montreal, a Chronicle Play, and Other Poems"

(_All Rights Reserved_)

=Montreal=
JOHN DOUGALL & SON
1922

CONTENTS

THE ROMANCE OF A PRINCESS, A Comedy 1

THE TALL PALMETTO 83

CHARLESTON 87

LAKE GEORGE 89

THE EVENING STAR 90

_THE ROMANCE OF A PRINCESS_
_A Comedy._

This play is the outcome of many happy walks in the forests that border Charlemagne's ancient capital. The writer and her husband would often pause to view some beauty-spot; at times she would read aloud the rare legends collected by Joseph Muller.

She has now tried to catch some of the interest and joy of those gone by summers to pass on to relatives and friends. If she has failed it is not the fault of the theme.

Let none throw doubt on Emma's reality. Who lives in myth, lives for all time.

A.R.R.

Montreal Christmas, 1922.

CHARACTERS.

Emma _A Daughter of Charles_ Etta _Her Waiting-woman_ Charles (Charlemagne) _King-Emperor_ Eginhardt _Secretary and Director of Public Works_ Albert _Count of the Palace_ Hildebold _Archbishop_ Ernst _A Charcoal-burner_ Guta _His Wife_ David _A Precocious Boy_ Audulf } Herbert } _Courtiers_ Courtiers, Wish-maidens, Elves.

Time: The beginning of the ninth century.

Place: Aquisgranum, the Capital of Frankland.