In which work of the poet William Sharp (a.k.a. Fiona MacLeod), and in
what year, does the following quotation appear:
"A handful of pine-seed will cover mountains with the green majesty of
forest.  I too will set my face to the wind and throw my handful of
seed on high."
(The statement is quoted on many web sites -- I need the complete
info. on  the source.

Hello katieshakespeare

This is from the "dedicatory introduction" to Volume V of the "The
Works of Fiona Macleod" which first appeared in 1910. The dedication
is to a "dear friend", J.A.G.

In the original, the much-quoted sentences are completed by two lines
of Gaelic.

"But a handful of pine-seed will cover mountains with the green
majesty of forest. And so I too will set my face to the wind and throw
my handful of seed on high:--

    Cuiridh mi m'aodann anns a' ghaoith
    'Us tilgim baslach caoin an aird."

"To J.A.G."
http://www.sundown.pair.com/SundownShores/Volume_V/dedication.htm



"The Works of "FIONA MACLEOD"
UNIFORM EDITION
ARRANGED BY
MRS. WILLIAM SHARP
VOLUME V
THE WINGED DESTINY

STUDIES IN THE SPIRITUAL
HISTORY OF THE GAEL
BY
"FIONA MACLEOD"
(WILLIAM SHARP)
           
LONDON
WILLIAM HEINEMANN
1913
UNIFORM EDITION
First Published l910.
New Edition 1913.
Copyright 1895, 1910."
http://www.sundown.pair.com/SundownShores/Volume_V/title.htm


This is from a website devoted to William Sharp/Fiona MacLeod:
Sundown Shores
http://www.sundown.pair.com/



Although I was curious to know who J.A.G. might be, I did not discover
any friend of Sharp's with the right initials. Perhaps you could find
out more by emailing the people at this site:

The Letters of William Sharp "Fiona Macleod"
http://www.sas.ac.uk/ies/Full%20Text%20Archive/Sharp/letters.htm


Thank-you for an interesting question, which led me to pages I shall
want to go back to and read more thoroughly.
I hope you find this information helpful, but if there is anything
which needs further explanation, please don't hesitate to ask for
'clarification'.


Regards - Leli


searches:

fiona macleod "handful of pine-seed will cover mountains"
://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=fiona+macleod+%22+handful+of+pine-seed+will+cover+mountains%22&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
"fiona macleod" OR "william sharp" friend OR friends
://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22fiona+macleod+%22+OR+%22william+sharp%22+friend+OR+friends&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

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Clarification of Answer by leli-ga on 21 May 2003 16:58 PDT

I meant to add that I came across one copy of this volume for sale:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0876960506/qid=1053557090/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/104-8873132-0342351?v=glance&s=books#product-details

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Clarification of Answer by leli-ga on 21 May 2003 17:40 PDT

Now I've read the bits in tiny print and I think the J.A.G. dedication
may have been included in the 1904 edition of "Winged Destiny". At
first I took the 1904 date to refer only to the essay entitled "Winged
Destiny", but now I realise it was published in book form with much of
the same material as in 1910.
Read the note by Mrs. William Sharp at the very bottom of the page; if
her note is complete, I suppose we can assume the dedicatory
introduction does date back to 1904. Apologies for any confusion here.
http://www.sundown.pair.com/SundownShores/Volume_V/title.htm

Leli