CONTENTS PAGE THE PASSING BELL . 3 THE BUILDERS . . 7 UNDER THE LAMP . . . . . . . 16 HIGH TIDE ON THE VICTORIA EMBANKMENT . . 21 THE GONDOLA OF LONDON 28 PEASANT POEMS MARLBOROUGH FAIR 33 THE MAY MORNING AND THE OLD MAN . . 59 DEDICATION TO A VILLAGE TRAGEDY . .68 OXFORD POEMS GENIUS Loci 71 REST 71 TWILIGHT . .72 OXFORD BELLS 73 vi Contents CHILD POEMS PAGE APRIL 89 THE EARTH ANGEL 90 THE CHILDS BIRTHDAY 91 ON THE DEATH OF AN INFANT 92 LITTLE GILBERT TO LITTLE RACHEL DURING HER ILLNESS 95 THE CHILD ALONE 97 BESIDE THE DOOR 100 BALLADS AND LYRICS To THE FORGOTTEN DEAD 105 YOUNG WlNDEBANK 105 THE BALLAD OF KING HJORWARDS DEATH . . 107 THE WIZARD 112 THE BALLAD OF THE SEA-BORN MAN . . .114 THE MARINERS SLEEP BY THE SEA . . .117 THE CHANGELING 118 THE BALLAD OF KING RAMESES .... 123 A SONG OF HOME-COMING 129 THE LOST COMRADES 131 MARCH THOUGHTS FROM ENGLAND. . . .132 A BALLADE OF THE NIGHT 134 AGAIN I SAW ANOTHER ANGEL . . . -US AT THE BARRICADE 137 Contents vii PAGE THE SOWERS 139 TASSO TO LEONORA 140 PASSING 142 A LAST WALK TOGETHER 143 GAUDEAMUS IGITUR 144 THE SONG OF THE LUTE PLAYER . . . . 146 THE DANCE OF VANITY 148 A MAY SONG .154 AN EASTERN LEGEND 155 EVISA A SKETCH IN CORSICA 158 ON THE HEATH 159 THE MAD SHEPHERDESS 160 THE STRAYED LOVER 166 GHOSTS . .168 NOCTURNE 170 A WOMANS APOLOGY 171 WEEP NO MORE 172 THE ANSWER 173 QUEM Tu, MELPOMENE 173 To THE EARTH 175 THE ETERNAL 177 VALE ATQUE AVE 179 SONGS I. LEND ME THE LYRE AGAIN . . . .185 II. LIKE THE WREATH THE POET SENT . . .185