Chapter I: Front Matter

POEMS
1908-1919

_From a drawing by William Rothenstein_

_1917_

_Emery Walker ph. sc._]

POEMS
1908-1919

BY
JOHN DRINKWATER

BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge

COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY JOHN DRINKWATER

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

TO
MY WIFE

CONTENTS

RECIPROCITY 1

THE HOURS 2

A TOWN WINDOW 4

MYSTERY 5

THE COMMON LOT 7

PASSAGE 8

THE WOOD 9

HISTORY 10

THE FUGITIVE 12

CONSTANCY 13

SOUTHAMPTON BELLS 15

THE NEW MIRACLE 17

REVERIE 18

PENANCES 26

LAST CONFESSIONAL 27

BIRTHRIGHT 29

ANTAGONISTS 30

HOLINESS 31

THE CITY 32

TO THE DEFILERS 33

A CHRISTMAS NIGHT 34

INVOCATION 35

IMMORTALITY 36

THE CRAFTSMEN 38

SYMBOLS 39

SEALED 40

A PRAYER 43

THE BUILDING 45

THE SOLDIER 48

THE FIRES OF GOD 49

CHALLENGE 60

TRAVEL TALK 61

THE VAGABOND 66

OLD WOMAN IN MAY 67

THE FECKENHAM MEN 68

THE TRAVELLER 70

IN LADY STREET 71

ANTHONY CRUNDLE 75

MAD TOM TATTERMAN 76

FOR CORIN TO-DAY 78

THE CARVER IN STONE 79

ELIZABETH ANN 91

THE COTSWOLD FARMERS 92

A MAN’S DAUGHTER 93

THE LIFE OF JOHN HERITAGE 95

THOMAS YARNTON OF TARLTON 98

MRS. WILLOW 99

ROUNDELS OF THE YEAR 101

LIEGEWOMAN 105

LOVERS TO LOVERS 106

LOVE’S PERSONALITY 107

PIERROT 108

RECKONING 110

DERELICT 112

WED 113

FORSAKEN 115

DEFIANCE 116

LOVE IN OCTOBER 117

TO THE LOVERS THAT COME AFTER US 118

DERBYSHIRE SONG 119

LOVE’S HOUSE 120

COTSWOLD LOVE 124

WITH DAFFODILS 125

FOUNDATIONS 126

DEAR AND INCOMPARABLE 127

A SABBATH DAY 128

A DEDICATION 134

RUPERT BROOKE 136

ON READING FRANCIS LEDWIDGE’S LAST SONGS 137

IN THE WOODS 138

LATE SUMMER 139

JANUARY DUSK 140

AT GRAFTON 141

DOMINION 142

THE MIRACLE 144

MILLERS DALE 145

WRITTEN AT LUDLOW CASTLE 146

WORDSWORTH AT GRASMERE 147

SUNRISE ON RYDAL WATER 148

SEPTEMBER 150

OLTON POOLS 151

OF GREATHAM 152

MAMBLE 154

OUT OF THE MOON 155

MOONLIT APPLES 156

COTTAGE SONG 157

THE MIDLANDS 158

OLD CROW 160

VENUS IN ARDEN 162

ON A LAKE 163

HARVEST MOON 164

AT AN EARTHWORKS 165

INSTRUCTION 166

HABITATION 167

WRITTEN IN WINTERBORNE CAME CHURCH 169

BUDS 171

BLACKBIRD 172

MAY GARDEN 173

AT AN INN 174

PERSPECTIVE 176

CROCUSES 177

RIDDLES R.F.C. 179

THE SHIPS OF GRIEF 180

NOCTURNE 181

THE PATRIOT 182

EPILOGUE FOR A MASQUE 184

THE GUEST 185

TREASON 186

POLITICS 187

FOR A GUEST ROOM 189

DAY 190

DREAMS 191

RESPONSIBILITY 192

PROVOCATIONS 193

TRIAL 194

CHARGE TO THE PLAYERS 195

CHARACTER 196

REALITY 197