Chapter II: Lyrical, Didactic and Grotesque

TO DIVES 37

STANZAS WRITTEN ON BATTERSEA BRIDGE DURING A SOUTH-WESTERLY GALE 39

THE SOUTH COUNTRY 42

THE FANATIC 45

THE EARLY MORNING 48

OUR LORD AND OUR LADY 49

COURTESY 51

THE NIGHT 53

THE LEADER 54

A BIVOUAC 56

TO THE BALLIOL MEN STILL IN AFRICA 57

VERSES TO A LORD WHO, IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS, SAID THAT THOSE WHO OPPOSED THE SOUTH AFRICAN ADVENTURE CONFUSED SOLDIERS WITH MONEY-GRUBBERS 59

THE REBEL 61

THE PROPHET LOST IN THE HILLS AT EVENING 63

THE END OF THE ROAD 65

AN ORACLE THAT WARNED THE WRITER WHEN ON PILGRIMAGE 67

THE DEATH AND LAST CONFESSION OF WANDERING PETER 68

DEDICATORY ODE 70

DEDICATION ON THE GIFT OF A BOOK TO A CHILD 78

DEDICATION OF A CHILD’S BOOK OF IMAGINARY TALES 79

HOMAGE 80

THE MOON’S FUNERAL 81

THE HAPPY JOURNALIST 83

LINES TO A DON 85

NEWDIGATE POEM 88

THE YELLOW MUSTARD 93

THE POLITICIAN OR THE IRISH EARLDOM 94

THE LOSER 96