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TO DIVES 1

STANZAS WRITTEN ON BATTERSEA BRIDGE DURING
A SOUTH-WESTERLY GALE 4

THE SOUTH COUNTRY 7

THE FANATIC 10

NOËL 14

THE EARLY MORNING 16

THE BIRDS 17

OUR LORD AND OUR LADY 18

IN A BOAT 20

COURTESY 22

THE NIGHT 24

THE LEADER 25

A BIVOUAC 27

TO THE BALLIOL MEN STILL IN AFRICA 28

VERSES TO A LORD WHO, IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS,
SAID THAT THOSE WHO OPPOSED THE SOUTH
AFRICAN ADVENTURE CONFUSED SOLDIERS WITH
MONEY-GRUBBERS 30

THE REBEL 32

THE PROPHET LOST IN THE HILLS AT EVENING 34

SONG, INVITING THE INFLUENCE OF A YOUNG LADY
UPON THE OPENING YEAR 36

THE RING 37

CUCKOO 38

THE MIRROR 39

THE LITTLE SERVING MAID 40

THE END OF THE ROAD 43

AUVERGNAT 45

DRINKING SONG, ON THE EXCELLENCE OF BURGUNDY WINE 46

DRINKING DIRGE 48

WEST SUSSEX DRINKING SONG 50

A BALLAD ON SOCIOLOGICAL ECONOMICS 52

AN ORACLE THAT WARNED THE WRITER WHEN ON PILGRIMAGE 54

HERETICS ALL 55

THE DEATH AND LAST CONFESSION OF WANDERING PETER 56

DEDICATORY ODE 58

DEDICATION ON THE GIFT OF A BOOK TO A CHILD 66

DEDICATION OF A CHILD’S BOOK OF IMAGINARY TALES 67

HOMAGE 68

FILLE-LA-HAINE 69

THE MOON’S FUNERAL 70

THE HAPPY JOURNALIST 72

LINES TO A DON 74

NEWDIGATE POEM 77

THE YELLOW MUSTARD 82

ON HYGIENE 83

THE FALSE HEART 84

SONNET UPON GOD THE WINE-GIVER 85

THE POLITICIAN OR THE IRISH EARLDOM 86

SHORT BALLAD AND POSTSCRIPT ON CONSOLS 89