CONTENTS.

OLD-WORLD IDYLLS :-

A Dead Letter

A Gentleman of the Old School.

A Gentlewoman of the Old School

The Ballad of Beau Brocade.

Une Marquise .

The Story of Rosina.

PROVERBS IN PORCELAIN :-

The Ballad à-la-Mode

The Metamorphosis.

The Song out of Season

The Cap that Fits

The Secrets of the Heart

"Good-Night, Babette !".

VIGNETTES IN RHYME :-

The Drama of the Doctor's Window

An Autumn Idyll

A Garden Idyll

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Laissez Faire

To Q. H. F.

To "Lydia Languish '

A Gage d'Amour

Cupid's Alley

The Idyll of the Carp

The Sundial

An Unfinished Song

The Child-Musician.

The Cradle.

Before Sedan

The Forgotten Grave

My Landlady.

Before the Curtain

A Nightingale in Kensington Gardens

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ESSAYS IN OLD FRENCH FORMS (continued).

"When I saw you last, Rose" (Villanelle) ·

On a Nankin Plate

For a Copy of Theocritus

"Tu ne Quaesieris"

The Prodigals (Ballade: Irregular).

On a Fan (Ballade).

The Ballad of the Armada (Ballade)

The Ballad of Imitation

The Ballad of Prose and Rhyme,,

"O Navis"

The Dance of Death (Chant Royal)

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OLD-WORLD IDYLLS.

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