But most to

you

with eyelids pure, Scarce witting yet of love or lure;

To you, with bird-like glances bright,

Half-paused to speak, half-poised in flight ;0 English Girl, divine, demure,

To you I sing!

“ le ne puis tenir registre de ma vie par mes actions; fortune les met trop bas: ie la tiens par mes fantasies.'

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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

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VIGNETTES IN RHYME :-

The Drama of the Doctor's Window

An Autumn Idyll

A Garden Idyll

Tu Quoque

A Dialogue from Plato

The Romaunt of the Rose

Love in Winter

Pot-Pourri

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VIGNETTES IN RHYME (continued) :-

Dorothy

Avice

The Love Letter

The Misogynist

A Virtuoso

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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MISCELLANEOUS PIECES :-

A Song of the Four Seasons

The Paradox of Time

To a Greek Girl

The Death of Procris

The Prayer of the Swine to Circe

A Case of Cameos

Love's Quest

The Sick Man and the Birds

A Flower Song of Angiola

A Song of Angiola in Heaven

André le Chapelain

The Dying of Tanneguy du Bois

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MISCELLANEOUS PIECES (continued):

Palomydes.

The Mosque of the Caliph

In the Belfry.

Ars Victrix

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AT THE SIGN OF THE LYRE:-

The Ladies of St. James's

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The Old Sedan Chair

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To an Intrusive Butterfly

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The Cure's Progress

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The Masque of the Months

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Two Sermons .

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“Au Revoir"

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The Carver and the Caliph

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To an Unknown Bust in the British Museum . 233

Molly Trefusis

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At the Convent Gate

The Milkmaid

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An Old Fish-Pond .

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An Eastern Apologue

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To a Missal of the Thirteenth Century

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A Revolutionary Relic

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A Madrigal

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A Song to the Lute

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A Garden Song

258

A Chapter of Froissart

260

To the Mammoth-Tortoise

A Roman Round-Robin .

Verses to Order

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A Legacy

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“Little Blue-Ribbons”

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