To

you I sing, whom torvns immure,
And bonds of toil hold fast and sure ;—
To you across whose aching sight
Come woodlands bathed in April light,
And dreams of pastime premature.

And you, O Sad, who still endure

Some wound that only Time can cure,—
To you, in watches of the night,—
To you I sing!

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 ;-
O 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.'

CONTENTS

PACE

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 :-

Prologue.

The Ballad à-la-Mode

The Metamorphosis

The Song out of Season

The Cap that Fits.

The Secrets of the Heart

"Good-Night, Babette!"

Epilogue.

VIGNETTES IN RHYME :-

The Drama of the Doctor's Window

An Autumn Idyll

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A Dialogue from Plato

The Romaunt of the Rose

Love in Winter

Pot-Pourri

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

An Eastern Apologue

To a Missal of the Thirteenth Century

A Revolutionary Relic

A Madrigal

A Song to the Lute

A Garden Song

A Chapter of Froissart

To the Mammoth-Tortoise

A Roman Round-Robin.

Verses to Order

A Legacy

"Little Blue-Ribbons'

Lines to a Stupid Picture

A Fairy Tale .

To a Child

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