The Lord of Misrule, and Other Poems
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Come up, come in with streamers! Come in with boughs of May!
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Copyright, 1915, by Frederick A. Stokes Company
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“On May days the wild heads of the parish would choose a Lord of Misrule, whom they would follow even into the church, though the minister were at prayer or preaching, dancing and swinging their may-boughs about like devils incarnate.”— Old Puritan Writer.
“Political morality differs from individual morality because there is no power above the state.”
Alfred Noyes
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THE LORD OF MISRULE
ALFRED NOYES
CONTENTS
THE LORD OF MISRULE
THE REPEAL
THE SEARCH-LIGHTS
FORWARD
A SPELL
CRIMSON SAILS
BLIND MOONE OF LONDON
OLD GREY SQUIRREL
THE GREAT NORTH ROAD
THE RIVER OF STARS
A KNIGHT OF OLD JAPAN
BEYOND DEATH
THE STRANGE GUEST
GHOSTS
THE DAY OF REMEMBRANCE
ON THE EMBANKMENT
THE IRON CROWN
THE OLD DEBATE
A SONG OF HOPE
THE HEDGE-ROSE OPENS
THE MAY-TREE
OLD LETTERS
LAMPS
AT EDEN GATES
THE PSYCHE OF OUR DAY
PARACLETE
AFTER RAIN
THE DEATH OF A GREAT MAN
THE ROMAN WAY
THE INNER PASSION
A COUNTRY LANE IN HEAVEN
TO THE DESTROYERS
THE TRUMPET-CALL
THE HEART OF CANADA
THE RETURN OF THE HOME-BORN
A SALUTE FROM THE FLEET
IN MEMORY OF A BRITISH AVIATOR
THE WAGGON
THE SACRED OAK
THE WORLD’S WEDDING
IN MEMORIAM: SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR
INSCRIPTION
VALUES
THE HEROIC DEAD
THE CRY IN THE NIGHT
ASTRID
THE INIMITABLE LOVERS
THE CRAGS
THE GHOST OF SHAKESPEARE
THE WHITE CLIFFS
ON THE SOUTH COAST
OLDER THAN THE HILLS
THE TORCH
THE OUTLAW
THE YOUNG FRIAR
A FOREST SONG
THE TRUMPET OF THE LAW
THRICE-ARMED
THE SONG-TREE