Collected Poems in Two Volumes, Vol. II
AUSTIN DOBSON
IN TWO VOLUMES
Vol. II.
Majores majora sonent
NEW YORK DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY Publishers
Copyright, 1895,
By Dodd, Mead and Company
All rights reserved.
University Press:
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, U. S. A.
For old sake's sake! 'Twere hard to choose Words fitter for an old-world Muse Than these, that in their cadence bring Faint fragrance of the posy-ring, And charms that rustic lovers use.
The long day lengthens, and we lose The first pale flush, the morning hues,— Ah! but the back-look, lingering, For old sake's sake!
Austin Dobson
Collected Poems
THE LADIES OF ST. JAMES'S.
THE OLD SEDAN CHAIR.
TO AN INTRUSIVE BUTTERFLY.
THE CURÉ'S PROGRESS.
THE MASQUE OF THE MONTHS.
TWO SERMONS.
"AU REVOIR."
THE CARVER AND THE CALIPH.
TO AN UNKNOWN BUST IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
MOLLY TREFUSIS.
AT THE CONVENT GATE.
THE MILKMAID.
AN OLD FISH POND.
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.
HOUSEHOLD ART.
THE DISTRESSED POET.
JOCOSA LYRA.
MY BOOKS.
THE BOOK-PLATE'S PETITION.
PALOMYDES.
ANDRÉ LE CHAPELAIN.
THE WATER OF GOLD.
A FANCY FROM FONTENELLE.
DON QUIXOTE.
A BROKEN SWORD.
THE POET'S SEAT.
THE LOST ELIXIR.
A DIALOGUE
A FAMILIAR EPISTLE
HENRY FIELDING.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW.
CHARLES GEORGE GORDON.
VICTOR HUGO.
ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON.
THE POET AND THE CRITICS.
THE TOYMAN.
THE SUCCESSFUL AUTHOR.
THE DILETTANT.
THE TWO PAINTERS.
THE CLAIMS OF THE MUSE.
THE 'SQUIRE AT VAUXHALL.
THE CLIMACTERIC.
THE VIRGIN WITH THE BELLS.
A TALE OF POLYPHEME.
A STORY FROM A DICTIONARY.
THE WATER-CURE.
THE NOBLE PATRON.
INCOGNITA.
DORA VERSUS ROSE.
AD ROSAM.
OUTWARD BOUND.
IN THE ROYAL ACADEMY.
THE LAST DESPATCH.
"PREMIERS AMOURS."
THE SCREEN IN THE LUMBER ROOM.
DAISY'S VALENTINES.
IN TOWN.
A SONNET IN DIALOGUE.
GROWING GRAY.
THE MALTWORM'S MADRIGAL.
AN APRIL PASTORAL.
A NEW SONG OF THE SPRING GARDENS.
A LOVE-SONG.
OF HIS MISTRESS.
THE NAMELESS CHARM.
TO PHIDYLE.
TO HIS BOOK.
FOR A COPY OF HERRICK.
WITH A VOLUME OF VERSE.
FOR THE AVERY "KNICKERBOCKER."
TO A PASTORAL POET.
"SAT EST SCRIPSISSE."
L'ENVOI.
PROLOGUE TO ABBEY'S "QUIET LIFE."
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