A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker
London. Edward Moxon & Co. Dover Street.
MOXON'S MINIATURE POETS.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY RICHARD DOYLE.
LONDON: EDWARD MOXON & CO., DOVER STREET. 1865.
PRINTED BY BRADBURY AND EVANS, WHITEFRIARS. THE ILLUSTRATIONS BY J. E. MILLAIS, R.A., AND RICHARD DOYLE THE COVER FROM A DESIGN BY JOHN LEIGHTON, F.S.A. THE SERIES PROJECTED AND SUPERINTENDED BY
Some of these pieces appeared in a volume called London Lyrics, of which there have been two editions, the first in 1857, and the second in 1862; a few of the pieces have been restored to the reading of the First Edition.
I PAUSE upon the threshold, Charlotte dear, To write thy name; so may my book acquire One golden leaf. For Some yet sojourn here Who come and go in homeliest attire, Unknown, or only by the few who see The cross they bear, the good that they have wrought: Of such art thou, and I have found in thee The love and truth that He, the Master, taught; Thou likest thy humble poet, canst thou say With truth, dear Charlotte?— And I like his lay.
Rome, May , 1862.
Frederick Locker-Lampson
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TO C. C. L.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
THE JESTERS MORAL
BRAMBLE-RISE.
THE WIDOW'S MITE.
ON AN OLD MUFF
A HUMAN SKULL.
TO MY GRANDMOTHER.
O TEMPORA MUTANTUR!
REPLY TO A LETTER ENCLOSING A LOCK OF HAIR.
THE OLD OAK-TREE AT HATFIELD BROADOAK.
AN INVITATION TO ROME, AND THE REPLY.
THE INVITATION.
THE REPLY.
OLD LETTERS.
MY NEIGHBOUR ROSE.
PICCADILLY.
THE PILGRIMS OF PALL MALL.
GERALDINE.
O DOMINE DEUS
THE HOUSEMAID.
THE OLD GOVERNMENT CLERK.
A WISH.
THE JESTER'S PLEA.
THE OLD CRADLE.
TO MY MISTRESS.
TO MY MISTRESS'S BOOTS
THE ROSE AND THE RING.
TO MY OLD FRIEND POSTUMUS.
RUSSET PITCHER.
THE FAIRY ROSE.
1863.
GERALDINE GREEN.
MRS. SMITH.
THE SKELETON IN THE CUPBOARD.
THE VICTORIA CROSS.
ST. GEORGE'S, HANOVER SQUARE.
SORRENTO.
JANET.
BÉRANGER.
THE BEAR PIT.
THE CASTLE IN THE AIR.
GLYCERE.
VÆ VICTIS.
IMPLORA PACE.
VANITY FAIR.
THE LEGENDE OF SIR GYLES GYLES.
MY FIRST-BORN.
SUSANNAH.
CIRCUMSTANCE.
ARCADIA.
THE CROSSING-SWEEPER.
A SONG THAT WAS NEVER SUNG.
MR. PLACID'S FLIRTATION.
TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS.
BEGGARS.
The Angora Cat
ON A PORTRAIT OF DR. LAURENCE STERNE,
A SKETCH IN SEVEN DIALS.
LITTLE PITCHER.
UNFORTUNATE MISS BAILEY.
ADVICE TO A POET.
NOTES.
Note to "A Human Skull."
Note to "An Invitation To Rome."
Note to "To My Mistress."
Note to "The Rose and the Ring."
Note to "Béranger."
Note to "Glycère."