Bread and Circuses
The Project Gutenberg eBook, Bread and Circuses, by Helen Parry Eden
BY HELEN PARRY EDEN
LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD
NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY
TORONTO: BELL & COCKBURN MCMXIV
WILLIAM BRENDON AND SON, LTD., PRINTERS, PLYMOUTH
TO THE MEMORY OF MY SISTER JOAN ABBOTT PARRY
THESE, AND MUCH MORE
NOTE
O f the verses contained in this book, the greater part have already appeared, notably in the Westminster Gazette , The Englishwoman , The Daily Chronicle , The Catholic Messenger , The Pall Mall Magazine , T.P.’s Magazine , and Punch . To the proprietors of Punch I am especially indebted for leave to reprint thirteen numbers of which they own the copyright.
Helen Parry Eden
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BREAD AND CIRCUSES
“JAM HIEMS TRANSIIT”
“VOX CLAMANTIS”
SORROW
THE MULBERRY
THE WINDOW-SILL
THE ANGELUS-BELL
OF DULCIBEL
THE LADY PHEASANT
TIME’S TYRANNESS
THE GINGER CAT
Μονοχρόνος Ἡδόνη.
A SONG IN A LANE
CRIES OF LONDON
THE THIRD BIRTHDAY
ONE-EYED JOCKO
“A PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT”
“EFFANY”
THE ARK
AN UPLAND STATION
THE WORSHIPPERS
THE BELGIAN PINAFORE
THE WIND
IN BETHLEHEM TOWN
THE MOON
TO A LITTLE GIRL
A CHILD BEFORE THE CRIB
THE NUNS’ CHAPEL
THE SNARE
A HOUSE IN A WOOD
THE CONFESSIONAL
THE WATER-MEADS OF MOTTISFONT
THE SENIOR MISTRESS OF BLYTH
THE FIRST PARTY
SOUVENIR OF MICHAEL DRAYTON
I
II
III
“FOUR-PAWS”
“FOUR-PAWS” IN LONDON
LULLABY FOR A LITTLE GIRL
RONDEAU OF SARUM CLOSE
THE KNOBBY-GREEN
THE CARCANET
TO A TOWN CRIER
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
XIII
XIV
THE WAG-TAIL
HIGH TIDE AT BATTERSEA
THE BABY GOAT
BOURNEMOUTH TO POOLE
II POOLE HARBOUR
THE JAPANESE DUCKLING
THE PRIVET HEDGE
THE VEGETARIAN’S DAUGHTER
HONEY MEADOW
THE REGRET
FIRST SNOW
THE DEATH OF SIR MATHO
THE PETALS
POST-COMMUNION
INDEX TO FIRST LINES
