THE CONTENTS

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Frontispiece: Portrait of Francis Thompson[ iv]
A Note on Francis Thompson[ ix]
The Dedications[xix,] [ xx]
Poems on Children
 Daisy[ 1]
 The Poppy[ 3]
 To Monica Thought Dying[ 6]
 The Making of Viola[ 9]
 To my Godchild[ 12]
 Ex Ore Infantium[ 14]
From Sister Songs
 A Child's Kiss[ 16]
 Poet and Anchorite[ 20]
 The Omen[ 22]
 The Mirage[ 24]
 The Child-Woman[ 26]
 To a Child heard repeating her Mother's Verses[ 28]
 A Foretelling of the Child's Husband[ 31]
Love in Dian's Lap
 Before her Portrait in Youth[ 33]
 To a Poet Breaking Silence[ 35]
 A Carrier Song[ 37]
 Her Portrait[ 39]
 Epilogue to the Poet's Sitter[ 45]
 After her Going[ 47]
Miscellaneous Poems
 A Fallen Yew[ 48]
 The Hound of Heaven[ 51]
 To the Dead Cardinal of Westminster[ 57]
 A Dead Astronomer[ 63]
 A Corymbus for Autumn,[ 64]
 From "The Mistress of Vision"[ 69]
 The After Woman[ 72]
 Lines: To W.M.[ 74]
 The Way of a Maid[ 75]
 Ode to the Setting Sun,[ 76]
 Epilogue to "A Judgement in Heaven"[ 86]
 Grace of the Way[ 87]
 To a Snowflake[ 88]
 Orient Ode[ 89]
 From "From the Night of Forebeing"[ 96]
 A Counsel of Moderation[101]
 From "Assumpta Maria"[102]
 From "An Anthem of Earth"[105]
 Contemplation[112]
 Correlated Greatness[114]
 July Fugitive[115]
 From "Any Saint"[118]
 From "The Victorian Ode"[124]
 St Monica[127]
 To the Sinking Sun[128]
 Dream-Tryst[129]
 Buona Notte[130]
 Arab Love Song[131]
 The Kingdom of God[132]
 Envoy[134]
Appreciations of Francis Thompson[135]
The Works of Francis Thompson[143]