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[THE JESTERS MORAL] 1
[BRAMBLE-RISE] 6
[THE WIDOW'S MITE] 10
[ON AN OLD MUFF] 11
[A HUMAN SKULL] 15
[TO MY GRANDMOTHER] 17
[O TEMPORA MUTANTUR!] 20
[REPLY TO A LETTER ENCLOSING A LOCK OF HAIR] 22
[THE OLD OAK-TREE AT HATFIELD BROADOAK] 25
[AN INVITATION TO ROME, AND THE REPLY:—]
[THE INVITATION] 31
[THE REPLY] 36
[OLD LETTERS] 40
[MY NEIGHBOUR ROSE] 43
[PICCADILLY] 47
[THE PILGRIMS OF PALL MALL] 50
[GERALDINE] 53
[O DOMINE DEUS] 56
[THE HOUSEMAID] 58
[THE OLD GOVERNMENT CLERK] 61
[A WISH] 64
[THE JESTER'S PLEA] 67
[THE OLD CRADLE] 70
[TO MY MISTRESS] 73
[TO MY MISTRESS'S BOOTS] 75
[THE ROSE AND THE RING] 78
[TO MY OLD FRIEND POSTUMUS] 80
[RUSSET PITCHER] 82
[THE FAIRY ROSE] 87
[1863] 89
[GERALDINE GREEN:—]
[I. THE SERENADE] 92
[II. MY LIFE IS A] 93
[MRS. SMITH] 95
[THE SKELETON IN THE CUPBOARD] 98
[THE VICTORIA CROSS] 101
[ST. GEORGE'S, HANOVER SQUARE] 104
[SORRENTO] 105
[JANET] 106
[BÉRANGER] 109
[THE BEAR PIT] 110
[THE CASTLE IN THE AIR] 112
[GLYCERE] 119
[VÆ VICTIS] 121
[IMPLORA PACE] 123
[VANITY FAIR] 125
[THE LEGENDE OF SIR GYLES GYLES] 127
[MY FIRST-BORN] 133
[SUSANNAH:—]
[I. THE ELDER TREES] 135
[II. A KIND PROVIDENCE] 137
[CIRCUMSTANCE] 139
[ARCADIA] 140
[THE CROSSING-SWEEPER] 145
[A SONG THAT WAS NEVER SUNG] 148
[MR. PLACID'S FLIRTATION] 154
[TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS] 157
[BEGGARS] 160
[ON A PORTRAIT OF DR. LAURENCE STERNE] 163
[A SKETCH IN SEVEN DIALS] 166
[LITTLE PITCHER] 167
[UNFORTUNATE MISS BAILEY] 170
[ADVICE TO A POET] 173
[NOTES] 177