This is the first book issued by The Beaumont Press

20 copies have been printed on Japanese vellum

signed by the author and numbered 1 to 20 and

250 copies on hand-made paper numbered 21 to 270

This is No. 232

TIDES

A BOOK OF POEMS BY

JOHN DRINKWATER

DEDICATION
TO GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON

Because the darling chivalries,

That light your battle-line, belong

To music’s heart no less than these,

I bring you my campaigns of song.