CONTENTS

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PREFACE BY COLONEL J. H. COLLETT, C.M.G.[ vii]
In Flanders[ xv]
A SONG OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE[ 1]
BALLADE OF THE RICH HEART[ 3]
SONG OF MINSTERWORTH PERRY[ 5]
A GLOUCESTERSHIRE WISH AT EASTERTIDE[ 6]
SONG OF THE ROAD[ 7]
PIPER’S WOOD[ 8]
BALLADE OF RIVER SAILING[ 9]
SONG OF MINSTERWORTH[ 11]
CRICKET: THE CATCH[ 13]
WONDERS[ 14]
TRIOLET[ 15]
TRIOLET[ 16]
WHAT GOD SAID[ 17]
TO HIS MAID[ 18]
BALLADE OF DAMNABLE THINGS[ 19]
SONG OF HEALTH[ 21]
GRATITUDE[ 22]
THE SOLDIER SPEAKS[ 23]
A PRESENT FROM FLANDERS[ 24]
IF WE RETURN[ 25]
A PEOPLE RENEWED[ 26]
THE AWAKENING[ 27]
THE RETURN[ 28]
LAND OF HEART’S DELIGHT[ 29]
GONNEHEM[ 30]
THE REST FARM[ 31]
BALLADE OF BEELZEBUB, GOD OF FLIES[ 32]
TO THE KAISER[ 34]
ROBERT HERRICK SOLILOQUIZES ON THE C.O.[ 36]
THE THREE PADRES[ 37]
WALT WHITMAN DESCRIBES MAJOR W.[ 38]
SERGEANT FINCH[ 39]
C COMPANY COOK[ 40]
EPITAPH[ 41]
SONNET[ 42]
THE FIRST SPRING DAY[ 43]
DEFIANCE[ 45]
THE ORCHARDS, THE SEA, AND THE GUNS[ 46]
DYING IN SPRING[ 47]
VICTORY[ 48]
DEATH THE REVEALER[ 49]
F. W. H.[ 50]
POETRY[ 51]
PROSE POEMS—
1. HEAVEN[ 52]
2. THE MOTH[ 53]
3. THE ARTIST[ 54]
4. THE WINDOW GLASS[ 55]
5. IN THE FIELD OF TIME[ 56]
6. BLUE GRASS[ 57]
7. THE POET[ 58]
8. SORROW[ 59]
9. THE MIRACLE[ 60]
10. FAITH[ 61]
11. TIME—THE HORSE[ 62]
12. THE REBUILDING OF REALITY[ 63]
13. THE TOKEN[ 64]

IN FLANDERS

I’m homesick for my hills again—

My hills again!

To see above the Severn plain

Unscabbarded against the sky

The blue high blade of Cotswold lie;

The giant clouds go royally

By jagged Malvern with a train