Let Pride with Grief go hand in hand,

Sad Love with Patience, side by side;

In battle for their lovely land

Not vainly England’s sons have died!

And well may pride this hour befit;

For not since England’s days began

More fiery-clear the word was writ:

Who dies for England, dies for Man!

CONTENTS

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A Chant of Love for England[1]
Soldiers of the Light[3]
The Story of the “Orient”[6]
Poverty Row[10]
The Trumpeter[12]
Greencastle Jenny[14]
By the Blockhouse on the Hill[17]
The House of Hate[20]
The Riddle of Wreck[23]
The Ride to the Lady[24]
The Gaoler[27]
The First Guest[29]
Arraignment[32]
A Resurrection[33]
The Glorious Company[35]
The Arrowmaker[37]
Ivo of Chartres[39]
The Accolade[41]
The Encounter[48]
Flower Fancies:—
I. A Yellow Pansy [51]
II. The Spring Beauties [52]
III. Thisbe [53]
A Rhyme of Robin Puck[54]
A Lullaby[56]
The Portrait of the Princess[57]
Lepage’s Joan of Arc[59]
A Nocturne of Rubinstein[61]
A Memory of Ellen Terry’s Beatrice[64]
Emelie[65]
Elsinore[67]
Fiammetta[70]

Marina Sings		[73]
The King’s Diamond[76]
“As the Crow Flies” [80]
The Wayfarers[81]
A Rose[83]
The Inn of the Star[84]
Posies:—
I. Friendship [86]
II. Rose-Rent [86]
III. Desire of Fame [86]
To-day[87]
The Ballad of Calnan’s Christmas[88]
Sonnets:—
The Immortal Word [91]
The Torch-race [92]
Retrospect [93]
The Contrast [94]
Triumph [95]
A Mystery [96]
The Common Street [97]
Abraham Lincoln[98]