CONTENTS

[LAUGHS AND WHIFTS OF SONG]
PAGE
[A Song of Colours][3]
[Cecidit, Cecidit Babylon Magna][5]
[Apocalypse][7]
[Ghosts][9]
[Processional][10]
[A Song of Laughter][12]
[Ballade in Praise of Arundel][13]
[The Tramp][15]
[The World’s Miser][17]
[Easter][19]
[The Glory of the Oriflamme][20]
[To a Good Atheist][21]
[To a Bad Atheist][23]
[Palm Sunday][25]
[When I Ride into the Town][27]
[Requiem][29]
[Ave Atque Vale][30]
[Aladdin][31]
[Adam][32]
[The English Spring][33]
[At the Crib][35]
[The Mystic][37]
[To Any Saint][39]
[Sunset on the Desert][40]
[FOLLY]
[Folly][43]
[The Ships][45]
[Laughter][47]
[Vocation][49]
[Blindness][50]
[Drinking Song][52]
[Three Triolets][54]
[A New Canterbury Tale][56]
[In Memoriam F. H. M.][62]
[To the Irish Dead][63]
[John Redmond][64]
[Beauty][65]
[Faith’s Difficulty][67]
[Christmas on Crusade][69]
[The Ascetic][71]
[Sonnet for the Fifth of October][75]
[Warfare][76]
[Treason][77]
[There was an Hour][78]
[Nocturne][79]
[Pride][80]
[Ballade of Sheep Bells][82]
[Ballade of a Ferocious Catholic][84]
[Dawn][86]
[Sunset][87]
[Peace][88]
[Carrion][89]
[The Building of the City][91]
[Eden Re-opened][93]
[The Holy Spring][95]
[Viaticum][97]
[Punishment][98]
[After Communion][99]
[The Universal Mother][100]
[The Boaster][102]
[Unwed][104]
[Wed][105]
[England][106]
[Lyric Love][108]
[DRUMS OF DEFEAT]
[The Fool][113]
[Don Quixote][115]
[Ireland][118]
[In Memoriam][119]
[Mater Desolata][120]
[The Stirrup Cup][121]
[The Ensign][122]
[Ballade of Orchards][124]
[A Great Wind][126]
[Birthday Sonnet][128]
[Silence][129]
[At Yelverton][130]
[The Joy of the World][132]
[Gratitude][135]
[In Domo Johannis][139]
[At Woodchester][140]
[“For They Shall Possess the Earth”][142]
[Ballade of the Best Song in the World][144]
[Tail-piece][146]
[Ave][147]
[A Reply][149]
[Job][151]
[The Soil of Solace][153]
[To the Dead][154]
[Spring, 1916][156]
[The Return][157]
[Fulfilment][158]
[Prophecy][159]
[The Singer to His Lady][160]
[Certainties][161]
[Fear][162]
[Charity][163]
[Sight and Insight][164]
[Christmas Carol][166]
[A Garden Enclosed][167]
[The Lover][169]

POEMS

LAUGHS AND WHIFTS OF SONG

A SONG OF COLOURS

GOLD for the crown of Mary,
Blue for the sea and sky,
Green for the woods and meadows
Where small white daisies lie,
And red for the colour of Christ’s blood
When He came to the cross to die.