Both from A Jubilee Greeting at Spithead (John Lane, 1897). By permission of the author.
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The first three numbers are from Poems and Ballads, 3rd series (Chatto & Windus, 1889). The first is part viii. section ii. of The Armada.
As to the second, Drumossie Muir (l. 16), in Inverness-shire, was the scene of the battle of Culloden (1746).
l. 17. ayont. Beyond.
25. mool. Mould.
laps. Wraps.
40. wotsna. Knows not.
45. weird for dreeing. To ‘dree a weird’ is to abide a fate.
47. thole. To endure.
65. Wansbeck. A Northumberland stream.
69. thae. Those.
The fourth number is from the dedicatory lines in Astrophel and Other Poems (Chatto & Windus, 1894). By permission of author and publishers.
[XCVIII]
The Graphic (November 11, 1899). By permission of the author and the editor of The Graphic.