BALLADS

By William Makepeace Thackeray


CONTENTS


[ BALLADS. ]


[ THE CHRONICLE OF THE DRUM ]

[ ABD-EL-KADER AT TOULON. ]

[ THE KING OF BRENTFORD'S TESTAMENT. ]

[ THE WHITE SQUALL. ]

[ PEG OF LIMAVADDY. ]

[ MAY-DAY ODE. ]

[ THE BALLAD OF BOUILLABAISSE. ]

[ THE MAHOGANY TREE. ]

[ THE YANKEE VOLUNTEERS. ]

[ THE PEN AND THE ALBUM. ]

[ MRS. KATHERINE'S LANTERN. ]

[ LUCY'S BIRTHDAY. ]

[ THE CANE-BOTTOM'D CHAIR. ]

[ PISCATOR AND PISCATRIX. ]

[ THE ROSE UPON MY BALCONY. ]

[ RONSARD TO HIS MISTRESS. ]

[ AT THE CHURCH GATE. ]

[ THE AGE OF WISDOM. ]

[ SORROWS OF WERTHER. ]

[ A DOE IN THE CITY. ]

[ THE LAST OF MAY. ]

[ "AH, BLEAK AND BARREN WAS THE MOOR." ]

[ SONG OF THE VIOLET. ]

[ FAIRY DAYS. ]

[ POCAHONTAS. ]

[ FROM POCAHONTAS. ]


[ LOVE-SONGS MADE EASY. ]


[ WHAT MAKES MY HEART TO THRILL AND GLOW? ]

[ THE GHAZUL, OR ORIENTAL LOVE-SONG. ]

[ THE MERRY BARD. ]

[ THE CAÏQUE. ]

[ MY NORA. ]

[ TO MARY. ]

[ SERENADE. ]

[ THE MINARET BELLS. ]

[ COME TO THE GREENWOOD TREE. ]


[ FIVE GERMAN DITTIES. ]

[ A TRAGIC STORY. ]

[ THE CHAPLET. ]

[ THE KING ON THE TOWER. ]

[ ON A VERY OLD WOMAN. ]

[ A CREDO. ]


[ FOUR IMITATIONS OF BÉRANGER. ]

[ THE KING OF YVETOT. ]

[ THE KING OF BRENTFORD. ]

[ THE GARRET. ]

[ ROGER-BONTEMPS. ]

[ JOLLY JACK. ]


[ IMITATION OF HORACE. ]

[ AD MINISTRAM. ]


[ OLD FRIENDS WITH NEW FACES. ]

[ THE KNIGHTLY GUERDON.* ]

[ THE ALMACK'S ADIEU. ]

[ WHEN THE GLOOM IS ON THE GLEN. ]

[ THE RED FLAG. ]

[ DEAR JACK. ]

[ COMMANDERS OF THE FAITHFUL. ]

[ WHEN MOONLIKE ORE THE HAZURE SEAS. ]

[ KING CANUTE. ]

[ FRIAR'S SONG. ]

[ ATRA CURA. ]

[ REQUIESCAT. ]

[ LINES UPON MY SISTER'S PORTRAIT. ]

[ THE LEGEND OF ST. SOPHIA OF KIOFF. ]

[ TITMARSH'S CARMEN LILLIENSE. ]

[ THE WILLOW-TREE. ]

[ THE WILLOW-TREE. ]


[ LYRA HIBERNICA ]

[ THE PIMLICO PAVILION. ]

[ THE CRYSTAL PALACE. ]

[ MOLONY'S LAMENT. ]

[ MR. MOLONY'S ACCOUNT OF THE BALL. ]

[ THE BATTLE OF LIMERICK. ]

[ LARRY O'TOOLE. ]

[ THE ROSE OF FLORA. ]

[ THE LAST IRISH GRIEVANCE. ]


[ THE BALLADS OF POLICEMAN X. ]

[ THE WOLFE NEW BALLAD OF JANE RONEY AND MARY BROWN. ]

[ THE THREE CHRISTMAS WAITS. ]

[ LINES ON A LATE HOSPICIOUS EWENT.* ]

[ THE BALLAD OF ELIZA DAVIS. ]

[ DAMAGES, TWO HUNDRED POUNDS. ]

[ THE KNIGHT AND THE LADY. ]

[ JACOB HOMNIUM'S HOSS. ]

[ THE SPECULATORS. ]

[ A WOEFUL NEW BALLAD ]

[ THE LAMENTABLE BALLAD OF THE FOUNDLING OF SHOREDITCH. ]

[ THE ORGAN-BOY'S APPEAL. ]

[ LITTLE BILLEE.* ]

[ THE END OF THE PLAY. ]

[ VANITAS VANITATUM. ]


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BALLADS.