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Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, etc.

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* An asterisk is attached to the titles of those not previously published. Names of American Authors are in Italic type.

BALLADES.

AUTHOR. TITLE. SOURCE. PAGE

Adams, Oscar Fay 'Pipes of Pan' American 3

Allen, Grant 'Of Evolution' Evolutionist at Large 4

Anonymous 'Of Bothers' Cambridge Meteor 6

Black, William 'Of Solitude' Longman's Mag. 5

Dick, Cotsford 'Of Belief' The Model, etc. 7

" 'Of Burial' " 8

Dobson, Austin 'Of the Spanish Armada' Old World Idylls 9

" 'On a Fan' " 10

" 'Of Imitation' " 11

" 'Of Prose and Rhyme' " 12

Gosse, Edmund 'Of Dead Cities' New Poems 13

Grant, John Cameron Ballade Songs of Sunny South 14

" 'Lilith' A Year of Life 15

Henley, W. E. 'Of Antique Dances' Belgravia 16

" 'Of Dead Actors' Magazine of Art 17

" 'Of June' Belgravia 18

" 'Of Ladies' Names' The London 19

" 'Of Spring' " 20

" 'Midsummer Days' " 21

" 'Of Youth and Age' " 22

" 'Of Hot Weather' " 77

" 'Of Aspirations' " 78

" 'Of Truisms' " 79

" 'Of Life and Fate' " 80

" 'Of the Nothingness of Things' " 82

Jewitt, W. H. Ballade Romance of Love 23

Lang, Andrew 'Gringoire' New Quarterly Mag. 24

" 'Valentine' Waifs and Strays 25

" 'Of Primitive Man' Ballades in Blue China 26

" 'Of Sleep' " 84

" 'Of Summer' Rhymes a la mode 27

" 'Of Yule' " 28

" 'Of Middle Age' " 29

" 'For the Laureate' Longman's Mag. 30

" 'Of the Southern Cross' " 31

Le Gallienne 'Of Old Sweethearts' My Ladies' Sonnets 32

"Love in Idleness" Ballade 33

" 'Of Dead Thinkers' 34

McCarthy, Justin H. 'Of Roses'* 35

MacCulloch, Hunter 'Of Death' From Dawn to Dusk 36

Matthews, Brander 'Of Tobacco' American 37

" 'Of Adaptation' " 38

" 'Of Midsummer' " 39

" 'Rain and Shine' The Century 40

" 'An American Girl' " 41

Moore, George 'Of Lovelace' Pagan Poems 86

Moran, John 'From Battle, Murder' American 42

Moulton, L. C. 'In Winter' The Century 43

Nichols, J. B. B. 'Of his Lady' Longman's Magazine 44

F. S. P. 'Of Exmoor' Waifs and Strays 45

Payne, John 'Of Past Delights' New Poems 46

" Ballad " 87

" 'Singers of the Time' " 88

Peck, S. M. 'The Pixies' 'Cap and Bells' 47

Pfeiffer, E. 'Of the Thuner-See' Songs and Sonnets 48

Probyn, May 'Grandmother' Ballad of the Road 49

Roberts, C. D. G. 'Philomela' In Divers Tones 50

" 'Calypso' " 51

Robinson, A. M. F. 'Of Forgotten Tunes' An Italian Garden 52

" 'Of Lost Lovers' Handful of Honeysuckles 90

" 'Of Heroes' " 91

Ropes, Arthur Reed 'Of a Garden' Poems 53

Scollard, Clinton 'Of the Bard' Pictures in Song 54

" 'Of Dead Poets' " 55

" 'To Villon' " 56

" 'The Blithe Ballade' With Reed and Lyre 57

" 'O Lady Mine' " 58

" 'Ships of Tyre' " 59

Sharp, William 'Of Vain Hopes'* 60

" 'Of the Sea-Wind'* 61

" 'Of the Sea-Folk'* 62

Sherman, F. D. 'To Austin Dobson' Madrigals and Catches 63

" 'Of Rhyme' " 64

Swinburne, A. C. 'Of Dreamland' Poems and Ballads, 2d Ser. 65

" 'Of François Villon' " 93

" Villon's Epitaph " 94

" 'Of Bath' English Ill. Mag. 95

" 'Of Sark' " 97

Symons, Arthur 'Of Kings' Time 66

Tomson, Graham R. 'Of Acheron' Longman's Mag. 67

" 'Of Asphodel' " 68

" 'Of the Bourne' Harper's Mag. 69

" 'Of Fairy Gold'* 70

" 'Of Might-be'* 71

" 'Of the Optimist' St. James' Gazette 72

Wheeler, Mortimer 'Of Old Instruments' Mag. of Music 73

" 'Of Sea-Music' " 74

Whitney, Ernest 'Nightingale and Lark' 75

Wilton, Richard 'Grandchildren at Church' 76

CHANTS ROYAL.

Dobson, Austin 'The Dance of Death' Old World Idylls 98

Gosse, Edmund 'The Praise of Dionysus' New Poems 100

Payne, John 'The God of Love' New Poems 102

Pfeiffer, E. 'Children of the Mist' Gerard's Monument 104

Scollard, Clinton 'King Boreas' Pictures in Song 106

Waddington, S. 'The New Epiphany' Sonnets, etc. 108

Whitney, E. 'Glory of the Year' The Century 110

KYRIELLES.

Payne, John Kyrielle New Poems 115

Robinson, A. M. F. 'The Pavilion' An Italian Garden 116

Scollard, Clinton Kyrielle Pictures in Song 116

PANTOUMS.

Dobson, Austin 'In Town' At the Sign of the Lyre 117

"Love in Idleness" 'Monologue d'outre Tombe' 119

Payne, John Pantoum Songs of Life and Death 121

Matthews, Brander 'En route' The Century 124

Scollard, Clinton 'Sultan's Garden' Pictures in Song 126

RONDEAUX REDOUBLES.

Monkhouse, Cosmo 'My Soul is Sick' 128

Payne, John 'My Day and Night' New Poems 129

Scollard, Clinton 'Prayer of Dryope' Pictures in Song 130

Tomson, Graham R. 'I will go hence'* 131

RONDELS.

Bunner, H. C. 'O Honey of Hymettus' Airs from Arcady 135

" 'Ready for the Ride' The Century 135

Crane, Walter Two Rondels 136

Dabson, Austin 'The Wanderer' Old World Idylls 137

Fay, A. M. Rondel 137

Gosse, Edmund " New Poems 138

Grant, J. C. " Songs from the Sunny South 138

Henley, W. E. Four Variations The London 139

" 'The Ways of Death' " 141

McCarthy, Justin H. Rondel* 141

MacDonald, George Two RondelsA Threefold Cord 142

Moore, George Two Rondels* 143

Monkhouse, Cosmo 'To a Sheet of Paper'* 144

Payne, John 'Kiss me, Sweetheart' New Poems 144

Peck, S. M. 'Before the Dawn' Cap and Bells 145

Pfeiffer, Emily Rondel 147

Probyn, May " Ballad of the Road 145

" Rondelets " 151

Ropes, A. Reed Two Rondels Poems 146

Scollard, Clinton 'Come, Love' With Reed and Lyre 147

" 'Upon the Stair' Pictures in Song 148

" 'I Heard a Maid' " 148

Sherman, F. D. 'Valentine' " 149

Waring, C. H. 'Love's Captive' Fun 149

" 'Love' " 150

Wilton, Richard Rondel Sungleams 150

" 'Benedicte' Sunday at Home 151

RONDEAUS.

Bates, Arlo 'Might Love be Bought'* 152

" 'In Thy Clear Eyes'* 152

Bell, C. D. 'The Sweet Sad Years' Songs in Many Keys 153

" 'A Wish' " 153

Bowen, H. C. 'To a Doleful Poet' Longman's Magazine 154

Bridges, Robert 'His Poisoned Shafts' Poems 155

Bulloch, J. M. 'To Homer'* 155

Bunner, H. C. 'September' Airs from Arcady 156

" 'Les Morts vont vite' " 156

Crane, Walter 'In Love's Disport'* 157

" 'What makes the World?'* 157

THE SICILIAN OCTAVE.

Two Examples by Dr. RICHARD GARNETT 132

Dobson, Austin 'O fons Bandusiæ' Old World Idylls 158

" 'On London Stones' " 158

" 'To Ethel' " 159

" 'With Pipe and Flute' " 160

" 'To a June Rose' At the Sign of the Lyre 159

" 'In After Days' " 160

" 'In Vain To-day' " 161

" 'When Burbadge Played' " 161

Chew, Beverly 'Old Books' New York Critic 162

Grant, J. C. 'A Coward Still' Songs of Sunny South 162

Grant, Robert 'Rondeaux of Cities' The Century 163-4

Goodale, E. 'Could She have Guessed' " 165

Gosse, Edmund 'Fortunate Love' On Viol and Flute 165-8

" 'If Love should Faint' New Poems 168

Henley, W. E. 'My Love to Me' The London 169

" 'With Strawberries' " 169

" 'A Flirted Fan' " 170

" 'In Rotten Row' " 170

" 'The Leaves are Sere' " 171

" 'With a Fan' " 171

" 'If I were King' " 172

" 'The Gods are Dead' " 172

" 'Her Little Feet' " 173

" 'When you are Old'* " 173

Levy, Nathan 'My Books' American 174

"Love in Idleness" 'Most Sweet of All' 174

Lüders, C. H. 'The Redbreast' Hallo, my fancy 175

" 'To Q. H. F.' " 175

McCarthy, Justin H. 'Love in London '* " 176

Martin, Ada L. 'Sleep' Cassell's Magazine 176

Marzials, Theo. 'To Tamaris' Athenæum 177

" 'When I see you' " 177

" 'Carpe Diem' 178

Matthews, Brander 'Old and New' American 178

" 'Sub Rosa' The Century 179

Monkhouse, Cosmo 'Violet' The Spectator 179

" 'O scorn me not'* 180

" 'Ten Thousand Pounds'* 180

Payne, John 'One of these days' New Poems 181

" 'Life lapses by' " 181

Peck, S. M. 'Beyond the Night' Cap and Bells 182

" 'Among my Books' " 182

Pfeiffer, E. 'I go my Gait' Gerard's Monument 183

Roberts, C. G. D. 'Laurels for Song' In Divers Tones 183

" 'Without one Kiss' Orion 184

Scollard, Clinton 'Vis Erotis' With Reed and Lyre 184

" 'When Sirius Shines' " 185

" 'At Peep of Dawn' " 185

" 'In Greenwood Glen' Pictures in Song 186

Sherman, F. D. 'Her China Cup' Madrigals and Catches 186

" 'Behind her Fan' " 187

" 'Valentine' " 187

" 'When Twilight comes' " 188

" 'Come, Pan, and Pipe' " 188

" 'An Old Rondo' " 189

Sterry, J. Ashby 'A Street Sketch' The Lazy Minstrel 189

" 'Dover' " 190

" 'Homesick' " 190

Tomson, Graham R. 'In Beechen Shade'* 191

" 'The Gates of Horn'* 191

Waddington, S. 'If Love be True' Sonnets, etc. 192

" 'The Coquette' " 192

Weatherly, G. 'Yes or No' Cassell's Magazine 193

Wilton, Rev. R. 'My Window Birds' Sungleams 193

" 'Snowdrops and Aconites' " 194

" 'Chiff-chaff's Message' " 194

Wright, Arthur G. 'When Summer Dies' Time 195

" 'My Little Sweetheart'* 195

ROUNDELS.

Blomfield, D. F. Three Roundels English Ill. Mag. 196-7

Swinburne, A. C. 'A Singing Lesson' Century of Roundels 197

" 'In Guernsey' " 198-9

" 'The Roundel' " 199

Sayle, C. 'Nothing so Sweet' Bertha, etc. 200

" 'The Trysting-Tree' " 200

Symons, Arthur 'Of Rest'* 201

Waddington, S. 'Mors et Vita'* 201

Weller, Bernard 'Rondels of Childhood' Home Chimes 202

SESTINAS.

Byrne, F. M. Sestina American 205

Coleman, C. W. 'Love's Going' Harper's Magazine 206

Gosse, Edmund Sestina New Poems 207

Robinson, A. M. F. 'Pulvis et Umbra' An Italian Song 209

Scollard, C. 'Cupid and the Shepherd' Pictures in Song 210

Swinburne, A. C. Sestina Poems and Ballads (2nd ser.) 211

TRIOLETS.

Alexander, Griffith 'My Sweetheart' 215

Bridges, Robert Two Triolets Poems 215

Bates, Arlo Four Triolets* American 216

Bunner, H. C. Triolet The Century 217

Crane, Walter Triolet* 217

Dick, Cotsford 'Triolets for the Twelfth' The Model 218

Dobson, Austin 'Rose-leaves' Old World Idylls 219

" 'Oh, Love's but a Dance' " 220

Gosse, Edmund 'After Catullus'* 221

Henley, W. E. Triolet The London 221

Learned, Walter " American 221

McCarthy, Justin H. Triolets* 222

Lüders, C. H. " Hallo, my fancy 223

"Love in Idleness" Triolet 224

Macdonald, George Triolets A Threefold Cord 224-6

Peck, S. M. 'Under the Rose' Cap and Bells 227

Pfeiffer, E. Triolet Gerard's Monument 228

Radford, Ernest Six Triolets Measured Steps 229-30

Robertson, Harrison Two Triolets The Century 228

Robinson, A. M. F. 'From Fiametta' Handful of Honeysuckles 231

Scollard, Clinton 'A Snowflake' With Reed and Lyre 233

Sterry, J. Ashby 'A Tiny Trip' The Lazy Minstrel 233

Symons, Arthur 'Vestigia' Home Chimes 235

"The Century" Triolet 224

" 'Apology for gazing' 233

" 'Rejected' 238

Tomson, Graham R. Triolets* 236-8

Waring, C. H. 'A Pair of Gloves' Fun 239

Weatherly, G. 'In the Orchard' Cassell's Magazine 240

VILLANELLES.

Bevington, L. S. 'Roses' Key Notes 243

Dick, Cotsford 'A Vacation Villanelle' The Model 244

Dobson, Austin 'Tu ne quaesieris' Old World Idylls 245

" 'When I saw you last, Rose' " 246

" 'Theocritus' " 247

" 'On a Nankin Plate' " 248

Gosse, Edmund Villanelle New Poems 249

" 'Little Mistress mine' " 250

Henley, W. E. 'Where's the use of sighing' The London 251

" 'The Villanelle' " 252

" 'In the Clatter of the Train' " 253

Lang, Andrew 'To M. Boulmier' Ballades in Blue China 254

"Love in Idleness" 'To the Nightingale' 255

Monkhouse, Cosmo 'Hetty'* 256

Noble, J. Ashcroft 'Life' Verses of a Prose-Writer 257

Payne, John 'The Air is White' New Poems 258

Peck, S. M. 'Bonnie Belle' Cap and Bells 259

" 'If some true Maiden's' " 260

Pfeiffer, E. 'When the brow of June' Sonnets v. Songs 261

" 'O Summer-time' " 262

Probyn, May 'In every Sound' 263

" 'The Daffodils' Ballad of the Road 264

Scollard, Clinton 'To Helen' With Reed and Lyre 265

" 'To the Daffodil' " 266

" 'Spring knocks' Pictures in Song 267

Sterry, J. Ashby 'Dot' 268

Thomas, Edith W. 'Across the World'* " 270

" 'Where are the Springs' The Manhattan 271

Tomson, Graham R. 'To Hesperus'* " 272

" 'I did not Dream'* 273

Waddington, S. 'Come, to the Woods' Sonnets, etc. 274

Wilde, Oscar 'Theocritus' Poems 275

VIRELAI.

Payne, John 'Spring's sadness' New Poems 276

VIRELAI NOUVEAU.

Dobson, Austin 'July' Evening Hours 279

BURLESQUES, ETC.

Anonymous 'Ballade of Old Metres' The Century 285

" 'Ballade of the Prodigals' " 287

Bunner, H. C. 'On Newport Beach' (Rondeau) " 290

" 'Ballade of Summer Boarder' " 283

" Chant Royal, 'Mrs. Jones' " 294

Cranch, C. P. 'Young Poet's Advice' New York Critic 284

Dobson, Austin Villanelle Walnuts and Wine 293

G. H. 'Malapropos' The Lute 294

Henley, W. E. 'Villon's Straight Tip'* 288

" 'Culture in the Slums' 290

Lang, Andrew 'Ballade of Cricket' Rhymes a la mode 286

Moore, A. M. 'Ballade of Ballade-mongers' Hood's Annual 289

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