Late Lyrics and Earlier, With Many Other Verses
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1. Front matter2. LATE LYRICS AND EARLIER3. APOLOGY4. WEATHERS5. THE MAID OF KEINTON MANDEVILLE (A TRIBUTE TO SIR H. BISHOP)6. SUMMER SCHEMES7. EPEISODIA8. FAINTHEART IN A RAILWAY TRAIN9. AT MOONRISE AND ONWARDS10. THE GARDEN SEAT11. BARTHÉLÉMON AT VAUXHALL12. “I SOMETIMES THINK” (FOR F. E. H.)13. JEZREEL ON ITS SEIZURE BY THE ENGLISH UNDER ALLENBY, SEPTEMBER 191814. A JOG-TROT PAIR15. “THE CURTAINS NOW ARE DRAWN” (SONG)16. “I WAS NOT HE” (SONG)17. THE WEST-OF-WESSEX GIRL18. WELCOME HOME19. GOING AND STAYING20. READ BY MOONLIGHT21. AT A HOUSE IN HAMPSTEAD SOMETIME THE DWELLING OF JOHN KEATS22. A WOMAN’S FANCY23. HER SONG24. A WET AUGUST25. THE DISSEMBLERS26. TO A LADY PLAYING AND SINGING IN THE MORNING27. “A MAN WAS DRAWING NEAR TO ME”28. THE STRANGE HOUSE (MAX GATE, A.D. 2000)29. “AS ’TWERE TO-NIGHT” (SONG)30. THE CONTRETEMPS31. A GENTLEMAN’S EPITAPH ON HIMSELF AND A LADY, WHO WERE BURIED TOGETHER32. THE OLD GOWN (SONG)33. A NIGHT IN NOVEMBER34. A DUETTIST TO HER PIANOFORTE SONG OF SILENCE (E. L. H.—H. C. H.)35. “WHERE THREE ROADS JOINED”36. “AND THERE WAS A GREAT CALM” (ON THE SIGNING OF THE ARMISTICE, Nov. 11, 1918)37. HAUNTING FINGERS A PHANTASY IN A MUSEUM OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS38. THE WOMAN I MET39. “IF IT’S EVER SPRING AGAIN” (SONG)40. THE TWO HOUSES41. ON STINSFORD HILL AT MIDNIGHT42. THE FALLOW DEER AT THE LONELY HOUSE43. THE SELFSAME SONG44. THE WANDERER45. A WIFE COMES BACK46. A YOUNG MAN’S EXHORTATION47. AT LULWORTH COVE A CENTURY BACK48. A BYGONE OCCASION (SONG)49. TWO SERENADES50. THE WEDDING MORNING51. END OF THE YEAR 191252. THE CHIMES PLAY “LIFE’S A BUMPER!”53. “I WORKED NO WILE TO MEET YOU” (SONG)54. AT THE RAILWAY STATION, UPWAY55. SIDE BY SIDE56. DREAM OF THE CITY SHOPWOMAN57. A MAIDEN’S PLEDGE (SONG)58. THE CHILD AND THE SAGE59. MISMET60. AN AUTUMN RAIN-SCENE61. MEDITATIONS ON A HOLIDAY (A NEW THEME TO AN OLD FOLK-JINGLE)62. AN EXPERIENCE63. THE BEAUTY64. THE COLLECTOR CLEANS HIS PICTURE65. THE WOOD FIRE (A FRAGMENT)66. SAYING GOOD-BYE (SONG)67. ON THE TUNE CALLED THE OLD-HUNDRED-AND-FOURTH68. THE OPPORTUNITY (FOR H. P.)69. EVELYN G. OF CHRISTMINSTER70. THE RIFT (Song: Minor Mode)71. VOICES FROM THINGS GROWING IN A CHURCHYARD72. ON THE WAY73. “SHE DID NOT TURN”74. GROWTH IN MAY75. THE CHILDREN AND SIR NAMELESS76. AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY77. HER TEMPLE78. A TWO-YEARS’ IDYLL79. PENANCE80. “I LOOK IN HER FACE” (Song: Minor)81. AFTER THE WAR82. “IF YOU HAD KNOWN”83. THE CHAPEL-ORGANIST (A.D. 185–)84. FETCHING HER85. “COULD I BUT WILL” (Song: Verses 1, 3, key major; verse 2, key minor)86. SHE REVISITS ALONE THE CHURCH OF HER MARRIAGE87. AT THE ENTERING OF THE NEW YEAR88. THEY WOULD NOT COME89. AFTER A ROMANTIC DAY90. THE TWO WIVES (SMOKER’S CLUB-STORY)91. “I KNEW A LADY” (CLUB SONG)92. A HOUSE WITH A HISTORY93. A PROCESSION OF DEAD DAYS94. HE FOLLOWS HIMSELF95. THE SINGING WOMAN96. WITHOUT, NOT WITHIN HER97. “O I WON’T LEAD A HOMELY LIFE” (To an old air)98. IN THE SMALL HOURS99. THE LITTLE OLD TABLE100. VAGG HOLLOW101. THE DREAM IS—WHICH?102. THE COUNTRY WEDDING (A FIDDLER’S STORY)103. FIRST OR LAST (SONG)104. LONELY DAYS105. “WHAT DID IT MEAN?”106. AT THE DINNER-TABLE107. THE MARBLE TABLET108. THE MASTER AND THE LEAVES109. LAST WORDS TO A DUMB FRIEND110. A DRIZZLING EASTER MORNING111. ON ONE WHO LIVED AND DIED WHERE HE WAS BORN112. THE SECOND NIGHT (BALLAD)113. SHE WHO SAW NOT114. THE OLD WORKMAN115. THE SAILOR’S MOTHER116. OUTSIDE THE CASEMENT (A REMINISCENCE OF THE WAR)117. THE PASSER-BY (L. H. RECALLS HER ROMANCE)118. “I WAS THE MIDMOST”119. A SOUND IN THE NIGHT (WOODSFORD CASTLE: 17–)120. ON A DISCOVERED CURL OF HAIR121. AN OLD LIKENESS (RECALLING R. T.)122. HER APOTHEOSIS “Secretum meum mihi” (FADED WOMAN’S SONG)123. “SACRED TO THE MEMORY” (MARY H.)124. TO A WELL-NAMED DWELLING125. THE WHIPPER-IN126. A MILITARY APPOINTMENT (SCHERZANDO)127. THE MILESTONE BY THE RABBIT-BURROW (ON YELL’HAM HILL)128. THE LAMENT OF THE LOOKING-GLASS129. CROSS-CURRENTS130. THE OLD NEIGHBOUR AND THE NEW131. THE CHOSEN132. THE INSCRIPTION (A TALE)133. THE MARBLE-STREETED TOWN134. A WOMAN DRIVING135. A WOMAN’S TRUST136. BEST TIMES137. THE CASUAL ACQUAINTANCE138. INTRA SEPULCHRUM139. THE WHITEWASHED WALL140. JUST THE SAME141. THE LAST TIME142. THE SEVEN TIMES143. THE SUN’S LAST LOOK ON THE COUNTRY GIRL (M. H.)144. IN A LONDON FLAT145. DRAWING DETAILS IN AN OLD CHURCH146. RAKE-HELL MUSES147. THE COLOUR148. MURMURS IN THE GLOOM (NOCTURNE)149. EPITAPH150. AN ANCIENT TO ANCIENTS151. AFTER READING PSALMS XXXIX., XL., ETC.152. SURVIEW “Cogitavi vias meas”