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London Lyrics

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Transcribed from the 1904 Methuen & Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org

Building castles in the air
Building castles in the air

LONDON LYRICS

By FREDERICK LOCKER

WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES By A. D. GODLEY

WITH A FRONTISPIECE By GEORGE CRUIKSHANK

london METHUEN & CO. 36 essex street, w. c. mdcccciv

CONTENTS

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Introduction vii

The Castle in the Air 1

The Cradle 8

O Tempora Mutantur! 12

Piccadilly 15

The Old Clerk 19

The Garter 23

The Pilgrims of Pall Mall 30

The Russet Pitcher 34

The Enchanted Rose 39

Circumstance 42

A Wish 43

My Life is a— 46

Vanity Fair 48

Bramble-Rise 51

Old Letters 56

Susannah 59

My Firstborn 63

The Widow’s Mite 66

St George’s, Hanover Square 68

A Sketch in Seven Dials 70

Miss Edith 72

A Glimpse of Gretna Green, in the Distance 75

The Four Seasons 78

Enigma 80

Enigma 81

To the Printer’s Devil 83

Notes 85

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