The Death of Saul and other Eisteddfod Prize Poems and Miscellaneous VersesSWANSEA:Reading editionChapter navigation151 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE DEATH OF SAUL:SWANSEA:DEATH OF SAULTHE EISTEDDFOD COMMITTEETO THE PUBLIC.PREFACE.Introductory materialTO THEDEATH OF SAUL.HISTORICAL NOTE.PALM SUNDAY IN WALES.ELEGYELEGIESMONODY.IN DREAMS.ELEGIAC.IN MEMORIAM.TO CLARA.E. H. R.A. R.MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.TO A ROYAL MOURNER.BEAUTIFUL WALES.BEAUTIFUL WALES.GWALIA DEG.THE WELSH LANGUAGE.A FOOLISH BIRD."I'D CHOOSE TO BE A NIGHTINGALE."TRUE PHILANTHROPY.DISRAELI.DOWN IN THE DARK.DAISY MAY.LINES:FORSAKEN.CHRISTMAS IS COMING.HEART LINKS.THE OAK TO THE IVY.EPIGRAMSHADOWS IN THE FIRE.THE BELFRY OLD.BEAUTIFUL BARBARA.SONG OF THE SILKEN SHROUD.A UNIVERSITY FOR WALES.GRIEFS UNTOLD."I WILL."DAWN AND DEATH.CASTLES IN THE AIR.THE WITHERED ROSE.WRECKS OF LIFE.ELEANOR:NEW YEAR'S BELLS.THE VASE AND THE WEED:A RIDDLE.TO A FLY:TO A FRIEND.RETRIBUTION.THE THREE GRACES.THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER.THE STARLING AND THE GOOSE.THE HEROES OF ALMA.A KIND WORD, A SMILE, OR A KISS.DEAR MOTHER I'M THINKING OF THEE.THE HERON AND THE WEATHER-VANE.THE THREE MIRRORS.THE TWO CLOCKS.SACRIFICIAL.WALES TO "PUNCH."WELCOME!CHANGE.FALSE AS FAIR.HEADS AND HEARTS.FALL OF SEBASTOPOL.TO LORD DERBY.UNREQUITED.THE HOUSEHOLD SPIRIT.A BRIDAL SIMILE.SONG.I WOULD MY LOVE.DEATH IN LIFE:SONG OF THE STRIKE.NATURE'S HEROES.ELEGYMAGDALENE.LOVE WALKS WITH HUMANITY YET.THE TWO TREES.STANZAS:VERSES:A SIMILE.THE TWO SPARROWS.FLOATING AWAY.A FLORAL FABLE."RING DOWN THE CURTAIN."THE TELEGRAPH POST.BREAKING ON THE SHORE.HURRAH FOR THE RIFLE CORPSCAREFUL WHEN YOU FIND A FRIEND.BROTHERLY LOVE.ENGLAND AND FRANCE.AGAINST THE STREAM.WRECKED IN SIGHT OF HOME.SONNET.SEBASTOPOL IS WON.HOLD YOUR TONGUE.MY MOTHER'S PORTRAIT.NEVER MORE.LINESFILIAL INGRATITUDE.THE VINE AND THE SUNFLOWER.POETIC PROVERBS.CHRISTMAS ANTICIPATIONS.GOLDEN TRESSES.HOPE FOR THE BEST.GONE BEFORE.HENRY BATH:SONG OF THE WORKER.THE BROOKLET'S AMBITION.ST. VALENTINE'S EVE.LOST!LILYBELL.GONE!LIFE DREAMS.AEOLUS AND AURORA:SONNET:SLEEPING IN THE SNOW.WITH THE RAIN.ODE:ON THE DEATH OF A FRIEND.LINES:VICARIOUS MARTYRS:STANZAS:TO LOUISA:THE ORATOR AND THE CASKTHE MAID OF THE WAR.IMPROMPTU:MARY:LINES:IMPROMPTU:EXTRACTS FROM SOME UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT.CURATES AND COLLIERS.WANTED: A WIFE.FRAGMENTS AND TRIFLES.A FRAGMENT.LAW VERSUS THEOLOGY:THE BROKEN MODEL:IMPROMPTU:A CHARACTER.COUPLET:PAUSE!THE TEST OF THE STICK.NOTE:Previous chapter ←THE DEATH OF SAUL:Next chapter →DEATH OF SAULAll chapters and sections (151)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE DEATH OF SAUL:SWANSEA:DEATH OF SAULTHE EISTEDDFOD COMMITTEETO THE PUBLIC.PREFACE.Opening pagesIntroductory materialOther sectionsTO THEDEATH OF SAUL.HISTORICAL NOTE.PALM SUNDAY IN WALES.ELEGYELEGIESMONODY.IN DREAMS.ELEGIAC.IN MEMORIAM.TO CLARA.E. H. R.A. R.MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.TO A ROYAL MOURNER.BEAUTIFUL WALES.BEAUTIFUL WALES.GWALIA DEG.THE WELSH LANGUAGE.A FOOLISH BIRD."I'D CHOOSE TO BE A NIGHTINGALE."TRUE PHILANTHROPY.DISRAELI.DOWN IN THE DARK.DAISY MAY.LINES:FORSAKEN.CHRISTMAS IS COMING.HEART LINKS.THE OAK TO THE IVY.EPIGRAMSHADOWS IN THE FIRE.THE BELFRY OLD.BEAUTIFUL BARBARA.SONG OF THE SILKEN SHROUD.A UNIVERSITY FOR WALES.GRIEFS UNTOLD."I WILL."DAWN AND DEATH.CASTLES IN THE AIR.THE WITHERED ROSE.WRECKS OF LIFE.ELEANOR:NEW YEAR'S BELLS.THE VASE AND THE WEED:A RIDDLE.TO A FLY:TO A FRIEND.RETRIBUTION.THE THREE GRACES.THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER.THE STARLING AND THE GOOSE.THE HEROES OF ALMA.A KIND WORD, A SMILE, OR A KISS.DEAR MOTHER I'M THINKING OF THEE.THE HERON AND THE WEATHER-VANE.THE THREE MIRRORS.THE TWO CLOCKS.SACRIFICIAL.WALES TO "PUNCH."WELCOME!CHANGE.FALSE AS FAIR.HEADS AND HEARTS.FALL OF SEBASTOPOL.TO LORD DERBY.UNREQUITED.THE HOUSEHOLD SPIRIT.A BRIDAL SIMILE.SONG.I WOULD MY LOVE.DEATH IN LIFE:SONG OF THE STRIKE.NATURE'S HEROES.ELEGYMAGDALENE.LOVE WALKS WITH HUMANITY YET.THE TWO TREES.STANZAS:VERSES:A SIMILE.THE TWO SPARROWS.FLOATING AWAY.A FLORAL FABLE."RING DOWN THE CURTAIN."THE TELEGRAPH POST.BREAKING ON THE SHORE.HURRAH FOR THE RIFLE CORPSCAREFUL WHEN YOU FIND A FRIEND.BROTHERLY LOVE.ENGLAND AND FRANCE.AGAINST THE STREAM.WRECKED IN SIGHT OF HOME.SONNET.SEBASTOPOL IS WON.HOLD YOUR TONGUE.MY MOTHER'S PORTRAIT.NEVER MORE.LINESFILIAL INGRATITUDE.THE VINE AND THE SUNFLOWER.POETIC PROVERBS.CHRISTMAS ANTICIPATIONS.GOLDEN TRESSES.HOPE FOR THE BEST.GONE BEFORE.HENRY BATH:SONG OF THE WORKER.THE BROOKLET'S AMBITION.ST. VALENTINE'S EVE.LOST!LILYBELL.GONE!LIFE DREAMS.AEOLUS AND AURORA:SONNET:SLEEPING IN THE SNOW.WITH THE RAIN.ODE:ON THE DEATH OF A FRIEND.LINES:VICARIOUS MARTYRS:STANZAS:TO LOUISA:THE ORATOR AND THE CASKTHE MAID OF THE WAR.IMPROMPTU:MARY:LINES:IMPROMPTU:EXTRACTS FROM SOME UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT.CURATES AND COLLIERS.WANTED: A WIFE.FRAGMENTS AND TRIFLES.A FRAGMENT.LAW VERSUS THEOLOGY:THE BROKEN MODEL:IMPROMPTU:A CHARACTER.COUPLET:PAUSE!THE TEST OF THE STICK.NOTE:J. C. MANNING, 9, CASTLE STREET.AND ALL BOOKSELLERS.PRICE SIX SHILLINGS.1877.◇← THE DEATH OF SAUL:DEATH OF SAUL →