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1. Front matter2. INTRODUCTION3. TO DIVES4. STANZAS WRITTEN ON BATTERSEA BRIDGE DURING A SOUTH-WESTERLY GALE5. THE SOUTH COUNTRY6. THE FANATIC7. NOËL8. THE EARLY MORNING9. THE BIRDS10. OUR LORD AND OUR LADY11. IN A BOAT12. COURTESY13. THE NIGHT14. THE LEADER15. A BIVOUAC16. TO THE BALLIOL MEN STILL IN AFRICA17. VERSES TO A LORD18. THE REBEL19. THE PROPHET LOST IN THE HILLS AT EVENING20. SONG21. THE RING22. CUCKOO!23. THE MIRROR24. THE LITTLE SERVING MAID25. THE END OF THE ROAD26. AUVERGNAT27. DRINKING SONG28. DRINKING DIRGE29. WEST SUSSEX DRINKING SONG30. A BALLAD ON SOCIOLOGICAL ECONOMICS31. AN ORACLE32. HERETICS ALL33. THE DEATH AND LAST CONFESSION OF WANDERING PETER34. DEDICATORY ODE35. DEDICATION ON THE GIFT OF A BOOK TO A CHILD36. DEDICATION OF A CHILD’S BOOK OF IMAGINARY TALES37. HOMAGE38. FILLE-LA-HAINE39. THE MOON’S FUNERAL40. THE HAPPY JOURNALIST41. LINES TO A DON42. NEWDIGATE POEM43. THE YELLOW MUSTARD44. ON HYGIENE45. THE FALSE HEART46. SONNET UPON GOD, THE WINE GIVER47. THE POLITICIAN OR THE IRISH EARLDOM48. SHORT BALLAD AND POSTSCRIPT ON CONSOLS