DEFINITIVE VERSE - 1940
Title	First Lines	DV PAGE
Absent-Minded Beggar, The	WHEN you’ve shouted “Rule Britannia,” when you’ve sung “God save the Queen,”	459
Advertisement, The	WHETHER to wend through straight streets strictly,	678
Akbar’s Bridge	Jelaludin Muhammed Akbar, Guardian of Mankind,	779
Alnaschar and the Oxen	THERE'S a pasture in a valley where the hanging woods divide,	759
American, An	IF the Led Striker call it a strike,	184
American Rebellion, The	'TWAS NOT while England's sword unsheathed	726
Anchor Song	HEH! Walk her round. Heave, ah heave her short again!	111
“Angutivaun Taina”	OUR gloves are stiff with the frozen blood,	667
Answer, The	A ROSE, in tatters on the garden path,	373
Anvil, The	ENGLAND'S on the anvil - hear the hammers ring -	713
Appeal, The	IF I have given you delight	827
Arithmetic on the Frontier	A GREAT and glorious thing it is	45
Army Headquarters	AHASUERUS JENKINS of the “Operatic Own,”	5
Arterial	FROST upon small rain—the ebony-lacquered avenue	677
“As the Bell Clinks”	AS I left the Halls at Lumley, rose the vision of a comely	52
Astrologer’s Song, An	To the Heavens above us	590
At His Execution	I am made all things to all men -	781
Ave Imperatrix!	FROM every quarter of your land	169
Azrael’s Count	LO! the Wild Cow of the Desert, her yeanling estrayed from her—	789
“Back to the Army Again”	I’M ’ere in a ticky ulster an’ a broken billycock ’at,	430
Ballad of Boh Da Thone, The	This is the ballad of Boh Da Thone,	255
Ballad of East and West, The	OH, EAST is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,	234
Ballad of Fisher’s Boarding-House, The	That night, when through the mooring-chains	40
Ballad of Minepit Shaw, The	About the time that taverns shut	660
Ballad of the “Bolivar”, The	SEVEN men from all the world, back to Docks again,	137
Ballad of the Cars, The	“NOW this is the price of a stirrup-cup,”	687
Ballad of the “Clampherdown”, The	IT WAS our war-ship Clampherdown	138
Ballad of the King’s Jest, The	WHEN spring-time flushes the desert grass,	247
Ballad of the King’s Mercy, The	Abdhur Rahman, the Durani Chief, of him is the story told.	243
Ballad of the Red Earl, The	RED EARL, and will ye take for guide	230
Ballade of Burial, A	ER-HEB beyond the Hills of Ao-Safai	31
Ballade of Jakko Hill, A	ONE moment bid the horses wait,	50
‘Banquet Night’	"ONCE in so often," King Solomon said,	750
Bee Boy’s Song, The	BEES! BEES! Hark to your bees!	593
Bees and the Flies, The	A FARMER of the Augustan Age	543
“Before a Midnight Breaks in Storm”	BEFORE a midnight breaks in storm,	293
Beginner, The	LO! What is this that I make—sudden, supreme, unrehearsed—	684
Beginnings, The	IT WAS not part of their blood,	673
Bell Buoy, The	THEY christened my brother of old—	294
Bells and Queen Victoria, The	“GAY go up and gay go down	731
Belts	THERE was a row in Silver Street that’s near to Dublin Quay,	424
Benefactors, The	AH! What avails the classic bent	340
Betrothed, The	OPEN the old cigar-box, get me a Cuba stout,	47
Big Steamers	OH, WHERE are you going to, all you Big Steamers,	728
Bill ’Awkins	“’AS ANYBODY seen Bill ’Awkins?”	444
“Birds of Prey” March	MARCH! The mud is cakin’ good about our trousies.	432
Birthright, The	THE miracle of our land’s speech—so known	761
Blue Roses	ROSES red and roses white	633
"Bobs"	THERE’S a little red-faced man,	395
Bonfires, The	WE KNOW the Rocket’s upward whizz;	350
Boots	WE’RE foot—slog—slog—slog—sloggin’ over Africa	473
Bother, The	HASTILY Adam our driver swallowed a curse in the darkness—	685
Boy Scouts’ Patrol Song, A	THESE are our regulations—	273
Braggart, The	PETROLIO, vaunting his Mercedes’ power,	680
Bridge-Guard in the Karroo	SUDDEN the desert changes,	205
British-Roman Song, A	MY FATHER’S father saw it not,	547
Broken Men, The	FOR things we never mention,	96
Brookland Road	I WAS very well pleased with what I knowed,	491
“Brown Bess”	IN THE days of lace-ruffles, perukes and brocade	724
Buddha at Kamakura	O YE who tread the Narrow Way	92
Burden, The	ONE grief on me is laid	766
Burial, The	WHEN that great Kings return to clay,	209
Butterflies	EYES aloft, over dangerous places;	634
“By the Hoof of the Wild Goat”	BY THE Hoof of the Wild Goat uptossed	629
Cain and Abel	CAIN and Abel were brothers born.	580
Captive, The	NOT with an outcry to Allah nor any complaining	532
Carmen Circulare	DELLIUS, that car which, night and day,	677
Carol, A	OUR Lord Who did the Ox command	510
Cells	I’VE a head like a concertina: I’ve a tongue like a button-stick:	404
Centaurs, The	UP came the young Centaur-colts from the plains they were fathered in—	752
Certain Maxims of Hafiz	IF IT be pleasant to look on, stalled in the packed serai,	60
Changelings, The	OR EVER the battered liners sank	749
Chant-Pagan	ME THAT ’ave been what I’ve been—	461
Chapter Headings (Beast and Man in India)	THEY killed a child to please the Gods	566
Chapter Headings (The Day's Work)	WE NOW, held in captivity,	570
Chapter Headings (Fringes of the Fleet - 1914-18)	Farewell and adieu to you, Harwich Ladies,	571
Chapter Headings (The Jungle Books)	NOW Chil the Kite brings home the night	642
Chapter Headings (Kim)	UNTO whose use the pregnant suns are poised,	569
Chapter Headings (Life’s Handicap)	THE DOORS were wide, the story saith,	568
Chapter Headings (The Light That Failed)	SO WE settled it all when the storm was done	540
Chapter Headings (Many Inventions)	’LESS you want your toes trod off you’d better get back at once,	570
Chapter Headings (The Naulahka)	THERE was a strife ’twixt man and maid	536
Chapter Headings (Plain Tales from the Hills)	LOOK, you have cast out Love! What Gods are these	503
Charm, A	TAKE of English earth as much	500
Chartres Windows	COLOUR fulfils where Music has no power:	803
Chil’s Song	THESE were my companions going forth by night—	532
Child’s Garden, A	NOW there is nothing wrong with me	689
Children, The	THESE were our children who died for our lands: they were dear in our sight.	522
Children’s Song, The	LAND of our Birth, we pledge to thee	573
Choice, The	TO the Judge of Right and Wrong	186
Cholera Camp	WE’VE got the cholerer in camp—it’s worse than forty fights;	440
Christmas in India	DIM dawn behind the tamerisks—the sky is saffron-yellow—	54
“Cities and Thrones And Powers”	CITIES and Thrones and Powers,	487
“City of Brass The”	IN A land that the sand overlays—the ways to her gates are untrod—	315
City of Sleep, The	OVER the edge of the purple down,	611
“Cleared”	HELP for a patriot distressed, a spotless spirit hurt,	227
Clerks and the Bells, The	THE merry clerks of Oxenford they stretch themselves at ease	798
Coastwise Lights, The	OUR brows are bound with spindrift and the weed is on our knees;	171
Code of Morals, A	NOW Jones had left his new-wed bride to keep his house in order,	12
Coiner, The	AGAINST the Bermudas we foundered, whereby	778
Cold Iron	GOLD is for the mistress—silver for the maid—	508
Columns	OUT o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry	466
Comforters, The	UNTIL thy feet have trod the Road	615
Consolations of Memory, The	BLESSÈD was our first age and morning-time. Then were no waies tarren, ne no cars	679
Contradictions	THE DROWSY carrier sways	683
Conundrum of the Workshops, The	WHEN the flush of a new-born sun fell first on Eden’s green and gold,	336
Counting-out Song, A	WHAT is the song the children sing	744
Covenant, The	WE thought we ranked above the chance of ill.	320
Craftsman, The	ONCE, after long-drawn revel at The Mermaid.	348
Cruisers	AS OUR mother the Frigate, bepainted and fine,	141
Cuckoo Song	TELL it to the locked-up trees,	499
Curé, The	LONG years ago, ere R—lls or R—ce	785
Dane-geld	IT IS always a temptation to an armed and agile nation,	712
Danny Deever	“WHAT are the bugles blowin’ for?” said Files-on-Parade.	397
Darzee’s Chaunt	SINGER and tailor am I—	670
Dawn Wind, The	AT TWO o’clock in the morning, if you open your window and listen,	717
Dead King, The	WHO in the Realm to-day lays down dear life for the sake of a land more dear ?	224
Death-bed, A	“THIS is the State above the Law.	286
Declaration of London, The	WE were all one heart and one race	307
Dedication from “Barrack Room Ballads”	BEYOND the path of the outmost sun through utter darkness hurled—	83
Dedication - To "Soldiers Three"	AND they were stronger hands than mine	637
Deep-Sea Cables, The	THE WRECKS dissolve above us; their dust drops down from afar—	174
Delilah	DELILAH ABERYSWITH was a lady—not too young—	7
Departure, A	SINCE first the White Horse Banner blew free,	742
Derelict, The	I WAS the staunchest of our fleet	149
Destroyers, The	THE STRENGTH of twice three thousand horse	143
Dinah in Heaven	SHE did not know that she was dead,	771
Dirge of Dead Sisters	WHO recalls the twilight and the rangèd tents in order	218
Disciple, The	HE that hath a Gospel,	774
Divided Destinies	It was an artless Bandar, and he danced upon a pine,	34
Doctors	MAN dies too soon, beside his works half-planned.	565
Dove of Dacca, The	THE FREED dove flew to the Rajah’s tower—	254
Dutch in the Medway, The	IF WARS were won by feasting,	723
Dying Chauffeur, The	WHEEL me gently to the garage, since my car and I must part—	686
Dykes, The	WE HAVE no heart for the fishing, we have no hand for the oar—	305
’Eathen, The	THE ’EATHEN in ’is blindness bows down to wood an’ stone;	451
Eddi’s Service	EDDI, priest of St. Wilfrid	513
Edgehill Fight	NAKED and grey the Cotswolds stand	722
Egg-Shell, The	THE WIND took off with the sunset—	646
En-Dor	THE road to En-dor is easy to tread	366
England’s Answer	TRULY ye come of The Blood; slower to bless than to ban;	178
English Flag, The	WINDS of the World, give answer! They are whimpering to and fro—	221
English Way, The	AFTER the fight at Otterburn,	822
Epitaphs of the War	A. “I was a Have.” B. “I was a ‘have-not.’”	386
Et Dona Ferentes	IN EXTENDED observation of the ways and works of man,	287
Evarra and His Gods	This is the story of Evarra—man—	338
Exiles’ Line, The	NOW the new year reviving old desires,	163
Expert, The	YOUTH that trafficked long with Death,	784
Explanation, The	LOVE and Death once ceased their strife	371
Explorer, The	“THERE’S no sense in going further—it’s the edge of cultivation,”	103
Fabulists, The	WHEN all the world would keep a matter hid,	545
Fairies’ Siege, The	I HAVE been given my charge to keep—	520
Fall of Jock Gillespie, The	THIS fell when dinner-time was done—	64
Fastness	THIS is the end whereto men toiled	683
Feet of the Young Men, The	NOW the Four-way Lodge is opened, now the Hunting Winds are loose—	270
Female of the Species, The	WHEN the Himalayan peasant meets the he-bear in his pride,	367
Files, The	FILES—	351
Fires, The	MEN make them fires on the hearth	82
First Chantey, The	MINE was the woman to me, darkling I found her;	159
Flight, The	WHEN the grey geese heard the Fool’s tread	562
Floods, The	THE RAIN it rains without a stay	498
Flowers, The	BUY my English posies!	190
“Follow Me ’Ome“	THERE was no one like ’im, ’Orse or Foot,	446
“For All We Have and Are”	FOR all we have and are,	329
"For to Admire"	THE Injian Ocean sets an’ smiles	457
Ford o’ Kabul River	KABUL town’s by Kabul river—	423
Four Angels, The	AS ADAM lay a-dreaming beneath the Apple Tree	672
Four-Feet	I have done mostly what most men do,	773
Four Points, The	ERE stopping or turning, to put foorth a hande	679
Fox-Hunting	WHEN Samson set my brush afire	819
France	BROKE to every known mischance, lifted over all	291
Frankie’s Trade	OLD Horn to All Atlantic said:	663
French Wars, The	THE BOATS of Newhaven and Folkestone and Dover	727
Friends, The	I HAD some friends—but I dreamed that they were dead—	808
“Fuzzy-Wuzzy”	WE’VE fought with many men acrost the seas,	400
Galley-Slave, The	OH GALLANT was our galley from her carven steering-wheel	73
Gallio’s Song	ALL day long to the judgment-seat	542
Gehazi	“WHENCE comest thou, Gehazi,	242
General Joubert	WITH those that bred, with those that loosed the strife,	242
General Summary, A	WE ARE very slightly changed	4
Gentlemen-Rankers	TO THE legion of the lost ones, to the cohort of the damned,	424
Gertrude’s Prayer	THAT which is marred at birth Time shall not mend,	771
Gethsemane	THE Garden called Gethsemane	98
Giffen’s Debt	IMPRIMIS he was “broke.” Thereafter left	78
Gift of the Sea, The	THE dead child lay in the shroud,	374
Gipsy Trail, The	THE WHITE moth to the closing bine,	181
Gipsy Vans	UNLESS you come of the gipsy stock	760
Glories, The	IN FAITHS and Food and Books and Friends	813
Glory of the Garden, The	OUR England is a garden that is full of stately views,	732
Gods of the Copybook Headings, The	AS I pass through my incarnations in every age and race,	793
Gow’s Watch, Acts II.,IV.,V.	FERDINAND. Your tiercel’s too long at hack, Sir. He’s no eyass	617
Grave of the Hundred Head, The	THERE’S a widow in sleepy Chester	56
Great-Heart	CONCERNING brave Captains	577
Greek National Anthem, The	WE KNEW thee of old,	93
Gunga Din	YOU may talk o’ gin and beer	406
Hadramauti	WHO knows the heart of the Christian? How does he reason?	535
Half-Ballade of Waterval	WHEN by the labour of my ’ands	478
Harp Song of the Dane Women	WHAT is a woman that you forsake her,	528
“Helen All Alone”	THERE was darkness under Heaven	612
Heriot’s Ford	“WHAT’S that that hirples at my side?”	662
Heritage, The	OUR Fathers in a wondrous age,	565
"His Apologies"	MASTER, this is Thy Servant. He is rising eight weeks old.	816
Holy War, The	TINKER out of Bedford,	289
Hour of the Angel, The	SOONER or late—in earnest or in jest—	740
Houses, The	’TWIXT my house and thy house the pathway is broad,	179
Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack	AS THE dawn was breaking the Sambhur belled—	667
Hyænas, The	AFTER the burial-parties leave	318
Hymn before Action	THE EARTH is full of anger,	325
Hymn of Breaking Strain	THE CAREFUL text-books measure	384
Hymn of the Triumphant Airman	OH, LONG had we paltered	817
Hymn to Physical Pain	DREAD Mother of Forgetfulness	787
Idiot Boy, The	HE WANDERED down the mountain grade	682
If —	IF YOU can keep your head when all about you	576
Imperial Rescript, An	NOW this is the tale of the Council the German Kaiser decreed,	284
In Springtime	MY GARDEN blazes brightly with the rose-bush and the peach,	78
In the Matter of One Compass	WHEN, foot to wheel and back to wind,	168
In The Neolithic Age	IN THE Neolithic Age savage warfare did I wage	342
Instructor, The	AT TIMES when under cover I ’ave said,	472
Inventor, The	TIME and Space decreed his lot,	686
Irish Guards, The	WE’RE not so old in the Army List,	196
Islanders, The	NO DOUBT but ye are the People—your throne is above the King’s.	301
Jacket, The	THROUGH the Plagues of Egyp’ we was chasin’ Arabi,	449
James I	THE CHILD of Mary Queen of Scots,	721
Jane’s Marriage	JANE went to Paradise:	757
Jester, The	THERE are three degrees of bliss	584
Jobson’s Amen	“BLESSED be the English and all their ways and works.	502
Jubal and Tubal Cain	JUBAL sang of the Wrath of God	554
Juggler’s Song, The	WHEN the drums begin to beat	664
Junk and the Dhow, The	ONCE a pair of savages found a stranded tree.	738
Just-So Verses	WHEN the cabin port-holes are dark and green	604
Justice	ACROSS a world where all men grieve	393
Justice’s Tale, The	WITH them there rode a lustie Engineere	678
King, The	“FAREWELL, Romance!” the Cave-men said;	376
King and the Sea, The	AFTER His Realms and States were moved	825
King Henry VII. and the Shipwrights	HARRY, our King in England, from London town is gone,	657
King’s Job, The	ONCE on a time was a King anxious to understand	718
King’s Pilgrimage, The	OUR KING went forth on pilgrimage	805
King’s Task, The	AFTER the sack of the City when Rome was sunk to a name	648
Kingdom, The	NOW we are come to our Kingdom,	494
Kitchener’s School	OH HUBSHEE, carry your shoes in your hand and bow your head on your breast!	202
La Nuit Blanche	I HAD seen, as the dawn was breaking	28
Ladies, The	I’VE taken my fun where I’ve found it;	442
Lady Geraldine’s Hardship	I TURNED—Heaven knows we women turn too much	684
Lament of the Border Cattle Thief, The	O WOE is me for the merry life	268
Land, The	WHEN Julius Fabricius, Sub-Prefect of the Weald,	601
Landau, The	THERE was a landau deep and wide,	682
Last Chantey, The	THUS said The Lord in the Vault above the Cherubim	160
Last Department, The	“NONE whole or clean,” we cry, “or free from stain	21
Last Lap, The	HOW do we know, by the bank-high river,	741
Last Ode, The	AS WATCHERS couched beneath a Bantine oak,	765
Last of the Light Brigade, The	THERE were thirty million English who talked of England’s might,	200
Last Rhyme of True Thomas, The	THE KING has called for priest and cup,	377
Last Suttee, The	UDAI CHAND lay sick to death	238
"Late Came the God"	LATE came the God, having sent his forerunners who were not regarded—	753
Law of the Jungle, The	NOW this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky;	558
Legend of Mirth, The	THE FOUR Archangels, so the legends tell,	516
Legend of the Foreign Office, A	RUSTUM BEG of Kolazai—slightly backward Native State—	8
Legend of Truth, A	ONCE on a time, the ancient legends tell,	762
Legends of Evil, The	THIS is the sorrowful story	354
L’Envoi to "Departmental Ditties"	THE SMOKE upon your Altar dies,	81
Lesson, The	LET us admit it fairly, as a business people should,	299
Lichtenberg	SMELLS are surer than sounds or sights	476
Liner She’s a Lady, The	THE LINER she’s a lady, an’ she never looks nor ’eeds—	158
Lollius	WHY gird at Lollius if he care	800
London Stone	WHEN you come to London Town,	804
Long Trail, The	THERE’S a whisper down the field where the year has shot her yield,	165
Looking-Glass, The	QUEEN Bess was Harry’s daughter.    Stand forward partners all!	609
Loot	IF YOU’VE ever stole a pheasant-egg be’ind the keeper’s back,	410
Lord Roberts	HE passed in the very battle-smoke	204
Lost Legion, The	THERE’S a Legion that never was ’listed,	195
Love Song of Har Dyal, The	ALONE upon the housetops to the North	637
Lovers’ Litany, The	EYES of grey—a sodden quay,	30
Lowestoft Boat, The	IN LOWESTOFT a boat was laid,	653
“Lukannon”	I MET my mates in the morning (and oh, but I am old!)	589
McAndrew’s Hymn	LORD, Thou hast made this world below the shadow of a dream,	120
MacDonough’s Song	WHETHER the State can loose and bind	561
Man Who Could Write, The	BOANERGES BLITZEN, servant of the Queen,	17
Mandalay	BY the old Moulmein Pagoda, lookin’ eastward to the sea,	418
Mare’s Nest, The	JANE AUSTEN BEECHER STOWE DE ROUSE	39
Marrèd Drives of Windsor, The	Here’s all at an end between us, or I’ll never taste sack again.	691
Married Man, The	THE BACHELOR ’e fights for one	474
“Mary Gloster”, The	I’VE paid for your sickest fancies; I’ve humoured your crackedest whim—	129
“Mary, Pity Women!”	YOU call yourself a man,	455
Mary’s Son	IF YOU stop to find out what your wages will be	373
Masque of Plenty, The	“HOW sweet is the shepherd’s sweet life!	35
Master-Cook, The	WITH us there rade a Maister-Cook that came	739
Memories	THOUGH all the Dead were all forgot	821
“The Men That Fought at Minden”	THE men that fought at Minden, they was rookies in their time—	438
Merchantmen, The	KING SOLOMON drew merchantmen,	151
Merrow Down	THERE runs a road by Merrow Down—	597
Mesopotamia	THEY shall not return to us, the resolute, the young	300
M.I.	I WISH my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm,	463
Mine Sweepers	DAWN off the Foreland—the young flood making	631
Miracles, The	I SENT a message to my dear—	88
Moon of Other Days, The	BENEATH the deep veranda’s shade,	63
Moral, The	YOU mustn’t groom an Arab with a file.	690
Morning Song in the Jungle	ONE moment past our bodies cast	632
Mother o’ Mine	IF I were hanged on the highest hill,	638
Mother-Lodge, The	THERE was Rundle, Station Master,	444
Mother’s Son, The	I HAVE a dream—a dreadful dream—	777
Mowgli’s Song Against People	I WILL let loose against you the fleet-footed vines -	640
Mulholland’s Contract	THE FEAR was on the cattle, for the gale was on the sea,	127
Municipal	IT WAS an August evening and, in snowy garments clad,	20
My Boy Jack	“HAVE you news of my boy Jack?”	216
My Father’s Chair	THERE are four good legs to my Father’s Chair—	716
My Lady’s Law	THE Law whereby my lady moves	635
“My New-Cut Ashlar”	MY NEW-CUT ashlar takes the light	511
My Rival	I GO to concert, party, ball—	22
Naaman’s Song	‘GO, wash thyself in Jordan—go, wash thee and be clean!'	776
Native-Born, The	WE’VE drunk to the Queen—God bless her!—	192
Nativity, A	THE Babe was laid in the Manger	217
Natural Theology	I ATE my fill of a whale that died	343
Necessitarian, The	I KNOW not in Whose hands are laid	582
Neighbours	THE MAN that is open of heart to his neighbour,	784
New Knighthood, The	WHO gives him the Bath?	524
“Non Nobis Domine!”	NON nobis Domine!—	512
Norman and Saxon	“MY SON,” said the Norman Baron, “I am dying, and you will be heir	714
North Sea Patrol, The	WHERE the East wind is brewed fresh and fresh every morning,	665
Nurses, The	WHEN, with a pain he desires to explain to the multitude, Baby	743
Nursing Sister, The	OUR sister sayeth such and such,	636
Ode (Melbourne Shrine Of Remembrance)	SO LONG as memory, valour, and faith endure,	189
Old Issue, The	“HERE is nothing new nor aught unproven,” say the Trumpets,	296
Old Men, The	THIS is our lot if we live so long and labour unto the end—	321
Old Mother Laidinwool	OLD Mother Laidinwool had nigh twelve months been dead.	599
Old Song, An	SO LONG as ’neath the Kalka hills	58
Oldest Song, The	“THESE were never your true love’s eyes.	158
One Viceroy Resigns	SO HERE’S your Empire. No more wine, then? Good.	69
Only Son, The	SHE dropped the bar, she shot the bolt, she fed the fire anew,	639
Oonts	WOT makes the soldier’s ’eart to penk, wot makes ’im to perspire?	408
Open Door, The	ENGLAND is a cosy little country,	811
“Our Fathers Also”	THRONES, Powers, Dominions, Peoples, Kings.	546
“Our Fathers of Old”	EXCELLENT herbs had our fathers of old—	563
Our Lady of the Sackcloth	THERE was a Priest at Philæ,	514
Our Lady of the Snows	A NATION spoke to a Nation,	182
Outlaws, The	THROUGH learned and laborious years	322
Outsong in the Jungle	FOR the sake of him who showed	526
Overland Mail, The	IN THE name of the Empress of India, make way,	33
Pageant of Elizabeth, A	LIKE Princes crowned they bore them—	611
Pagett, M.P.	PAGETT, M.P., was a liar, and a fluent liar therewith—	26
Palace, The	WHEN I was King and a Mason—a Master proven and skilled—	385
Pan in Vermont	IT’S forty in the shade to-day the spouting eaves declare;	356
Parade-Song of the Camp-Animals	We lent to Alexander the strength of Hercules,	574
Parting of the Columns, The	WE’VE rode and fought and ate and drunk as rations come to hand	468
Peace of Dives, The	THE WORD came down to Dives in Torment where he lay:	278
Penalty, The	ONCE in life I watched a Star;	788
Pharaoh and the Sergeant	SAID England unto Pharaoh, “I must make a man of you,	198
Philadelphia	IF YOU’RE off to Philadelphia in the morning,	585
Pict Song, A	ROME never looks where she treads.	548
Piet	I DO not love my Empire’s foes,	479
Pilgrim’s Way, A	I DO not look for holy saints to guide me on my way,	371
Pink Dominoes	JENNY and Me were engaged, you see.,	18
Pirates in England, The	WHEN Rome was rotten-ripe to her fall,	711
Playmate, The	SHE is not Folly—that I know.	775
Plea of the Simla Dancers, The	“WHAT have we ever done to bear this grudge?”	51
“Poison of Asps”	“POISON of asps is under our lips”?	811
“Poor Honest Men”	YOUR jar of Virginny	551
Portent, The	OH, late withdrawn from human-kind	758
Poseidon’s Law	WHEN the robust and Brass-bound Man commissioned first for sea	651
Possibilities	AY, LAY him ’neath the Simla pine—	43
Post That Fitted,The	ERE the steamer bore him Eastward, Sleary was engaged to marry	11
“Power of the Dog, The”	THERE is sorrow enough in the natural way	591
Prairie, The	I SEE the grass shake in the sun for leagues on either hand,	501
Prayer, The	MY BROTHER kneels, so saith Kabir,	673
Prayer of Miriam Cohen, The	FROM the wheel and the drift of Things	614
Preface to Land & Sea Tales	TO ALL to whom this little book may come—	737
Prelude to "Departmental Ditties"	I HAVE eaten your bread and salt,	3
Press, The	THE SOLDIER may forget his Sword,	534
Private Ortheris’s Song	MY GIRL she give me the go onest,	427
Pro-Consuls, The	THE OVERFAITHFUL sword returns the user	107
Prodigal Son, The	HERE come I to my own again,	579
Progress of the Spark, The	THIS SPARK now set, retarded, yet forbears	680
Prophets at Home	PROPHETS have honour all over the Earth,	554
Public Waste	BY THE Laws of the Family Circle ’tis written in letters of brass	14
Puck’s Song	SEE you the ferny ride that steals	488
Puzzler, The	THE Celt in all his variants from Builth to Bally-hoo,	533
Queen’s Men, The	VALOUR and Innocence	610
Quest, The	THE KNIGHT came home from the quest,	521
Question, The	BRETHREN, how shall it fare with me	327
Rabbi’s Song, The	IF THOUGHT can reach to Heaven,	592
Rahere	RAHERE, King Henry’s jester, feared by all the Norman Lords	754
Rebirth	IF ANY God should say	583
Recall, The	I AM the land of their fathers.	487
Recantation, A	WHAT boots it on the Gods to call?	369
Recessional	GOD of our fathers, known of old,	328
Rector’s Memory, A	THE GODS that are wiser than Learning	799
Reeds of Runnymede, The	AT RUNNYMEDE, at Runnymede,	715
Reformers, The	NOT in the camp his victory lies	319
Return, The	PEACE is declared, an’ I return	485
Return of the Children, The	NEITHER the harps nor the crowns amused, nor the cherubs’ dove-winged races—	596
Rhodes Memorial, Table Mountain	AS THO’ again—yea, even once again,	210
Rhyme of the Three Captains, The	. . . AT THE close of a winter day,	332
Rhyme of the Three Sealers, The	AWAY by the lands of the Japanee	113
“Rimini”	WHEN I left Rome for Lalage’s sake	550
Rimmon	DULY with knees that feign to quake—	312
Ripple Song, A	Once red ripple came to land	634
River’s Tale, The	Twenty bridges from Tower to Kew—	709
Road-Song of the Bandar-Log	HERE we go in a flung festoon,	544
Roman Centurion’s Song, The	LEGATE, I had the news last night—my cohort ordered home	710
Romulus and Remus	OH, LITTLE did the Wolf-Child care—	641
Route Marchin’	WE’RE marchin’ on relief over Injia’s sunny plains,	426
Rowers, The	THE BANKED oars fell an hundred strong,	282
Run of the Downs, The	THE Weald is good, the Downs are best—	491
Runes on Weland’s Sword, The	A SMITH makes me	669
Runners, The	News!	109
Rupaiyat of Omar Kal’vin, The	NOW the New Year, reviving last Year’s Debt,	25
Russia to the Pacifists	GOD rest you, peaceful gentlemen, let nothing you dismay,	277
Sack of the Gods, The	STRANGERS drawn from the ends of the earth, jewelled and plumed were we;	493
Sacrifice of Er-Heb, The	ER-HEB beyond the Hills of Ao-Safai	263
St. Helena Lullaby, A	“HOW far is St. Helena from a little child at play?”	530
Samuel Pepys	LIKE as the Oak whose roots descend	349
Sappers	WHEN the Waters were dried an’ the Earth did appear,	435
Scholars, The	“OH, SHOW me how a rose can shut and be a bud again!”	795
School Song, A	“LET us now praise famous men”—	556
Screw-Guns	SMOKIN’ my pipe on the mountings, sniffin’ the mornin’ cool,	403
Sea and the Hills, The	WHO hath desired the Sea?—the sight of salt water unbounded—	110
Sea-Wife, The	THERE dwells a wife by the Northern Gate,	94
Second Voyage, The	WEVE sent our little Cupids all ashore—	156
Secret of the Machines, The	WE WERE taken from the ore-bed and the mine,	729
Sepulchral	SWIFTER than aught ’neath the sun the car of Simonides moved him.	677
Sergeant’s Weddin’, The	’E WAS warned agin’ ’er—	447
“Servant When He Reigneth, A”	THREE things make earth unquiet	560
“Service Man, The”	“TOMMY” you was when it began,	458
Sestina of the Tramp-Royal	SPEAKIN’ in general, I ’ave tried ’em all—	87
Settler, The	HERE, where my fresh-turned furrows run,	212
Seven Watchmen	SEVEN Watchmen sitting in a tower,	394
Shillin’ a Day	MY name is O’Kelly, I’ve heard the Revelly	429
Shiv and the Grasshopper	SHIV, who poured the harvest and made the winds to blow,	519
Shut-Eye Sentry, The	SEZ the Junior Orderly Sergeant	453
Sir Richard’s Song	I FOLLOWED my Duke ere I was a lover	495
Smuggler’s Song, A	IF YOU wake at midnight, and hear a horse’s feet,	655
“Snarleyow”	THIS ’appened in a battle to a batt’ry of the corps	412
“Soldier an’ Sailor Too”	AS I was spittin’ into the Ditch aboard o’ the Crocodile,	433
Soldier, Soldier	“SOLDIER, soldier come from the wars,	401
Song at Cock-Crow, A	THE FIRST time that Peter deniéd his Lord	326
Song in Storm, A	BE WELL assured that on our side	148
Song in the Desert, A	FRIEND, thou beholdest the lightning? Who has the charge of it—	807
Song of Bananas, A	HAVE you no Bananas, simple townsmen all?	809
Song of Diego Valdez, The	THE GOD of Fair Beginnings	153
Song of French Roads, A	NOW praise the Gods of Time and Chance	801
Song of Kabir, A	OH, LIGHT was the world that he weighed in his hands!	510
Song of Seven Cities, The	I WAS Lord of Cities very sumptuously builded.	594
Song of Seventy Horses	ONCE again the Steamer at Calais—the tackles	786
Song of the Banjo, The	YOU couldn’t pack a Broadwood half a mile—	98
Song of the Cities, The	Royal and Dower-royal, I the Queen	175
Song of the Dead, The	HEAR now the Song of the Dead—in the North by the torn berg-edges—	172
Song of the Dynamo	HOW do I know what Order brings	810
Song of the English, A	FAIR is our lot—O goodly is our heritage!	170
Song of the Fifth River	WHEN first by Eden Tree,	572
Song of the Galley-Slaves	WE PULLED for you when the wind was against us and the sails were low	671
Song of the Lathes, The	THE FANS and the beltings they roar round me.	310
Song of the Little Hunter, The	ERE Mor the Peacock flutters, ere the Monkey People cry,	616
Song of the Men’s Side	ONCE we feared The Beast—when he followed us we ran,	668
Song of the Old Guard, The	‘KNOW this, my brethren, Heaven! clear	313
Song of the Red War-Boat	SHOVE off from the wharf-edge! Steady!	629
Song of the Sons, The	ONE from the ends of the earth—gifts at an open door—	175
Song of the White Men, A	NOW, this is the cup the White Men drink	282
Song of the Wise Children	WHEN the darkened Fifties dip to the North,	90
Song of the Women, The	HOW shall she know the worship we would do her?	46
Song of Travel, A	WHERE’S the lamp that Hero lit	586
Song To Mithras, A	MITHRAS, God of the Morning, our trumpets waken the Wall!	523
Sons of Martha, The	THE SONS of Mary seldom bother, for they have inherited that good part;	382
South Africa	LIVED a woman wonderful,	207
Spies’ March, The	THERE are no leaders to lead us to honour, and yet with out leaders we sally,	101
Stellenbosch	THE GENERAL ’eard the firin’ on the flank,	477
Storm Cone, The	THIS is the midnight—let no star	824
Story of Ung, The	ONCE, on a glittering ice-field, ages and ages ago,	345
Story of Uriah, The	JACK BARRETT went to Quetta	10
Stranger, The	THE STRANGER within my gate,	549
Study of an Elevation, in Indian Ink	POTIPHAR GUBBINS, C. E.,	6
“Such as in Ships”	SUCH as in Ships and brittle Barks	810
Supplication of the Black Aberdeen	I PRAY! My little body and whole span	814
Supports, The	To Him Who bade the Heavens abide, yet cease not from their motion,	767
Survival, The	SECURELY, after days	756
Sussex	GOD gave all men all earth to love,	213
Tale of Two Cities, A	WHERE the sober-colored cultivator smiles	76
Tarrant Moss	I CLOSED and drew for my love’s sake	494
That Day	IT GOT beyond all orders an’ it got beyond all ’ope;	437
Things and the Man	OH YE who hold the written clue	210
Thorkild’s Song	THERE’S no wind along these seas,	666
Thousandth Man, The	ONE man in a thousand, Solomon says,	529
Three-Decker, The	FULL thirty foot she towered from waterline to rail.	330
Three-Part Song, A	I’M JUST in love with all these three,	490
Threshold, The	IN THEIR deepest caverns of limestone	782
“Tin Fish”	THE SHIPS destroy us above	648
To a Lady, persuading Her to a Car	LOVE’S fiery chariot, Delia, take	679
To James Whitcomb Riley	YOUR trail runs to the westward,	598
To Motorists	SINCE ye distemper and defile	681
To the City of Bombay	THE Cities are full of pride,	179
To the Companions	HOW comes it that, at even-tide,	751
To the True Romance	THY face is far from this our war,	85
To the Unknown Goddess	WILL you conquer my heart with your beauty; my soul going out from afar?	24
To Thomas Atkins	I HAVE made for you a song,	394
“Together”	WHEN Horse and Rider each can trust the other everywhere,	720
Tomlinson	NOW Tomlinson gave up the ghost in his house in Berkeley Square,	360
Tommy	I WENT into a public-’ouse to get a pint o’ beer,	398
Totem, The	ERE the mother’s milk had dried	773
Tour, The	THIRTEEN as twelve my Murray always took—	681
“Trade, The"	THEY bear, in place of classic names,	647
Translation, A	THERE are whose study is of smells,	588
Tree Song, A	OF ALL the trees that grow so fair,	497
Troopin’	TROOPIN’, troopin’, troopin’ to the sea:	420
Truce of the Bear, The	YEARLY, with tent and rifle, our careless white men go	274
Truthful Song, A	I tell this tale, which is strictly true,	654
Two Kopjes	ONLY two African kopjes,	470
Two Months	NO HOPE, no change! The clouds have shut us in,	80
Two Races	I SEEK not what his soul desires.	812
Two-Sided Man, The	MUCH I owe to the Lands that grew—	587
Ubique	THERE is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may	483
Ulster	THE DARK eleventh hour	232
Undertaker’s Horse, The	THE eldest son bestrides him,	67
Untimely	NOTHING in life has been made by man for man’s using	764
Vampire, The	A FOOL there was and he made his prayer	220
Verdicts, The	NOT in the thick of the fight,	142
Verses on Games	HERE is a horse to tame	358
“Very Many People”	ON THE Downs, in the Weald, on the Marshes,	813
Veterans, The	TO-DAY, across our fathers’ graves,	305
Vineyard, The	AT the eleventh hour he came,	749
Virginity, The	TRY as he will, no man breaks wholly loose	353
Voortrekker, The	THE GULL shall whistle in his wake, the blind wave break in fire.	555
Wage-Slaves, The	OH GLORIOUS are the guarded heights	308
Waster, The	FROM the date that the doors of his prep-school close	525
Way Through the Woods, The	THEY shut the road through the woods	490
We and They	FATHER, Mother, and Me,	763
Wet Litany, The	WHEN the water’s countenance	659
What Happened	HURREE CHUNDER MOOKERJEE, pride of Bow Bazaar,	15
What the People Said	BY THE well, where the bullocks go	66
When Earth’s Last Picture is Painted	WHEN Earth’s last picture is painted and the tubes are twisted and dried,	226
When ’Omer Smote ’Is Bloomin’ Lyre	WHEN ’Omer smote ’is bloomin’ lyre,	351
“When the Great Ark”	WHEN the Great Ark, in Vigo Bay,	553
“When the Journey was intended to the City”	WHEN that with meat and drink they had fulfilled	681
White Horses	WHERE run your colts at pasture?	145
White Man’s Burden, The	TAKE up the White Man’s burden—	323
Widow at Windsor, The	’AVE you ’eard o’ the Widow at Windsor	413
Widow’s Party, The	“WHERE have you been this while away,	421
Widower, The	FOR a season there must be pain—	613
“Wilful-Missing”	THERE is a world outside the one you know,	482
Winners, The	WHAT is the moral? Who rides may read.	530
Wishing-Caps, The	LIFE’S all getting and giving,	628
With Drake in the Tropics	SOUTH and far south below the Line,	719
With Scindia to Delhi	THE WREATH of banquet overnight lay withered on the neck,	250
Young British Soldier, The	WHEN the ’arf-made recruity goes out to the East	416
Young Queen, The	HER hand was still on her sword-hilt, the spur was still on her heel,	187
Zion	THE Doorkeepers of Zion,	91