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Title: The Lord of Misrule
And Other Poems

Author: Alfred Noyes

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Language: English

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THE LORD OF MISRULE

And Other Poems

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BY THE SAME AUTHOR

DRAKE: AN ENGLISH EPIC
THE ENCHANTED ISLAND AND OTHER POEMS
SHERWOOD
TALES OF THE MERMAID TAVERN
THE WINE-PRESS
COLLECTED POEMS. 2 VOLS.
A BELGIAN CHRISTMAS EVE (RADA)

* * * * *

[Illustration:

Come up, come in with streamers!
Come in with boughs of May!
_Page 1._]

THE LORD OF MISRULE

And Other Poems

by

ALFRED NOYES

With Frontispiece in Colours by Spencer Baird Nichols

[Illustration]

New York
Frederick A. Stokes Company
Publishers

Copyright, 1915, by
Frederick A. Stokes Company

All rights reserved, including that of translation
into foreign languages

October, 1915

CONTENTS

PAGE

THE LORD OF MISRULE 1

THE REPEAL 7

THE SEARCH-LIGHTS 9

FORWARD 11

A SPELL 13

CRIMSON SAILS 18

BLIND MOONE OF LONDON 22

OLD GREY SQUIRREL 28

THE GREAT NORTH ROAD 31

THE RIVER OF STARS 34

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