. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

THE WAR

IRONY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
TO A FRENCH BABY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
AFTER HEARING GERMAN MUSIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
IN MEMORY OF THE AMERICAN AVIATORS KILLED IN FRANCE . . 66
THE FLAGS ON FIFTH AVENUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
"THEY" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
BALLAD OF FRENCH RIVERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
PEASANT AND KING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
TILL TWISTON WENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
TO RUDYARD KIPLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
TO A U-BOAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
KITCHENER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
MARCH 1915 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
DEAD SHIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
ENGLAND, JULY 1913 (TO RUPERT BROOKE) . . . . . . . . . 81
TO THE OXFORD MEN IN THE WAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
FOR THE PRESENT TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
AMERICA, 1917 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
ON VIMY RIDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

HAY FEVER, AND OTHER LITERARY POLLEN

HAY FEVER, IF RUDYARD KIPLING HAD IT . . . . . . . . . . 93
HAY FEVER, IF AMY LOWELL HAD IT . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
HAY FEVER, IF HILAIRE BELLOC HAD IT . . . . . . . . . . 96
HAY FEVER, IF EDGAR LEE MASTERS HAD IT . . . . . . . . . 97
HYMN TO THE DAIRYMAIDS ON BEACON STREET . . . . . . . . 98
ON FIRST LOOKING INTO A SUBWAY EXCAVATION . . . . . . . 100
BALLAD OF NEW AMSTERDAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
CASUALTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
AT THE WOMEN'S CLUBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY COAL-BIN . . . . . . . . . . 105
MOONS WE SAW AT SEVENTEEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
AT THE DOG SHOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
THE OLD SWIMMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
TO ALL MY FRIENDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
A GRUB STREET RECESSIONAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

SONGS FOR A LITTLE HOUSE

BAYBERRY CANDLES

Dear sweet, when dusk comes up the hill,
The fire leaps high with golden prongs;
I place along the chimneysill
The tiny candles of my songs.

And though unsteadily they burn,
As evenin