Stanzas 183

STEVENSON (1850-1894).
84. Requiem 185

TENNYSON (1809-1892).
85. Song from "The Miller's Daughter" 186
86. St. Agnes' Eve 187
87. Break, break, break 188
88. Song from "The Princess" 189
89. Song from "The Princess" 191
90. Crossing the Bar 192

WALLER (1606-1687).
91. On a Girdle 193
92. Song 194

WORDSWORTH (1770-1850).
93. She dwelt among the untrodden ways 195
94. She was a Phantom of delight 195
95. Sonnets. Part I.--XXXIII. The world is
too much with us 197
96. Part II.--XXXVI. Earth has not anything 198
97. To a Highland Girl, at Inversneyde, upon
Loch Lomond 198
98. The Solitary Reaper 202
99. Intimations of Immortality from
Recollections of Early Childhood 204

WOTTON (1568-1639).
100. On his Mistress, the Queen of Bohemia 215

THE HUNDRED BEST
ENGLISH POEMS.

ANONYMOUS.

1. _Madrigal._

Love not me for comely grace,
For my pleasing eye or face;
Nor for any outward part,
No, nor for my constant heart:
For those may fail or turn to ill,
So thou and I shall sever:
Keep therefore a true woman's eye,
And love me still, but know not why;
So hast thou the same reason still
To doat upon me ever.

_1609 Edition._

* * * * *

MATTHEW ARNOLD.

2. _The Forsaken Merman._

Come, dear children, let us away;
Down and away below.
Now my brothers call from the bay;
Now the great winds shorewards blow;
Now the salt tides seawards flow;
Now the wild white horses play,
Champ and chafe and toss in the spray.
Children dear, let us away.
This way, this way.

Call her once before you go.
Call once yet.
In a voice that she will know:
"Margaret! Margaret!"
Children's voices should be dear
(Call once more) to a mother's ear:
Children's voices, wild with pain.
Surely she will come again