Part 18
_Bells and Pomegranates_ (vii. 1845). The first was written in Italy. The second was written in pencil on the cover of an Italian book during Browning’s first journey to Italy. He sailed in a merchant vessel from London to Trieste, and was the only passenger (1838). A letter from the poet to Miss Haworth gives an account of the voyage. (_Life and Letters_, edited by Mrs. Sutherland Orr, 2nd edition, p. 97.)
LXXII
_Songs for Music_ (Routledge, 1856), a reprint of a series of songs from _The Illustrated London News_ (1852-1855).
LXXIII-LXXIV
The first is from _Songs in Absence_ (1852), and was probably composed during the author’s voyage across the Atlantic. The second appears in _Poems with Memoir by F. T. Palgrave_ (Macmillan & Co., 1862). By permission of Messrs. Macmillan & Co.
LXXV
_Andromeda and Other Poems_ (1858). Written in 1854.
LXXVI
_Edinburgh Courant_, 1852.
l. 3. _The Vengeur’s crew._ The _Vengeur_ was sunk in Lord Howe’s
## action against the French fleet on ‘the glorious first of June’
(1794), off the coast of Brittany. For the final account of her sinking see Carlyle (_Miscellanies_--‘Sinking of the _Vengeur_’).
LXXVII
_Ionica_ (George Allen, 1891). By permission of Mrs. Cory. The poem was written in 1861, and was privately printed in 1877. The ‘School Fencibles’ are the members of the Volunteer Corps of Eton College, whose grey uniform, with light-blue facings, is the ‘meek attire of blue and grey’ referred to in l. 10.
LXXVIII
Verses 1, 2, 4, and 9 of Hymn No. 143 in _Hymns Ancient and Modern_. By permission of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
LXXIX
_Sonnets and Other Poems_ (A. & C. Black, 1900). By permission of author and publishers.
LXXX
_Points of War_ (Bell & Daldy, 1855), and _Wagers of Battle_ (Macmillan & Co., 1900). By permission of the author and Messrs. Macmillan.
LXXXI-LXXXII
Both from _Visions of England_ (Macmillan & Co., 1881). By permission of the publishers.
l. 1. _Isle of Roses._ Within the temple of Athena at Lindus, in the island of Rhodes, Pindar’s seventh Olympian Ode was engraved in golden letters.
40. _Changing at the font._ Alfred was god-father to Guthrun, the Danish leader, when baptized after his defeat at Ethandún (872).
LXXXIII
_Balder_ (Smith & Elder, 1854).
LXXXIV
This poem first appeared in _The Times_ (October 31, 1899), was reprinted separately by Messrs. Skeffington & Sons, and is included in the author’s last volume, _The Finding of the Book and Other Poems_ (Hodder & Stoughton, 1900). By permission of the author, the editor of _The Times_, and the publishers above mentioned.
LXXXV
_Legends and Lyrics_ (1858). Written in 1855.
LXXXVI
_Havelock’s March and Other Poems_ (Trübner & Co., 1859). By permission of the author.
LXXXVII
_Collected Poems_ (Macmillan & Co., 1900). By permission of the publishers.
LXXXVIII
_Songs and Rhymes_ (Elliot Stock, 1896). By permission of the author.
LXXXIX
_Poems Narrative and Lyrical_ (Pickering, 1853). By permission of the author.
XC
_Poems_ (Elkin Mathews, 1893). By permission of the author.
XCI
_The Bab Ballads, with which are included Songs of a Savoyard_ (George Routledge & Sons, 1897). By permission of the author. This is one of the songs in the comic opera _Utopia, Limited_.
XCII-XCIII
Both from _A Jubilee Greeting at Spithead_ (John Lane, 1897). By permission of the author.
XCIV-XCVII
The first three numbers are from _Poems and Ballads_, 3rd series (Chatto & Windus, 1889). The first is part viii. section ii. of _The Armada_.
As to the second, Drumossie Muir (l. 16), in Inverness-shire, was the scene of the battle of Culloden (1746).
l. 17. _ayont._ Beyond.
25. _mool._ Mould. _laps._ Wraps.
40. _wotsna._ Knows not.
45. _weird for dreeing._ To ‘dree a weird’ is to abide a fate.
47. _thole._ To endure.
65. _Wansbeck._ A Northumberland stream.
69. _thae._ Those.
The fourth number is from the dedicatory lines in _Astrophel and Other Poems_ (Chatto & Windus, 1894). By permission of author and publishers.
XCVIII
_The Graphic_ (November 11, 1899). By permission of the author and the editor of _The Graphic_.
XCIX-C
The first appeared in _The St. James’s Magazine_ (now defunct), October, 1877, and was included in the second edition of _Proverbs in Porcelain_ (1878), and in _At the Sign of the Lyre_ (Kegan Paul, 1889). By permission of author and publisher.
_Gloriana_ (l. 25)=Queen Elizabeth.
The second appeared in _The Sphere_ (February 3, 1900). By permission of the author and the editor of _The Sphere_.
CI
_Poetical Works_ (vol. ii., Smith, Elder & Co., 1899). By permission of author and publishers.
CII-CIII
_Songs of the Maid_ (A. Constable & Co., 1896). By permission of author and publishers.
CIV
_London Voluntaries and Other Poems_ (David Nutt, 1894), and _Poems_ (David Nutt, 1898). By permission of author and publisher.
CV
_A Song of the Sea and Other Poems_ (Methuen & Co., 1895). By permission of Miss Marie Corelli and the publishers.
CVI
_Literature_ (July 1, 1899). By permission of the author and the editor of _Literature_.
CVII
_The Violet Crown and Songs of England_ (Edward Arnold, 1891). By permission of author and publishers. This poem is dated ‘Athens, 1890.’
CVIII
_Collected Poems_ (John Lane, 1895). By permission of the publisher.
CIX-CX
_Songs of Action_ (Smith, Elder & Co., 1898). By permission of author and publishers. _The Song of the Bow_ first appeared in _The White Company_ (Smith, Elder & Co., 1891).
CXI
_The Daily Chronicle_, October 28, 1899. By permission of the author and the editor of _The Daily Chronicle_.
CXII-CXIV
_Admirals All_ (Elkin Matthews, 1897). By permission of author and publisher. As to the first:--
l. 1. _Effingham._ Charles, Lord Howard of Effingham (1536-1624), commanded the English fleet sent against the Spanish Armada (1588).
_Grenville._ Sir Richard Grenville, naval commander (1541?-1591). See Mr. Gerald Massey’s poem, _supra_, p. 113.
_Raleigh._ Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1616), soldier, sailor, courtier, adventurer, and writer.
_Drake._ Sir Francis Drake (1540?-1596).
3. _Benbow._ Vice-admiral John Benbow (1653-1702).
_Collingwood._ Vice-admiral Cuthbert, Lord Collingwood (1750-1810), second in command at Trafalgar.
_Byron._ Vice-admiral John Byron (1723-1786), grandfather of the poet.
_Blake._ Robert Blake (1599-1657), next to Nelson, the greatest English admiral.
8. _Nelson._ Horatio, Viscount Nelson (1758-1805).
13. _Essex._ Robert Devereux, second Earl of Essex (1567-1601), commanded the land attack on Cadiz (1596) when the city was taken by the English.
30. _Duncan._ Admiral Adam, Viscount Duncan (1731-1804), who defeated the Dutch in the fight off Camperdown (October 11, 1797).
31. _Texel._ One of the mouths of the Zuyder Zee.
38. _The Sound._ The strait between Sweden and Denmark leading into the Baltic Sea. The English fleet entered the Sound on April 1, 1801, and next morning Nelson, acting under orders from Sir Hyde Parker, attacked the Danish batteries.
52. _Rodneys._ Admiral George Brydges, first Baron Rodney (1719-1792).
The third is an extract from the poem entitled _Laudabunt Alii_.
CXV
_The Seven Seas._ (Methuen & Co., 1896.) By permission of author and publishers.
l. 9. _Bergen._ A town on the west coast of Norway.
10. _Disko._ An island off the west coast of Greenland. _floe._ The surface ice of polar seas.
12. _Dogger._ A sandbank in the middle of the North Sea.
18. _Musk-ox._ A long-haired animal of the ox tribe, found in Arctic America.
21. _Virgins._ A group of small islands in the West Indies.
23. _sea-egg._ Sea-urchin.
25. _Keys._ Islands near the coast (Spanish _cayo_, a sandbank).
37. _Kuriles._ A group of islands in the North Pacific.
39. _Praya._ Capital of the Cape Verde Islands. _Kowloon._ A town in China, near Hong-Kong.
43. _Hoogli._ The Ganges.
50. _Winds._ Scents, smells.
CXVI
_The Times_ (July 17, 1897). Suggested by the celebration of Queen Victoria’s ‘Diamond Jubilee’ (June 22). By permission of the author and the editor of _The Times_.
CXVII
_The Spectator_ (December 16, 1899). By permission of the author and the editor of _The Spectator_. The poem is written to an old Gaelic air.
CXVIII
_A Gun-Room Ditty Box_ (Cassell & Co., 1898). By permission of author and publishers. ‘Snotties’ is the naval equivalent of ‘midshipmen.’
II.--WALES
CXIX
Published (with _The Progress of Poetry_) in 1757.
l. 5. _hauberk._ Coat of mail.
8. _Cambria._ Wales; a Latinised form of ‘Cymru.’
13-14. _Gloster._ _Mortimer._ English nobles and Lords of the Welsh Marches.
28. _Hoel._ King of Brittany and nephew of King Arthur. _Llewellyn._ A famous Welsh prince of the eleventh century.
29. _Cadwallo._ King of North Wales in the seventh century.
31. _Urien._ A Welsh hero of the fifth century.
33. _Mordred._ Nephew of Arthur.
34. _Plinlimmon._ A mountain in Cardiganshire.
35. _Arvon._ ‘The shores of Carnarvonshire opposite the Isle of Anglesea.’--Gray.
56. Edward II. was murdered in Berkeley Castle (September 21, 1327).
57. Isabella, wife of Edward II.
67. Edward, the Black Prince.
71, &c. The reign of Richard II.
83-96. The Wars of the Roses.
87. The Tower of London was said to have been begun by Julius Cæsar.
89. _Consort._ Margaret of Anjou. _father._ Henry V.
90. _meek usurper._ Henry VI.
93. The silver boar was the badge of Richard III.
115. Queen Elizabeth.
121. _Taliessin._ A Welsh bard of the sixth century.
126. Spenser’s _Faerie Queene_.
128. Shakespeare’s plays.
131. Milton.
133. ‘The succession of poets after Milton’s time.’--Gray.
CXX
_Poetical Works_ (1832). Bodryddan is near Rhuddlan, in Flintshire.
CXXI-CXXII
_Works, with a Memoir_ (Wm. Blackwood & Sons, 1839). As to the first,--
l. 2. _Hirlas._ From ‘hir,’ long, and ‘glas,’ blue or azure.
14. Eryri is the Welsh name for the Snowdon Mountains.
As to the second,--
Prince Madog, a natural son of Llywelyn, was the leader of the Welsh Rebellion (1294-1295), occasioned by the levying of taxes by Edward I. to pay for his projected expedition to Gascony.
CXXIII
_Poems_ (Roberts, 1869). Translated from the Welsh.
l. 1. _Glyndwr._ Owain ap Gruffydd, commonly called Owen Glendower (1359?-1416?), joined the Percies and Mortimers in their rebellion against Henry IV.
CXXIV
From the Ode written at the request of the Llywelyn Memorial Committee (Bangor: Jarvis & Foster, 1895). By permission of the author. Llywelyn ap Gruffydd (died 1282) was the last champion of Welsh liberty.
l. 29. _Lloegrian._ Lloegria was one of the ancient names of Britain.
40. _Cwmhir._ Cwmhir Abbey in Radnorshire.
67. _Iorwerth’s happier son._ Llywelyn ap Iorwerth (died 1240), commonly called Llywelyn the Great.
CXXV
This translation of the famous Welsh poem, _Morfa Rhuddlan_ (_i.e._, ‘Red Marsh’) is in the metre of the original. Published (September, 1894) in _Wales_, a monthly magazine. By permission of the editor of _Wales_ and the author’s representatives. Three stanzas (2, 5, and 6) are omitted. Morfa Rhuddlan, on the banks of the Clwyd in Flintshire, was the scene of many battles between Britons and Saxons. In the battle described in the poem (A.D. 795), the Britons under Caradoc were defeated and their leader slain. Those who escaped the sword were driven into the river. The original poem is said to have been composed by Caradoc’s bard immediately after the battle.
CXXVI-CXXVII
_Welsh Lyrics of the Nineteenth Century_, First Series (Bangor: Jarvis & Foster, 1896). By permission of author and publishers.
As to the first,--Idris (=Cader Idris), Berwin, and Plynlimmon (l. 8, &c.) are mountains in Wales.
As to the second,--Cymru (l. 1)=Wales.
III.--SCOTLAND
CXXVIII
_The Tea-Table Miscellany: a Collection of Choice Songs_ (Edinburgh, 4 vols., 1724-7).
CXXIX
This ‘matchless wail’ (as Scott called it) was written in 1756. For some time it was thought to be a genuine relic of the past. Burns was one of the first to insist that it was a modern composition. The ‘Forest’ is, of course, Ettrick Forest, that romantic district comprising most of Selkirkshire and the neighbouring parts of Peebles and Edinburgh shires. A few straggling thorns and solitary birches are the sole remaining traces of this ‘fein foreste,’ once the favourite hunting-ground of the Scottish kings.
_bandsters._ Binders of sheaves. _bogle._ ‘Hide and seek.’ _buchts._ Pen in which ewes are enclosed at milking-time. _daffin’._ Making merry. _dool._ Sorrow. _dowie._ Doleful. _fleechin’._ Coaxing. _gabbin’._ Talking pertly. _har’st._ Harvest. _ilk, ilka._ Every. _liltin’._ Singing. _loanin’._ Lane. _laighlin._ Milking pail. _lyart._ Hoary-headed. _mair._ More. _runkled._ Wrinkled. _swankies._ Lively young fellows. _wae._ Sad. _wede._ Weeded.
CXXX
Written on the Marquess of Huntley’s departure for Holland, with the English forces, under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby, in 1799.
CXXXI-CXXXIV
The first is number 259 in vol. iii. of Johnson’s _Musical Museum_ (1790), signed ‘Z.’ ‘The first half stanza of this song is old--the rest is mine.’--Author’s note in interleaved copy.
The second was written in 1793, and first published in the _Morning Chronicle_ (May, 1794). The old air, _Hey, tuttie, taitie_, to which Burns ‘fitted’ this poem, is said to have been Bruce’s marching tune at Bannockburn.
The third appeared in the _Edinburgh Courant_ (May 4, 1795), and in the _Dumfries Journal_ (May 5, 1795), and is number 546 in vol. ii. of Johnson’s _Musical Museum_ (1803).
The fourth was written in 1795 for the Irish air _Humours of Glen_, and published in the _Edinburgh Magazine_ (May, 1797), and in vol. ii. of Thomson’s _Scottish Airs_ (1799).
CXXXV-CXXXVII
The first is the opening stanza of the sixth canto of _The Lay of the Last Minstrel_ (1805).
The second consists of part of stanza 33, and the whole of stanza 34 of the sixth canto of _Marmion_ (1808).
l. 5. _vaward._ Vanguard.
7. The horn of Roland, nephew of Charlemagne, the sound of which carried a fabulous distance.
The third was written for _Albyn’s Anthology_ (1816). ‘Donuil Dhu’ means ‘Donald the Black.’
CXXXVIII-CXL
The first is from _The Monastery_ (1820).
l. 8. _the Queen._ Mary, Queen of Scots.
9. _hirsels._ Flocks.
The second, written in 1825, first appeared in _The Doom of Devergoil_ (1830), Act ii. scene 2.
‘The air of Bonnie Dundee running in my head to-day,’ Scott writes (22nd December), ‘I wrote a few verses to it before dinner, taking the keynote from the story of Clavers leaving the Scottish Convention of Estates in 1688-9. _I wonder if they are good!_’ (_Journal_, i. 60).
_barkened._ Tanned. _carline._ Old woman. _couthie._ Kind. _douce._ Quiet. _duniewassals._ Yeomen. _flyting._ Scolding. _gang._ Go. _ilk._ Every. _pow._ Pate. _target._ A round shield.
The full title of the third number is ‘War Song of the Royal Edinburgh Light Dragoons.’ It was written under the apprehension of a French invasion. The corps of volunteers to which the song is addressed was raised in 1797, and consisted of Edinburgh gentlemen mounted and armed at their own expense.
CXLI
From Scott’s _Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border_, 3 vols. (1802-1803). The first four lines of the fourth stanza appear on the title-page of _Marmion_.
CXLII
First published in Cromek’s _Remains of Nithisdale and Galloway Song_ (1810), when the author was a working mason.
CXLIII
Johnson’s _Musical Museum_, vol. iii. (1790). A similar song, _The Clans are Coming_, is included in Ritson’s _Scottish Songs_ (1794).
CXLIV
_Collected Works_, edited by William Anderson (1851). I have found many versions of this old song, but none to equal Gilfillan’s.
CXLV-CXLVI
Both from _Songs of Travel_ (Chatto & Windus, 1896). By permission of Charles Baxter, Esq., executor of the author.
The second was written at Vailima, Samoa, and is addressed ‘To S. R. Crockett, Esq.’ The author writes from Vailima to Mr. Crockett (May 17, 1893):--‘I shall never set my foot again upon the heather. Here I am until I die, and here will I be buried. The word is out, and the doom written.’--_Letters_, vol. ii. p. 287 (Methuen & Co., 1899).
l. 3. _Whaups._ Curlews.
11. _Peewees._ Lapwings.
CXLVII
_Blackwood’s Magazine_ (January 1900). By permission of the author and the editor of _Blackwood’s Magazine_.
JACOBITE SONGS
CXLVIII-CLI
The first number is given in Hogg’s _Jacobite Relics_, Second Series (Wm. Blackwood, 1821).
As to the second,--there are many versions of this old song. Hogg has two versions, both different to that given here.
The third number is attributed to Hogg by Chambers and other critics.
The fourth is said to have been written by Lady Keith (_née_ Lady Maria Drummond), daughter of the Earl of Perth, and mother of James Francis Edward, commonly called Marshal Keith (1698-1758), who fought under Frederick the Great in the Seven Years’ War.
_birken._ Birch. _laverock._ Lark. _Moidart._ In Inverness. _croo house._ Hovel. _bike._ Family. _lyart._ Hoary. _eild._ Old age. _clishmaclaver._ Idle discourse.
CLII-CLV
The first is number 127 of vol. ii. of Johnson’s _Musical Museum_ (1788). Unsigned.
The second is number 302 of vol. iv. of Johnson’s _Musical Museum_ (1792). Unsigned.
l. 2. _felly._ Relentless.
5. _maun._ Must.
9. _mirk._ Gloomy.
The third is number 359 of vol. iv. of Johnson’s _Musical Museum_ (1792). Unsigned. This song has not been found in any earlier collection.
The fourth is number 497 of vol. v. of Johnson’s _Musical Museum_ (1796). Unsigned. Based on an old ballad, ‘Unkind Parents’ (_Roxburghe Ballads_, vol. vii.).
l. 15. _gae._ Gave.
28. _lee-lang._ Live-long.
CLVI-CLVII
_Lays from Stratheam_ (1746). These new versions of old songs were first published anonymously.
As to the second, _gar mony ferlie_ (l. 2)=‘cause great excitement.’
CLVIII
Given in Hogg (Second Series), and reprinted in _Poetical Remains of William Glen, with Memoir_ (1874). Written to the old tune, ‘Johnnie Faa.’
l. 12. _lilt o’ dool._ Song of grief.
22. _maist._ Almost.
38. _fairly._ Completely.
CLIX
_Songs of the North_, vol. i. (Cramer & Co., 1885). By permission of the author, who wrote the words to fit an old and stirring air with which he became acquainted when on a visit to the Hebrides.
CLX
By permission of the author and the editor of _The Celtic Monthly_, in which publication (May, 1894) these verses first appeared.
IV.--IRELAND
CLXI
Lines 83-97 of _The Deserted Village_ (1769).
CLXII
This, the best and most widely known of the Irish street ballads, dates from the year 1798. _Caubeen_ (l. 15)=hat.
CLXIII-CLXIX
All from the famous series of _Irish Melodies_, the publication of which began in 1807, and continued at irregular intervals till 1834.
As to the second,--
l. 3. _Mononia._ Munster.
4. _Kincora._ Brien’s Palace.
22. _Ossory’s plain._ The ancient kingdom of Ossory comprised parts of Queen’s County and Kilkenny.
As to the third,--
l. 1. _Tara’s halls._ The hill of Tara, in Meath, was the meeting-place for the election of the kings of Ireland; but most writers on Irish antiquities are of opinion that there was no royal dwelling there. It would seem, therefore, that ‘Tara’s halls’ never existed but in the imagination of poets.
As to the fifth, Robert Emmet (1778-1803), United Irishman, the leader of ‘Emmet’s Rising’ (1803), was arrested by Major Sirr (the capturer of Lord Edward Fitzgerald), tried September 19, and hanged next day (1803). He was engaged to be married to Sarah Curran, daughter of the great lawyer, and it was to this lady Moore addressed his famous poem. The lady subsequently (November 24, 1805) married Major Sturgeon of the Royal Staff Corps.
CLXX
_Minor Poems of Charlotte Elizabeth_ (1848). Published in the author’s lifetime over the signature ‘Charlotte Elizabeth.’
CLXXI-CLXXII
Mangan’s poems appeared in Dublin magazines and journals--_The Dublin University Magazine_, _The Nation_, and _The Dublin Penny Journal_. There is no complete edition of his works.
As to the second, ‘Dark Rosaleen,’ is, of course, a mystical name for Ireland.
CLXXIII-CLXXIV
_Songs, Poems, and Verses_ (John Murray, 1884). By permission of the Marquess of Dufferin and Ava. The second is dated 1845.
CLXXV-CLXXVI
_Dublin University Magazine_ (1834). As to the first, Fiagh MacHugh O’Byrne, one of the most powerful Irish chieftains in the sixteenth century, was killed in a skirmish with the forces of the Lord Deputy (1597). _Gall_ (l. 17)=‘foreigners.’
The second is the first two stanzas of a very close translation, in the original metre, of an Irish song of unknown authorship, dating from the seventeenth century. The refrain has never been satisfactorily translated.
CLXXVII-CLXXVIII
_The Poems of Thomas Davis, now first collected_ (Dublin: James Duffy, 1846). These poems made their first appearance in _The Nation_.
The second is a ‘Lament for the Death of Eoghan Ruadh O’Neill,’ commonly called Owen Roe O’Neill (1590?-1649), patriot and general, who led the Irish against the Scotch and Parliamentary forces in Ireland (1642-1649).
The Author’s Note is as follows:--‘_Time._--November 10, 1649. _Scene._--Ormond’s camp, county Waterford. _Speakers._--A veteran of Eoghan O’Neill’s clan, and one of the horsemen, just arrived with an account of his death.’
l. 2. _Poison._ There is no truth in the assertion that O’Neill was poisoned. He died a natural death.
7. SACSANACH. Saxon, English.
8. _Cloc Uachtar._ Clough Oughter, in county Cavan, where the O’Reillys had a stronghold.
19. _Beinn Burb._ Benburb, on the Blackwater, where O’Neill defeated the Scotch army under Monro (June 5, 1646).
CLXXIX
_Innisfail and Other Poems_ (Macmillan & Co., 1877), and _Poetical Works_, six vols. (Macmillan & Co., 1884). By permission of author and publishers.
‘The Little Black Rose’ (l. 1) and ‘The Silk of the Kine’ (l. 5) were mystical names applied to Ireland by the bards. Athenry (l. 12), in county Galway, was the scene of a battle in which the Irish under Felim O’Conor were defeated by the English forces under Sir William de Burgh (1316).
CLXXX-CLXXXI
The first appeared in _The Nation_, 1st April 1843, and both are included in _Sonnets and Other Poems_ (A. & C. Black, 1900). By permission of author and publishers.
CLXXXII-CLXXXIII
_Bards of the Gael and Gall_ (T. Fisher Unwin, 1897). By permission of author and publisher. Both are translations from Irish poems of the seventeenth century.
As to the first,--O’Neill, Earl of Tyrone, and O’Donnell, Earl of Tyrconnell, hearing that the Government had determined to seize them on a charge of conspiracy, apparently groundless, suddenly left Ireland, sailing from Rathmullan, on Lough Foyle, to France (1607). Their estates were confiscated, and ‘The Plantation of Ulster’ began.
CLXXXIV
From _Dublin Verses_ (Elkin Mathews, 1895)--a collection of poems by members of Trinity College, Dublin. By permission of author and publisher.
CLXXXV
_Macmillan’s Magazine_ (September, 1900). By permission of the author and the editor of _Macmillan’s Magazine_.
CLXXXVI
_The Rising of the Moon and Other Poems_ (1869). By permission of Messrs. Cameron & Ferguson, the present publishers.
l. 2. _ma bouchal._ My boy.
11. _banshee._ The fairy spirit of doom (Irish, _ban-sidhe_).
CLXXXVII
_Poems and Ballads of Young Ireland_ (Dublin: Gill & Son, 1888). By permission of the author. Clonmacnois, founded by St. Kieran in the sixth century, was for many generations one of the greatest ecclesiastical establishments and centres of learning in Ireland. It was the chosen burial-place of many royal and noble families.
CLXXXVIII
_The Wind in the Trees_ (Grant Richards, 1898). By permission of the author.
CLXXXIX
_Poems_ (Elkin Mathews, 1895). By permission of author and publisher.
l. 2. _Inisfail_ (_i.e._ ‘The Isle of Destiny’), an ancient name of Ireland.
V.--CANADA
CXC
_Poems_ (Toronto: Dudley & Burns, 1888). By permission of the author. The Nile Expeditionary Force for the relief of General Gordon was conveyed up the river in flat-bottomed boats navigated by Canadian Indians (_voyageurs_).
CXCI
_Lays of Canada_ (Montreal: John Lovell & Son, 1890). By permission of the author.
CXCII
_Laura Second and Other Poems_ (Toronto, 1887). By permission of the author’s representatives.
CXCII
_A Treasury of Canadian Verse_ (J. M. Dent & Co., 1900). By permission of the author’s representatives.
CXCIV
_Toronto Daily Mail_ (July 23, 1885). By permission of the author. The call for volunteers was occasioned by the ‘Half-Breed Rebellion’ in North-West Canada (1884-5).
CXCV
Published separately (McCorquodale & Co., 1900), and sold for the benefit of the Canadian Patriotic Fund. By permission of the author.
CXCVI
_In Divers Tones_ (Boston: Small, Maynard & Co., 1887). By permission of the author.
CXCVII-CXCVIII
_Beyond the Hills of Dream_ (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1899). By permission of author and publishers. The first had previously appeared in _The Westminster Gazette_ (August, 1897), and the second in _The Toronto Globe_ (Christmas Number, 1899).
CXCIX-CC
The first is from _Poems Old and New_ (Toronto: William Briggs, 1900), and the second from _The Soul’s Quest and Other Poems_ (London: Kegan Paul & Co., 1888). By permission of the author.
CCI