Part 1

BALLADES AND RONDEAUS, CHANTS ROYAL, SESTINAS, VILLANELLES, &c., SELECTED BY GLEESON WHITE.

LONDON: WALTER SCOTT, LIMITED, PATERNOSTER SQUARE. NEW YORK: 3 EAST FOURTEENTH STREET.

To

Robert Louis Stevenson.

_The crowning pleasure in the compilation of this book is the permission to dedicate it to you, and this token of personal admiration is not without special fitness, since you were among the earliest to experiment in these French rhythms, and to introduce_ CHARLES D'ORLÉANS _and_ FRANÇOIS VILLON _to the majority of English readers_.

_"Those old French ways of verse making that have been coming into fashion of late. Surely they say a pretty thing more prettily for their quaint old-fashioned liberty! That_ TRIOLET--_how deliciously impertinent it is! is it not?... The variety of dainty modes wherein by shape and sound a very pretty something is carved out of nothing at all. Their fantastic surprises, the ring of their bell-like returns upon themselves, their music of triangle and cymbal. In some of them poetry seems to approach the nearest possible to bird-song--to unconscious seeming through most unconscious art, imitating the carelessness and impromptu of forms as old as the existence of birds, and as new as every fresh individual joy in each new generation, growing their own feathers, and singing their own song, yet always the feathers of their kind, and the song of their kind."--_

"Home Again."--GEORGE MACDONALD.

INDEX.

_* An asterisk is attached to the titles of those not previously published. Names of American Authors are in Italic type._

BALLADES

AUTHOR. TITLE. SOURCE. PAGE

_Adams, Oscar Fay_ 'Pipes of Pan' _American_ 3

ALLEN, GRANT 'Of Evolution' _Evolutionist at 4 Large_

ANONYMOUS 'Of Bothers' _Cambridge Meteor_ 6

BLACK, WILLIAM 'Of Solitude' _Longman's Mag._ 5

DICK, COTSFORD 'Of Belief' _The Model, etc._ 7

" 'Of Burial' " 8

DOBSON, AUSTIN 'Of the Spanish _Old World Idylls_ 9 Armada'

" 'On a Fan' " 10

" 'Of Imitation' " 11

" 'Of Prose and Rhyme' " 12

GOSSE, EDMUND 'Of Dead Cities' _New Poems_ 13

GRANT, JOHN CAMERON Ballade Songs of Sunny South 14

" 'Lilith' _A Year of Life_ 15

HENLEY, W. E. 'Of Antique Dances' _Belgravia_ 16

" 'Of Dead Actors' _Magazine of Art_ 17

" 'Of June' _Belgravia_ 18

" 'Of Ladies' Names' _The London_ 19

" 'Of Spring' " 20

" 'Midsummer Days' " 21

" 'Of Youth and Age' " 22

" 'Of Hot Weather' " 77

" 'Of Aspirations' " 78

" 'Of Truisms' " 79

" 'Of Life and Fate' " 80

" 'Of the Nothingness " 82 of Things'

JEWITT, W. H. Ballade _Romance of Love_ 23

LANG, ANDREW 'Gringoire' _New Quarterly Mag._ 24

" 'Valentine' _Waifs and Strays_ 25

" 'Of Primitive Man' _Ballades in Blue 26 China_

" 'Of Sleep' " 84

" 'Of Summer' _Rhymes a la mode_ 27

" 'Of Yule' " 28

" 'Of Middle Age' " 29

" 'For the Laureate' _Longman's Mag._ 30

" 'Of the Southern " 31 Cross'

LE GALLIENNE 'Of Old Sweethearts' _My Ladies' Sonnets_ 32

"Love in Idleness" Ballade 33

" 'Of Dead Thinkers' 34

MCCARTHY, JUSTIN H. 'Of Roses'* 35

_MacCulloch, Hunter_ 'Of Death' _From Dawn to Dusk_ 36

_Matthews, Brander_ 'Of Tobacco' _American_ 37

" 'Of Adaptation' " 38

" 'Of Midsummer' " 39

" 'Rain and Shine' _The Century_ 40

" 'An American Girl' " 41

MOORE, GEORGE 'Of Lovelace' _Pagan Poems_ 86

_Moran, John_ 'From Battle, Murder' _American_ 42

_Moulton, L. C._ 'In Winter' _The Century_ 43

NICHOLS, J. B. B. 'Of his Lady' _Longman's Magazine_ 44

F. S. P. 'Of Exmoor' _Waifs and Strays_ 45

PAYNE, JOHN 'Of Past Delights' _New Poems_ 46

" Ballad " 87

" 'Singers of the Time' " 88

_Peck, S. M._ 'The Pixies' _'Cap and Bells'_ 47

PFEIFFER, E. 'Of the Thuner-See' _Songs and Sonnets_ 48

PROBYN, MAY 'Grandmother' _Ballad of the Road_ 49

_Roberts, C. D. G._ 'Philomela' _In Divers Tones_ 50

" 'Calypso' " 51

ROBINSON, A. M. F. 'Of Forgotten Tunes' _An Italian Garden_ 52

" 'Of Lost Lovers' _Handful of 90 Honeysuckles_

" 'Of Heroes' " 91

ROPES, ARTHUR REED 'Of a Garden' _Poems_ 53

_Scollard, Clinton_ 'Of the Bard' _Pictures in Song_ 54

" 'Of Dead Poets' " 55

" 'To Villon' " 56

" 'The Blithe Ballade' _With Reed and Lyre_ 57

" 'O Lady Mine' " 58

" 'Ships of Tyre' " 59

SHARP, WILLIAM 'Of Vain Hopes'* 60

" 'Of the Sea-Wind'* 61

" 'Of the Sea-Folk'* 62

_Sherman, F. D._ 'To Austin Dobson' _Madrigals and 63 Catches_

" 'Of Rhyme' " 64

SWINBURNE, A. C. 'Of Dreamland' _Poems and Ballads, 65 2d Ser._

" 'Of François Villon' " 93

" Villon's Epitaph " 94

" 'Of Bath' _English Ill. Mag._ 95

" 'Of Sark' " 97

SYMONS, ARTHUR 'Of Kings' _Time_ 66

TOMSON, GRAHAM R. 'Of Acheron' _Longman's Mag._ 67

" 'Of Asphodel' " 68

" 'Of the Bourne' _Harper's Mag._ 69

" 'Of Fairy Gold'* 70

" 'Of Might-be'* 71

" 'Of the Optimist' _St. James' Gazette_ 72

WHEELER, MORTIMER 'Of Old Instruments' _Mag. of Music_ 73

" 'Of Sea-Music' " 74

WHITNEY, ERNEST 'Nightingale and 75 Lark'

WILTON, RICHARD 'Grandchildren at 76 Church'

CHANTS ROYAL.

DOBSON, AUSTIN 'The Dance of Death' _Old World Idylls_ 98

GOSSE, EDMUND 'The Praise of _New Poems_ 100 Dionysus'

PAYNE, JOHN 'The God of Love' _New Poems_ 102

PFEIFFER, E. 'Children of the _Gerard's Monument_ 104 Mist'

_Scollard, Clinton_ 'King Boreas' _Pictures in Song_ 106

WADDINGTON, S. 'The New Epiphany' _Sonnets, etc._ 108

_Whitney, E._ 'Glory of the Year' _The Century_ 110

KYRIELLES.

PAYNE, JOHN Kyrielle _New Poems_ 115

ROBINSON, A. M. F. 'The Pavilion' _An Italian Garden_ 116

_Scollard, Clinton_ Kyrielle _Pictures in Song_ 116

PANTOUMS.

DOBSON, AUSTIN 'In Town' _At the Sign of the 117 Lyre_

"Love in Idleness" 'Monologue d'outre 119 Tombe'

PAYNE, JOHN Pantoum Songs of 121 Life and Death

_Matthews, Brander_ 'En route' _The Century_ 124

_Scollard, Clinton_ 'Sultan's Garden' _Pictures in Song_ 126

RONDEAUX REDOUBLES.

MONKHOUSE, COSMO 'My Soul is Sick' 128

PAYNE, JOHN 'My Day and Night' _New Poems_ 129

_Scollard, Clinton_ 'Prayer of Dryope' _Pictures in Song_ 130

TOMSON, GRAHAM R. 'I will go hence'* 131

RONDELS.

_Bunner, H. C._ 'O Honey of Hymettus' _Airs from Arcady_ 135

" 'Ready for the Ride' _The Century_ 135

CRANE, WALTER Two Rondels 136

DABSON, AUSTIN 'The Wanderer' _Old World Idylls_ 137

_Fay, A. M._ Rondel 137

GOSSE, EDMUND " _New Poems_ 138

GRANT, J. C. " _Songs from the 138 Sunny South_

HENLEY, W. E. Four Variations _The London_ 139

" 'The Ways of Death' " 141

MCCARTHY, JUSTIN H. Rondel* 141

MACDONALD, GEORGE Two Rondels _A Threefold Cord_ 142

MOORE, GEORGE Two Rondels* 143

MONKHOUSE, COSMO 'To a Sheet of 144 Paper'*

PAYNE, JOHN 'Kiss me, Sweetheart' _New Poems_ 144

_Peck, S. M._ 'Before the Dawn' _Cap and Bells_ 145

PFEIFFER, EMILY Rondel 147

PROBYN, MAY " _Ballad of the Road_ 145

" Rondelets " 151

ROPES, A. REED Two Rondels _Poems_ 146

_Scollard, Clinton_ 'Come, Love' _With Reed and Lyre_ 147

" 'Upon the Stair' _Pictures in Song_ 148

" 'I Heard a Maid' " 148

_Sherman, F. D._ 'Valentine' " 149

WARING, C. H. 'Love's Captive' _Fun_ 149

" 'Love' " 150

WILTON, RICHARD Rondel Sungleams 150

" 'Benedicte' _Sunday at Home_ 151

RONDEAUS.

_Bates, Arlo_ 'Might Love be 152 Bought'*

" 'In Thy Clear Eyes'* 152

BELL, C. D. 'The Sweet Sad Years' _Songs in Many Keys_ 153

" 'A Wish' " 153

BOWEN, H. C. 'To a Doleful Poet' _Longman's Magazine_ 154

BRIDGES, ROBERT 'His Poisoned Shafts' _Poems_ 155

BULLOCH, J. M. 'To Homer'* 155

_Bunner, H. C._ 'September' _Airs from Arcady_ 156

" 'Les Morts vont vite' " 156

CRANE, WALTER 'In Love's Disport'* 157

" 'What makes the 157 World?'*

THE SICILIAN OCTAVE.

Two Examples by Dr. 132 RICHARD GARNETT

DOBSON, AUSTIN 'O fons Bandusiæ' _Old World Idylls_ 158

" 'On London Stones' " 158

" 'To Ethel' " 159

" 'With Pipe and Flute' " 160

" 'To a June Rose' _At the Sign of the 159 Lyre_

" 'In After Days' " 160

" 'In Vain To-day' " 161

" 'When Burbadge " 161 Played'

_Chew, Beverly_ 'Old Books' _New York Critic_ 162

GRANT, J. C. 'A Coward Still' _Songs of Sunny 162 South_

_Grant, Robert_ 'Rondeaux of Cities' _The Century_ 163-4

_Goodale, E._ 'Could She have " 165 Guessed'

GOSSE, EDMUND 'Fortunate Love' _On Viol and Flute_ 165-8

" 'If Love should _New Poems_ 168 Faint'

HENLEY, W. E. 'My Love to Me' _The London_ 169

" 'With Strawberries' " 169

" 'A Flirted Fan' " 170

" 'In Rotten Row' " 170

" 'The Leaves are Sere' " 171

" 'With a Fan' " 171

" 'If I were King' " 172

" 'The Gods are Dead' " 172

" 'Her Little Feet' " 173

" 'When you are Old'* " 173

_Levy, Nathan_ 'My Books' _American_ 174

"Love in Idleness" 'Most Sweet of All' 174

_Lüders, C. H._ 'The Redbreast' _Hallo, my fancy_ 175

" 'To Q. H. F.' " 175

MCCARTHY, JUSTIN H. 'Love in London '* " 176

MARTIN, ADA L. 'Sleep' _Cassell's Magazine_ 176

MARZIALS, THEO. 'To Tamaris' _Athenæum_ 177

" 'When I see you' " 177

" 'Carpe Diem' 178

_Matthews, Brander_ 'Old and New' _American_ 178

" 'Sub Rosa' _The Century_ 179

MONKHOUSE, COSMO 'Violet' _The Spectator_ 179

" 'O scorn me not'* 180

" 'Ten Thousand 180 Pounds'*

PAYNE, JOHN 'One of these days' _New Poems_ 181

" 'Life lapses by' " 181

_Peck, S. M._ 'Beyond the Night' _Cap and Bells_ 182

" 'Among my Books' " 182

PFEIFFER, E. 'I go my Gait' _Gerard's Monument_ 183

_Roberts, C. G. D._ 'Laurels for Song' _In Divers Tones_ 183

" 'Without one Kiss' _Orion_ 184

_Scollard, Clinton_ 'Vis Erotis' _With Reed and Lyre_ 184

" 'When Sirius Shines' " 185

" 'At Peep of Dawn' " 185

" 'In Greenwood Glen' _Pictures in Song_ 186

_Sherman, F. D._ 'Her China Cup' _Madrigals and 186 Catches_

" 'Behind her Fan' " 187

" 'Valentine' " 187

" 'When Twilight comes' " 188

" 'Come, Pan, and Pipe' " 188

" 'An Old Rondo' " 189

STERRY, J. ASHBY 'A Street Sketch' _The Lazy Minstrel_ 189

" 'Dover' " 190

" 'Homesick' " 190

TOMSON, GRAHAM R. 'In Beechen Shade'* 191

" 'The Gates of Horn'* 191

WADDINGTON, S. 'If Love be True' _Sonnets, etc._ 192

" 'The Coquette' " 192

WEATHERLY, G. 'Yes or No' _Cassell's Magazine_ 193

WILTON, REV. R. 'My Window Birds' _Sungleams_ 193

" 'Snowdrops and " 194 Aconites'

" 'Chiff-chaff's " 194 Message'

WRIGHT, ARTHUR G. 'When Summer Dies' _Time_ 195

" 'My Little 195 Sweetheart'*

ROUNDELS.

BLOMFIELD, D. F. Three Roundels _English Ill. Mag._ 196-7

SWINBURNE, A. C. 'A Singing Lesson' _Century of Roundels_ 197

" 'In Guernsey' " 198-9

" 'The Roundel' " 199

SAYLE, C. 'Nothing so Sweet' _Bertha, etc._ 200

" 'The Trysting-Tree' " 200

SYMONS, ARTHUR 'Of Rest'* 201

WADDINGTON, S. 'Mors et Vita'* 201

WELLER, BERNARD 'Rondels of _Home Chimes_ 202 Childhood'

SESTINAS.

_Byrne, F. M._ Sestina _American_ 205

_Coleman, C. W._ 'Love's Going' _Harper's Magazine_ 206

GOSSE, EDMUND Sestina _New Poems_ 207

ROBINSON, A. M. F. 'Pulvis et Umbra' _An Italian Song_ 209

_Scollard, C._ 'Cupid and the _Pictures in Song_ 210 Shepherd'

SWINBURNE, A. C. Sestina _Poems and Ballads 211 (2nd ser.)_

TRIOLETS.

ALEXANDER, GRIFFITH 'My Sweetheart' 215

BRIDGES, ROBERT Two Triolets _Poems_ 215

_Bates, Arlo_ Four Triolets* _American_ 216

_Bunner, H. C._ Triolet _The Century_ 217

CRANE, WALTER Triolet* 217

DICK, COTSFORD 'Triolets for the _The Model_ 218 Twelfth'

DOBSON, AUSTIN 'Rose-leaves' _Old World Idylls_ 219

" 'Oh, Love's but a " 220 Dance'

GOSSE, EDMUND 'After Catullus'* 221

HENLEY, W. E. Triolet _The London_ 221

_Learned, Walter_ " _American_ 221

MCCARTHY, JUSTIN H. Triolets* 222

_Lüders, C. H._ " _Hallo, my fancy_ 223

"Love in Idleness" Triolet 224

MACDONALD, GEORGE Triolets _A Threefold Cord_ 224-6

_Peck, S. M._ 'Under the Rose' _Cap and Bells_ 227

PFEIFFER, E. Triolet _Gerard's Monument_ 228

RADFORD, ERNEST Six Triolets _Measured Steps_229-30

_Robertson, Harrison_ Two Triolets _The Century_ 228

ROBINSON, A. M. F. 'From Fiametta' _Handful of 231 Honeysuckles_

_Scollard, Clinton_ 'A Snowflake' _With Reed and Lyre_ 233

STERRY, J. ASHBY 'A Tiny Trip' _The Lazy Minstrel_ 233

SYMONS, ARTHUR 'Vestigia' _Home Chimes_ 235

"The Century" Triolet 224

" 'Apology for gazing' 233

" 'Rejected' 238

TOMSON, GRAHAM R. Triolets* 236-8

WARING, C. H. 'A Pair of Gloves' _Fun_ 239

WEATHERLY, G. 'In the Orchard' _Cassell's Magazine_ 240

VILLANELLES.

BEVINGTON, L. S. 'Roses' _Key Notes_ 243

DICK, COTSFORD 'A Vacation _The Model_ 244 Villanelle'

DOBSON, AUSTIN 'Tu ne quaesieris' _Old World Idylls_ 245

" 'When I saw you " 246 last, Rose'

" 'Theocritus' " 247

" 'On a Nankin Plate' " 248

GOSSE, EDMUND Villanelle _New Poems_ 249

" 'Little Mistress " 250 mine'

HENLEY, W. E. 'Where's the use of _The London_ 251 sighing'

" 'The Villanelle' " 252

" 'In the Clatter of " 253 the Train'

LANG, ANDREW 'To M. Boulmier' _Ballades in Blue 254 China_ "Love in Idleness" 'To the Nightingale' 255

MONKHOUSE, COSMO 'Hetty'* 256

NOBLE, J. ASHCROFT 'Life' _Verses of a 257 Prose-Writer_

PAYNE, JOHN 'The Air is White' _New Poems_ 258

_Peck, S. M._ 'Bonnie Belle' _Cap and Bells_ 259

" 'If some true " 260 Maiden's'

PFEIFFER, E. 'When the brow of _Sonnets v. Songs_ 261 June'

" 'O Summer-time' " 262

PROBYN, MAY 'In every Sound' 263

" 'The Daffodils' _Ballad of the Road_ 264

_Scollard, Clinton_ 'To Helen' _With Reed and Lyre_ 265

" 'To the Daffodil' " 266

" 'Spring knocks' _Pictures in Song_ 267

STERRY, J. ASHBY 'Dot' 268

_Thomas, Edith W._ 'Across the World'* " 270

" 'Where are the _The Manhattan_ 271 Springs'

TOMSON, GRAHAM R. 'To Hesperus'* " 272

" 'I did not Dream'* 273

WADDINGTON, S. 'Come, to the Woods' _Sonnets, etc._ 274