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Poems
by William Ernest Henley
Henley, William Ernest (1849-1903)
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TO MY WIFE
[Ask me not how they came]
IN HOSPITAL
THE SONG OF THE SWORD
ARABIAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS
BRIC-A-BRAC
ECHOES
RHYMES AND RHYTHMS
HAWTHORN AND LAVENDER
LONDON VOLUNTARIES
LONDON TYPES
[dedication]
I.
I 'BUS-DRIVER
II.
II LIFE-GUARDSMAN
III.
III HAWKER
IV.
IV BEEF-EATER
V.
V SANDWICH-MAN
VI.
VI 'LIZA
VII.
VII ‘LADY’
VIII.
VIII BLUECOAT BOY
IX.
IX MOUNTED POLICE
X.
X NEWS-BOY
XI.
XI DRUM-MAJOR
XII.
XII FLOWER-GIRL
XIII.
XIII BARMAID
[The Artist muses at his ease]
THREE PROLOGUES
FOR ENGLAND'S SAKE
EPICEDIA
APPENDIX
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IN MEMORIAM
GEORGE WARRINGTON STEEVENS
London, December 10, 1869. Ladysmith, January 15, 1900.
We
cheered you forth—brilliant and kind and brave.
Under your country's triumphing flag you fell.
It floats, true Heart, over no dearer grave—
Brave and brilliant and kind, hail and farewell!
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