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English Roses

by F. Harald Williams [i.e. F. W. O. Ward]

Ward, F. W. Orde (1843-1922)

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I.

SECTION I. English Roses.

SALVATION SALLY.

“TOM'S A-COLD!”

THE ROWAN TREE.

THE EVERLASTING BOY.

DELICIOUS DEATH.

CHILD GOING TO SLEEP.

GREEN AND GOLD.

PULCHRIORI DETUR.

AUGUSTA REDIVIVA.

EPITHALAMIUM.

AT THE ACADEMY.

AN EGYPTIAN BOY.

AN EASTBOURNE CAMEO.

LOVE IN IDLENESS.

SWEET-LOOKING AND SWEET-LIVING.

SILVER AND GOLD.

THE CAPTIVE PRINCE.

TALLER THAN THE TALLEST.

AN ARRANGEMENT IN GREEN.

TO MY HELIOTROPE.

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II.

SECTION II. Blood and Iron.

“TRUST IN GOD AND KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY.”

“DOWN WITH THE PEERS!”

GOD OF OUR FATHERS.

WHAT MAKES ENGLAND?

GOD DEFEND THE RIGHT.

A NATIONAL HYMN.

THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK.

A FIGHTING SONG.

UP WITH THE BAYONET.

MARCHING ORDERS.

AN OBJECT LESSON.

A BLOOMING ADMIRAL.

SONG OF THE FLAG.

HOW WE STORMED THE BATTERY AND REGAINED THE GUNS.

LONG LIVE THE QUEEN!—1897.

GOD OF BATTLES.

QUO DEINDE RUIS?

WHERE IS OLD ENGLAND?

BLOOD BROTHERHOOD.

CURSE OF COMPULSION.

THE YOUNG PRINCE.

ENGLAND'S MISSION.

THE CHARGE OF THE 21st LANCERS.

THE QUEEN'S WRIT RUNS.

WILSON'S LAST STAND.

“HOLD THE GUN!”

THE BLUE RIBAND OF THE SEA.

BOOT AND SADDLE.

THE LONG RIGHT HAND.

THE GREAT POWDER MAGAZINE.

TO THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF SALISBURY, K.G.

TO THE BLUEJACKET.

OUR FRONTIER MEN.

THE WALLS OF ENGLAND.

THE FLAG OF ENGLAND.

THE THUNDER RAM.

SONG OF DAWNRISE.

WRITTEN IN RED.

CUSTODES PATRIÆ.

TO THE PREMIER.

THE MAKING OF THE ENGLISHMAN.

HER MAJESTY'S BIRTHDAY.

THE THIN RED LINE.

SONG OF EMPIRE.

INDIA'S HEROES.

BUILDERS OF EMPIRE.

THE MODERN SOLDIER.

GOD BLESS OUR QUEEN.

THE POET'S SWAN SONG.

IN HONOREM V.R.I. 20 JUNE, 1897.

ENGLAND'S FRONTIERS.

A MODERN JUBILATE.

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III.

SECTION III. Laughing Philosophy.

THE MODERN OLYMPUS.

RATHER REVEREND.

THE NEW CODE OF 1999.

PARENTS AT SCHOOL.

VERB. SAT. SAP.

THE NEW SCHOOL OF MANNERS.

THE BIG POT OF SOCIALISM.

CAPTAIN MARY JONES (S. A.)

BROTHER BATHOS.

THE ASTRAL PLANE.

GOÜN TO THE DAWGS.

IRONY OF THINGS.

THE SKELETONS' DANCE.

O BAAL, HEAR US!

THE PLYMOUTH BROTHER.

THE STRAYED ANGEL.

NEBULAR ENGLISH.

THE MORAL MINIMUM.

THE GREAT QUACK.

THE LOST ART OF SUCKING EGGS.

PIOUS OPINIONS.

THE PROBLEM AND THE PROFESSOR.

ERGA—PARERGA.

PIMPLE AND PATCH.

SPORTING POLITICS.

FIN-DE-SIECLE BABY.

MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM. (Old style).

THE DEVIL AND THE SERMON.

IN THE COUNTRY.

THE SHADDER OF GAWD.

BUFO ANTIQUUS LOQUITUR.

THE DEVIL IN PARLIAMENT.

THE CONCERT OF EUROPE.

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IV.

SECTION IV. Euphrasy and Rue.

ETERNAL CORRESPONDENCE.

THE THEOTEKTONES.

THE GOD-MAKERS.

IMPERIUM IN TABERNÂ.

DEATH AT THE HELM.

TO MY FUTURE JUDGES.

BREAKING NEW GROUND.

MY CHILTERN HOME.

TO THE LATE JAMES ASHCROFT NOBLE.

THE DUKE OF ARGYLL, K.G., K.T.

TO THE REV. T. E. BROWN, late FELLOW OF ORIEL.

SIR EDWIN ARNOLD.

THE CENTENARIAN.

THE MAKING OF WOMAN.

THE MAKING OF MAN.

PARISH WILL PAY.

THE CHILDREN OF THE CHILTERNS.

IN A CHURCHYARD.

THE LUTE OF LIFE.

A SOLITARY SEA.

ARS LONGA, VITA BREVIS.

DREAM OF PERFECTION.

THIS WAY LIES MADNESS

MAN THAT IS BORN OF WOMAN.

MY LADY SLEEPS.

THE SPIRIT OF SPACE.

THE LAST WOMAN.

JACOB'S LADDER.

THE MISSING ATOM.

IN MOHAMMED'S COFFIN.

LETTER TO A FRIEND.

TO LEWIS MORRIS, K. B.

MIMOSA PUDICA (Sensitive Plant).

THE WORM OF DOUBT.

TO THE MOST REV. DR. ALEXANDER, Archbishop of Armagh.

THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE.

A SYMPOSIUM OF POETS.

BENEATH A SKY OF GRAMARY.

THE BLIND GODDESS.

TRUTH UNVEILED.

ETERNAL NOTHING.

THE CRIME OF CREATION.

THE WILDERNESS OF SIN.

THE BRIDE OF THE SNOW.

THE FRIEND OF MAN.

LOST AND LOVED.

THE MIDNIGHT TRYST.

ON THE KNEES OF THE GODS.

TIME IS NOTHING.

THE QUARRIED HEART.

MAKING OF A WORLD.

MY LOST GARDEN.

THE PERSONAL EQUATION.

IN HONOREM SENECTUTIS.

WHITE FIRE—SNOWDROP

PAINTER AND PORTRAIT.

BIRDS OF PASSAGE.

NATURE UNVEILED.

SECRET OF AN EGYPTIAN TOMB.

UNDER THE GROUND.

“DOG'S EARS.”

DOCTOR JOHNSON.

THE GRAY MARE IS THE BETTER HORSE.

THE SIREN'S SONG.

LACRYMÆ RERUM.

I WALKED WITH SHAKSPEARE.

THE SONGWRIGHT.

HISTORY OF A LIE.

IS THE WIND BLOWING?

BLOOD AND MILK.

THE PROTESTANT.

TO MY ALMA MATER.

THE GOLDEN AGE.

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V.

SECTION V. Brake and Brier.

DE MINIMIS CURAT DEUS.

BLOW THE TRUMP IN ZION.

MY GRANDFATHER.

THE DEAD MARCH OF THE LIVING.

BRIDE OF DEATH.

A STUDY IN GRAY.

THE BATTLE OF LIFE.

KING HODGE'S COMPLAINT.

THE SOULS OF THE CHILDREN.

THE ENGLISHMAN.

THE BUMBLEPUPPY.

“RAGS AND BONES.”

HUNCHBACK AND ANGEL WINGS.

THE WORLD'S DESIRE.

MIMNERMUS AND NANNO.

“SHE KNEW NOT HOW TO PLAY.”

SWEARING SALLY.

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VI.

SECTION VI. Palms and Passion Flowers.

INCARNATE LORD.

PAIN THE DIVINE.

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EPITHALAMIUM.

Lilies she had—
Now give her roses
Spread like the raiment wherein she is clad,
Scattered beneath her whereon she reposes
Gracious and glad;
Crimson and white let them rest on her bosom
Blent with that blossom,
Sweeter because they are there and a part
One with each pulse of her passionate heart;
Sing to her
Lowly and softly, and bring to her
Sleep till the dawn when the shadows depart.

Blessed is she—
Open the sluices
Letting in joy from the founts that are free
Only to lips rosy-ripe for thy juices,
Mystical tree.
O she has passed through the dread of the portal
Out of this mortal,
Into the sacrament deeper than death
Mixed with her being and poured as her breath;
Give to her
Honour, and pray she may live to her
Fulness of peace in the riches of faith.