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Ballads & Songs

By John Davidson

Davidson, John (1857-1909)

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TO THE NEW WOMEN

A BALLAD IN BLANK VERSE OF THE MAKING OF A POET

A BALLAD OF THE EXODUS FROM HOUNDSDITCH

A BALLAD OF A NUN

THE VENGEANCE OF THE DUCHESS

A BALLAD OF HEAVEN

A BALLAD OF HELL

THIRTY BOB A WEEK

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TO THE STREET PIANO

I.

I A LABOURER'S WIFE

II.

II AFTER THE END

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SONG OF A TRAIN

IN ROMNEY MARSH

THE HAPPIEST WAY

FOR H. J. LE G.

IN MEMORIAM M. LE G.

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FOR H. J. LE G.

What boat is this comes o'er the sea
From islands of eternity?

A little boat, a cradle boat,
The signals at the most denote;

And in the boat a little life:
Happy husband, happy wife!