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PREFACE
 
'CITIES AND THRONES AND POWERS'
 
CONTENTS
 
INDEX TO FIRST LINES

 
THE RECALL
 
PUCK'S SONG
 
THE WAY THROUGH THE WOODS
 
A THREE-PART SONG
 
THE RUN OF THE DOWNS
 
BROOKLAND ROAD
 
THE SACK OF THE GODS
 
THE KINGDOM
 
TARRANT MOSS
 
SIR RICHARD'S SONG (A.D. 1066)
 
A TREE SONG (A.D. 1200)
 
CUCKOO SONG
 
A CHARM
 
THE PRAIRIE
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CHAPTER HEADINGS
 
COLD IRON
 
A SONG OF KABIR
 
A CAROL
 
'MY NEW-CUT ASHLAR'
 
EDDI'S SERVICE (A.D. 687)
 
SHIV AND THE GRASSHOPPER
 
THE FAIRIES' SIEGE
 
A SONG TO MITHRAS (Hymn of the 30th Legion: circa A.D. 350.)
 
THE NEW KNIGHTHOOD
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OUTSONG IN THE JUNGLE
 
HARP SONG OF THE DANE WOMEN
 
THE THOUSANDTH MAN
 
THE WINNERS
 
A ST. HELENA LULLABY
 
CHIL'S SONG
 
THE CAPTIVE
 
THE PUZZLER
 
HADRAMAUTI
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CHAPTER HEADINGS
 
THE LIGHT THAT FAILED
 
GALLIO'S SONG
 
THE BEES AND THE FLIES
 
ROAD-SONG OF THE BANDAR-LOG
 
'OUR FATHERS ALSO'
 
A BRITISH-ROMAN SONG (A.D. 406)
 
A PICT SONG
 
THE STRANGER
 
'RIMINI'
 
'POOR HONEST MEN' (A.D. 1800)
 
'WHEN THE GREAT ARK'
 
PROPHETS AT HOME
 
JUBAL AND TUBAL CAIN
 
THE VOORTREKKER
 
A SCHOOL SONG
 
THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE
 
'A SERVANT WHEN HE REIGNETH'
 
'OUR FATHERS OF OLD'
 
THE HERITAGE
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CHAPTER HEADINGS
 
LIFE'S HANDICAP
 
KIM
 
MANY INVENTIONS
 
SONG OF THE FIFTH RIVER
 
THE CHILDREN'S SONG
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PARADE-SONG OF THE CAMP-ANIMALS
 
IF--
 
THE PRODIGAL SON (Western Version)
 
THE NECESSITARIAN
 
THE JESTER
 
A SONG OF TRAVEL
 
THE TWO-SIDED MAN
 
'LUKANNON'
 
AN ASTROLOGER'S SONG
 
'THE POWER OF THE DOG'
 
THE RABBI'S SONG
 
THE BEE BOY'S SONG
 
THE RETURN OF THE CHILDREN
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MERROW DOWN
 
OLD MOTHER LAIDINWOOL
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CHAPTER HEADINGS
 
THE LOOKING-GLASS
 
THE QUEEN'S MEN
 
THE CITY OF SLEEP
 
THE WIDOWER
 
THE PRAYER OF MIRIAM COHEN
 
THE SONG OF THE LITTLE HUNTER
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GOW'S WATCH
 
THE WISHING CAPS
 
'BY THE HOOF OF THE WILD GOAT'
 
SONG OF THE RED WAR-BOAT (A.D. 683)
 
MORNING SONG IN THE JUNGLE
 
BLUE ROSES
 
A RIPPLE SONG
 
BUTTERFLIES
 
MY LADY'S LAW
 
THE NURSING SISTER
 
THE LOVE SONG OF HAR DYAL
 
A DEDICATION
 
MOTHER O' MINE
 
THE ONLY SON
 
MOWGLI'S SONG AGAINST PEOPLE
 
ROMULUS AND REMUS
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CHAPTER HEADINGS
 
THE EGG-SHELL
 
THE KING'S TASK
 
POSEIDON'S LAW
 
A TRUTHFUL SONG
 
A SMUGGLER'S SONG
 
KING HENRY VII. AND THE SHIPWRIGHTS (A.D. 1487)
 
THE WET LITANY
 
THE BALLAD OF MINEPIT SHAW
 
HERIOT'S FORD
 
FRANKIE'S TRADE
 
THE JUGGLER'S SONG
 
THORKILD'S SONG
 
'ANGUTIVAUN TAINA'
 
HUNTING-SONG OF THE SEEONEE PACK
 
SONG OF THE MEN'S SIDE (Neolithic)
 
DARZEE'S CHAUNT
 
THE FOUR ANGELS
 
THE PRAYER

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THE WISHING CAPS

Life's all getting and giving.
I've only myself to give.
What shall I do for a living?
I've only one life to live.
End it? I'll not find another.
Spend it? But how shall I best?
Sure the wise plan is to live like a man
And Luck may look after the rest!
Largesse! Largesse, Fortune!
Give or hold at your will.
If I've no care for Fortune,
Fortune must follow me still.
Bad Luck, she is never a lady,
But the commonest wench on the street,
Shuffling, shabby and shady,
Shameless to pass or meet.
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Walk with her once--it's a weakness!
Talk to her twice--it's a crime!
Thrust her away when she gives you 'good day,'
And the besom won't board you next time.
Largesse! Largesse, Fortune!
What is Your Ladyship's mood?
If I've no care for Fortune,
My Fortune is bound to be good!
Good Luck, she is never a lady,
But the cursedest quean alive!
Tricksey, wincing and jady,
Kittle to lead or drive.
Greet her--she's hailing a stranger!
Meet her--she's busking to leave.
Let her alone for a shrew to the bone,
And the hussy comes plucking your sleeve!
Largesse! Largesse, Fortune!
I'll neither follow nor flee.
If I don't run after Fortune,
Fortune must run after me!
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