LXXXIV This poem first appeared in The Times (October 31, 1899), was reprinted separately by Messrs. Skeffington & Sons, and is included in the author's last volume, The Finding of the Book and Other Poems (Hodder & Stoughton, 1900). By permission of the author, the editor of The Times, and the publishers above mentioned. LXXXV Legends and Lyrics (1858). Written in 1855. LXXXVI Havelock's March and Other Poems (Trübner & Co., 1859). By permission of the author. LXXXVII Collected Poems (Macmillan & Co., 1900). By permission of the publishers. LXXXVIII Songs and Rhymes (Elliot Stock, 1896). By permission of the author. LXXXIX Poems Narrative and Lyrical (Pickering, 1853). By permission of the author. XC Poems (Elkin Mathews, 1893). By permission of the author. XCI The Bab Ballads, with which are included Songs of a Savoyard (George Routledge & Sons, 1897). By permission of the author. This is one of the songs in the comic opera Utopia, Limited. XCII-XCIII Both from A Jubilee Greeting at Spithead (John Lane, 1897). By permission of the author, XCIV-XCVII The first three numbers are from Poems and Ballads, 3rd series (Chatto & Windus, 1889). The first is part viii. section ii. of The Armada. As to the second, Drumossie Muir (1. 16), in Inverness-shire, was the scene of the battle of Culloden (1746). 1. 17. ayont. Beyond. 25. mool. Mould. laps. Wraps. 40. wotsna. Knows not. 45. weird for dreeing. To 'dree a weird' is to abide a fate. 47. thole. To endure. 65. Wansbeck. A Northumberland stream. 69. thae. Those. The fourth number is from the dedicatory lines in Astrophel and Other Poems (Chatto & Windus, 1894). By permission of author and publishers. XCVIII The Graphic (November 11, 1899). By permission of the author and the editor of The Graphic. XCIX-C The first appeared in The St. James's Magazine (now defunct), October, 1877, and was included in the second edition of Proverbs in Porcelain (1878), and in At the Sign of the Lyre (Kegan Paul, 1889). By permission of author and publisher. Gloriana (1. 25)=Queen Elizabeth. The second appeared in The Sphere (February 3, 1900). By permission of the author and the editor of The Sphere. CI Poetical Works (vol. ii., Smith, Elder & Co., 1899). By permission of author and publishers. CII-CIII Songs of the Maid (A. Constable & Co., 1896). By permission of author and publishers. CIV London Voluntaries and Other Poems (David Nutt, 1894), and Poems (David Nutt, 1898). By permission of author and publisher. CV A Song of the Sea and Other Poems (Methuen & Co., 1895). By permission of Miss Marie Corelli and the publishers. CVI Literature (July 1, 1899). By permission of the author and the editor of Literature. CVII The Violet Crown and Songs of England (Edward Arnold, 1891). By permission of author and publishers. This poem is datedAthens, 1890.' CVIII Collected Poems (John Lane, 1895). By permission of the publisher. CIX-CX Songs of Action (Smith, Elder & Co., 1898). By permission of author and publishers. The Song of the Bow first appeared in The White Company (Smith, Elder & Co., 1891). CXI The Daily Chronicle, October 28, 1899. By permission of the author and the editor of The Daily Chronicle. CXII-CXIV Admirals All (Elkin Matthews, 1897). By permission of author and publisher. As to the first :: 1. 1. Effingham. Charles, Lord Howard of Effingham (15361624), commanded the English fleet sent against the Spanish Armada (1588). Grenville. Sir Richard Grenville, naval commander (1541?-1591). See Mr. Gerald Massey's poem, supra, p. 113. Raleigh. Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1616), soldier, sailor, courtier, adventurer, and writer. Drake. Sir Francis Drake (1540?-1596). 3. Benbow. Vice-admiral John Benbow (1653-1702). Collingwood. Vice-admiral Cuthbert, Lord Collingwood (17501810), second in command at Trafalgar. Byron. Vice-admiral John Byron (1723-1786), grandfather of the poet. Blake. Robert Blake (1599-1657), next to Nelson, the greatest English admiral. 8. Nelson. Horatio, Viscount Nelson (1758-1805). 13. Essex. Robert Devereux, second Earl of Essex (1567-1601), commanded the land attack on Cadiz (1596) when the city was taken by the English. 30. Duncan. Admiral Adam, Viscount Duncan (1731-1804), who defeated the Dutch in the fight off Camperdown (October 11, 1797). 31. Texel. One of the mouths of the Zuyder Zee. 38. The Sound. The strait between Sweden and Denmark leading into the Baltic Sea. The English fleet entered the Sound on April 1, 1801, and next morning Nelson, acting under orders from Sir Hyde Parker, attacked the Danish batteries. 52. Rodneys. (1719-1792). Admiral George Brydges, first Baron Rodney The third is an extract from the poem entitled Laudabunt Alii. CXV The Seven Seas. (Methuen & Co., 1896.) By permission of author and publishers. 1. 9. Bergen. A town on the west coast of Norway. 10. Disko. An island off the west coast of Greenland. floe. The surface ice of polar seas. 12. Dogger. A sandbank in the middle of the North Sea. 18. Musk-ox. A long-haired animal of the ox tribe, found in Arctic America. 21. Virgins. A group of small islands in the West Indies. 25. Keys. Islands near the coast (Spanish cayo, a sandbank). 39. Praya. Capital of the Cape Verde Islands. Kowloon. A town in China, near Hong-Kong. 43. Hoogli. The Ganges. 50. Winds. Scents, smells. CXVI The Times (July 17, 1897). Suggested by the celebration of Queen Victoria's 'Diamond Jubilee' (June 22). By permission of the author and the editor of The Times. CXVII The Spectator (December 16, 1899). By permission of the author and the editor of The Spectator. The poem is written to an old Gaelic air. CXVIII A Gun-Room Ditty Box (Cassell & Co., 1898). By permission of author and publishers. 'Snotties' is the naval equivalent of 'midshipmen.' II.-WALES CXIX Published (with The Progress of Poetry) in 1757. 1. 5. hauberk. Coat of mail. 8. Cambria. Wales; a Latinised form of 'Cymru.' 13-14. Gloster. Mortimer. English nobles and Lords of the Welsh Marches. 28. Hoel. King of Brittany and nephew of King Arthur. Llewellyn. A famous Welsh prince of the eleventh century. 29. Cadwallo. King of North Wales in the seventh century. 31. Urien. A Welsh hero of the fifth century. 33. Mordred. Nephew of Arthur. 34. Plinlimmon. A mountain in Cardiganshire. 35. Arvon. The shores of Carnarvonshire opposite the Isle of Anglesea.'-Gray. 56. Edward II. was murdered in Berkeley Castle (September 21, 1327). 57. Isabella, wife of Edward II. Y |