"Make-strong old dreams lest this our world lose heart."
CONTENTS
GRACE BEFORE SONG
LA FRAISNE
CINO
NA AUDIART
VILLONAUD FOR THIS YULE
A VILLONAUD: BALLAD OF THE GIBBET
MESMERISM
FIFINE ANSWERS
IN TEMPORE SENECTUTIS
FAMAM LIBROSQUE CANO
SCRIPTOR IGNOTUS
PRAISE OF YSOLT
CAMARADERIE
MASKS
TALLY-O
BALLAD FOR GLOOM
FOR E. Mc C
AT THE HEART O' ME
XENIA
OCCIDIT
SEARCH
AN IDYL FOR GLAUCUS
IN DURANCE
GUILLAUME DE LORRIS BELATED
IN THE OLD AGE OF THE SOUL
ALBA BELINGALIS
FROM SYRIA
FROM THE SADDLE
MARVOIL
REVOLT
AND THUS IN NINEVEH
THE WHITE STAG
PICCADILLY
NOTES
Lord God of heaven that with mercy dight
Th' alternate prayer-wheel of the night and light
Eternal hath to thee, and in whose sight
Our days as rain drops in the sea surge fall,
As bright white drops upon a leaden sea
Grant so my songs to this grey folk may be:
As drops that dream and gleam and falling catch the sun,
Evan'scent mirrors every opal one
Of such his splendour as their compass is,
So, bold My Songs, seek ye such death as this.
SCENE: The Ash Wood of Malvern.
For I was a gaunt, grave councillor
Being in all things wise, and very old,
But I have put aside this folly and the cold
That old age weareth for a cloak.
I was quite strong—at least they said so—
The young men at the sword-play;
But I have put aside this folly, be