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the old stanza is immeasurably finer than his work in his own new stanzas 

following�察�and it would be less than impiety to part the two。 

     I have obeyed a profound conviction which I have reason to hope will 

be more commended in the future than perhaps it can be now�察�in leaving 

aside a multitude of composite songsanachronisms�察�and worse than mere 

anachronisms�察  �as   I   think   them   to   be�察  �for   they   patch   wild   feeling   with 

sentiment of the sentimentalist。 There are some exceptions。 The one fine 

stanza of a song which both Sir Walter Scott and Burns restored is given 

with the restorations of both�察�those restorations being severally beautiful�察�

and   the   burden�察   �Hame�察  �hame�察  �hame�察─  �is   printed   with   the   Jacobite   song 

that carries it�察�this song seems so mingled and various in date and origin 

that   no   apology   is   needed   for   placing   it   amongst   the   bundle   of   Scottish 

ballads of days before the Jacobites。 Sir Patrick Spens is treated here as an 

ancient song。 It is to be noted that the modern�察�or comparatively modern�察�

additions to old songs full of quantitative metre;Hame�察�hame�察�hame�察─�is 

one   of thesefull of   long notes�察 �rests�察 �and   interlinear pauses�察 �are   almost 

always   written   in   anapaests。 The   later   writer   has   slipped   away   from   the 

fine�察�various�察�and subtle metre of the older。 Assuredly the popularity of the 

metre which�察�for want of a term suiting the English rules of verse�察�must be 

called   anapaestic�察  �has   done   more   than   any   other   thing   to   vulgarise   the 

national sense of rhythm and to silence the finer rhythms。 Anapaests came 

quite    suddenly     into   English    poetry    and   brought     coarseness�察    �glibness�察�

volubility�察�dapper and fatuous effects。 A master may use it well�察�but as a 

popular   measure   it   has   been   disastrous。   I   would   be   bound   to   find   the 

modern stanzas in an old song by this very habit of anapaests and this very 

misunderstanding   of   the   long   words   and   interlinear   pauses   of   the   older 

stanzas。 This�察�for instance�察�is the old metre�此�

       ;Hame�察�hame�察�hame� �O hame fain wad I be� ─�

       and this the lamentable anapaestic line ��from the same song���此�



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       ;Yet the sun through the mirk seems to promise to me ´。; 

       It has been difficult to refuse myself the delight of including A Divine 

Love of Carew�察�but it seemed too bold to leave out four stanzas of a poem 

of   seven�察  �and   the   last   four   are   of   the   poorest   argument。   This   passage   at 

least shall speak for the first three�此�

       ;Thou didst appear A glorious mystery�察�so dark�察�so clear�察�As Nature 

did intend All should confess�察�but none might comprehend。; 

       From Christ's Victory in Heaven of Giles Fletcher ��out of reach for its 

length�� it is a happiness to extract here at least the passage upon ;Justice�察─�

who looks ;as the eagle 

       ;that hath so oft compared Her eye with heaven's;�察�

       from Marlowe's poem�察�also unmanageable�察�that in which Love ran to 

the priestess 

       ;And laid his childish head upon her breast;�察�

       with that which tells how Night�察�

       ;deep´drenched in misty Acheron�察�Heaved up her head�察�and half the 

world upon Breathed darkness forth;�察�

       from Robert Greene two lines of a lovely passage�此�

       ;Cupid    abroad    was    lated  in  the   night�察 �His   wings    were   wet   with 

ranging in the rain;�察�

       from Ben Jonson's Hue and Cry ��not throughout fine�� the stanza�此�

       ;Beauties�察�have ye seen a toy�察�Called Love�察�a little boy�察�Almost naked�察�

wanton�察�blind�察�Cruel now�察�and then as kind�拭�If he be amongst ye�察�say�察�He 

is Venus' run´away;�察�

       from Francis Davison�此�

       ;Her angry eyes are great with tears;�察�

       from George Wither�此�

       ;I   can   go   rest   On   her   sweet   breast   That   is   the   pride   of   Cynthia's 

train;�察�

       from Cowley�此�

       ;Return�察�return�察�gay planet of mine east;� �

       The poems in which these are cannot make part of the volume�察�but 

the citation of the fragments is a relieving act of love。 

     At    the    very    beginning�察    �Skelton's     song    to   ;Mistress     Margery 



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Wentworth; had almost taken a place�察�but its charm is hardly fine enough。 

     If it is necessary to answer the inevitable question in regard to Byron�察�

let me say that in another Anthology�察�a secondary Anthology�察�the one in 

which     Gray's   Elegy    would    have    an  honourable      place�察 �some    more    of 

Byron's     lyrics  would     certainly   be  found�察   �and   except   this  there   is  no 

apology。   If   the   last   stanza   of   the   ;Dying   Gladiator;   passage�察  �or   the   last 

stanza on the cascade rainbow at Terni�察�

     ;Love watching madness with unalterable mien�察─�

     had been separate poems instead of parts of Childe Harold�察�they would 

have    been    amongst    the   poems    that  are   here  collected    in  no  spirit  of 

arrogance�察�or of caprice�察�of diffidence or doubt。 

     The volume closes some time before the middle of the century and the 

death of Wordsworth。 

     A。 M。 

     ��As   there   would   be   considerable   overlap   between   the   poems   in   this 

book   and   those   already   released   by   Project   Gutenberg   the   text   of   the 

poems   is   not   included   in   this   eText。   The   poems   that   Alice   selected   are 

shown below and are followed by her comments on them。´ ´DP�А�

     Anonymous。   The   first   carol   Sir   Walter   Raleigh   ��1552´1618��   Verses 

before death Edmund Spenser ��1553´1599�� Easter Fresh spring Like as a 

ship Epithalamion John Lyly ��1554�拭�1606�� The Spring Sir Philip Sidney 

��1554´1586�� True love The moon Kiss Sweet judge Sleep Wat'red was my 

wine     Thomas     Lodge     ��1556´1625��      Rosalynd's     madrigal     Rosaline    The 

solitary   shepherd's   song Anonymous   I   saw   my   lady   weep   George   Peele 

��1558�拭�1597��       Farewell     to  arms    Robert    Greene     ��1560�拭�1592��      Fawnia 

Sephestia's     song    to  her   child  Christopher      Marlowe     ��1562´1593��      The 

passionate   shepherd   to   his   love   Samuel   Daniel   ��1562´1619��   Sleep   My 

spotless love Michael Drayton ��1563´1631�� Since there's no help Joshua 

Sylvester  ��1563´1618�� Were  I  as   base William  Shakespeare   ��1564´1616�� 

Poor soul�察�the centre of my sinful earth O me� �What eyes hath love put in 

my head Shall I compare thee to a summer's day�拭�When in the chronicle of 

wasted time That time of year thou may'st in me behold How like a winter 

hath my absence been Being your slave�察�what should I do but tend When 

in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes They that have power to hurt�察�and 



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will do Farewell� �thou art too dear for my possessing When to the sessions 

of   sweet   silent   thought   Did   not   the   heavenly   rhetoric   of   thine   eye   The 

forward violet thus did I chide O lest the world should task you to recite 

Let me not to the marriage of true minds How oft�察�when thou�察�my music�察�

music play'st   Full many  a glorious   morning   have I  seen The  expense of 

spirit   in   a   waste   of   shame   Fancy   Fairies   Come   away   Full   fathom   five 

Dirge   ��Fear   no   more   the   heat   o'   the   sun��   Song   ��Take�察  �O   take   those   lips 

away��   Song   ��How   should   I   your   true   love   know��   Anonymous   Tom   o' 

Bedlam Thomas Campion ��circa 1567´1620�� Kind are her answers Laura 

Her   sacred   bower   Follow   When   thou   must   home   Western   wind   Follow 

your   saint   Cherry´ripe   Thomas   Nash   ��1567´1601�殖�   Spring   John   Donne 

��1573´1631�� This happy dream Death Hymn to God the father The funeral 

Richard   Barnefield   ��1574�拭��殖�   The   nightingale   Ben   Jonson   ��1574´1637�� 

Charis' triumph Jealousy Epitaph on Elizabeth L。 H。 Hymn to Diana On 

my   first   daughter   Echo's   lament   for   Narcissus   An   epitaph   on   Salathiel 

Pavy�察   �a  child   of  Queen     Elizabeth's   Chapel     John   Fletcher   ��1579´1625�� 

Invocation to sleep�察�from Valentinian To Bacchus John Webster �─���1625�� 

Song from the Duchess of Malfi Song from the Devil's Law´case In Earth�察�

dirge    from    Vittoria   Corombona       William     Drummond        of  Hawthornden 

��1585´1649��        Song     ��Phoebus�察    �arise�。�    Sleep�察   �Silence'    child   To    the 

nightingale Madrigal   I Madrigal   II   Beaumont and   Fletcher   ��1586´1616��´ 

��1579´1625�� I died true Francis Beaumont ��1586´16
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