149

TALES IN RHYME:--
The Virgin with the Bells 155
A Tale of Polypheme 159
A Story from a Dictionary 170
The Water Cure 178
The Noble Patron 184

VERS DE SOCIETE:--
Incognita 193
Dora _versus_ Rose 197
Ad Rosam 200
Outward Bound 205
In the Royal Academy 208
The Last Despatch 213
"Premiers Amours" 216
The Screen in the Lumber Room 219
Daisy's Valentines 221
In Town 224
A Sonnet in Dialogue 227
Growing Gray 229

VARIA:--
The Maltworm's Madrigal 233
An April Pastoral 236
A New Song of the Spring Gardens 237
A Love Song, 1700 239
Of his Mistress 240
The Nameless Charm 242
To Phidyle 243
To his Book 244
For a Copy of Herrick 246
With a Volume of Verse 247
For the Avery "Knickerbocker" 248
To a Pastoral Poet 250
"Sat est Scripsisse" 251

PROLOGUES AND EPILOGUES:--
Prologue and Envoi to Abbey's Edition of
"She Stoops to Conquer" 257
Prologue and Epilogue to Abbey's "Quiet Life" 264

NOTES 271

AT THE SIGN OF THE LYRE.

_"At the Sign of the Lyre,"_
_Good Folk, we present you_
_With the pick of our quire,_
_And we hope to content you!_

_Here be Ballad and Song,_
_The fruits of our leisure,_
_Some short and some long--_
_May they all give you pleasure!_

_But if, when you read,_
_They should fail to restore you,_
_Farewell, and God-speed--_
_The world is before you!_

THE LADIES OF ST. JAMES'S.

A PROPER NEW BALLAD OF THE COUNTRY AND THE TOWN.

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