CONTENTS

Introduction by R. B. Cunninghame Graham ix
Rustic Courting:
Walking Out 1
The Shadow of Raggedstone 3
The Long Green Lanes of England 5
The Hills 7
Eastnor Churchyard 8
The Malvern Hills 9
The First Cuckoo 11
Dusk in the Lane 12
The Meeting-Place 13
By the Avon 15
Jealousy 16
In the City 18
I be Thinkin’ 19
Sunday Evening 20
The Ledbury Train 21
Jilted 22
Casend Hill 23
The Ledbury Road 24
The Call to London 25
Bredon 27
Our Dead 28
Primrose Flowers 29
Tramping 30
The Blind Ploughman 32
Miscellaneous Poems:
When the Wind comes up the Hill 35
Peace 36
Lime-Trees 37
A Little Song 38
The Song of the Watcher 39
By the River 41
The Road to Colla 42
Prayer 43
Dawn 45
To the Earth 46
Dawn Among the Olive Groves 48
Silent Places 49
One Evening near Nice 50
Thoughts at Ajaccio 51
Three Child-Songs:
The Thrush’s Song 52
Willow Wand 53
A Winter Song 55
Autumn in Sussex 56
Si Parva Licet Componere Magnis 57
To Italy 59
Sunday in Liguria 60
Georgetown, U.S.A. 61
On the Potomac River, U.S.A. 63
The Lost Word 65
Comparisons 66
A Fragment 67
Appreciations 69
Press Notices 73