THE BROOK ALONG THE ROMSEY ROAD
THE POET AND THE WOOD-LOUSE
"JAM HIEMS TRANSIIT"
"VOX CLAMANTIS"
SORROW
THE MULBERRY
THE WINDOW-SILL
THE ANGELUS-BELL
THE APPLE-MAN FROM AWBRIDGE
OF DULCIBEL
THE LADY PHEASANT
TIME'S TYRANNESS
THE GINGER CAT
.
A SONG IN A LANE
CRIES OF LONDON
THE THIRD BIRTHDAY
ONE-EYED JOCKO
A SUBURBAN NIGHT'S ENTERTAINMENT
"A PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT"
HELENA TO HERMIA (FOR WINIFRED MORGAN-BROWN)
"EFFANY"
THE ARK
AN UPLAND STATION
THE WORSHIPPERS
LINES TO A JOURNALIST, ON HIS PRAISING A NOBLE LORD RECENTLY CREATED
THE BELGIAN PINAFORE
THE WIND
TO BETSEY-JANE, ON HER DESIRING TO GO INCONTINENTLY TO HEAVEN
IN BETHLEHEM TOWN
THE MOON
A LADY OF FASHION ON THE DEATH OF HER DOG
TO A LITTLE GIRL
LINES WRITTEN FOR D. E. IN A COPY OF "THE CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES"
EPISTLE TO THOMAS BLACK, CAT TO THE SOANE MUSEUM
FOR MY MOTHER, WITH A NEW BUTTON-BOX
A CHILD BEFORE THE CRIB
TO MASS AT DAWN "EX UMBRIS ET IMAGINIBUS IN VERITATEM"
THE NUNS' CHAPEL
THE SNARE
A HOUSE IN A WOOD
THE CONFESSIONAL
EPITAPH ON A CHILD RUN OVER AND KILLED BY A MOTOR-CAR IN THE STREET
THE WATER-MEADS OF MOTTISFONT
THE SENIOR MISTRESS OF BLYTH
THE FIRST PARTY
SOUVENIR OF MICHAEL DRAYTON
"FOUR-PAWS"
"FOUR-PAWS" IN LONDON
TO MY SISTER DOROTHY, A PASTE BROOCH
SESTINA TO D. E.
LULLABY FOR A LITTLE GIRL
RONDEAU OF SARUM CLOSE
THE KNOBBY-GREEN
THE CARCANET
TO A TOWN CRIER
THE TALE OF JOCKO A STORY FOR A CHILD
THE WAG-TAIL
HIGH TIDE AT BATTERSEA
TO MY DAUGHTER WHO TELLS ME SHE CAN DRESS HERSELF
THE BABY GOAT
BOURNEMOUTH TO POOLE
THE JAPANESE DUCKLING
THE PRIVET HEDGE
THE VEGETARIAN'S DAUGHTER
HONEY MEADOW
AN ELEGY, FOR FATHER ANSELM, OF THE ORDER OF REFORMED CISTERCIANS, GUEST-MASTER AND PARISH PRIEST
THE REGRET
FIRST SNOW
TO A CHILD RETURNING HOME UPON A WINDY DAY
THE DEATH OF SIR MATHO
THE PETALS
POST-COMMUNION
INDEX TO FIRST LINES
Title: Bread and Circuses
Author: Helen Parry Eden
Language: English
Character set encoding: UTF-8
E-text prepared by Tim Lindell, Paul Marshall,
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
(http://www.pgdp.net)
from page images generously made available by
Internet Archive
(https://archive.org)
BREAD AND CIRCUSES
BY
HELEN PARRY EDEN
LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD
NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY
TORONTO: BELL & COCKBURN MCMXIV
WILLIAM BRENDON AND SON, LTD., PRINTERS, PLYMOUTH