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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

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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

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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

TO
THE MEMORY OF MY SISTER
JOAN ABBOTT PARRY

THESE, AND MUCH MORE


NOTE

Of the verses contained in this book, the greater part have already appeared, notably in the Westminster Gazette, The Englishwoman, The Daily Chronicle, The Catholic Messenger, The Pall Mall Magazine, T.P.’s Magazine, and Punch. To the proprietors of Punch I am especially indebted for leave to reprint thirteen numbers of which they own the copyright.

H. P. E.


CONTENTS

  PAGE
The Brook along the Romsey Road  3
The Poet and the Wood-louse  5
Jam Hiems Transiit  7
Vox Clamantis  8
Sorrow  9
The Mulberry 10
The Window-sill 11
The Angelus-bell 12
The Apple-man from Awbridge 13
Of Dulcibel 15
The Lady Pheasant 16
Time’s Tyranness 17
The Ginger Cat 19
Μονοχρόνος Ἡδόνη 21


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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