PREFACE
CONTENTS
I AGINCOURT INTROIT
II LORD OF HIMSELF
III TRUE BALM
IV HONOUR IN BUD
V THE JOY OF BATTLE
VI IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY
VII GOING A-MAYING
VIII TO ANTHEA WHO MAY COMMAND HIM ANYTHING
IX MEMENTO MORI
X THE KING OF KINGS
XI LYCIDAS
XII ARMS AND THE MUSE WHEN THE ASSAULT WAS INTENDED ON THE CITY
XIII TO THE LORD GENERAL
XIV THE LATE MASSACRE IN PIEDMONT
XV ON HIS BLINDNESS
XVI EYELESS AT GAZA
XVII OUT OF ADVERSITY
XVIII HEROIC LOVE
XIX GOING TO THE WARS
XX FROM PRISON
XXI TWO KINGS
XXII IN EXILE
XXIII ALEXANDER'S FEAST
XXIV THE QUIET LIFE
XXV CHEVY CHACE THE HUNTING
XXVI SIR PATRICK SPENS
XXVII BRAVE LORD WILLOUGHBY
XXVIII HUGHIE THE GRAEME
XXIX KINMONT WILLIE THE CAPTURE
XXX THE HONOUR OF BRISTOL
XXXI HELEN OF KIRKCONNELL
XXXII THE TWA CORBIES
XXXIII THE BARD
XXXIV THE ROYAL GEORGE
XXXV BOADICEA
XXXVI TO HIS LADY
XXXVII CONSTANCY
XXXVIII THE PERFECT SAILOR
XXXIX THE DESERTER
XL THE ARETHUSA
XLI THE BEAUTY OF TERROR
XLII DEFIANCE
XLIII THE GOAL OF LIFE
XLIV BEFORE PARTING
XLV DEVOTION
XLVI TRUE UNTIL DEATH
XLVII VENICE
XLVIII DESTINY
XLIX THE MOTHERLAND
L IDEAL
LI TO DUTY
LII TWO VICTORIES
LIII IN MEMORIAM NELSON: PITT: FOX
LIV LOCHINVAR
LV FLODDEN THE MARCH
LVI THE CHASE
LVII THE OUTLAW
LVIII PIBROCH
LIX THE OMNIPOTENT
LX THE RED HARLAW
LXI FAREWELL
LXII BONNY DUNDEE
LXIII ROMANCE
LXIV SACRIFICE
LXV SOLDIER AND SAILOR
LXVI 'YE MARINERS'
LXVII THE BATTLE OF THE BALTIC
LXVIII BATTLE SONG
LXIX LOYALTY
LXX A SEA-SONG
LXXI A SONG OF THE SEA
LXXII SENNACHERIB
LXXIII THE STORMING OF CORINTH THE SIGNAL
LXXIV ALHAMA
LXXV FRIENDSHIP
LXXVI THE RACE WITH DEATH
LXXVII THE GLORY THAT WAS GREECE
LXXVIII HAIL AND FAREWELL
LXXIX AFTER CORUNNA
LXXX THE OLD NAVY
LXXXI CASABIANCA
LXXXII THE PILGRIM FATHERS
LXXXIII TO THE ADVENTUROUS
LXXXIV HORATIUS THE TRYSTING
LXXXV THE ARMADA
LXXXVI THE LAST BUCCANEER
LXXXVII A JACOBITE'S EPITAPH
LXXXVIII THE SONG OF THE WESTERN MEN
LXXXIX THE BUILDING OF THE SHIP THE MODEL
XC THE DISCOVERER OF THE NORTH CAPE
XCI THE CUMBERLAND
XCII A DUTCH PICTURE
XCIII BARBARA FRIETCHIE
XCIV A BALLAD OF THE FLEET
XCV THE HEAVY BRIGADE
XCVI THE PRIVATE OF THE BUFFS
XCVII THE RED THREAD OF HONOUR
XCVIII HOME THOUGHTS FROM THE SEA
XCIX HERVE RIEL
C THE DYING FIREMAN
CI A SEA-FIGHT
CII BEAT! BEAT! DRUMS!
CIII TWO VETERANS
CIV THE PLEASANT ISLE OF AVES
CV A WELCOME
CVI THE BIRKENHEAD
CVII APOLLO
CVIII THE DEATH OF SOHRAB THE DUEL
CIX FLEE FRO' THE PRESS
CX SCHOOL FENCIBLES
CXI THE TWO CAPTAINS
CXII THE HEAD OF BRAN
CXIII THE SLAYING OF THE NIBLUNGS HOGNI
CXIV IS LIFE WORTH LIVING
CXV THEOLOGY IN EXTREMIS
CXVI THE OBLATION
CXVII ENGLAND
CXVIII A JACOBITE IN EXILE
CXIX THE REVEILLE
CXX WHAT THE BULLET SANG
CXXI A BALLAD OF THE ARMADA
CXXII THE WHITE PACHA
CXXIII MOTHER AND SON
CXXIV PRAYERS
CXXV A BALLAD OF EAST AND WEST
CXXVI THE FLAG OF ENGLAND
NOTES I
INDEX
A BOOK OF VERSE FOR BOYS
SELECTED AND ARRANGED BY
WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY
| Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife!
To all the sensual world proclaim
One crowded hour of glorious life
Is worth an age without a name. |
| Sir Walter Scott. |
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1920
COPYRIGHT, 1891, BY
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
⁂ The selections from Walt Whitman are published by permission of Mr. Whitman; and those from Longfellow, Lowell, Whittier, and Bret Harte, through the courtesy of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin, & Co., the publishers of their works.
| TO WALTER BLAIKIE
ARTIST-PRINTER
MY PART IN THIS BOOK |
| W. E. H. |
| Edinburgh, July 1891. |
