A Book of Narrative Verse

A BOOK OP NARRATIVE VERSE -- PREFACE -- FOR much valuable help in the selection the editor is indebted to several friends, especially to Mrs. Thomas, who placed unreservedly at his service a scheme for an anthology of narrative verse drawn up provisionalIy in 1914 by her husband, Edward Thomas, who was killed before he could complete it and to Dr. J. C. Smith, who, in addition to various other suggestions, selected the passages from Spenser and- ilton. V. H. C. Acknowledgements are due to Messrs. Ellis for permission to include D. G. Rossettis The White Ship to Messrs. William Heinemann for A. C. Swinburnes St. Dorothy to Mr. A. T. A. Dobson for Austin Dobsons The Ballad of Beau Brocade to Messrs. Chatto Windus for R. L. Stevensons Ticonderoga to the Executors of Thomas Hardy and Messrs. Macmillan Co. for The Sacrilege to Sir Henry Newbolt for A Ballad of John Nicholson from Collected Poems 1897-1907 to Mr. Laurence Binyon for The Battle of Stamford Bridge to Mr. G. K. Chesterton and Messrs. Burns, Oates, Washbourne for Lepanto from Collected Poems to Mr. John Masefield for The Rider at the Gate from Collected Poems published by Messrs. William Heinemann to Mr. Alfred Noyes and Messrs. William Blackwood . Sons for The Highwayman from Collected Poems and to Mr. Rudyard Kipling and Messrs. Methuen Co. for Tomlinson from Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verse. CONTENTS REMARKS ON NARRATIVE By EDMUNDB LNUANRDREANT . IVE . POE . TRY . IG EOBFREY CHAUCER 13, 40-1400 The Nonne Preestes Tale . . . TheP ardoners Tale . . . . D BALLADS King John and the Abbot of Canterbury . i TSihro Prnaatrsi cthke S Rphenysm . er . . . . . . . . Edom O Gordon . . . . . Hugh of Lincoln and the Jews daughter Jock othe Side . . . . . Edward, Edward . . . . . - kL eM aryBAamttlber eofe Otter . burn . . . . . . . EDMUNSDP ENSER 1, 5 52-1599 The Cave of Despair . . . . JOH M N I LTON 1, 608-1674 Sin and Death . . . . . JOHN DB YDEN 1, 6 31-1700 Cymon and Iphigenia ., . . THOU PARNELL 1, 6 79-1718 TheHermit. . . . . . ALEXANDEPRO PE, 1 688-1744 The Rape of the Lock . . . . WILLIM COWPER 1, 7 31-1800 JohnGilpin. . . . . . GEORQCER ABBE 1, 7 54-1832 Peter Grimes . . . . . 350 a 3 viii CONTENTS ROBERTB URNS 1, 759-1796 Tarn o Shanter . 170 WILLIAMW ORDSWORT 17 H 7, 0 - 1 850 Michael . 176 SIR WALTERS COTT 1, 7 71-1832 Flodden . . . . . . . 192 SAMUETLA YLOCRO LERIDGE 17, 72-1834 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner . . 196 LORDB YRON 1, 7 88-1824 The Prisoner of Chillon . . 219 OHN KEATS, 1795-1821 C . . . . . did The Eve of St. Agnes 232 LORDM OAULAY 1, 800-1859 Horatius . . . 246 LORDT ENNYSO 1 N 8, 0 9-1892 Maud . . . 2 6 9 MortedlArthh . 311 ROBERTB ROWNING 18, 1 2-1889 The Italian in England . . 320 Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came . 325 The Glove . . 333 MATTHEW A RNOLD 1, 8 22-1888 Sohrab and Rustum . . . . . 339 DANTEG ABEIERLO SSETT 1 I 8, 2 8-1882 Thewhiteship . . 366 W I A M M O RRIS 1, 834-1896 Atalantas Race . . . . . . 377, GEENON CFIARLESSW INBURN 1 E 8, 3 7-1909 St. Dorothy . . 401 AUSTIND OBSON 1, 8 40-1921 The Ballad of Beau Brocade, . . 416 CONTENTS THOMAHSA RDY1, 840-1928 The Sacrilege . . . ROBERTLO UISS TEVENSO1N8, 50-1893 Ticonderoga . . . . SIRH ENRYN EWBOL b T ., 1862 A Eallad of John Nicholson R U D Y KDIP LINO b, . 1865 Tomlinson . . . . LAURENCBEI NYON b, . 1869 The Battle of Stamford Bridge JOHNM ASEFIELD b...